Verdict: Unproven
22 fact-checksNo conclusive evidence either way; the claim can't yet be verified.
McConnell Was Told How to Vote. Nobody Reported He Voted No.
The prompting happened and is on the record. The claim that he nearly voted with Democrats traces back to no reporter who was there.
Max Miller abuse allegations are documented in court filings but unproven
Three allegations against Rep. Max Miller are circulating as settled fact. All three are real court filings by his ex-wife, all are denied, and the police investigation never named anyone.
Pennsylvania reports 693 measles cases and four deaths, two of them confirmed
Pennsylvania’s 693 cases match the state’s own release exactly. The fourth death is reported but not confirmed: the state confirms two, a pathologist disputes one, the CDC counts none.
Trump’s claims that oil was higher under Biden and prices are falling don’t hold
Brent closed at $109.51 on Sept 9. Oil beat that on 72 of Biden’s 1,011 trading days. Core prices, energy already excluded, are up 1.83 percent since January.
The Denial Thesis: Checking a Popular Argument About Trump’s Voters
The individual facts in the argument mostly hold. The causal story bolted onto them does not, and on the two claims where the data can test a sequence, the arrow runs the other way.
The EPA Stopped Pricing Lives Saved
A viral alert says the EPA will weigh only industry costs when limiting soot and smog. The rule text confirms the substance. Zeldin’s ‘fake news’ response does not survive it.
Does Grindr Spike at Political Conventions?
The traffic pattern is real and it is not a Republican phenomenon. The 2016 Democratic convention produced the largest spike on record. The word doing the most work is ‘crash.’
Groceries Since 2020: The Real Number Is 32%, Not 130%
A viral post says a grocery basket more than doubled since 2020. Federal data says food at home rose 32%. Both that claim and the 3% figure it attacks are wrong, in opposite directions.
America Guarantees Zero Days Off
Trump said America has too many holidays, costing billions. US law mandates zero paid holidays and zero paid vacation, alone among 21 rich countries. Japan guarantees 15.
The Sprinkler and the Server Farm
Denver’s water restrictions are real and tightening. Whether the data center in the viral video broke them cannot be established, and the water that matters is not on the lawn.
Infrastructure and Ideology: Parsing the Tech-Elite Surveillance Claim
Palantir’s ICE contracts, Thiel’s ‘freedom and democracy are incompatible,’ and Yarvin’s autocracy blueprint are all real. The claim they form a coordinated plan is not proven.
COVID Accountability, Strand by Strand: Fact-Checking the Pre-Pandemic Preparedness Record
PREDICT’s end was scheduled. The NSC directorate was dissolved. The April 23 remarks are on video. The causal chain is unproven. PPE to China preceded domestic need. Trump’s private and public COVID…
Trump’s Election-Integrity Disclosure: What the Declassified Documents Actually Say
The July 16 address released genuine intelligence records. On most claims, the documents’ own caveats, confidence levels and context cut against the framing the speech drew from them.
Disaster Aid by Party & the ‘Stolen’ 250th: Two Threads, Checked
Trump withheld FEMA aid from blue states (23% vs 89%) and tied it to his candidates; Democrats allege his fundraisers diverted America250 donations to Freedom 250. Proven, alleged, illegal, sorted.
Trump’s ‘National Scallops Day’: What the Post Gets Right, Leaves Out, and Gets Wrong
The NOAA action opening the Northern Edge of Georges Bank is real, but the post misattributes a 32-year-old Clinton-era closure to Obama and Biden, falsely credits Biden as co-creator of the…
Trump Family Foreign Deals: Abuse of Office, Hunter Biden Redux, or Illegal?
The Trump Org did zero foreign deals in term one and eight in term two, plus crypto billions from foreign-linked entities. We check the facts and answer three questions: abuse, hypocrisy, legality.
Fact-Check: Trump’s Truth Social Attack on Maggie Haberman’s “Regime Change”
Trump calls the co-authored Regime Change book ‘largely fiction’ — but his own White House confirmed its accuracy. His electoral stats are mostly correct; his tape denial is unproven; his Iran…
The Mashed Potato Incident: Fact-Checking Trump’s “Origin Story”
Genuine family lore, and most corroborating quotes hold up, but the essay mislocates one story, cites two untraceable quotes, and oversells one childhood humiliation as the cause of the whole man.
The Patel “Slush Fund” Claim: What’s Proven, What Isn’t
Rep. Raskin’s letter alleging FBI chief Kash Patel paid $1M+ in bonuses to a loyalist ‘payback squad’ is real, but the bonus specifics are unproven; the firing purges are the best-documented part.
The Thiel Signal: Fact-Checking the Argentina Relocation
Of 13 claims about Thiel’s Argentina move, 10 are fully confirmed, 2 are editorialized, and 1 is premature — but the viral narrative omits the most concrete driver: California’s billionaire tax.
Fact-Check: ICE Detention Conditions & the Delaney Hall Hunger Strike
Detainee allegations at Newark’s Delaney Hall are unverified on-site but consistent with a documented pattern of medical neglect and deaths across ICE facilities nationwide.
Trump Calls for Obama’s Arrest: A Fact-Check of Every Claim
Trump posted 55 times in three hours calling for Obama’s arrest on treason charges — every specific claim he made has been investigated and debunked, most of them by Trump’s own appointees.