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Fact Check: Image claiming to show Trump's intact ear after assassination attempt is fake. Here's proof

In April 2026, an image circulated online supposedly showing U.S. President Donald Trump's right ear after the assassination ...

Fact Check: Trump post threatening to release 'Vatican files' is fake. Here's proof

The claim circulated in the form of a screenshot purportedly showing a Truth Social post by President Donald Trump.

Fact Check: AI images falsely described as new NASA photos of the Grand Canyon

Two AI-generated images depicting a long chasm stretching across the ​Earth’s surface have been shared online ‌with the false ...
The Gazette

Fact Checker: Reynolds’ Condition of the State address scores A’s on all but 2 claims

Gov. Kim Reynolds’ 2022 Condition of the State address Tuesday night was 48 minutes and covered topics ranging from education and the environment to technology and taxes. Some statements drew cheers, ...
AOL

Fact check: Trump makes false claims about the economy, elections and crime in State of the Union

President Donald Trump made numerous false or misleading claims in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night. Many of them were long-debunked falsehoods familiar from his rallies, interviews and ...
Poynter

Q&A: This Iranian fact-checker has been working nonstop since the uprisings. Then the war came.

Farhad Souzanchi — an Iranian fact-checker who goes by a pseudonym out of fear for his family’s safety — hasn’t talked to his mother since the war broke out. “I communicate with her through a friend ...