The term has been used to describe Social Security payments for decades, contrary to online claims.

Photo ID is not required for general admission to the Obama Presidential Center, contrary to social ​media posts comparing ...

Still, the fact-checking community’s losses so far have been incremental. The number of active fact-checkers around the globe ...

An outdated air-conditioning law, a viral health myth about sleeping with the fan on, and the age-old climate change hoax ...

CNN’s Daniel Dale joins Boris Sanchez for a fact check of claims made by now-former DNI Tulsi Gabbard about Dr. Anthony Fauci ...

Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly reportedly gave an unidentified 79-year-old man exclusive access to its experimental obesity and ...

Fact check: Viral drone interception video shows Russia's Yolka system A video widely shared on social media appears to show ...

Glenn Kessler made a revealing comment when he wrote, “readers flocked to read my fact checks, even if they vehemently disagreed with my findings” (“The ‘Fact Checker’ Checks Out” by James Taranto, ...

A recent Washington Post headline claimed its tech columnist, Geoffrey Fowler, had shown that “Meta’s new crowdsourced system to fight falsehoods [has] failed to make a dent.” The claim would fail a ...

Washington Post "Fact Checker" Glenn Kessler announced on July 28 he's hanging up his Pinocchios and accepting a generous buyout after 27 years. "Much as I would have liked to keep scrutinizing ...