Politics
Statements from and about the political arena, checked against the record.
The White House plans to redirect roughly $200 billion per year in U.S. federal research-and-development funding away from colleges and toward artificial intelligence initiatives and direct funding to individual scientists.
SOME BS
Vice Admiral Raman Puri said that the main problem with India's aircraft carrier programme was not technical, but that India lacked the ecosystem needed to build something that complex.
MOSTLY BS
More than 105 million Americans are not in the labor force and are not looking for work.
NOT BS
The European Commission fined AliExpress €550 million for breaching its obligations under the EU Digital Services Act.
NOT BS
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps destroyed a United States radar and a Patriot air-defense system in Bahrain.
TOTAL BS
Mumbai, India is currently under attack as part of a coordinated incident.
TOTAL BS
The United States conducted strikes on Iran for 10 consecutive nights.
MOSTLY BS
A drone carrying explosives was shot down over Al-Harir Air Base in Erbil, Iraq, according to an Iraqi security source cited by Reuters.
MOSTLY BS
Iran is transferring military equipment near the Iran–Kuwait border.
TOTAL BS
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said that Qatari mediators have presented new negotiating proposals and that he declined to provide details at that time.
HARDLY BS
Regime-aligned media channels released imagery that appears to show a destroyed aircraft shelter at Al-Salti Air Base in Jordan after a recent Iranian strike.
NOT BS
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched multiple heavy ballistic missiles toward Jordan, likely targeting King Hussein International Airport in Aqaba, Jordan.
HARDLY BS
Donald Trump wired money to Jeffrey Epstein 4,700 times.
TOTAL BS
Saudi Arabia's education policy explicitly links the establishment of foreign university branch campuses in Saudi Arabia to expertise transfer and to Saudi labour-market demand under Saudi Vision 2030.
HARDLY BS
Official youth statistics indicate that roughly 71% of Saudi citizens were under age 35 in mid-2024.
HARDLY BS
The government of Israel has stated that it is preparing for war with Iran, Turkey, Egypt, and Syria.
MOSTLY BS
Keir Starmer said, "The test of any Prime Minister is: do you leave your country in a better place than you found it? I’m proud that the answer is yes."
NOT BS
Four Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan wrote to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney accusing Canada of poor forest management related to wildfire smoke affecting the United States.
NOT BS
Representatives Jack Bergman, John James, Lisa McClain, and John Moolenaar sent a letter to Mark Carney on a Wednesday demanding action on forest management.
MOSTLY BSNo checks match that verdict.