Your weekly fact-checks
#TrumpCheck
PolitiFact
False: Trump said the slow ballot counting in California means “they’re cheating on the election."
California’s ballot counting pace is not a sign of cheating. The state conducts the count in accordance with state law. Its count takes longer than most states. The majority of California voters cast mail ballots, including many who submit them at vote centres, drop boxes or by mail on Election Day.
PolitiFact
False: Trump says his cognitive test results showed he has “extreme intelligence.”
Medical experts have said they believe that President Donald Trump recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. It is designed to detect cognitive impairment, not intelligence. Trump said he scored 30 out of 30. That shows that a patient has normal cognitive function.
#Politics
Lead Stories
False: Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan agreed to let Ukraine set up drone manufacturing plants in Armenia.
No such report appeared on the media company's website. It could not be found on the outlet's social media accounts, either.
Africa Check
False: Cambodia did not order African nationals to leave the country.
A notice circulating on social media claims that the Asian country of Cambodia has ordered all African nationals to leave the country or face arrest and a hefty fine. However, the notice is fabricated.
PolitiFact
False: Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt “got 0 out of 24,000 votes in a late-night (Los Angeles) ballot drop.”
The Associated Press said a lag in its automated data briefly caused some candidates’ numbers to update before Spencer Pratt’s in reporting on the Los Angeles mayoral primary. The complete data showed Pratt received 21,870 votes in an election night update.
#Economy
PolitiFact
Half-True: "Michigan has spent more than $2.5 billion on incentives to companies since 2019, and so far, that fund, the SOAR fund, has created zero jobs."
Michigan budgeted $2.4 billion for the Strategic Outreach and Attraction Reserve Fund, or SOAR fund, intended to lure large corporate projects to the state. About $1.3 billion has been spent, while about $2.2 billion has been awarded, based on state reports. Companies receiving subsidies reported creating 1,846 jobs.
#Healthcare
Africa Check
False: Ugandan schools were not ordered closed over the Ebola outbreak by President Museveni.
A video circulating on Facebook claims that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the closure of schools due to Ebola. But the footage is from the Covid-19 pandemic and has been dismissed by officials.
#Conflict
StopFake
False: Ukraine is deliberately blowing up civilian infrastructure to blame Russia for missile strikes, according to USA Today.
The images of the USA Today news segment are fabricated, as is the quote attributed to RSF Director General Thibaut Bruttin. Numerous videos circulating online clearly show the moments of impact, and the Russian Defence Ministry itself confirmed the strike.
Lead Stories
False: Israeli or U.S. assets were destroyed by Iranian missiles in early June.
The explosion shown in the video occurred at a fireworks factory in Malta. The powerful blast injured two people at the Ta' Lourdes fireworks factory on June 1, 2026.
#Nordics
Tjekdet
Falsk: Dokumentarfilmen »Grønlands hvide guld« har vundet førstepræmien ved en prestigefyldt prisuddeling.
En grønlandsk dokumentarfilm blev hyldet i dækningen på KNR og på de sociale medier, efter at den havde vundet en pris ved Edinburgh Film Awards. En undersøgelse afslørede imidlertid, at festivalen er et fupnummer, der drives af en iransk arrangør, som opretter snesevis af falske festivaler, uddeler priser og samtidig opkræver tilmeldingsgebyrer.
#WTF?! What The Fact of the week
Snopes
True: Shoes and sportswear company Adidas was founded by a former Nazi.
Adidas was founded by Adolf "Adi" Dassler, who joined the Nazi Party in 1933 alongside his brother Rudolf; their factory supplied the Hitler Youth and manufactured anti-tank weapons using forced labor during World War II. After the war, Adi launched Adidas in 1949 while the company's official history deliberately skips the Nazi-era years, ignoring that both brothers were Nazi members who signed letters with "Heil Hitler".
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