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Assessing small boat crossings and fact-checking Trump's Washington DC crime claim

While we wait for those figures, you can read our overnight fact-check on President Trump’s claim that crime in Washington DC is “out of control.” As ever - you can find more of our work on the BBC Verify section of the BBC News website.

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Fact check: Violent crime in DC has fallen in 2024 and 2025 after a 2023 spike

President Donald Trump, justifying his temporary federal takeover of policing in the nation’s capital, claimed at a press conference Monday that the violent crime situation in Washington, DC, “is getting worse,

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FACT FOCUS: Trump exaggerates, misstates facts on Washington crime

President Donald Trump said Monday that his administration will take over policing the nation's capital city in what the Republican said is an effort to bring down rising crime rates in Washington, D.

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Fact Check: Steven Tyler didn't invite elderly woman onstage to sing in August 2025

The story read: "It was a deeply moving moment — a connection between past and present — proving that music knows no age ...

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The Trump Administration Will, In Fact, Provide That $5 Billion in Funds to Build EV Chargers

After a court stopped the Trump administration from stopping the flow of federal money for electric car charging stations, ...

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Washington Post's effort to court conservatives could drive away its liberal readers, ex-fact checker warns

In an interview with Fox News Digital, former Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler warned the paper's efforts to court ...

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Fact Check: No, orca didn't kill trainer named Jessica Radcliffe during performance

A rumor circulated online in August 2025 claiming an orca — also known as a killer whale — fatally attacked a marine trainer ...

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Fact Check: Oxford photo shows Boris Johnson with his first wife, not Ghislaine Maxwell

The first wife of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been incorrectly identified in a photo online as Ghislaine ...

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FACT FOCUS: RFK Jr.'s reasons for cutting mRNA vaccine not supported by evidence

His claim is contradicted by scientific evidence. Countless studies show that vaccinated individuals fare far better against ...

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Trump's Truth Social AI chatbot keeps fact-checking him

T ruth Social's newly launched chatbot, Truth Search AI, has repeatedly returned answers that contradicted President Donald ...

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Fact Check: Red-brick house edited into Afghan family photo and falsely said to be a gift

An edited image purporting to show an Afghan journalist and his family outside a house in the UK has been shared online to ...

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