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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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Pirro says these laws need to change to address violent crime in DC

The U.S. attorney for D.C. said the issue is that those who commit violent crimes have no reason to fear law enforcement.

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CNN Fact-Checker Exposes 'A Lot Of Deception' From Trump On D.C. Crime Rate

Daniel Dale tackled the litany of false claims President Donald Trump made on Monday while announcing Washington, D.C., is ...

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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 ...

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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: 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 ...

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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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: Trump’s claims jobless numbers were 'rigged'

Trump has falsely alleged that former BLS commissioner “faked” employment numbers before the 2024 election in order to better ...

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 check: Trump says he’s cut drug prices by up to 1,500%. That’s not possible

Days after he sent letters instructing top pharmaceutical manufacturers to use a “most favored nation” pricing model for ...

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Fact Check: Posts claim woman in photo posing next to swastika is Zohran Mamdani's senior adviser or Linda Sarsour

Internet users falsely claimed a photo of a woman in hijab posing next to swastika graffiti was Zohran Mamdani's senior ...

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