MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 07/15/2025

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Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only utilize fact-checkers that are either a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) or have been verified as credible by MBFC. Further, we review each fact check for accuracy before publishing. We fact-check the fact-checkers and let you know their bias. When appropriate, we explain the rating and/or offer our own rating if we disagree with the fact-checker. (D. Van Zandt)

Claim Codes: Red = Fact Check on a Right Claim, Blue = Fact Check on a Left Claim, Black = Not Political/Conspiracy/Pseudoscience/Other

Fact Checker bias rating Codes: Red = Right-Leaning, Green = Least Biased, Blue = Left-Leaning, Black = Unrated by MBFC

MOSTLY TRUE	Claim by Jon Favreau: “ICE will now become the country’s largest federal law enforcement agency, bigger than the FBI, bigger than the DEA.” PolitiFact rating: Mostly True (ICE becomes the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency under Trump’s law compared with the FBI and DEA’s existing budgets. But base budgets for all three agencies could change. ICE still trails the FBI in terms of overall staffing, but ICE’s number of staff with arrest authority could surpass the FBI in coming years, depending on the breakdown of its new 10,000 hires.) Does Trump’s new law make ICE the largest federal law enforcement agency?
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: A widely-shared video authentically showed Liberian President Joseph Boakai attacking the “racially prejudiced attitude” of his American counterpart Donald Trump. Lead Stories rating: False (Fake Audio) Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Liberian President Joseph Boakai Attacking ‘Racially Prejudiced’ Trump
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Photograph authentically shows Donald Trump in his fifties, dancing with a 13-year-old girl on Jeffrey Epstein’s island. Snopes.com rating: Fake (AI-generated) Don’t fall for photo of Trump dancing with teen girl on Epstein’s island
FALSE	(International: India): US President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on four International Criminal Court (ICC) judges because of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s crimes against humanity case. Rappler rating: False FACT CHECK: Duterte not the reason for US sanctions on ICC judges

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