Khaya Himmelman

Khaya Himmelman is a fact checker for The Dispatch. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School and Barnard College.

Khaya Himmelman

Fact Check: The Mariupol Maternity Ward Airstrike was not Staged

Social media posts saying so echo Russian propaganda.

Fact Check: Did Kamala Harris Avoid a Question About Inflation?

A video of her news conference with Romania’s president was deceptively edited.

Fact Check: No, There Are No U.S.-Funded Bioweapons Labs in Ukraine

False claims are going viral on social media.

Fact Checking the State of the Union

President Joe Biden made several false claims.

Fact Checking Kari Lake’s Speech at CPAC

The Arizona gubernatorial candidate repeated false claims on the election and the pandemic.

Fact Checking Claims on Vaccines, Election 2020, and January 6 From CPAC

Friday’s speakers made statements that have been repeatedly debunked.

Mike Lindell’s CPAC Sideshow

The conference takes Lindell's sponsorship money but pushes his election conspiracy theories off the main stage.

Fact Checking Claims About Wisconsin’s Number of Registered Voters

Trump supporters keep making debunked claims.