Throughout summer 2025, claims spread online about a North Carolina man who once robbed a bank for a single dollar in order to go to jail and obtain healthcare. The rumor spread as concerns increased ...

In late August 2025, social media posts claimed convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell "confirmed" the existence of secret ...

Maps or images allegedly showing rising sea levels or increasing temps often circulate online. Some are real, others are not.

The claim came from ancient Greek historian Herodotus, who was not always a reliable source and who never actually traveled to Persia.

A TikTok user pointed to several “worsening" symptoms and claimed they were signs that Trump had congestive heart failure and ...

Conservatives seized on the shooter's purported gender identity to launch attacks on the transgender community.

Dr. Demetre C. Daskalakis was one of three top officials at the CDC who resigned after the White House fired the agency's ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller called the Democratic party a "domestic, extremist ...

Multiple databases of mass shootings indicate that transgender people are not unusually likely to commit mass shootings.

The order encourages forcible commitment of "homeless individuals into long-term institutional settings for humane treatment.

Online users and prominent news media outlets promoted partly misleading information about yet another trending topic.

The Road Warriors Motorcycle Club allegedly came to defend the honor of their founder after he was humiliated at a Walmart ...