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Clarifying claims surrounding Harvard's free Constitution course

Written by: Laerke Christensen

May 27, 2025

"American Government: Constitutional Foundations," a course offered by Harvard on the edX platfo ...

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Here's what we know about rumors Met Gala co-chair Anna Wintour banned Trump from attending 2025 event

Written by: Laerke Christensen

May 8, 2025

Anna Wintour said in October 2017 that she would "never" invite Donald Trump back to the Met Gala.

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Yes, US deported more than 3M people during Obama presidency — most without chance to plead case in court

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

May 8, 2025

According to social media posts, 75-83% of people deported under Obama were removed without seei ...

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US deported more than 3M people during Obama presidency. Most did not have chance to plead case in court

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

May 4, 2025

Social media posts claimed "75–83%" of people deported during the Obama administration "never sa ...

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A man with dark short cropped hair wearing a white t-shirt reads a book.

Yes, Brazilian prisoners can read books to reduce sentences — but only by 48 days a year

Written by: Rae Deng

April 27, 2025

Prisoners can submit up to 12 book reviews a year and reduce their sentences by four days per bo ...

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A Fox livestream news report labeled Kyiv a Russian city. Here's what we know

Written by: Laerke Christensen

April 21, 2025

LiveNOW from Fox, a livestream service that is part of the Fox Corporation, apologized for the m ...

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Photos depicting 1987 'Black Monday' stock market crash are authentic

Written by: Joey Esposito

April 20, 2025

The images are authentic, although one photo in the post was actually from a preceding market dr ...

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On the left: A black-and-white image of a person with a facial disfigurement, largely impacting the profile and structure of their nose. On the right: An image of the same person, but wearing a prosthetic mask and glasses. The mask gives him the appearance of a structured nose without disfigurement.

Yes, these WWI-era facial prosthetics are real — but the sculptor credited for the work didn't do it alone

Written by: Rae Deng

April 6, 2025

While the work is often attributed solely to sculptor Anna Coleman Ladd, she led a team of artis ...

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Cory Booker's marathon Senate speech broke record, but it wasn't a filibuster

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

April 2, 2025

The senator spoke for more than 25 hours, breaking a record set by Sen. Strom Thurmond in 1957.

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Two  people wearing military uniforms pack produce in a warehouse.

Trump budget cuts canceled 20 truckloads of food for Cleveland food bank

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

March 28, 2025

The Greater Cleveland Food Bank said it was expecting 500,000 pounds of food between April and J ...

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Yes, photo authentically shows boy holding 'TRUMP IS A CHUMP!' sign at '80s rally

Written by: Caroline Wazer

Feb. 19, 2025

In 1989, some New Yorkers protested Donald Trump's call for the return of the death penalty.

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What appears like yellow moss is shown at the bottom of the ocean.

Real 'Hot Tub of Despair'? This oceanic region supposedly kills anything that enters

Written by: Madison Dapcevich

Feb. 10, 2025

The deadly deep-sea brine pool is said to kill anything that enters its waters.

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Workers Who Built Egypt's Giza Pyramids Received Beer Rations — But Amount Is Uncertain

Written by: Caroline Wazer

Feb. 1, 2025

A claim that they received 4 to 5 liters of beer a day has appeared in social media posts, popul ...

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A white man wearing a blue suit is pictured next to a large building pictured along a body of water.

German Museum Removed Portrait of Elon Musk? Not Exactly

Written by: Laerke Christensen

Jan. 24, 2025

Munich's Deutsches Museum said a "prominent" position of an individual in an exhibition could be ...

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A white man wearing a blue suit signs an executive order while sitting at a desk.

Yes, Trump Executive Order Revokes DEI Measures From 1965. Here's What That Means

Written by: Laerke Christensen

Jan. 23, 2025

Trump revoked a decades-old executive order saying federal contractors must take affirmative act ...

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Trump Order Walks Back Biden-Era Effort To Lower Prescription Drug Prices. Here's Context

Written by: Jack Izzo Rae Deng

Jan. 22, 2025

There are still other Biden-era measures in place to reduce prescription drug prices, however.

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Harvard Students Built Tool That Can Dox People Using Meta Smart Glasses. Here's What To Know

Written by: Laerke Christensen

Jan. 22, 2025

Developers of a tool that could discover personal information about people from a picture have w ...

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Does Photo Show Woman in Iran Cutting Birthday Cake While Wearing Short Dress?

Written by: Jordan Liles

Jan. 9, 2025

Snopes investigated a years-old picture that challenged some online users' perceptions of the Mi ...

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The Eiffel Tower Grows During Summers, Shrinks in Winters. Here's Why

Written by: Madison Dapcevich

Jan. 7, 2025

The monument responds to seasonal temperatures, contracting a few millimeters when it's cold and ...

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Hourly Pay of McDonald's Workers in Denmark Really Is This Much

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

Dec. 29, 2024

Fast food wages in Denmark are set by collective bargaining between companies and trade unions.

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