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Written by: Jordan Liles
Jan. 5, 2026
According to users' social media posts, Newsmax reported about the House minority leader's alleg ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 31, 2025
The alleged promotional teaser depicted the widowed Turning Point USA CEO standing with the show ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Dec. 30, 2025
The claim originated with The Babylon Bee, a Christian satirical outlet that Snopes has repeated ...
Written by: Taija PerryCook
Dec. 23, 2025
Bari Weiss, CBS' editor-in-chief, reportedly held the story about abuses in the facility because ...
Written by: Taija PerryCook
Dec. 17, 2025
There is no evidence they’re changing their policy.
Written by: Megan Loe
Dec. 16, 2025
Online users shared the purported quote from the White House press secretary, beginning with, "P ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
Dec. 15, 2025
Nick Reiner, who is suspected in the deaths of his parents, was being held on a murder charge, L ...
Written by: Jack Izzo
Dec. 13, 2025
The humorous post made the rounds again in December 2025.
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Dec. 11, 2025
Satirical Facebook page America's Last Line of Defense has struck again.
Written by: Jack Izzo
Dec. 10, 2025
The comedian moved to Ireland in January 2025 in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's victo ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Dec. 10, 2025
The rumor came from a satirical account on X.
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Dec. 6, 2025
The fictional story came from Scottish Aye, a satirical Facebook account.
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Dec. 4, 2025
The U.S. president also didn't say that he told Santa to give girls two dolls each for Christmas ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Dec. 2, 2025
Don't expect to see ollies at the old folks' home anytime soon.
Written by: Nick Hardinges
Nov. 27, 2025
The star of the WNBA's Atlanta Dream was falsely said to have been stopped while carrying counte ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Nov. 25, 2025
The fictional article claimed the asylum-seeker would fly home, buy himself a new identity and l ...
Written by: Jack Izzo
Nov. 25, 2025
The claim originated from a known satirical news outlet.
Written by: Jack Izzo
Nov. 24, 2025
According to the story, Hegseth supposedly was rushed to Walter Reed Medical Center following th ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Nov. 21, 2025
Facebook and X users shared the alleged news, claiming U.S. President Donald Trump was "poised t ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Nov. 19, 2025
The source of the claim failed to mention that New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani would no ...
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