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Written by: Rae Deng
May 9, 2026
In May 2026, Republicans proposed spending $1 billion in taxpayer funds on the ballroom's securi ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
May 9, 2026
According an alleged memo, 1,103 pieces of cutlery and tableware had gone missing from the White ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
May 8, 2026
Online users shared a video purportedly showing President Trump calling the journalist a slur du ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
May 8, 2026
Those eager to discredit Pfizer's mRNA vaccine, which is safe and effective, exploited the cruis ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
May 8, 2026
Questions arose in May 2026 over whether the U.S. Secret Service would really need $1 billion to ...
Written by: Rae Deng
May 8, 2026
Patients who have been "functionally cured" of HIV underwent incredibly risky procedures. For mo ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
May 8, 2026
The story was yet another fabricated political confrontation, using real footage to lend credibi ...
Written by: Emery Winter
May 8, 2026
The AI-generated posts followed a common pattern of fabricating shocking stories about famous pe ...
Written by: Jack Izzo
May 8, 2026
We tested our own computers to see if the model was present.
Written by: Emery Winter
May 8, 2026
A proposal to revoke permits allowing a conservation group's bison herd to graze on federal land ...
Written by: Jack Izzo
May 7, 2026
The image was created by a user on Instagram whose page was full of AI-generated images.
Written by: Jordan Liles
May 7, 2026
Online users discussed a video allegedly showing a teenager in an orange jumpsuit reacting to a ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
May 7, 2026
FBI officials confirmed the existence of the bourbon bottles, first reported by The Atlantic, an ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
May 7, 2026 (Updated: May 8, 2026)
Researchers have known since at least 1996 that at least one hantavirus variant — the Andes viru ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
May 7, 2026
Meloni said on X in May 2026 that she had been targeted by deepfake photos.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
May 7, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the military could “neither confirm nor deny” their use.
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
May 7, 2026
While the figure is an official USGS estimate, extracting the mineral poses major technical and ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
May 7, 2026
Ramaswamy, a Republican running for Ohio governor in 2026, made the comment during a 2023 speech ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
May 6, 2026
The video features the president observing a band and dancers while doing a dance he has previou ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
May 6, 2026
Blanche, one of President Donald Trump's former personal lawyers, made the statement during an i ...
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