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Is This a Really Giant Squid — Or Fake Photo?

Written by: Madison Dapcevich

Jan. 22, 2025

The photo first emerged online in 2018 and was reportedly captured in New Zealand.

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Leaked Memo Shows Republicans Considering Sweeping Tax Changes

Written by: Laerke Christensen

Jan. 22, 2025

The 50-page list of suggestions from House Budget Committee Republicans includes tax increases f ...

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Online users misleading shared a manipulated photo of Taylor Swift giving a Nazi salute.

Photo of Taylor Swift Giving Nazi Salute Was Manipulated

Written by: Jordan Liles

Jan. 22, 2025

Online users discussed the altered photo after tech entrepreneur Elon Musk twice extended his ri ...

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A webpage showing the U.S. government website in Spanish is shown next to a webpage that says it wasn't found.

White House Spanish-Language Site No Longer Available

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

Jan. 22, 2025

The Spanish-language site was also removed in 2017 during U.S. President Donald Trump’s previous ...

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Trump Called For Public Apology After Bishop Directly Addressed Him During Inaugural Prayer Service

Written by: Jack Izzo

Jan. 22, 2025

Episcopalian bishop Mariann Edgar Budde asked the president to "have mercy" on his constituents.

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A webpage showing the U.S. government page for the Constitution is shown next to a webpage that says it wasn't found.

Trump Admin Deleted Constitution from White House Site. It's Not as Ominous as His Critics Think

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

Jan. 22, 2025

The Constitution did disappear from the White House website, but so did other pages. The removal ...

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No, Usha Vance Would Not Lose US Citizenship Under Trump Executive Order. Here's Why

Written by: Jordan Liles

Jan. 22, 2025

People claiming the U.S. government would revoke the second lady's citizenship did so with a mis ...

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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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Newsom Cut Some Fire Prevention Funding Before 2025 LA Wildfires, But It's Complicated

Written by: Taija PerryCook

Jan. 22, 2025

Reduction to an extra sum for fire resilience drew outrage while the general fund for fire preve ...

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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 (Updated: Jan. 29, 2025)

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

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Videos Claiming Hunter Biden Tried To Humiliate Barron Trump at Charity Gala Shouldn't Be Trusted

Written by: Jordan Liles

Jan. 21, 2025

Online users shared this untrue rumor about the pair in the days before U.S. President Donald Tr ...

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Forgotten Black Aviator Patented Flying Machine Before Wright Brothers' Flight. Here's the Timeline

Written by: Joey Esposito

Jan. 21, 2025 (Updated: Jan. 24, 2025)

Charles F. Page received a patent for his contraption before the Wright brothers' historic fligh ...

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US Government's Reproductive Rights Website No Longer Online Under Trump

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

Jan. 21, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump campaigned on the promise of leaving abortion law decisions to the s ...

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Meta Didn't Force Facebook Users To Follow Trump and Vance. Here's Why It Might Seem That Way

Written by: Caroline Wazer

Jan. 21, 2025 (Updated: Jan. 22, 2025)

Handing over control of the official presidential and vice presidential social media accounts ha ...

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Vintage Coffee Print Ad of Man Spanking Woman Is Real. Here's What It Said

Written by: Jordan Liles

Jan. 21, 2025

The Chase & Sanborn coffee advertisement depicting a man raising his hand to spank a woman appea ...

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It's Not True Half of LA Fire Trucks Are Electric or Take 10 Hours To Recharge

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

Jan. 21, 2025

"This is what happens when you give the reigns to woke idealists," one Facebook user wrote.

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No, Ye Didn't Post This Doodle of Himself and Trump as Stick Figures

Written by: Caroline Wazer

Jan. 20, 2025

An image purporting to show a Trump post praising the drawing was a digital forgery.

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No, Criminals Are Not Using Drugged Perfume to Rob People

Written by: Joey Esposito

Jan. 20, 2025

The widespread internet rumor has been frightening readers since the late '90s.

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Did Musk Give 'Nazi Salute' at Trump's 2025 Inauguration Rally? Here's What We Know

Written by: Jordan Liles

Jan. 20, 2025 (Updated: Jan. 24, 2025)

Online users shared videos showing Musk twice extending his hand outward from his heart but omit ...

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Biden's Preemptive Pardons Don't Mean Fauci, Jan. 6 Committee Are Guilty of Crimes

Written by: Jack Izzo

Jan. 20, 2025

Whether a pardon implies guilt is still an open question.

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