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Two portrait photos side-by-side. To the left is Donald Trump and to the right is Pope Leo XIV

Don't believe rumor Trump told Pope Leo XIV to 'sit down' amid Iran war debate

Written by: Emery Winter

March 16, 2026

The claim about the presidential-papal confrontation was just another in a long line of AI-gener ...

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Did Erika Kirk work for Epstein? The truth behind claim her voice is in 'DOJ wiretap audio'

Written by: Jordan Liles

March 16, 2026

Social media users alleged a phone recording featured Charlie Kirk's widow scheduling teenage gi ...

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Unraveling claims about video showing police response to Michigan synagogue attack

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

March 16, 2026

The man who rammed his car into Temple Israel synagogue outside of Detroit fatally shot himself ...

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A photo allegedly shows an Iranian missile bound for a U.S. base in the Middle East with the inscription, "Vaccine for pedophiles #made in Iran."

Inspecting claim 'vaccine for pedophiles' was written on Iranian missile

Written by: Laerke Christensen

March 16, 2026

Social media users claimed the alleged inscription appeared on a missile used to strike a U.S. m ...

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A photo of Trump sitting by Marco Rubio, Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick, and Chris Wright, all wearing the same style of shiny, black leather oxford shoes. A circular cutout of another photo is overlaid on top showing a close-up of Rubio's shoes from a different photo, in which a gap is between the heels of his right foot and shoe.

Unpacking claims Trump bought shoes for Cabinet members

Written by: Emery Winter

March 16, 2026

Did Marco Rubio wear Florsheim shoes too big for him? We inspected photos of his feet to try to ...

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Netanyahu is alive, despite rumors he was killed by Iranian missile

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

March 16, 2026 (Updated: March 17, 2026)

The Israeli prime minister posted a video of himself in a café in response to the claims.

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Why shamrocks are symbol for St. Patrick's Day

Written by: Jack Izzo

March 16, 2026

The question "What is a shamrock, really?" has even left botanists debating.

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Did George W. Bush say he quit golf during Iraq War because he owed 'solidarity' to families?

Written by: Joey Esposito

March 16, 2026

Bush made the comment in 2008, during his first-ever live interview on the internet.

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This image shows an X post from 2013 reading "Corona virus....its coming" with an early microscopic scan of coronaviruses.

Why 2013 coronavirus warning on X likely wasn't the prophecy people claim it is

Written by: Taija PerryCook

March 16, 2026

When the X user shared the post in June 2013, there was a fresh outbreak of MERS-coronavirus in ...

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Map of Middle East with an arrow pointing to Iran

Posts claim only 23% of Americans can point to Iran on map. That's not the full story

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

March 16, 2026

The statistic circulating online in March 2026 came from a 2020 survey.

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Altered photo rekindles baseless trans conspiracy theory surrounding Michelle Obama

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

March 16, 2026

For several years, the former first lady has been the subject of conspiracy theories about her g ...

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'God is nonbinary': What James Talarico said while opposing Texas anti-trans youth sports bill in 2021

Written by: Joey Esposito

March 15, 2026

He was speaking out against legislation to ban transgender children from joining youth sports te ...

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An Asian woman in a red dress stands behind a voting booth with long rolls of "I voted" stickers behind her in a photo illustrative style.

What voting under SAVE America Act could look like for married women, other US voters

Written by: Rae Deng

March 15, 2026 (Updated: March 18, 2026)

Trump said on March 8 that he would not sign any other legislation into law until the SAVE Ameri ...

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15 rumors about the Oscars we've screened

Written by: Joey Esposito

March 15, 2026

From host gossip to the infamous Will Smith slap, we've put together an A-list collection of Aca ...

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Authentic photos of Trump with daughter Ivanka as a child recirculate online

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

March 15, 2026

The photos began circulating again as rumors related to the Epstein files gained renewed attenti ...

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Stephen Colbert, a white man with dark, slicked back hair and glasses, wearing an all-black suit.

Watch out for false claim about Stephen Colbert's 'emergency monologue' during 3 a.m. broadcast

Written by: Jack Izzo

March 14, 2026

A social media rumor suggested the late-night TV host spoke about a threat he received from U.S. ...

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Did Kamala Harris say, 'Iran is a country, but we don't live there, so it's not our country'?

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

March 14, 2026

The wording resembled other fabricated quotes previously attributed to the former vice president.

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Nighttime photo of Tehran. Apartments in foreground, fire and smoke from airstrikes at middle, mountains illuminated by flames in background

16 claims we've researched in Iran war's first 2 weeks

Written by: Emery Winter

March 14, 2026

Misinformation about the U.S.-Israel war on Iran has been pervasive on social media.

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, an older white man with short white hair in a yellow tie, stands among a throng of reporters and speaks.

Lindsey Graham once said Republican Party was 'killing all the right people'

Written by: Rae Deng

March 14, 2026

As the United States and Israel launched a war in Iran, social media users expressed outrage at ...

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Video doesn't show Netanyahu with 6 fingers per hand, isn't AI

Written by: Jordan Liles

March 13, 2026

Online users alleged the Israeli government used artificial intelligence to hide the fact the pr ...

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