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Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Feb. 17, 2026
No other credible source has reached the same conclusion. The Seattle Police Department says its ...
Written by: Jack Izzo
Feb. 16, 2026
The claim appeared following comments Watters and other Fox News hosts made downplaying the seve ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Feb. 16, 2026
Roses are red, violets are blue, and we have rated this claim as true.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Feb. 16, 2026
The files do contain references to cannibalism and ritualistic sacrifice, but they are not linke ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 16, 2026
A Facebook page manager explained the exact text prompt they submitted to Grok, the AI tool that ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Feb. 16, 2026
The claim spread after the Trump administration revoked a scientific finding that carbon dioxide ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Feb. 16, 2026
One social media user dared "someone" to say a photo didn't show Trump. We took up the challenge.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 16, 2026
The "pizza" references in the Epstein files that social media users highlighted have innocuous e ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Feb. 16, 2026
The image was created using Google AI tools.
Written by: Jessica Lee
Feb. 16, 2026
We dug into centuries of presidential rumors, including tales about unusual pets and White House ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
Feb. 16, 2026
Connery was actually a several months younger than Brodie-Sangster in the photos, based on evidence.
Written by: Joey Esposito
Feb. 15, 2026
The advertisement appeared to be an example of “culture jamming,” an anti-capitalist movement th ...
Written by: Emery Winter
Feb. 15, 2026
The data repeatedly shows that transgender people aren't more likely to commit mass shootings th ...
Written by: Taija PerryCook
Feb. 15, 2026
Bondi's DOJ tenure has given rise to widespread misinformation — much of it directed at the atto ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Feb. 15, 2026
In February 2026, social media users resurfaced an AI-generated video that animated an authentic ...
Written by: Jack Izzo
Feb. 14, 2026
Investigating the claim was difficult because the unofficial subreddit for agents, from where th ...
Written by: Jack Izzo
Feb. 14, 2026
The president didn't share the post in question — and the idea behind it isn't backed by science.
Written by: Taija PerryCook
Feb. 14, 2026
AI-generated or otherwise altered images of the U.S. president swirled online as more files rega ...
Written by: Emery Winter
Feb. 14, 2026
The photo was of a woman entirely unrelated to the shooting. Her mother has reportedly said she' ...
Written by: Taija PerryCook
Feb. 13, 2026
The supposed passport was AI-generated and originated from a social media account that describes ...
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