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A white woman with shoulder-length hair wearing a pink shift dress points toward the camera in mid-speech.

Did Nancy Mace order staffers to create burner accounts to promote her online? Here's what we know

Written by: Rae Deng

May 30, 2025

"I would give you an additional comment but we're too busy creating burner accounts, according t ...

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A blue sign shaped like a heart that says "Medicaid" hangs from a person's walker outside the U.S. Capitol building.

Did DOGE, RFK Jr. find 8M fraudulently enrolled in Medicaid? Not exactly

Written by: Rae Deng

May 30, 2025

It's more accurate to say that about 8 million people may lose Medicaid coverage if the "One Big ...

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U.S. President Donald Trump, a white man with blonde hair wearing a suit, stands in front of a podium that says "THE SOUTHERN BORDER." Behind him is a wall with slats.

Breaking down reports Trump let 17 Mexican drug cartel family members into US

Written by: Rae Deng

May 30, 2025

According to Mexican officials, U.S. President Donald Trump made a deal allowing family members ...

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Musk said he's leaving the White House. Here's what we do (and don't) know about the departure

Written by: Caroline Wazer

May 29, 2025

In an X post, the tech billionaire announced his "scheduled time as a Special Government Employe ...

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What we know about claims applying for TSA PreCheck and Global Entry gives government 'unrestricted' data access

Written by: Laerke Christensen

May 29, 2025 (Updated: June 19, 2025)

The Department of Homeland Security's Trusted Traveler Programs allow prescreened travelers a fa ...

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What we know about Pope Leo XIV's scheduled video appearance at Chicago event

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

May 29, 2025

The pope is scheduled to deliver a video message on June 14, 2025 at Rate Field, home of the Whi ...

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What we know about claims Biden's Department of Energy handed out $93B in loans in its final months

Written by: Laerke Christensen

May 29, 2025

The Biden administration declared the Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office "back in busin ...

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What to know about Musk's claim Starlink can't operate in South Africa because he's not Black

Written by: Jack Izzo

May 29, 2025

The tech billionaire, who was born in South Africa, has made the claim multiple times.

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No proof Harvard rejected Barron Trump

Written by: Rae Deng

May 29, 2025

"Barron Trump did not apply to Harvard," said a spokesperson for the office of his mother, first ...

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Breaking down claim student from Norway was evacuated from Harvard

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

May 28, 2025

The rumor cited vague "safety concerns" as the reason for repatriating the student to Norway.

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What to know about rumors cheating 'after signing marriage papers' will be illegal in 2026

Written by: Laerke Christensen

May 28, 2025

The claim started circulating among South African creators and quickly spread across social medi ...

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Trump's budget would make it harder for US courts to enforce contempt charges against government

Written by: Taija PerryCook

May 27, 2025

Hidden provision in the "Big, Beautiful Bill" could upend the balance of power between the admin ...

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In this photo collage, U.S. President Donald Trump, a white man in his 70s with short blonde hair wearing a suit, is in front of a backdrop of packaged drugs.

Trump may have let 17 Mexican drug cartel family members into US. Here's what we know

Written by: Rae Deng

May 25, 2025

The family members in question are relatives of famed former Sinaloa Cartel leader, Joaquín "El ...

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Breaking down claim Trump was recruited by KGB with code name 'Krasnov'

Written by: Jack Izzo Amelia Clarke

May 24, 2025

The claim originated with former Soviet and Kazakh security official Alnur Mussayev.

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A white woman looks down at sheets of paper. A group of people follow behind, with a few holding cameras.

Did Kristi Noem support a reality TV show where immigrants compete for US citizenship? Here's what we know

Written by: Laerke Christensen

May 24, 2025

"The American" would see people compete in challenges to win U.S. citizenship, according to a pr ...

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On the left, a white man, Elon Musk, wearing a red baseball cap that says "TRUMP WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING" holds his clasped hands up to his mouth. On the right, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a white man, smiles at the camera.

Clarifying claim that DOGE, RFK Jr. found 8M people fraudulently on Medicaid

Written by: Rae Deng

May 23, 2025

The numbers appeared tied to estimates on the number of people who may be cut from Medicaid unde ...

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Trump presented 'evidence' of 'white genocide' to South African president. The facts say otherwise

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

May 23, 2025

Some of the purported visual evidence didn't even come from South Africa.

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Unpacking claims GOP's 'big beautiful bill' lowers age of dependents from 18 to 7 years old

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

May 23, 2025

The bill lowers the age of dependents from under 18 to under seven years old, but only in the co ...

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U.S. President Donald Trump, a white man in a suit, signs a document seated at a desk. Behind him are children sitting at desks who also appear to be writing or signing documents.

A judge temporarily blocked Trump's efforts to end the Department of Education. Here's context

Written by: Rae Deng

May 23, 2025

On May 22, 2025, a judge temporarily blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order aimed ...

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Musk claimed Starlink isn't allowed to operate in South Africa because he's not Black. Here's what we know

Written by: Jack Izzo

May 22, 2025 (Updated: May 27, 2025)

Tech billionaire Elon Musk was born in South Africa but emigrated at age 17 and eventually becam ...

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