Did a Group of Migrant Men With a Kidnapped Mexican Girl Hold a Texas Rancher in El Indio at Gunpoint?
21 January 2019 We sought to corroborate an incident described in a social media post that went viral in early 2019.
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Did Trump Tap Giorgio A. Tsoukalos for Secretary of the Space Force?
29 June 2018 A satirical article jokingly claimed that the television personality and producer best known as "the Ancient Aliens guy" was going to lead President Donald Trump's Space Force.
Did Melania Trump Wear an ‘Exterminate’ T-Shirt to a Holocaust Memorial?
29 June 2018 A satirical web site left some readers unsure about a fake article that followed a real controversy over the First Lady's fashion choices.
Is This a Photograph of Women ‘Screaming Through Their Vaginas’ to Protest the President?
28 June 2018 A long-circulating image from an art project became attached to an unrelated backstory about purportedly disgruntled anti-Trump protesters in June 2018.
Trump Administration Asks the Pentagon to House Immigrant Families on Military Sites
27 June 2018 Meanwhile, the federal government has not answered questions about how it will comply with an injunction ordering authorities to return children taken from their families under "zero tolerance."
Did 80 Percent of Undocumented Minors Arrive in the United States Without Parents?
27 June 2018 Both the White House and Attorney General have used (and misused) a rudimentary and unverifiable statistic in order to downplay their roles in the family separation crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Is the Red Hen Located at 666 E. Washington?
27 June 2018 Hacked Google Reviews and manufactured Yelp pages led some to believe that the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia had a "Satanic" address.
Was Joe Biden Refused Service at ‘Crumb and Get It’ in 2012?
27 June 2018 A Virginia cookie shop declined to host a media event with the former U.S. vice president during a campaign stop in 2012.
Did Harley Davidson’s CEO Call President Trump ‘a Moron’?
27 June 2018 Matthew Levatich was accused of calling Donald Trump a "moron" after the president objected to the company moving some operations to Thailand.
HHS: Reunification of Migrant Children With Detained Parents Will Mean Prolonged Child Detention
26 June 2018 Health and Human Services officials said they will reunite children with detained parents if Congress lifts a 20-day limit on child detention.
Did Anti-Trump Protesters Call for Republicans to Be Assassinated?
26 June 2018 Hyperpartisan web sites used shoddy image editing to spread inflammatory disinformation.
Did 233 Representatives Vote to ‘Steal’ Social Security’s $2.9 Trillion Surplus?
25 June 2018 Claims that lawmakers voted to spend a Social Security surplus to pay off government debt stem from an alarmist account of a failed balanced budget amendment.
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Did Reality TV Star Beth Chapman from ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’ Pass Away?
22 April 2019 The star, who has been battling cancer since 2017, was hospitalized in early April 2019.
Did Washington State Sen. Maureen Walsh Say Nurses ‘Play Cards’ for a Large Part of Their Working Day?
23 April 2019 The Republican state senator attracted nationwide coverage and widespread criticism in April 2019, but what did she actually say?
Was Rapper XXXTentacion Found Alive?
15 April 2019 Is a reverse death hoax even more callous than a death hoax?
Did President Trump Say ‘This is the End of My Presidency. I’m F*cked’ After Mueller’s Appointment?
19 April 2019 According to the Mueller Report, U.S. President Donald Trump was less than enthused about the appointment of the special counsel.
Did Nancy Pelosi Remove a 150-Year-Old ‘In God We Trust’ Sign from the House Chamber Entrance?
22 April 2019 Curiously, the phrase "In God We Trust" wasn't even on paper currency in the United States 150 years ago.