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Was Joe Biden Refused Service at ‘Crumb and Get It’ in 2012?

A Virginia cookie shop declined to host a media event with the former U.S. vice...

HHS: Reunification of Migrant Children With Detained Parents Will Mean Prolonged Child Detention

Health and Human Services officials said they will reunite children with detained parents if Congress...

Did Anti-Trump Protesters Call for Republicans to Be Assassinated?

Hyperpartisan web sites used shoddy image editing to spread inflammatory disinformation.

Did 233 Representatives Vote to ‘Steal’ Social Security’s $2.9 Trillion Surplus?

Claims that lawmakers voted to spend a Social Security surplus to pay off government debt...

Did a Christian Foster Care Provider ‘Kidnap’ Migrant Children for Profit?

Reports and viral memes made several claims about Bethany Christian Services and its purported links...

Did Melania Trump’s Controversial Jacket Contain a Pro-Fascism Message?

Some elements of a viral post about Melania Trump's jacket are factual, but there's no...

Did the King of the Netherlands Tell Donald Trump That The Hague Is Waiting for Him?

A parody account posing as Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands tweeted that the International Court of...

Did Canada’s Prime Minister Say Canadians Don’t Need American Farmers Because ‘We Have Grocery Stores’?

Hyperpartisan social media pages and bots used yet another fake quote in order to attempt...

Did an Oregon Department of Transportation Employee Say That Immigrants Should be ‘Shot at the Border’?

Lori McAllen has faced a backlash after screenshots emerged of her calling for immigrants to...

Is the Trump Administration Paying Southwest Key $458 Million to Run Immigrant Child Detention Centers?

Southwest Key's chief executive officer earned an annual salary of $1.5 million in 2016.

Is an ‘Obama Don’t Separate Me From My Mommy’ Protest Sign Real?

A photograph showing protesters holding a sign is real, but the sign is referring to...

Did Melania Trump Wear This Jacket on Her Way to Visit Children Separated from Their Families?

The First Lady made a surprise visit to detained immigrant children while wearing a jacket...