Browsing: Fact Check & Misinformation

Elon Musk this week amplified an unfounded claim, based on a distortion of vaccine safety monitoring data, that COVID-19 vaccines killed…

Q: How real is birth tourism? A: The government doesn’t provide estimates of the extent of so-called birth tourism — pregnant…

No, your lettuce isn’t vaccinating you against polio.  Social media users recently recirculated a 2024 clip of Tennessee lawmakers debating…

An online ad attacks Rep. Seth Moulton, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, for not being sufficiently progressive…

“Mom, Dad, checking in,” one person who appears to be a U.S. service member tells the camera. “I’m good, okay?…

President Donald Trump and Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., have been at odds over the next chairman of the Federal Reserve.…

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis wants the Legislature to hold a special session to redraw the state’s congressional districts. But…

After President Donald Trump said the U.S. Navy would blockade the Strait of Hormuz to prevent the shipment of oil…

President Donald Trump ordered McDonald’s delivered to the White House via DoorDash to highlight his 2025 tax and spending legislation…

Microplastics can be so small that they’re invisible to the naked eye, but these tiny fragments loom large in today’s…