Mitchell County officials say it’s inaccurate, and that the nonprofit Samaritan’s Purse donated the generators and sheriff’s deputies distributed them. A Samaritan’s Purse spokesperson said the ...

When we searched using Google and the Nexis news archive, we found no credible reports or information supporting claims that there was a second attack in New Orleans in the days following the Jan. 1 ...

We looked for news stories and police announcements about an unidentified child being found in some of the cities that the posts referred to, but found no credible evidence to corroborate the claim.

The FBI said its specialists had accessed Thomas Matthew Crooks’ cellphone two days after he tried to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump at a Butler, Pennsylvania, campaign rally. Investigators ...

States also send official paper "certificates of vote" to the U.S. Senate, the statement said, "which are used when Congress counts the vote." We rate claims 22 states didn’t certify the election ...

Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., was reelected House speaker on Jan. 3., receiving the bare minimum, 218 votes. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., was selected by his Republican colleagues as the Senate’s new majority ...

A Dec. 30, 2024, Instagram post shared the photo, claiming "a 57,000 square foot Temu warehouse in China went up in flames today." The photo showed a large building marked with the Temu name and logo ...

A Jan. 2 Instagram post shared the video, with text that said: "Absolutely crazy footage from the Fort Worth, Texas pileup, January (1st), 2025." This post was flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to ...

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In his post, Gagnon included a table showing Trump winning 50% of the 18-to-24-year-old vote in Wisconsin, while Harris received 48%. Gagnon did not provide a source for his figures, and attempts to ...

A Dec. 30 Facebook video opens with a news anchor resembling ITV News host Tom Bradby saying, "We have an exclusive story that has taken the nation by surprise. Queen Consort Camilla has spoken ...

Johnson stated that "there’s never been a placebo-controlled study on childhood vaccines." Medical experts say the evidence his office provided takes a narrow view of what a placebo is. But even by ...