USAID did not pay Ben Stiller to visit Ukraine
As U.S. President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk began the process of dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development, among other agencies, in early 2025, rumors about USAID ...
NASA scrubbed its website to remove mentions of 'minorities' and 'inclusion'
NASA has removed mentions of women and minorities from its websites.
Here's why this map says it's legal to hunt unicorns in Michigan
While LSSU does indeed offer a unicorn-hunting license (the request form is available here ), this does not equate to any ...
Look out for this message about fictional recall on chicken, eggs
People are warning each other about an alleged recall on chicken and Eggland's Best eggs that's not based in reality.
Yes, GOP congressman introduced a bill that would allow Trump to serve a third term
In January 2025, a GOP Congressmen introduced a bill that would allow U.S President Donald Trump to run for a third ...
Vikings believed a goat dispensing endless beer from its udders awaited them in heaven?
A rumor has spread online for years that Vikings believed a goat whose udders produced an endless supply of beer awaited them ...
Photo appears to show 'core values' mural painted over at FBI Academy. Here's what we know
A rumor circulating online in late January and early February 2025 claimed a photograph authentically captured a person painting over a " core values " mural at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia.
Mexico also sent troops to border during Biden administration
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would delay imposing tariffs for a month as Mexico agreed to send troops to the border in ...
USAID paid $44K to Politico, not over $8M as White House claimed. It was for subscriptions
U.S. President Donald Trump, the White House press secretary and DOGE Director Elon Musk promoted misleading statements about USAID and Politico.
USDA inspector general didn't order 'mass extermination' of birds to drive up cost of poultry, eggs
Although it is standard procedure to kill flocks with the outbreak of bird flu, posts on social media twisted the truth.
No, Chelsea Clinton didn't receive $84M from USAID
Chelsea Clinton received $84 million in taxpayer dollars from the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Donald Trump Jr. is accused of hunting protected duck in Italy. Here's the context
A video shows Trump showing off a rust-colored duck, which some viewers have identified as a ruddy shelduck — a bird ...