Vance was wrong: Maryland father accidentally deported to El Salvador isn't 'convicted MS-13 gang member'
A confidential police source claimed he was an MS-13 gang member — but other cited "evidence" consisted of wearing a hoodie ...
AOC's family didn't collect dead grandmother's Social Security checks
The rumor about the New York congresswoman originated from a network of Facebook pages and websites describing its output as ...
Historian Heather Cox Richardson said Facebook removed her posts. Here's what we know
Posts on Richardson's page were visible again days after she and many of her followers first said they disappeared.
At least 4 school shooters sentenced to death since 1940, but none have yet been executed
Finally, Eric Huston, the perpetrator of the 1992 Lindhurst High School shooting in Olivehurst, California, was sentenced to ...
Posts online correctly cracked the formula for Trump's tariffs
Despite a White House spokesman claiming otherwise, the published formula matched what social media users calculated.
Rumor claims Musk donated $800K to help storm victims repair their homes. Here's what we know
A rumor Facebook users circulated in March and April 2025 claimed tech billionaire Elon Musk, an adviser to U.S. President ...
No proof Musk's $5.7B charity donation in 2021 broke any records
In short, Musk did donate approximately $5.7 billion worth of Tesla stock to a charitable organization in late 2021, as ...
Yes, the IRS allows tax deductions on some pet expenses, like service animals
Claims shared online about "exciting news for pet owners" regarding potential tax deductions for animals were somewhat misleading in early 2025.
What to know about rumors Musk is leaving his DOGE role
On April 2, 2025, multiple news outlets reported that anonymous White House insiders told them U.S. President Donald Trump had privately announced Elon Musk, the tech billionaire and Trump adviser, ...
No evidence Musk sobbed to Trump about Tesla 'going down' in leaked audio clip
In the clip, Trump allegedly responded to Musk’s claim that “Tesla is going down” by saying, “Soon everybody will be buying ...
Yes, Trump placed tariffs on uninhabited group of islands occupied mainly by penguins
UNESCO World Heritage says the Heard Island and McDonald Islands exist "in the complete absence" of human impact.
DOGE didn't find that the number of Social Security recipients exceeded the number of US citizens
The rumor alleged that DOGE found 394 million Social Security recipients in the U.S., exceeding the nation's population.