The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced it will use the False Claims Act to investigate and pursue claims against any federal funds recipients that violate federal civil rights laws. Vi...

What happened: Joe Rogan resurfaced a debunked claim about COVID-19 vaccine deaths in his May 21 podcast episode, racking up millions of views and reigniting the claim across social media accounts...

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Russian war correspondents are claiming that their forces have launched an offensive on Kharkiv. However, this information is false - the enemy's main efforts are currently concentrated in the Kup...

President Donald Trump said Harvard University refuses to tell the U.S. government who its international students are. On May 22, the Trump administration stripped Harvard of the federal governmen...

On May 27–28, several Georgian (1, 2, 3) and Russian-language (1, 2, 3) Facebook accounts circulated a video claiming that the President of Romania, Nicușor Dan, warmly greeted the leaders of the ...

Smokey Robinson is fighting back against female employees who accused him of sexual battery. Robinson was sued for $50 million for his charges, but is countering with accusations of slander, inten...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the creation of the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative in a Memorandum issued on May 19, 2025. According to the Memorandum, the Initiative is an enforcemen...