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On July 8, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission sent warning letters to Amazon, Walmart, and six companies regarding false "Made in USA" claims appearing on their platforms and products. The enforce...

"I want to acknowledge the moment that's been circulating online, and the disappointment it's caused," says the purported message. "What was supposed to be a night of music and joy turned into a d...

On social media, health-related misinformation pops up as relentlessly as furry heads in a game of whack-a-mole. In recent years, posts have claimed that ginger can be “10,000 (times) more effecti...

Lefty Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was among those to help fuel an alleged hoax that claimed ICE had kidnapped an illegal immigrant mom and then tried to force her to self-deport. Bass spread the c...

LOS ANGELES — A former Amtrak employee has been sentenced to 25 months in prison for conspiring to steal nearly $1 million in pandemic-related unemployment insurance benefits and fraudently obtain...

A civil lawsuit alleges an Iowa State Patrol trooper has a history of bullying citizens and initiating illegal searches. Dominic Tangen of Black Hawk County is suing Trooper Bryce Bilharz, allegin...

On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) jointly announced the reestablishment of the DOJ-HHS False Claims Act (FCA) Working Grou...