The arrest of Ian Roberts by ICE last year shocked the Des Moines schools district and revealed he had prior weapons charges and a history of false claims. A former Iowa schools superintendent on T...

Iran has denied US President Donald Trump’s claims that his threats of military action against the Islamic Republic resulted in the cancellation of over 800 executions. Iranian Judge Mohammad Mova...

A former university football coach facing criminal charges has filed a motion arguing that police knowingly included inaccurate information in the warrant application that led to his arrest. The d...

Armed forces minister Al Carns has shared a video of Nato troops fighting in Afghanistan after Donald Trump claimed they stayed “a little off the front lines”. The former Royal Marines colonel, wh...

A 46-year-old man who made a false claim against the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland has never worked and has 19 previous convictions, the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard today. Constanti...

EXCLUSIVE: A union watchdog organization has filed a lawsuit in tandem with a Utah teacher alleging that the Utah Education Association (UEA) falsely claimed on multiple occasions that members’ du...

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financi...

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement has expanded operations in major cities, right-wing media have falsely claimed their enforcement actions are focused on apprehending “the worst of the worst”...

On January 12, 2026, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that False Claims Act (FCA) settlements and judgments exceeded $6.8 billion in fiscal year 2025—the highest annual total in the histo...

Donald Trump's claim that Nato troops avoided the front line in Afghanistan has sparked widespread outrage among veterans and their families. Ben Parkinson, a severely injured British paratroope...