IRB Brasil Re has entered into a non-prosecution agreement (NPA) with the US Justice Department (DoJ) and agreed to pay $5mn to former shareholders after it admitted securities fraud regarding fal...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – A private Oklahoma City school has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to settle allegations of submitting false claims. According to the United States Department of Justi...

Votebeat: Cochise County is close to hiring an elections director who has repeatedly shared false claims about widespread election fraud on Facebook, including claims that the 2020 presidential el...

The United States and the State of Rhode Island announced Monday that they have intervened in a civil lawsuit against Journey to Hope, Health, and Healing, Inc. and its then-CEO, Kenneth L. Richar...

CLAIM: Oktoberfest in Germany banned Budweiser brands. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The claim stems from a satirical website that includes a disclaimer that everything it publishes “is fiction.” No suc...

Seth Wenig WASHINGTON (AP) — The $787.5 million settlement between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems spared executives and on-air talent from taking the stand in a defamation lawsuit that cente...

CENTRAL CITY, Neb. — Mamma Mia, here we go again. Comments on Facebook sparked a firestorm in Central City with an accusation a teacher was grooming students. Now a new legal strategy seeks to hol...

For nearly as long as Tucker Carlson has appeared on Fox News, PolitiFact has been fact-checking claims he made during the network’s broadcasts. Our fact-checking of Carlson will likely continue, b...

The Federal Trade Commission in early April notified 670 companies they could face monetary penalties if they’re found to be making unsubstantiated marketing claims. The action came almost two yea...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The United States and the State of Rhode Island announced today that they have intervened in a civil lawsuit against Journey to Hope, Health, and Healing, Inc. and its then-CEO, ...