NORTH SMITHFIELD – In testimony that was at times angry and at others emotional, a group of players from the North Smithfield High School football team spoke to members of the School Committee th...

The claim: A woman stole a baby from a North Carolina hospital In just over a week, thousands of members of a Mooresville, North Carolina, Facebook group have shared a July 10 post that implores...

Disclosing known or suspected fraud to regulators can have its benefits. As reported in a previous post, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued policy guidance in 2019 on providing credit in Fals...

The 16 Republicans who submitted false documents claiming to be official Georgia electors and that Donald Trump won the state's election have been notified they could be prosecuted for their acti...

Opening statements in the federal trial of Stephen K. Bannon are set to begin this afternoon after jury selection wrapped today. The former Trump adviser and right-wing podcaster is charged with ...

Katherine Clayton is a PhD candidate in political science at Stanford University. Her research focuses on public opinion about democracy in the US and abroad. Robb Willer is a professor of sociol...

There are many concerns that can keep private equity (PE) firms’ management teams up at night. Economic headwinds, geopolitical instability, and supply chain problems can change the fortunes of a...

Far-right outlets are posting dire stories about four natural gas facilities supposedly being destroyed in recent explosions. Many imply that the explosions are part of a conspiracy. These storie...

Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker falsely claimed that he used to be an FBI agent and told a crowd about how he once came close to killing a man in a newly-resurfaced footage. M...

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Doug Mastriano, the Republican candidate for governor in Pennsylvania, has apparently been deleting videos from his campaign's Facebook page. Mastriano, a state senator...