False Claims
Ambulance staff abused after false social media pigeon cull claims - BBC News
NHS staff have received abuse by email and on the phone after false reports about a pigeon cull were posted on social media. South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) said claims it was going to kil...
Read moreAfter Jan. 6, the atmosphere in Congress has turned toxic - NPR
A year after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, some lawmakers still can't believe that Congress itself came under siege. "More and more it becomes surreal. You become a combination of angry as we...
Read moreUS marks anniversary of Capitol riot | DW News - latest news and breaking stories - Deutsche Welle
Fueled by false claims of a stolen election, enraged supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the United States Capitol to interrupt the certification of Joe Biden's victory in the presid...
Read moreMarking Jan. 6, another winter storm, Arbery killers sentenced: 5 things to know Thursday - USA TODAY
USA TODAY One year later, White House, Congress commemorate Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Officials in Washington, D.C., on Thursday will mark one year since the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by a...
Read moreDominic Pezzola — insurrectionist or misguided misfit? - Democrat & Chronicle
Dominic Pezzola — insurrectionist firebrand or misguided misfit? A year after the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, Pezzola, a Marine veteran from Rochester, remains jailed, accused by federal pr...
Read moreA year of false narratives about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, summarized - Poynter
On Jan. 6, 2021, PolitiFact journalists were waiting to fact-check comments from senators and House members as they counted electoral votes and certified Joe Biden as president. Instead we watche...
Read moreDover Air Force Base housing manager paying $500,000 to settle false performance report allegations - delawarebusinessnow.com
Hunt Companies, Inc., one of the largest providers of privatized military housing to the Armed Forces, agreed to a $500,000 settlement with the U.S. government to resolve allegations of fraud at ...
Read moreFalse election narrative deepens national divide | News | pressrepublican.com - Plattsburgh Press Republican
False election narrative deepens national divide | News | pressrepublican.
Read moreKJ refutes false claims he's unvaccinated - Malaysiakini
Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has refuted false claims being circulated on social media that he is unvaccinated against Covid-19. He was responding to a screen capture of his vaccination deta...
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6 claims about Hakeem Jeffries we've investigated - Snopes.com
U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., who has served as a congressman since 2013, has been subject to plenty of online misinformation over the years. Snopes has covered rumors claimi...