President Donald Trump likes to boast about the brilliance of his late uncle John Trump, who spent decades as a professor of ...

A rumor that circulated online in July 2025 claimed U.S. President Donald Trump once called now-deceased financier and ...

In an early morning 51-48 vote, the Senate moved to advance President Donald Trump’s request to claw back $9 billion in ...

A ruling by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has been misrepresented online as a legal clearing ...

The towing company in the popular viral clip is Oxnard towing service Airport Towing. When contacted by Newsweek by phone, ...

Multiple news articles conflated unrelated sections of a California bill, inflaming the conspiracy theories circulating about ...

During a budget hearing held by the House Energy and Commerce Committee on June 24, 2025, HHS Secretary RFK Jr. admitted in his exchange with Congressman Raul Ruiz (D-CA) that he did not fact check ...

"California provides $83.1 billion more than we receive from the federal government," Newsom said in a July 14 X post highlighting the interview. "Texas? Receives $71.1 billion more than they provide ...

Social media posts have misrepresented remarks by Britain’s King Charles by claiming the monarch advocated in a speech for no ...

Running for president again in 2024, Trump turned the tables on Biden. He first accused the Biden administration of losing 88 ...

Since 2018, the number of fact-checking sites has grown by 47%. While that’s an increase of 135, it is far slower than the preceding five years, when the numbers grew more than two and a half ...

Fact-checking – which we recognize Tuesday on International Fact-Checking Day – requires critical thinking, deep reporting, precise writing and an obsession with fairness. Most important, it ...