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Chain email wrongly says Putin gave fiery anti-Islam speech

A fake speech with explosive language attributed to Russian President Vladimir Putin is being circulated via email chains. The email said that in a speech addressed to the Duma, the Russian legislative body, Putin said, → Read More

Violent crime is up some, but still well off historical highs

In Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ testimony to Congress about Russia in November, he brought up a recent increase in the rate of violent crime and murder in the United States. → Read More

Violent crime is up some, but still well off historical highs

In Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ testimony to Congress about Russia in November, he brought up a recent increase in the rate of violent crime and murder in the United States. → Read More

Prince Harry never said Donald Trump wasn't welcome at his wedding

With the engagement announcement of Prince Harry and Suits star Meghan Markle, several news sites have speculated whether President Donald Trump will be invited to the royal wedding. Nova magazine published an article on Nov. 27 with a clickbait headline that is not just speculation but a false statement. The headline reads: → Read More

Trump raised more dollars from small donations

Republican National Committee spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany wanted to highlight some good news: Trump’s "underreported" success with small dollar donations in the 2016 presidential election. She tweeted on Oct. 11, "Underreported fact: President @realDonaldTrump raised more in small dollar donations than Obama in 2012 and than Clinton and Bernie combined!" We hadn’t heard that, so we decided to… → Read More

Bloggers invent (another) nonsensical claim about Malia Obama, Antifa-linked arrest

Fake news sites spread false rumors that former first daughter Malia Obama was arrested for participating in an Antifa attack — and to notch up the drama, they added that the arresting officer was found dead of a heart attack. Sure sounds suspicious, if true! But it’s not. The Last Line of Defense published an article on Nov. 4 with the headline, → Read More

The big picture: Niger and what we know about what happened to U.S. troops

An attack in Niger that left four American military members dead has triggered a fight between President Donald Trump and U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla. Wilson said that Trump’s words of condolence to one of the widows were insensitive. Trump and chief of staff John Kelly in turn attacked Wilson for publicizing Trump’s call. → Read More

No, Obama did not mandate grandparent visits

A fake news article falsely claimed that former President Barack Obama signed a law requiring grandparents to pick up their grandchildren every weekend. The only sentence of the article says, ungrammatically, → Read More

Donald Trump’s interview with Mike Huckabee, fact-checked

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee landed an interview with President Donald Trump on the GOP pundit’s new show on Trinity Broadcasting Network. Huckabee, whose daughter Sarah Huckabee Sanders is Trump’s press secretary, asked Trump about recent hurricanes, the economy and taxes in the Oct. 7 interview. (The first question was what Trump thought of Huckabee Sanders’ performance.) Trump made… → Read More

No, Celine Dion's son did not die in the Las Vegas shooting

René-Charles Angélil, Celine Dion’s son, was not one of the people killed in the Las Vegas shooting, despite a fake news article that says he was. HoustonChronicle-tv.com posted an article claiming that → Read More