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For years, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been unraveling what it asserts is a scam perpetrated by agents of North Korea, which used fake companies employing real IT workers to funnel money back to the regime’s military. An American company played a key role in creating shell companies used as part of the scheme

When European Union vice president Věra Jourová met with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan in California last week, they fell to talking about the long-running conspiracy theory that the moon landings were fake. YouTube has faced calls from some users and advocacy groups to remove videos that question the historic missions. Like other videos denying accepted

Senate Republicans won’t be reviving a fight over the Pentagon’s abortion policy as the chamber negotiates this year’s annual defense bill. Next week, the Armed Services Committee will approve the National Defense Authorization Act, which sets the priorities of the U.S. military, without the drama that accompanied last year’s legislation. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), a

Primary contests in five states and Washington, D.C., showed incumbent lawmakers continue to have staying power. Council members from the nation’s capital to elected officials in Iowa, Montana, and New Jersey defeated challengers and easily won their primaries. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump easily won primaries Tuesday night, but both 2024 candidates continue to face

President Joe Biden’s new border security executive order angered both hard-line conservatives and progressive immigration activists in near-equal measure on Tuesday, but the move could bump his stock with moderates ahead of the 2024 general election. Immigration and border security have steadily climbed the ranks of issues most important to voters ahead of November, and

On a recent Friday afternoon, I found myself interviewing the Internet’s Boyfriend. His name is Keanu Reeves. I introduce him this way because it may be the only time the actor has been treated as a side character in a story. Reeves’ kindness given that arrangement surprised me—boyfriend material indeed—as did the reason for our

Residents of Washington, D.C., headed to the polls for a slew of local primary elections on Tuesday in a cycle that has been dominated by rising crime rates in the city as well as high cost of living.  Five seats on the local D.C. Council were up for grabs on election night, with all but

Montana State Auditor Troy Downing won the contested Republican primary to replace the retiring Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT), who announced earlier this year he would not run for reelection in the solidly Republican seat.  Downing won the race for Montana’s 2nd Congressional District with 37.9% of the vote with 4% of ballots tallied. The Associated

A video  shared on X claims to show a cat in Rafah. MIRACLE | RAFAH pic.twitter.com/rAkXy8L16e — Hasoon 🇵🇸 (@hasoonassi) May 31, 2024 Verdict: False The video is from Saudi Arabia, not Rafah, Gaza. It was taken in 2023. Fact Check: The Israel Defense Forces raided a “combat complex,” claiming to have killed several gunmen and

Republican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst was caught on a hot microphone appearing to mock President Joe Biden over his claim that his uncle was eaten by cannibals in Papua New Guinea during World War II, according to video footage circulating on social media. While walking off the stage after a conference centered on the border