Author name: Lance Hudgins

A post  shared on social media purports to show mass flooding in Saudi Arabia and The United Arab Emirates. Verdict: False The claim is inaccurate. The video is from Oman, not Saudi Arabia. Fact Check: Saudi Arabia is planning to invest $40 billion into Artificial Intelligence,  The New York Times  reported. Leaders are in talks

California voters on Wednesday barely passed a measure to massively increase taxpayer funds going toward constructing facilities for certain homeless people in the state, The New York Times reported on Thursday. Proposition 1, a measure consisting of a $6.4 billion bond, aims to bolster treatment and housing options for homeless individuals grappling with mental health

A video shared on Instagram purports to show a tweet from CNN claiming Kenyan President William Ruto called President Joe Biden about purchasing amphibious landing crafts to carry out a naval invasion of the Haitian coast. Verdict: False The purported tweet is fabricated. The claim made via the purported tweet is neither referenced on CNN’s

A guest speaker event Wednesday night at the University of Memphis featuring Kyle Rittenhouse resulted in mobs of protesters causing chaos on campus. Video posted on social media shows hundreds of Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters chasing and preventing event attendees from exiting the parking garage. Police were seen intervening in the confrontation to stop

A photo shared on X allegedly shows an article from The Atlantic titled “Ketanji Brown Jackson’s role in white supremacy.”  GOLD pic.twitter.com/djdgsI5bWz — James Lindsay, number one Gay Studies author (@ConceptualJames) March 4, 2024 Verdict: False The Atlantic published no such article. It cannot be found on the outlet’s website or social media accounts. Fact

A video shared on Facebook claims to show a Pakistani immigrant in France. Screenshot/Facebook Verdict: Misleading The man in the video is likely a Spaniard and is not from Pakistan. Fact Check: Social media users are sharing a video of a man pushing down a woman, claiming it shows a Pakistani immigrant pushing down a woman in

Republican congressional candidate Derek Myers of Ohio accidentally sent out a fake concession video Tuesday before the results of his election came in. Myers mistakenly released a pre-recorded concession video around 4 p.m., in which he pretended to reply to a local news interviewer as fake party noises played in the background. Ohio candidate Derek

The left is gleefully reporting that former President Donald Trump cannot secure a bond to pay the $454 million judgment in the case New York State Attorney General Letitia James brought against him. They are so blinded by their hatred for the man who dared to run and win in 2016 that they decided to

House Republicans are divided on a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security for the 2024 fiscal year. Ahead of a deadline to fund the department before it shuts down on Friday, several Republican members — including the House Freedom Caucus — are opposed to granting the department more money without significant policy concessions

Democratic Ohio Rep. Ismail Mohamed, a Somali immigrant, won the Democratic primary for Ohio’s 3rd House District on Tuesday night and delivered his victory speech almost entirety in Somali. Mohamed, the incumbent in the district, defeated fellow Somali immigrant Abdirizak Diini, capturing 55 percent to Diini’s 33 percent, according to the Columbus Dispatch. Ohio Rep.