An image shared on Facebook purports to show Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul sitting on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in a red bathrobe. Verdict: False A content detection scan using the website “Hive Moderation” reveals that the image has been created using artificial intelligence (AI). A media forensics and AI expert also denied
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A post shared on social media purportedly shows a CNN interview that shows the guest shouting profanity at host Jake Tapper. The caption is inaccurate. The video has been digitally altered. Earlier this month SpaceX CEO Elon Musk refused to allow his Starlink Internet service to be used by Ukrainian forces as they attempted to launch an
In a recent interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, 2024 hopeful and former South Carolina Republican Gov. Nikki Haley claimed China’s fentanyl has killed more Americans than the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam Wars combined. Verdict: True An addiction medicine expert confirmed that overdose deaths have exceeded the amount of deaths sustained in all three
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A video shared on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, claims to show migrants recently on the Polish-Belarusian border. ⚡️Migrants from Belarus being stopped by the Polish Ministry of Defense in an effort to prevent their entry. pic.twitter.com/tZrCpNVYOj — War Monitor (@WarMonitors) September 24, 2023 Verdict: Misleading The video is from November 2021. Fact
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Eighteen Republicans joined 213 Democrats in defeating an amendment that would defund Pride month celebrations sponsored by the state department Wednesday. “None of the funds made available by this Act for the Department of Defense or the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute may be used to carry out the observance of Pride Month as specified
September 29, 2023 1:20 PM ET Melania Trump has reportedly renegotiated the terms of her pre-nuptial agreement with Donald Trump as he seeks a second presidential term. Sources close to the couple noted that the changes to the prenup were made “quietly” and were sparked by the potential for a second stint in the White
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The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) cybersecurity agency allegedly has repeatedly engaged in censorship of so-called mis-, dis- and malinformation (MDM), but it would be banned from doing so if a new appropriations bill passes. The Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) previously worked to censor content related to elections and the COVID-19 pandemic on social
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September 29, 2023 12:54 PM ET Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein was wheeled out Thursday for one last vote despite being sick and dying hours later. News broke Friday that Feinstein passed away at the age of 90, with The Hill reporting Feinstein died Thursday night at her Washington D.C. home, though it is unclear what
September 29, 2023 12:53 PM ET TRUMP FORCE ONE — Former President Donald Trump weighed in Thursday morning on the relationship between Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. In an exclusive sit-down interview with the Daily Caller, Trump said, “I wish the best for both of them. I hope they enjoy
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September 29, 2023 11:15 AM ET Tennessee’s ban on child sex changes was upheld in court as the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s preliminary injunction on the ban Thursday. In the opinion, the judge said that transgender people are not a “politically powerless” group, addressing claims from activists that the law
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