4+ hour, 14+ min ago  (369+ words) In early 2026, an old conspiracy theory'resurfaced online that Huggies, a brand that sells disposable diapers, had been placing symbols on one of its products to signal the preferences of pedophiles. Snopes contacted the FBI to determine the authenticity of the…...

1+ hour, 4+ min ago  (271+ words) Tucker Carlson has been commenting in the political sphere for three decades, working for networks including CNN, MSNBC and Fox News. He has hosted his podcast, "The Tucker Carlson Show," since he was fired from Fox News in 2023." Carlson is…...

14+ hour, 13+ min ago  (607+ words) A rumor that'the younger daughter of former U. S. President Barack Obama, Sasha Obama, said her father was gay and her mother, Michelle Obama, was a trans woman spread in'May 2026. For example, an X'user shared the rumor (archived) on'May 21, 2026, purporting to quote…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (610+ words) In May 2022, a claim circulated online that a former director of the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Ebola could become a "very significant pandemic."" One X post (archived) that shared the alleged quote had 3. 4 million views at the…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (256+ words) For decades, President Donald Trump has been a prolific social media user, often using his accounts to announce policies, provoke his opponents and sometimes even to spread'false information. Since the launch of his own platform, Truth Social, other users have…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (504+ words) In May 2026, posts on Facebook claimed the historian Heather Cox Richardson started a livestream at 3 a. m. to announce she had received a threatening message from a powerful politician. While the posts never stated who the politician was directly, they were accompanied…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (872+ words) The claim that retired Vice Adm. Robert Harward made a television appearance in which he " or someone impersonating him "wore a full prosthetic mask of his face circulated in late May 2026. Users onsocial media posteda clip allegedly taken from a…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (507+ words) In May 2026, social media users alleged statistics proved fraud in Michigan's 2022 gubernatorial election by showing more registered voters than the state's voting-age population. Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer won a second four-year term in November 2022. The posts had a caption reading:…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (375+ words) In May 2026, a claim (archived) circulated online that Maureen Galindo, a Texas Democratic congressional candidate, proposed turning an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center into a "prison for American Zionists" and use it as a "castration processing center" for pedophiles,…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1358+ words) This story includes references to domestic violence and child abuse." As U. S. Rep. Max Miller, an Ohio Republican, fought a lengthy custody battle with his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, a rumor spread in spring 2026 that the representative once threw boiling water at…...