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Instagram posts stated on February 5, 2025 in an Instagram post:

An E! News report said USAID paid millions of dollars to sponsor American celebrity visits to Ukraine.

By Sofia Ahmed • February 7, 2025

Facebook posts stated on January 8, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook:

Imagen muestra el letrero de Hollywood en California en llamas el 8 de enero de 2025.

By Loreben Tuquero, Maria Briceño • January 10, 2025

Social Media stated on January 8, 2025 in social media posts:

Image shows the Hollywood sign was on fire as of Jan. 8.

By Loreben Tuquero • January 10, 2025

Threads posts stated on April 19, 2024 in a Threads post:

Former President Donald Trump “didn’t attend the graduations” of his other children.

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 24, 2024

Instagram posts stated on November 5, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Photos are evidence actor Courteney Cox uses adrenochrome from kidnapped children.

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 7, 2023

Facebook posts stated on July 23, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“7 MINUTES AGO: Mel Gibson Cries For PROTECTION From Hollywood Elite After Sound of Freedom.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 24, 2023

Instagram posts stated on March 9, 2021 in an Instagram post:

A video shows a nurse pretending to vaccinate actor Anthony Hopkins before squirting fluid in the syringe on the floor.

By Samantha Putterman • March 10, 2021

Bloggers stated on April 3, 2020 in a fake news article:

Says celebrities are calling for a "'total Hollywood strike' until Trump resigns."

By Daniel Funke • April 7, 2020

Whoopi Goldberg stated on September 3, 2019 in an episode of ABC's "The View":

"The last time people (created a Hollywood blacklist), people ended up killing themselves … They were accused, and they lost their right to work."

By Bill McCarthy • September 5, 2019

Claudia Tenney stated on February 21, 2018 in a radio interview:

"So many of these people that commit the mass murders end up being Democrats."

By Dan Clark, Paul Specht • February 23, 2018

Nourtey stated on December 30, 2017 in a headline:

"Hollywood celebs: We will go on ‘total strike’ if Trump does not resign."

By Amy Sherman • January 9, 2018

Bernie Sanders stated on December 10, 2017 in an interview on 'Meet the Press':

Says Donald Trump "has not apologized" for comments caught on tape by "Access Hollywood."

By John Kruzel • December 14, 2017

Bloggers stated on June 15, 2017 in a web post:

Say Gretchen Carlson said, "The 2nd Amendment Was Written Before Guns Were Invented."

By Louis Jacobson • July 24, 2017

Matt Damon stated on April 20, 2017 in a discussion with the president of the World Bank:

Poor people pay "in some cases, up to 25 percent of (their) income for water."

By Jon Greenberg • May 1, 2017

Broward County Police Benevolent Association stated on April 15, 2014 in a billboard:

"Hollywood is #1 in Broward homicides in 2013. Thanks Chief Fernandez!"

By Amy Sherman • April 22, 2014

Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund stated on August 15, 2012 in a Web video:

The Obama administration "willfully leaked the existence of STUXNET (a computer worm used against Iran), allowing our enemies to learn more of our secrets and of our operations."

By Jon Greenberg • August 24, 2012

Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund stated on August 15, 2012 in a Web video:

"Days after the (Osama bin Laden) raid, Hollywood was invited into the White House so that they could receive a briefing" that revealed intelligence sources and methods.

By Jon Greenberg • August 20, 2012

Gary Johnson stated on July 14, 2011 in an interview with the 'New Hampshire Business Review":

"New Mexico is the second Hollywood" because of tax incentives for the film industry.

By John Gregg • July 15, 2011

Jon Stewart stated on June 19, 2011 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:

"Who are the most consistently misinformed media viewers? … Fox viewers, consistently, every poll."

By Louis Jacobson • June 20, 2011

Barney Simms stated on June 29, 2010 in a letter:

"Have the suburbs been inundated with former residents of Atlanta housing projects? Absolutely not."

By Eric Stirgus • July 20, 2010

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Hollywood Hills deaths after Irma prompt new regulations, but what will they do?

By Allison Graves • September 22, 2017

It’s hard to pin down Hollywood’s benefit to Virginia

By Sean Gorman • March 25, 2013

Could that energy drink buzz be risky for your heart? Here’s what new research says

By Grace Abels • November 10, 2026

Trump press conference reporter hands in air 4-6-26

After spreading falsehoods about mail voting fraud, Trump cast mail ballot in Florida primary

By Amy Sherman • August 18, 2026

Sunshine Showdown 2026 Byron Donalds at podium

Fact-checking Florida Republicans’ Sunshine State Showdown

By Amy Sherman, Samantha Putterman • June 27, 2026

Brown University flag and flowers 12-13-25

Trump’s posts on Brown shooting, Reiner killing highlight a rush to post before facts are known

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • December 15, 2025

Ron DeSantis, State of State speech, 03-04-25

Fact-checking Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on insurance rates, education and gun laws

By Sara Swann, Jeff Cercone • March 5, 2025

Barack Obama at the Capitol Rotunda, 1-20-2025

From 2014 satire to AI posts: How a baseless rumor about Jennifer Aniston and Obama gained traction

By Loreben Tuquero • February 5, 2025

FEMA recovery center in Asheville, 10-15-24

FEMA conspiracy theories have existed for decades. Here’s how the internet has amplified them.

By Jeff Cercone • October 22, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy news conference to suspend presidential run in Phoenix, 8-23-2024

RFK Jr. is suspending his 2024 presidential bid. Here are 6 fact-checks from his campaign

By Madison Czopek • August 23, 2024

Was Biden dropping out of the race a ‘coup’? Experts explain

By Jeff Cercone • July 24, 2024

JD Vance is Trump’s VP pick. His relationship with Trump, controversies and comments, fact-checked

By Samantha Putterman • July 16, 2024

Are there really Chinese sleeper cells operating in the U.S.?

By Conor Amendola, Brooke Johnpier, Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2024

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California housing for Florida-California cpomparison story, 11-29-2023

The Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom economies, in 8 charts

By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2023

E. Jean Carroll exits court in New York, 5-9-2023

‘No idea who this woman is’: Looking at Trump’s familiar defense in light of E. Jean Carroll case

By Jeff Cercone • May 10, 2023

Doctor with stethoscope for COVID Medicaid story Feb. 2, 2023

As pandemic-era provisions lapse, millions of Americans to lose Medicaid

By Phil Galewitz • February 2, 2023

Trump says Watergate burglary and search of Mar-a-Lago were similar. They’re not

By Louis Jacobson • August 9, 2022

How ‘War on Fakes’ uses fact-checking to spread pro-Russia propaganda

By Luiz Romero • August 8, 2022

Poll worker in Mass checks in voter 11-3-20

Poll workers are short-staffed, under attack — and quietly defending democracy

By Amy Sherman, Hana Stepnick • July 6, 2022