Satirical posts targeted progressive lawmakers like Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Jasmine ...

In August 2025, MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell donated his $12.9 million bonus to fund a homeless shelter initiative in ...

The defense secretary shared a CNN report on a church he has attended in which elders said only heads of household — usually ...

The claim circulated days after a separate false claim that the late-night host adopted a pair of abandoned twins.

Two German publications, newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and tabloid magazine Bild, published stories in August 2025 with an image showing freelance photojournalist Anas Zayed Ftei ...

A rumor circulated online in August 2025 claiming an orca — also known as a killer whale — fatally attacked a marine trainer named Jessica Radcliffe in front of a crowd. According to the story, ...

The Israel Defense Forces made the allegation without proof. Al Jazeera and al-Sharif rebutted the accusations.

Meta's social media platform Threads reported on its "trending now" list on Aug. 11, 2025, that the U.S. president had recently taken a fall.

A rumor that circulated online in a video during the summer of 2025 claimed a vacuum cleaner salesman, Silas Reid, killed 107 ...

A rumor that circulated online in August 2025 claimed Elvis Presley once stopped a performance after hearing a woman in the ...

In 2025, indigenous Mexican runner Candelaria Rivas Ramos won the 63-kilometer "2025 Canyon Ultramarathon" in 7 hours, 34 ...

The California governor has been the subject of numerous spurious stories for years, dating back to the COVID-19 pandemic.