A fabricated image of a U.S. immigration agent engaging with a woman through her car window has been falsely suggested online to show Renee Nicole Good in the moments before she was shot dead last Wednesday.

Iran's protests face an information blackout, fueling a surge of AI-generated videos and recycled footage online. DW Fact check investigates how disinformation thrives when truth is hard to verify.

After the U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump made false and misleading statements about previous U.S. strikes on Venezuelan boats and Maduro sending the gang Tren de Aragua to the U.

The United States has cut the number of diseases it recommends all children should be vaccinated against from 17 to 11. But there is no evidence this will mean U.S. children will have only 11 injections,

“In 2026, the most pressing question will not be ‘What is true?’ but ‘Why is this story resonating right now and for whom?'” For years, journalism has treated misinformation as a truth problem. A false story pops up, journalists or fact-checkers ...

Have you ever caught yourself saying things like: “Hey, did you see this on TikTok”; “Well, I heard that on TikTok”; or “Someone on TikTok said this.” Well, I have, and these phrases and phrases like them are some that I and everyone around me ...

In 2013, then-businessman and reality TV star Donald Trump shared his vision on Fox News about the role a president should play in a shutdown: "You have to be nice and be angry and be wild and cajole and do all sorts of things, but you have to get a deal.

WASHINGTON (WBAY) - UPDATE: In response to our fact check report, Congressman Tony Wied provided a statement to our newsroom, doubling down on his claims that undocumented immigrants are receiving federally subsidized health care coverage. “The truth is ...

The Energy secretary’s talking points are often heavy on data. Here’s what those numbers say. There’s no clean energy revolution afoot, and climate change isn’t an existential crisis. You’re just looking at the data incorrectly. That’s the ...

A rumor that circulated online in December 2025 claimed the U.S. Transportation Security Administration was checking cellphones — including devices belonging to seniors — at airports for five specific apps. TSA officers screen around 2 million ...

We have delivered big results, and we have set the standard for the rest of the country to follow,” the governor said Tuesday.