An Attack Over ICE in the Massachusetts Democratic Senate Race
An online ad attacks Rep. Seth Moulton, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, for not being sufficiently progressive because of past policy positions. But it also misleadingly claims…
How could commodity shortages beyond oil hit home?
If you’ve given even passing attention to current events, you know that the Strait of Hormuz is a key passageway for crude oil shipments. And you know that Iran blocking…
Why it’s unlikely 25th Amendment will be used against Trump
President Donald Trump’s profanity-laced Easter Sunday social media post threatening to bomb civilian infrastructure in Iran led some Democratic lawmakers to call for his removal via the 25th Amendment. Trump…
Photos of F-15 crew members being rescued are AI-generated
The risky rescue of two American service members from Iranian territory sounds like the plot of an action movie, with a colonel stranded in the country for almost two days…
Fact-checking Trump’s April 6 Iran press conference
President Donald Trump praised the rescue of two U.S. service members and declared victory in the war with Iran, while also threatening to take out the country’s civilian infrastructure if…
How rumors about Trump’s health spread over Easter weekend
Some people spent Easter weekend looking for eggs with their families. And some speculated on social media that President Donald Trump’s health had taken a turn for the worse. There…
How to navigate a sea of salts
Have you stood in the seasonings aisle of your local grocery store lately looking for salt and found yourself face to face with more salt choices than you knew existed?…
This video of a supposed US soldier crying is AI-generated
On X, accounts focused on the Iran war shared a video of a supposed U.S. service member crying, with smoke rising and a vehicle stalled in the background. "An American…
