As the 2026 midterm elections draw near, a rumor is circulating online that if a poll worker marks an election ballot in any way, including with "a letter, a checkmark, a star, an R or a D," etc, that ...

The 5th Congressional District has had no shortage of mudslinging. We broke down the claims hitting Hoosiers' screens.

The rumor about the Eiffel Tower being destroyed during "riots" is not new. Variations of this claim have been online at ...

Reuters Fact Check addresses online misinformation with coverage that maintains accuracy, integrity and impartiality. The ...

Does a real photo show Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in front of a whiteboard plan involving "SPAIN"? No, ...

In the final months of the 2024 presidential campaign, President Donald Trump told an outlandish lie that schools in parts of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CNN's resident fact-checker, who routinely refutes false claims pushed by Donald Trump, has not appeared on air for three months.

Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...

France’s 2027 budget increases overall education spending but secondary schools, universities and student programmes will ...