In World War II, the U.S. and its allies achieved regime change in Germany, Japan and Italy through a combination of air power and extensive use of ground troops over several years, resulting in more ...

A Feb. 28 missile strike on an Iranian girls’ elementary school killed more than 100 people, according to Iran’s government. Neither Israel nor the U.S. have claimed the attack. But neither have ...

Fake and outdated videos and images are circulating on social media misrepresenting the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and Iran’s counterattacks.

PolitiFact asked multiple agencies — the Department of Homeland Security, the Austin Police Department and the FBI — about the suspect’s country of origin, but received no replies. Diagne was a native ...

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These videos don’t show missile strikes on the USS Abraham Lincoln. One shows ship details that are inconsistent with authentic images, and the other was first posted online in 2025 during the 12-Day ...

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The US and Israel launched military strikes on Iran Feb. 28, with President Donald Trump warning that Americans could be killed. Trump said Iran could "soon" have missiles capable of reaching the U.S.

A White House TikTok that appeared to show U.S. men’s hockey Olympian Brady Tkachuk using an expletive to insult the Canadian men’s hockey team was edited using artificial int ...

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After a blizzard hit New York City Feb. 22, a viral Instagram post said, in protest of the city’s inefficient snow removal, a man crafted a car entirely of snow and received a parking ticket for the ...

Former President Joe Biden had significantly expanded the use of humanitarian parole, a way that people can come into the U.S. legally to temporarily live and work. Trump revoked the two programs that ...