Reviving an unfounded claim he has made for several years, President Donald Trump on Sept. 5 overstated the number of Americans who died in 2024… Read More »Trump Again Overstates Number of Drug Overdose Deaths in U.S. – FactCheck.org
Since the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10, social media users have shared posts showing, quoting or paraphrasing remarks the posts attribute to… Read More »Viral Claims About Charlie Kirk’s Words – FactCheck.org
Raam Reddy’s Jugnuma: The Fable put me in the mood for Signs, M Night Shyamalan’s 2002 film that made alien crop circles a thing. That film was also… Read More »‘Jugnuma: The Fable’ – A Tale of Whimsy, Both Compelling and Inert
In February 2025, when US President Donald Trump and his former adviser Elon Musk claimed that $21 million was disbursed to influence India’s electoral process… Read More »USAID Controversy: Shows by Republic, CNN-News18, Times Now had clear partisan bent – Alt News
A photograph, which appears to be a selfie of Rahul Gandhi alongside a woman, went viral on social media amid the Congress leader’s recent Malaysia… Read More »Rahul Gandhi’s ‘selfie’ with woman in dark sunglasses is AI-generated – Alt News
BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari on September 10, 2025, shared a post on X alleging that the PDF version of Rahul Gandhi’s ‘vote theft’ presentation available… Read More »Exclusive: ‘+6.30’ in Rahul Gandhi’s ‘vote theft’ PDF metadata does not prove it’s made in Myanmar – Alt News
A large Danish study recently provided reassurance that aluminum-containing vaccines are not associated with increased rates of chronic health conditions in children, including autism. But Health and… Read More »RFK Jr. Cherry-Picks and Misuses Data on Aluminum-Containing Vaccines – FactCheck.org
The Labor Day holiday became a violent weekend in the city of Chicago, as more than 50 people were shot and nine were killed from… Read More »Adding Context to Trump’s Misleading Claims About Crime in Chicago – FactCheck.org
At a Cabinet meeting on Aug. 26, President Donald Trump proposed seeking the death penalty for anyone convicted of murder in Washington, D.C., claiming the… Read More »Trump’s Unsupported Death Penalty Claim – FactCheck.org
In two related but unconnected developments, writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar and International Booker Prize-winning author Banu Mushtaq have found themselves in the midst of controversies after… Read More »Javed Akhtar, Banu Mushtaq and the contagion of religious sentiments getting hurt – Alt News
