Satirical posts targeted progressive lawmakers like Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Jasmine ...

In August 2025, MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell donated his $12.9 million bonus to fund a homeless shelter initiative in ...

The defense secretary shared a CNN report on a church he has attended in which elders said only heads of household — usually ...

The claim circulated days after a separate false claim that the late-night host adopted a pair of abandoned twins.

A rumor circulated online in August 2025 claiming an orca — also known as a killer whale — fatally attacked a marine trainer named Jessica Radcliffe in front of a crowd. According to the story, ...

Two German publications, newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and tabloid magazine Bild, published stories in August 2025 with an image showing freelance photojournalist Anas Zayed Ftei ...

The Israel Defense Forces made the allegation without proof. Al Jazeera and al-Sharif rebutted the accusations.

Meta's social media platform Threads reported on its "trending now" list on Aug. 11, 2025, that the U.S. president had recently taken a fall.

A rumor that circulated online in a video during the summer of 2025 claimed a vacuum cleaner salesman, Silas Reid, killed 107 ...

A rumor that circulated online in August 2025 claimed Elvis Presley once stopped a performance after hearing a woman in the ...

In 2025, indigenous Mexican runner Candelaria Rivas Ramos won the 63-kilometer "2025 Canyon Ultramarathon" in 7 hours, 34 ...

The California governor has been the subject of numerous spurious stories for years, dating back to the COVID-19 pandemic.