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Unpacking claims video shows over 500 construction workers detained by ICE in Texas
A video shared on social media claimed that over 500 construction workers being detained by ICE agents at Texas job sites in ...
Pump the brakes on claim Ohio teen who hacked Dayton traffic light was fined, put on house arrest
Social media users spread an image of supposed hacker "Kameron Price" that showed hallmarks of artificial-intelligence ...
Did AOC grow up in the Bronx? Here's what we know
Ocasio-Cortez herself has confirmed that her family moved to Yorktown Heights when she was young, although an archived ...
U.S. House passed bill supporters say would 'defund the Taliban.' Here's context
Aid groups contracted with the United States have paid at least $10.9 million in fees and taxes to the Taliban so they can ...
US embassies are asking visa applicants to set social media profiles to 'public' for review
In June 2025, a rumor circulated online that U.S. embassies around the world were now requiring applicants for nonimmigrant visas — that is, F, M and J visas for students (academic and vocational) and ...
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Was Netanyahu Recorded Saying, 'America Is a Golden Calf and We Will Suck It Dry'? - Snopes.com
Netanyahu was recorded in 1990 saying: "America is a Golden Calf and we will suck it dry, chop it up, and sell it off piece by piece until there is nothing left but the world’s biggest welfare ...
Don't be drawn in by claims about sinkholes in Lake Superior
Lt. Joseph Snyder of the United States Coast Guard Sector Northern Great Lakes that covers Lake Superior said via email: " I am not aware of any 'mysterious sinkholes' appearing near Thunder Bay, ...