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A claim spread online that a Texas man killed his daughter Lucy Harrison in January 2025 after they argued about Trump. Here's what we know.

In February 2026, an inquest in the U.K. ruled that Lucy Harrison, a British woman, was unlawfully killed in Texas by her father, Kris Harrison, who claimed the shooting was accidental. The incident occurred after a heated argument about Donald Trump. The U.K. coroner concluded that the shooting was due to gross negligence manslaughter, but no indictment was made by a Texas grand jury.

A claim spread online that a Texas man killed his daughter Lucy Harrison in January 2025 after they argued about Trump. Here's what we know.

❌ This image doesn't show Epstein with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. It's a fake created by a parody account.

There's no evidence that countries outside the U.S., including France, have access to unredacted Epstein files or have released them. The images circulating online with claims that they come from these files show signs of AI generation.

Every February, people online insist that greeting card companies invented Valentine's Day. Though its history is shrouded in mystery, the holiday's origins stretch back centuries — long before Hallmark existed.

People online claim a receipt for a Wayfair order totaling $8,453 that appeared in the Epstein files confirms the online retailer participated in child sex trafficking. We found the charge was for 25 ordinary home goods items, not a single mysterious purchase. That's not true. ❌

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Some users claimed Bad Bunny wore a bulletproof vest at the 2026 Grammys. We found the rumor was based on interpretations of his designer outfit, lacking factual support.

❌ No, Karoline Leavitt didn't announce a permanent ban on CNN, calling it a “radical leftist propaganda brainwashing machine."

❌ No, ICE officers didn't illegally arrest civil rights attorney Sandra May Watkins in her own driveway. Here's how we know the story is AI slop.

Yes, an investigation claimed at least 1,200 detainees were missing from "Alligator Alcatraz" — the Florida migrant detention center that opened in July 2025. Here's what we found when we looked into the claims.

Posts claim Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth removed former Secretary of State Colin Powell's name from a list of noteworthy military figures on the Arlington National Cemetery website. That's not entirely accurate. Here's what actually happened.

✅ Yes, women in Allied countries wore red lipstick to protest Hitler during World War II. Here's why.

❌ No, this image doesn't authentically show Zohran Mamdani and his mom with Epstein, Clinton, Gates, Bezos and Ghislaine Maxwell. Here's the truth.

After TikTok in the U.S. changed ownership, a rumor spread that its new terms of service allow the app to collect sensitive user information, including immigration status. That's true — but it isn't new. The app has tracked this type of data for a while.

❌ Brooklyn Beckham reportedly claimed that his mom, former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham, "hijacked" his first dance at his wedding. But these images being shared as proof are fake. Here's how we know.

Since 2024, FAFSA has included subcategories for White and other racial or ethnic backgrounds. This approach was supported by both the first Trump administration and the Biden administration.

Some members of the Trump administration painted Alex Pretti as a violent instigator because he was carrying a loaded gun while protesting. But licensed gun owners can do so under both Minnesota state law and federal law.

Posts online claim 130,000 people without legal immigration status live in Minnesota, compared with 2.1 million in Texas and 1.6 million in Florida. That's mostly true. Here's what the data show.

✅ Yes, a Craigslist ad offered people $50 to see 'Melania' movie in Boston. Here's what we know.

Some people on social media have spread warnings that ICE may access Ring doorbell cameras to use them as surveillance tools through the security technology company Flock. We investigated. Here's what we found.

❌ Some social media users shared this image that supposedly shows Ilhan Omar with her suspected attacker, claiming it proves the attack was staged. But the image is fake and actually comes from a parody account.

People on social media claimed that Congress passed a law giving the government the power to use a "kill switch" to "remotely shut down your vehicle." That's misleading. Here's what actually happened.

✅ Some people on social media claimed that MS NOW, formerly MSNBC, broadcast an AI-manipulated photo of Alex Pretti. That's true.

❌ After federal immigration agents fatally shot Alex Pretti, some people shared an image claiming to show him helping two disabled veterans during a physical therapy session. But it's AI-generated. Here's how to spot the signs.

Posts claim these were inventor Nikola Tesla's last words: "All these years that I had spent in the service of mankind brought me nothing but insults and humiliation." But there's no evidence that's true.

✅ Yes, typing "http://nazis.us" into a web browser redirects to the Department of Homeland Security's official website, as some posts claim. Here's what we discovered about the domain's ownership.

❌ Trump didn't post that "Melania," a documentary about his wife, would be mandatory viewing in all history classes. We inspected the image and found several red flags.

Minnesota law enforcement used a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) to amplify dispersal orders at an anti‑ICE protest. Officials say it wasn't used in a "deterrent setting" intended to cause bodily harm, but some people closest to it may have still felt pain.

❌ No, Trump didn't compare the EU-India trade deal to a “high school science project." The fictional story spread as the US hiked tariffs on both India and the EU.

In 1917, the U.S. purchased land from Denmark that included Little St. James, the private island later owned by Jeffrey Epstein and nicknamed after him.