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“Taxpayer money was poured to MrBeast to try to get kids to enlist in the military,” the speaker says at one point. Text superimposed in the video reads, “Pentagon FUNDS MR BEAST ?!?” The Instagram ...

A television news report makes clear the men in the video were helping a woman evacuate her home, not looting it.

New Orleans police said barriers weren't used for the New Year's festivities because they often malfunctioned and some were being replaced.

A satirical post about the dispute over fees for crossing the Panama Canal is being presented online as an actual development ...

The satirical article, "Elon Musk Blocks Disney's Pride Content on X, Says 'Woke' Isn't for Kids," was posted on Nov. 12, ...

The image of the McDonald's is not from the 2025 wildfires in Southern California. It's from a 2018 fire in Northern ...

There have been no credible news reports about such a ban. The claim originated as satire.

USA TODAY has debunked an array of social media claims involving Trump, including false assertions that he was banned from Panama for 100 years, that Mexico's president vowed to stop migrant caravans ...

ABC aired 'The View' after the post about its supposed cancellation was shared. The claim of ABC's sale to Musk originated on a satirical website.

The purported post by Kennedy is from a parody account. There is no evidence of such a post on Kennedy’s legitimate X account ...

The video circulated online prior to Jan. 4, the date it was posted as supposed "breaking news." It came from an account that ...