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Did Trump admin pay German energy company RWE $1.2B to stop building offshore wind farms?

The Trump administration has already paid several other energy companies to drop in-development offshore wind projects.

Posts claim Rosa Parks’ husband owned a car during bus boycotts. Here are the facts

Author and historian Jeanne Theoharis said Montgomery segregationists at the time of the boycotts also spread rumors that the Parks family had a car.

Making sense of claim Massachusetts legalized ‘abortion until birth’

Abortion after 24 weeks of pregnancy was already legal in Massachusetts in certain cases. A new law expanded on that in 2026.

Did Mitch McConnell vote against sick leave 4 times? We checked his record

People shared the claim about the former U.S. Senate majority leader in summer 2026 after he spent weeks away from work following a reported fall.

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed didn’t say he believes America deserved 9/11. Here’s who did

El-Sayed's Republican opponent, Mike Rogers, spread the claim on social media.

Did Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed say he believes America deserved 9/11? There’s no proof

His Republican opponent, Mike Rogers, made the claim on his social media accounts.

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