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The FBI didn’t orchestrate Jan. 6, but poll shows the false belief has staying power

A new poll found that 25% of U.S. adults think the FBI “organized and encouraged” the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. This unsubstantiated claim persists, in part, because powerful people keep repeating it.

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Kimmel Not Named in Unsealed Epstein Documents

Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take Court documents that include names of people associated with accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein are being unsealed,...

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Fact Check: Is This a Real Photoshoot of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt from 2005?

Titled "Domestic Bliss," the 60-page spread was a turning point in the Pitt-Jolie-Aniston saga.

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Fact Check: Video Behind ‘Most Terrifying Photo’ Shows First Untethered Spacewalk?

A clip shared on Reddit showed an astronaut seemingly floating freely in space.

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Was President Taft So Big He Got Stuck in His Bathtub?

Legend says that it took six people to pull him out.

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A Video Celebrating Our 20th Anniversary

In December 2003, then-FactCheck.org Director Brooks Jackson published the first articles on our website. At the time, Brooks was the only journalist on staff,...

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