From doctored images to fabricated stories, we uncovered the most viral fakes of 2025 — deepfakes, election myths and health ...

Since fact-checkers present themselves as arbiters of truth, it's only fair that readers wonder if we're being, well, truthful. So it's no surprise that "Who fact-checks the fact-checkers?" is a ...

Students walk through the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school’s race-conscious admissions program was recently at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court case. (Erin Clark/The ...

Forget alternative facts and political spin: Thursday's presidential debate was more like a tsunami of falsity. Former President Donald Trump unleashed a torrent of misinformation on topics from ...

The News & Observer Fact-Checking Project is our latest effort to combat misinformation about the issues and people involved in the political process. Ever since the damage knocked out power to most ...

Our fact-check program upholds the standards and ethics that guide our entire newsgathering and reporting process. USA TODAY is also a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network, which ...

Anyone who has ever fallen into a YouTube conspiracy theory wormhole just got thrown a lifeline. YouTube announced Tuesday that it would begin rolling out "fact check panels" in the U.S. What does ...