Senegal was plunged into crisis in February 2024 after parliament backed President Macky Sall’s decision to delay elections by 10 months. Following the announcement, protests erupted in the capital Dakar. Social media users in Nigeria and South Africa shared a video alleging that it shows a massive rally against Sall after the vote postponement. But […]
Two weeks after the host of WLRN’s Sundial show reported allegations of discrimination and anti-Hispanic sentiment to his employers at the South Florida public radio station, WLRN canceled the show and fired host Carlos Frias and his team, Frias’ attorney told the Miami Herald. Frias on Tuesday filed a complaint with the Florida Commission on […]
Senegal was plunged into crisis after parliament backed President Macky Sall’s decision to delay the election by 10 months. The move sparked international concern over a possible democratic decline in a country normally seen as a beacon of stability in West Africa. Users in Nigeria shared a video alleging that it shows violent clashes in […]
Trump is misleading people about his past support for Republican Sen. James Lankford. Trump endorsed Lankford in 2022, but he’s trying to distance himself from him now. Lankford was the lead Republican negotiator for a bipartisan immigration-Ukraine deal that Trump loathes. Former President Donald Trump took aim at Republican Sen. James Lankford on Monday, falsely […]
A few months ago, we learned that if you eat food that’s been sitting out too long, it could lead to serious health complications. And, in rare cases, it could cause death. It is a phenomenon that some medical experts refer to as “Fried Rice Syndrome”: Now people across the internet are pointing out another […]
LIVINGSTON COUNTY — The local GOP party will need a new leader after its chair announced her resignation. Jennifer Smith, the chair of the Livingston County Republican Party, will step down from party leadership, she said on a local conservative podcast. Smith is resigning as chair of the party’s executive committee, effective Feb. 1. The […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft on Tuesday defended himself against the state auditor’s claim that Ashcroft violated state law in failing to turn over cybersecurity reviews of Missouri’s 116 local election authorities. Ashcroft, at a news conference, refuted what he called “false accusations” made by Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick‘s audit […]
Nikki Haley is now the last candidate standing between Donald Trump and his third-straight Republican nomination and total dominance of the GOP. Unless the former South Carolina governor can pull off a shock win in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, the Republican Party’s nominating race could effectively be over before it really began. Their clash in […]
Claim: Former U.S. President Donald Trump told a crowd in Indianola, Iowa, on Jan. 14, 2024, he’ll be president for “four years and beyond,” meaning more than the two terms allowed by the U.S. Constitution. Rating: Rating: False Context: A 14-second video clip circulated on X (formerly Twitter) in which Trump is heard uttering the […]
After South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung survived a near-fatal stabbing on January 2, dozens of Facebook posts have shared a doctored picture with a false claim it shows he was only slightly injured in the attack. The image prompted comments that Lee’s hospitalisation was an “overreaction”. But the original photo, showing […]
Claim: A screenshot authentically shows a Truth Social post in which former U.S. President Donald Trump wrote, “The great Cassius Clay used to spar with me.” Rating: Rating: Fake Context: Trump did not write or post this. It’s a fake screenshot. On Jan. 17, 2024, multiple users on X (formerly Twitter) shared a screenshot […]
Combative, angry and prone to grandiose claims — newly unveiled footage of an April 2023 deposition gives a glimpse into how former President Donald Trump behaves when testifying under oath. The video, released to CBS News on Friday in response to a freedom of information request, shows Trump claiming to have averted a “nuclear holocaust” […]