Congress hasn’t increased its pay since 2009, so the idea that it would propose nearly $70,000 raises in stopgap legislation caught our attention. We found that the Department of Government Efficiency ...

"Josh Shapiro called the McDonald’s employee who reported Luigi Mangione a ‘hero.’ She will NOT get the $10,000 reward money because she called 911 instead of the tip line," a Dec. 16 Threads post ...

But the videos are a scam. The federal government is not offering a 2024 holiday stimulus check.

The San Francisco 49ers lost to the Los Angeles Rams on Dec. 12, but claims the NFL fired three referees after the matchup are unfounded.

A Jacobs spokesperson pointed to several data points, including a Congressional Budget Office estimate that the five-week partial government shutdown in 2018-19 reduced economic output by $11 billion ...

The NFL punished three referees in “the game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Minnesota Vikings.” The Minnesota Vikings walloped the Atlanta Falcons 42-21 on Dec. 8, and a few days later, ...

Another celebrity is purportedly hawking medication created by Dr. Mehmet Oz, a heart surgeon, former talk show host and President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and ...

The image of Kate isn’t authentic. A reverse-image search led us to a website where it was identified as artificial intelligence art that was generated using this prompt: "Kate Middleton lies bald in ...

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