The Minnesota governor abandoned his reelection campaign due to the thinnest of right-wing stories about fraudulent childcare ...

Everyone loves gossiping about celebrities because their lives always seem to be exciting and full of mystery. It’s a fun, light excuse to escape from the grind of everyday life and try to imagine ...

Conspiracy theories are everywhere, and they can involve just about anything. The extreme consequences of unfounded conspiratorial beliefs could be seen on the staircases of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 ...

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license Everyone has looked up at the clouds and ...

On November 9, a TikTok user called Etheria77 posted a nine-minute long video in which she outlined a conspiracy theory suggesting that Elon Musk’s Starlink internet satellite system was used as part ...

Navigating the labyrinth of conspiracy theories is like wandering through a hall of mirrors—distorted reflections of reality vary widely in their plausibility and strangeness. Some theories entertain ...

State and local officials have said the Los Angeles wildfires’ cause remains under investigation. Federal agents in March raided and seized evidence from Sean "Diddy" Combs’ Los Angeles home related ...

Donald Trump reposted a baseless conspiracy theory claiming Joe Biden was “executed in 2020” and replaced with a robot clone. The president shared a post from a user on Truth Social late Saturday that ...

More and more people are using artificial intelligence chatbots and there have been some troubling stories about some of those interactions. Kashmir Hill, technology reporter for The New York Times, ...