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 ...

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

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 ...

A fact checker is the person who checks factual assertions in non-fictional text, usually intended for publication in a periodical, to determine their veracity and correctness. The job requires ...

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 ...

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 ...