“Yes they can control the weather,” she tweeted. “It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done.” She’s been at this for a long time: In 2018, amid an earlier spate of California wildfires, and before she was a member of Congress, Greene shared a long-winded theory on her Facebook blaming what […]
Every day for the past week, Kim Kwon-seop, 72, has joined thousands of others gathered near the home of South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol. They were determined to shield Mr. Yoon from prosecutors who wanted to detain him on insurrection charges stemming from his short-lived declaration of martial law last month. To them, […]
NEW YORK — A Brooklyn real estate magnate accused of working with a Turkish government official to funnel illegal campaign contributions to New York City Mayor Eric Adams plans to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge tied to the scheme, federal prosecutors said Monday. Erden Arkan, the owner of a real estate construction firm, was […]
Jay-Z’s war with Houston attorney Tony Buzbee escalated Wednesday when Buzbee brought a lawsuit alleging Roc Nation and lawyers associated with the rapper’s company used “shadowy operatives” and promised paydays to illegally entice former Buzbee clients into filing “frivolous” claims against him. It’s the latest development in the unfolding battle between the pair that started […]
Who is Aaron Rodgers? It’s a complicated question and one that Netflix and directors Gotham Chopra and Liam Hughes dedicate three hours to answering in Enigma, the streamer’s revelatory new documentary series. Over the course of three episodes — “Becoming,” “Awakening” and “Reckoning” — Rodgers welcomes viewers to draw their own conclusions by inviting cameras into his […]
In one particularly testy exchange on a conspiracy theories subreddit, two hair stylists clashed over Mangione’s eyebrows. “I was a hairstylist for 20 years back in the day, no one’s eyebrows grow that fast in three days,” one user wrote. “It was on the state board test. Hair on your head grows a quarter of […]
From speculation that JFK’s assassination was an “inside job” to claims that vaccines contain microchips, the world is awash with conspiracy theories. The term was coined in the 1860sappearing in a letter in The New York Times that discussed British support during the Civil War. Fast-forward 150 years, and conspiracy theories are more prevalent than […]
Trump may seek to change that, however, based on suggestions contained in Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s blueprint for a second Trump presidency. In the chapter on the intelligence community, the document suggests that the ODNI should be the only agency drafting the daily intelligence briefing for Trump and should have full oversight of the […]
Kash Patel during the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference in Fort Washington, Md. on Feb. 23, 2024. President-elect Trump has nominated Patel to lead the FBI even though the agency’s current director, Christopher Wray, has more than two years left on his term. Dominic Gwinn/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Dominic Gwinn/AFP via […]
In the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s 2024 victory, online misinformation claiming the election was rigged in his favor has proliferated — including theories about missing votes and voting machine dysfunction. As was the case with election denialism following the 2020 election, these conspiracy theories about election fraud are false. According to the Cybersecurity and […]
