Conspiracy Theories

Far-right figures on social media spread baseless claims suggesting Vice President Kamala Harris used audio earrings to gain an upper hand in her debate against former President Donald Trump, though the unbacked claims do not consider the differences between the earrings worn by Harris on debate night and the audio earrings she has been accused of wearing.

Following the presidential debate on Tuesday, social media users theorized that Vice President Kamala Harris wore audio earrings on stage. The Germany-based company that sells the earrings said on Wednesday that the resemblance between Harris' earrings and their audio earrings "is striking."

A left-wing conspiracy theory migrates right.

All we need to know about the Deep State, we supposedly learned when John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963.

In the aftermath of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, Sean Davis of the Federalist wrote on X that we needed investigations “to see who in the Biden regime knew about this and either allowed it to happen . . . or made it happen. They did it to Kennedy, and his brother, and they just tried to do it to Trump.”

Joe Biden's continued absence after announcing he's standing down as presidential candidate have sparked a slew of memes - and rumors he's in a hospice.  

The 81-year-old has not been seen in six days or since he dropped out of his bid for reelection, with aides explaining that he'd tested positive for COVID.

Many conspiracy theorists and far-right commentators are spreading doubts that President Biden is alive after he posted a letter on Sunday resigning from his presidential campaign.

The theory is baseless. Mr. Biden, who learned he had Covid on July 17 and has been in isolation since, called into a campaign event for Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday, and the two exchanged praise and playful banter.

Right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk has posted a rumor that President Joe Biden had a medical emergency in Las Vegas last week and may be in hospice care. This claim contradicted the official account of the president's COVID-19 diagnosis, and has sparked widespread speculation, but what are the facts?

Misinformation and conspiracy theories were spreading online after an assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump at a campaign rally on Saturday.

Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, was alleged to have shot at the Republican presidential candidate from a rooftop during the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, wounding Trump's right ear. One spectator died and two others were injured.

Reuters has fact-checked some of the most widely shared narratives online.

The 2024 Republican National Convention opens Monday with the unprecedented and grisly backdrop of its presumptive nominee having survived an assassination attempt. 

A Democratic powerbroker who pushed the conspiracy theory that the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump was "staged" has visited the Biden White House at least 10 times, a Washington Free Beacon review of visitor logs found.

Old (internet) habits die hard.

When The Daily Beast revealed in January that Rep. Jamaal Bowman had promoted 9/11 conspiracy theories on his blog while working as a public school principal, the New York Democrat maintained it was just a bygone phase, and that his days of marinating in the nether-swamps of online paranoia were long over. But his personal YouTube account, where he continued to follow new channels and create playlists as recently as last month, indicates his taste for fringe content has endured into his tenure on Capitol Hill.