Latest Stories By Bill McCarthy

Four people died Jan. 6 as supporters of former President Donald Trump violently stormed the U.S. Capitol in an effort to overturn the election, and one Capitol Police officer died the next day. Details quickly emerged about the four Trump supporters who died the day of the riot. One man, Kevin Greeson, died from a […]

Fox News and other cable networks are spinning a false narrative that says frozen wind turbines, solar panels and even, somehow, the Green New Deal are to blame for Texas’ crippled energy system, according to a PunditFact review of closed caption information. It’s true that about half of Texas’ wind power capacity was shut down […]

Nearly a month after supporters of President Donald Trump violently stormed the U.S. Capitol, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., recounted the experience from her perspective. In a 90-minute Instagram Live video, Oscasio-Cortez described fearing for her life as she hid in the bathroom of her office in the Cannon House Office Building, a part of the […]

A Newsmax TV anchor walked off the set after his guest, MyPillow Inc. CEO Mike Lindell, started voicing unsubstantiated conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and technology company Dominion Voting Systems less than 15 seconds into a Feb. 2 interview. It’s rare to see an anchor get up and leave during a TV segment, so […]

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump deny that he incited the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot and argue that the Senate lacks jurisdiction to hold an impeachment trial because Trump is no longer in office, in a defense brief filed ahead of next week’s trial.  Lawyers Bruce L. Castor, Jr., and David Schoen also say […]

The NFL has worked with authorities at all levels to keep Super Bowl LV safe for the host city of Tampa, where the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will face off against the Kansas City Chiefs. With a smaller stadium crowd and requirements for masks and social distancing in and around Raymond James Stadium, league and city […]

In a violent scene like no other in American history, a sprawling crowd of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol and halted congressional proceedings, wearing and waving Trump-branded paraphernalia and flags as they sought to overturn the election. Lawmakers were evacuated as the rioters overwhelmed Capitol Police and bashed through the building’s doors […]

As President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration approaches, President Donald Trump’s longshot bid to overturn the results of the election he lost has focused heavily on Georgia, a state Biden won narrowly. It was the first time a Democratic presidential candidate won Georgia since 1992. Trump has spent weeks promoting false claims about the state’s election, despite […]

Newsmax TV host Grant Stinchfield suggested that Vice President-elect Sen. Kamala Harris is holding onto her Senate seat because of the inaccurate claim that President Donald Trump can still win reelection. “Harris is a woman who has yet to resign from the United States Senate in preparation of becoming the next vice president and ultimately […]

President-elect Joe Biden called for unity and healing while assailing President Donald Trump’s unprecedented attempts to overturn the results of the election in a Dec. 14 speech.  Biden delivered the address from Wilmington, Del., on the day electors from across the country cast their votes to seal Biden’s victory. It was a harsh rebuke of […]

He introduced it as what “may be the most important speech I’ve ever made.” But the 46-minute video tirade President Donald Trump posted on social media was a recitation of the same baseless election fraud claims and conspiracy theories he has promoted for weeks. The speech, delivered from a White House lectern, was posted to […]

President Donald Trump repeated his false claims that the election was “rigged” and characterized mail-in ballots as a “disaster” in an interview with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo. Bartiromo allowed him to make his case without challenging him on his lack of proof. “We won the election easily,” Trump said Nov. 29 in an interview that […]