Latest Stories By Joshua Gillin

We provide 10 questions that can help you identify whether a news story is trustworthy or not.

Christopher Blair is a 45-year-old volunteer Little League umpire who lives in Maine, and he is behind one of the most prolific fake news websites on the Internet.

PolitiFact editors discuss the truth behind the week in news.

Alt-right bloggers, officials and websites all posit (without proof) that shadow governments and Assad's enemies are really behind the attack.

As if having to sidestep scads of fake news stories on the Internet isn’t stressful enough, it’s important to remember sometimes the fabrications can come in just 140 characters.

Clearwater, Fla., native James McDaniel said he wanted to see how gullible Internet readers could be, and learned more than he expected.

Here are some lessons we've learned after several weeks of working with Facebook to help boot fabrications from feeds.

Donald Trump predicted big crowds. But how did Friday's inaugural compare to version's past?

The rundown on the first day of Jeff Sessions' confirmation hearing

New legislation and agency procedures addressed a spate of incidents.

Lawmakers don't take action after spate of killings, so the president issues multiple executive actions on guns.

An Internet conspiracy theory leads a N.C. man to bring a gun into a Washington pizzeria looking for answers.