conspiracy theories

Right-wing Cuban Americans believe they’re fighting U.S. communism.

The sprawling conspiracy theory is dying—and being reborn as the new normal of the Republican Party.

The pseudonymous leader of the conspiracy theory hasn’t posted for days.

Trump’s most dedicated supporters are going into a spiral online.

Many adherents of the conspiracy theory believe Trump’s victory is preordained.

Misinformation is hyperlocal. Attempts to counter it should be, too.

Where the conspiracy came from and what it means for politics at home—and abroad.

There’s no fact the sprawling movement can’t dismiss—and no madness it can’t imagine.

It’s hard—but possible—to save people from the conspiracy theory’s grip.

Restart, a fringe Iranian dissident group, shows how conspiracy spreads—and what that means for U.S. politics.

Anti-Chinese sentiment and a public health backlash have vaulted Hong Kong-born Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam into the firing line for Canada’s extremists.

Dubious and unfounded claims on the internet intended for domestic consumption are reaching far beyond their target audiences, allowing governments to spread disinformation cheaply and easily.

The agency’s history of bloody-handed bungling abroad has come back to haunt U.S. politics.

Conspiracy theories are spreading faster than the coronavirus itself.

The attack in New Zealand was inspired in part by the Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, but the real threat is lone wolves lurking in the far corners of the Internet.

Blaming the Russians, or political opponents, only goes so far.

The French president’s greatest vulnerability might be his connection to an international banking family that has obsessed the country for centuries.

The president-elect’s dangerous views on the safety of vaccines threaten the lives of millions of Americans.

Conspiracy theories surrounded the death of Mikhail Lesin. DC prosecutors determined he died after days of drinking.

Rob Ford, a popular former Toronto mayor best known for drug and alcohol scandals, has died after battling cancer.