Conspiracy theories

The former Navy lieutenant's reference to his security clearance has got some followers believing he is the shadowy figurehead behind the baseless conspiracy theory.

"There is such a thing as the Deep State," President Donald Trump said Wednesday. "Who would think?"

Alek Skarlatos, who received France's highest honor for ending the 2015 attack, has been photographed with QAnon supporters.

Half of those who intend to vote for President Donald Trump agree with the QAnon conspiracy theory's claim "that top Democrats are involved in elite child sex-trafficking rings," according to a new poll.

TikTok has become a battleground in the lead-up to the US election, and has started clamping down on misinformation and unlabeled political ads.

QAnon has been linked to death threats and murders, and was listed by the FBI as a domestic terror threat in August 2019.

Many said that it was ridiculous that Trump didn't say the conspiracy wasn't true and that he didn't disavow the group's support.

Donald Trump may be QAnon's most influential "node," but scientists are developing "infodemiology": mapping the disruption like a disease and experimenting with ways to counter the addiction.

Jason Gelinas' conspiracy theory website QMap was getting 10 million visitors a month at its peak.

Facebook announced on Tuesday that it is banishing all accounts associated with QAnon from its platforms.

The pages contain content that praises the president and promotes far-right, anti-government militias.

In response to an uptick in conspiracy theories circulating about Trump testing positive for COVID-19, the Florida senator called for the White House to be transparent in its updates.

COVID-19 is definitely real but millions of people around the world believe it isn't. Is it just a perfect storm of conspiracy theorists congregating around one issue?

William Armacost, mayor of Sequim in Washington state, described QAnon as a "truth movement that encourages you to think for yourself."

Alex Jones claimed that the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School never happened and that actors were brought in to play the victims.

"I hope that this is real because it only means America is getting stronger and better, and people are returning to conservative values, and that's what I am for," Lauren Boebert said in May of the QAnon movement.

Vice President Mike Pence has dismissed the QAnon movement, but President Donald Trump has voiced appreciation for QAnon's support for his administration.

She misrepresented statistics from the CDC and falsely claimed that less than 10,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the U.S.

We have a collective mental health issue that has poisoned our country's soul.

"This is a real virus that affects people differently. I can't change the past," Brian Lee Hitchens said.

Marjorie Greene told Fox News on Friday that once she "started finding misinformation" about the QAnon conspiracy, she decided to "choose another path."

QAnon believer Marjorie Greene is likely to win a seat in Congress after defeating neurosurgeon John Cowan in the GOP primary runoff election for a heavily Republican Georgia district.

"This mobile application may also be used for disinformation campaigns...such as when TikTok videos spread debunked conspiracy theories about the origins of the novel coronavirus," the order read.

President Donald Trump said he would bend to the wishes of Fox Business host and "UFO expert" Lou Dobbs during a Tuesday interview, promising "total transparency" on what the government knows about UFOs.

Conservative anti-gay Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano claims that Pope Francis is involved in a conspiracy seeking the "legitimization of homosexuality" in service to the "new world order."

Jesse Watters made the comments while asking Eric Trump if the removal of thousands of Twitter accounts linked to group is "an attempt to interfere in an election?"

We must reject all attempts to divide Americans along lines of "privileged" and "non-privileged."

A Trump campaign official's appearance last year on a streaming network associated with the QAnon conspiracy theory has resurfaced as the conspiracy continues to gain traction among Republicans.

Pro-Trump political cartoonist Ben Garrison has filed a lawsuit against the Anti-Defamation League, demanding more than $10 million due to the group "defaming" him by calling a cartoon depicting two Jewish figures as puppet masters controlling government officials "anti-Semitic."

Winnie Heartstrong, a Black Republican candidate running for a Missouri U.S. House seat, published a 23-page conspiracy theory about Floyd's death.