Conspiracy Theory

Media personality Alex Jones seeks to dismiss a suit filed against him by the father of a victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, claiming the case has caused him "emotional distress."

President Donald Trump's Republican allies have propagated a baseless conspiracy theory that Ukraine meddled in the 2016 presidential elections.

Republican Representative Brad Wenstrup's Obama theory was debunked by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, who noted Russia invaded Ukraine two years after Obama's comment at question.

Paul McGuire said Sweden was "all on board with Democratic socialism" and linked it with the country previously allowing "people to marry their dogs, cats and horses and pigs."

The Trump administration's secretary of state did not expand on the implied corruption during his Fox News interview.

Model Chrissy Teigen railed against the far-right conspiracy theory group QAnon, ridiculing countless forums and posts connecting her and husband John Legend to Jeffrey Epstein.

Jill Stein and Tulsi Gabbard said Hillary Clinton continues to blame everyone but herself for losing the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump.

Kelvin Ty Whelly, the former U.S. Marine infantryman who was part of a smear campaign against Senator Warren, falsely claimed to be a combat veteran of the Afghanistan War.

The far-right conspiracy theorist has a history of peddling fake news and tried to concoct false sexual assault allegations against Robert Mueller.

The Hong Kong edition of the China Daily newspaper said it had uncovered the plot via a post on the Telegram encrypted messaging app, prompting online ridicule.

Wohl, 21, and his former business partner Matthew Johnson were charged in California for the illicit sale of securities in a Riverside Superior Court.

Spencer Kuvin, a lawyer who represented three of Epstein's victims, told the BBC that it was not in the billionaire's nature to commit suicide.

"The retweet was from somebody that's a very respected conservative pundit, so I think it was fine," Trump insisted.

"This is what we see in mob cases. It makes no sense," the Morning Joe host said.

Patton is a controversial Trump associate who had no apparent housing experience before she was appointed to lead one of the largest regions that HUD oversees in 2017.

After the mass shooting on Sunday in Dayton, Ohio claimed the lives of nine people and injured 27 others, conspiracy theories online targeted a deceased man bearing the same name as the suspected shooter.

Right-wing conspiracy theorists attempted to link reports that Jeffrey Epstein had attempted suicide to long-disproven claims involving the Clintons.

Javi Poves challenged a Spanish science minister to a debate on the curvature of the Earth.

The 2020 presidential hopeful lambasted the president's son for elevating a tweet that suggested Harris wasn't qualified to speak on behalf of black Americans.

After Prince Harry made his "two weeks" comment about the royal baby, Twitter started a conspiracy theory that his wife Meghan Markle gave birth earlier than the public was told.

"This is their 9/11," Beck said, suggesting without evidence that the blaze may have been set intentionally.

"We're not going to speculate here of the cause of something we don't know," said the Fox News anchor. "If you have observations, or you know something, we would love to hear it."

"Tell your dad that TruNews loves your dad," a TruNews correspondent told Trump Jr.

"How can there be two Melania Trumps?" first lady impersonator Laura Benanti said. "Think about it! Doesn't it seem crazy that there is even one?"

"Classic mean girl environment," a Fox News contributor said of claims the first lady has a body double.

The show, available on Amazon Prime, also claims that aliens feature in the Tower of Babel story.

The number of measles cases in the Philippines jumped 500 percent in just one year. Authorities urged parents to vaccinate their children.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai's congressional testimony this week included a question about the bizarre conspiracy theory "Frazzledrip."

Followers of QAnon conspiracy theory see in George H.W. Bush funeral a pretense for a Trump-lead military coup.

Will the real Muhammadu Buhari please stand up?