Before the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, a rumor spread online that multiple leaders in the U.S. armed forces refused official orders for a ground invasion.

While Hegseth did recently oust three military leaders, we found no evidence the dismissals stemmed from refusing orders to invade Iran. Reporter Anna Rascouët-Paz investigated.

It’s unclear whether the president was joking when making the comment during a news conference.

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Social media users largely believed the sound originated from the defense secretary.

A federal court ordered Visa and Mastercard to pay $197.5 million over allegations they conspired to inflate ATM surcharge costs.

The rumor was based on NPR reporting about the evacuation of U.S. troops from Naval Support Activity Bahrain, a U.S. Navy base.

For years, a claim spread online that a teenage girl named Jackie Mitchell once struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig back-to-back in 1931.

Mitchell did strike out the baseball legends, though some have argued the moment was staged. Reporter Emery Winter broke down the history of the game in which it occurred.