Social media users claimed Texas AG Ken Paxton allowed a man accused of child sex abuse to receive a very lenient sentence. The claim spread as Paxton won the Republican Party's Senate nomination over Sen. John Cornyn on Tuesday.

While the claim's true, social media users left out key context about the case. Snopes reporter Joey Esposito has the full story.

Many posts spreading the claim included videos featuring a commonly used AI-generated avatar.

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Kennedy referenced a study published in a journal co-founded by Jay Bhattacharya, the Trump-nominated director of the National Institutes of Health.

The Republican behind the bill has a history of introducing similar bills with no success.

The U.S. government alleged the nonprofit group enabled extremists to commit crimes in a covert operation. The group said it informed the FBI.

Posts online have claimed Bill Gates is behind the spread of ticks that cause a severe meat allergy.

We found social media users confused that tick with a different type that Gates’ foundation previously supported research into. Reporter Anna Rascouët-Paz broke down the facts.