A rumor spread that Sen. Markwayne Mullin — Trump's pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security — bought shares of Chevron and Raytheon, now known as RTX, days before U.S. forces struck Venezuela and captured its president in January.

The claim circulated as a Senate committee voted to advance Mullin’s nomination as DHS secretary last week. He has since been confirmed for the position. Reporter Anna Rascouët-Paz inspected the rumor and broke down what we found.

As special counsel, Mueller investigated ties between Russia and Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.

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According to social media posts, an attorney working with "60 Minutes" advised users to take decisive action involving a big change coming to Facebook.

There's no evidence supporting the story about the actor and her supposed teacher, "Miss Eleanor," or the claim that Hunt has dyslexia.

Before police arrived, the woman allegedly told her neighbor to “stop pretending to be British.”

A claim spread online that the U.K. has legalized what social media users called "full-term abortion," or abortion up until birth.

We found posts online were actually referring to the U.K.'s House of Lords (the upper chamber of Parliament) supporting an amendment to a bill decriminalizing the act of seeking an abortion outside the country's legal parameters.

Reporter Rae Deng broke down the difference and what the bill would actually do if passed.