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The most fervently pro-Trump cable network offers a concise lesson in creating fake news

Last week, unhappy with the results of a poll from Florida, OAN pulled a story about it. Then it made a new one — misrepresenting the...

The Energy 202: Forest Service sparks controversy for pushing logging, oil during pandemic

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said now is the time to get rid of burdensome regulation.

The Finance 202: Bank executives are talking the talk on racial equality. The walk lies ahead.

Top Wall Street banks have a mixed history on staffing and business practices.

The Health 202: U.S. isn’t ready for the contact tracing it needs to stem the coronavirus

Many states and localities don’t have sufficient teams in place to track down those exposed to the virus.

Power Up: Trump tries to sweep the coronavirus pandemic under the rug as cases surge

The president wants the ‘hidden enemy’ to stay hidden.

Warren allies send letter urging Biden to pick her as running mate

The letter portrays Warren as the best prepared prospect to serve as president and one uniquely capable of helping Biden politically.

Democratic ad misleadingly attacks Susan Collins on the Paycheck Protection Program

This is a good example of how a narrative can be crafted out of discrete "facts" to leave a false impression.

Killing of black man in Atlanta puts spotlight anew on police, as prosecutors contemplate charges against officer

The Fulton County district attorney said he will decide this week whether to press charges against the officer who killed Rayshard Brooks.

Officials familiar with Lafayette Square confrontation challenge Trump administration claim of what drove aggressive expulsion of protesters

While the U.S. Park Police and Justice Department said the operation was to expand the perimeter around the White House, others said they had no...

Trump tries to explain his slow and unsteady walk down a ramp at West Point

The president’s claim that the ramp was “very slippery” was inconsistent with the weather, which on Saturday at the officer training academy in New York,...