Jude Joffe-Block
Stories
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False claims on X fuel Trump administration's attacks on news media
The latest chapter in the Trump administration's feud with the press has to do with the government's media subscriptions. The saga began with misleading claims on the social media site X.
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Immigrants are being swamped with social media rumors about possible raids
People without legal status in the U.S. are fearful about ramped up immigration enforcement. But when they check social media for immigration news, they're also likely to see false alarms and hoaxes.
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Trump promises new names: 'Gulf of America' and 'Mount McKinley'
President Trump pledged to change the name of two natural landmarks in his second inaugural address. Can he do that?
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Four years after the Capitol riot, why QAnon hasn't gone away
QAnon followers played an outsized role in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol. While the online conspiracy community is less prominent now, it still draws attention from GOP politicians.
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How this couple managed to stay together when one embraced QAnon conspiracy theories
A California couple's relationship was tested when one of them started embracing QAnon conspiracy theories. Find out how they managed to stay together — and find common ground.
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Trump said lots of noncitizens would attempt to vote illegally, but it didn't happen
The false narrative was ready to be deployed if Trump lost but in light of the election results, the claim fizzled. But the myth did and will continue to have real impacts.
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What we know about the voter roll purge in Virginia
Wednesday, just six days before the election, the Supreme Court made a ruling allowing Virginia to continue purging individuals from state voter rolls.
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U.S. citizens are among the voters removed in Virginia’s controversial purge
Nadra Wilson and other Virginians got letters saying her U.S. citizenship was in question, along with her voter registration. “I was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. — I'm a citizen,” Wilson told NPR.
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A way to challenge the election? With no evidence, Trump says noncitizens are voting
Trump and his allies have zeroed in on the baseless claim that Democrats are encouraging newly-arrived migrants to vote for them in the 2024 election. There is no evidence of a plot like this.
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How Trump is relying on a racist conspiracy theory to question election results
Donald Trump has echoed a new iteration of a conspiracy theory that has taken root in the GOP that falsely claims there is a plan to bring nonwhite immigrants to the U.S. to replace white voters.
