Shasta County is eyeing a convicted election denier for a voting role — making it a live test of how fringe theories capture local institutions.

A staffer spotted with a remote near a dozing Trump has the internet convinced she's secretly jolting him awake — what makes a mundane object feel like proof?

A Facebook post about Trump's unusual silhouette has spawned competing theories — diaper, medical device, or something else entirely.

The U.S. government has almost never run a surplus in good times — so why does the theory that it should still dominate budget debates?

A viral physical detail about Trump has spawned conspiracy theories — showing how bodies in politics become canvases for competing narratives.

Mark Walter sold the Lakers while facing federal scrutiny — raising the question of whether legal pressure, not business logic, drove a blockbuster ownership exit.

Tina Peters — convicted election denier — just landed a new elections role in a California county, raising the question of who watches the watchers.

NYC reading scores swung wildly — and psychometricians can't agree whether that reflects real learning gains or a broken measuring stick.

Mark Walter sold the Lakers just one year after buying in — and the timing of a Trump administration investigation has people asking if the deal was forced.

Kirwan claims Rassie secretly told provincial sides to avoid playing Springbok-style rugby — a coordination conspiracy or just competitive paranoia?

A fringe theory blaming Jews for eroding the white race has moved from extremist forums into mainstream British politics — how did it get there?

The FTC is dropping "unfair discrimination" enforcement after a federal court rejected the theory in 2023 — a major pivot in how regulators can police bias.

California's top court just ruled drug makers have no legal duty to invent new treatments — a decision that redraws the line between innovation and liability.

A viral video of Trump at a public event has people debating what the odd shape on his rear end actually is — and the theories are multiplying fast.

Arizona's soaring electric bills — driven by record heat and data-center demand — are turning a utility rate fight into a 2026 midterm flashpoint.

A small Florida drone stock surged after tariffs hit DJI — and the author who once mocked the Trump Jr. connection now isn't so sure.

Karoline Leavitt's White House exit has spawned a decoy plane theory linking it to Natalie Harp — but the White House disputes the claims and Leavitt herself has pushed back.

Six decades on, JFK's assassination still spawns rival suspects — the mob, Cuban exiles, war hawks, a coup — because no single theory has closed the case.

An opposition leader joins an election-fraud rally while rivals demand he "stop conspiracy-theory politics" — drawing the line between legitimate dissent and delegitimizing democracy.

A single Lebanese-American on Pan Am 103 left behind a trail of spy theories stretching from Beirut to Washington — and the mystery only deepened after his death.