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A protester outside of the Maxwell trial wearing a hat claiming that Epstein's death was not a suicide.

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Here's why conspiracy theories about Jeffrey Epstein keep flourishing

Wealthy and powerful sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been dead for three years, but members of the far-right keep invoking him in conspiracy theories to smear their opponents.

September 08, 2022
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  • Lisa Hagen
Among the stars being questioned under oath for Dominion Voting Systems' defamation suit against Fox News are Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Maria Bartiromo. Banners bearing their images hang from Fox Corp. headquarters in New York City, first, second and fourth from left, respectively.

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  • Media

Fox producer's warning against Jeanine Pirro surfaces in Dominion defamation suit

Jeanine Pirro, Tucker Carlson and others are being grilled under oath in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News for spreading lies about a voting tech company's role in the 2020 elections.

September 06, 2022
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  • David Folkenflik
Boston Children's Hospital said it had received "threats of violence toward our clinicians and staff" after false claims were made online that the hospital provides genital surgeries to minors.

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  • Technology

Children's hospitals are the latest target of anti-LGBTQ harassment

The harassment campaigns are organized online, raising questions about what role social media platforms should play in preventing abuse.

August 26, 2022
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  • Shannon Bond
Rep. Bennie Thompson, chair of the Jan. 6 Committee, speaks virtually during a hearing on July 21.

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  • Race

At the Jan. 6 hearings, race isn't discussed much. Still, it's a central issue

The Jan. 6 Committee has been uncovering what led up to the insurrection. But just beneath the surface is a central cause of the riot — racism and the fear of losing white power.

August 23, 2022
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  • Sandhya Dirks
Surgical instruments used in a kidney transplant in 2016.  The agency that oversees organ allocation, the United Network for Organ Sharing, is under scrutiny after a report documented loss and waste of donated organs, often because of problems transporting the organs.

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  • Health Care

Transplant agency is criticized for donor organs arriving late, damaged or diseased

A probe found troubling lapses in the country's organ transplant system. Blood types mismatched, diseased organs accidentally transplanted and donor organs lost or damaged in transit.

August 18, 2022
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  • Blake Farmer
A jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay millions of dollars for spreading lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre. But his influence in right-wing media and politics remains strong.

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  • National

How Alex Jones helped mainstream conspiracy theories become part of American life

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay millions in damages for spreading lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre. But even if the penalties shut down Infowars, his influence will remain.

August 06, 2022
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  • Shannon Bond
Rubble is cast around the Georgia Guidestones after an explosion in Elberton, Georgia, U.S., July 6, 2022 in a still image from video.

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  • National

A Georgia monument was destroyed. Locals blame conspiracy theories.

The Georgia Guidestones monument has always attracted outlandish theories, but their destruction in a recent bombing has led community members to grapple with the impact of conspiracies.

July 28, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler
Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., speaks to members of the media after a House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack hearing last month.

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  • Politics

House Democrats call for a new inspector general in Secret Service text investigation

Reps. Bennie Thompson and Carolyn Maloney write in a letter that the IG's actions "cast serious doubt on his independence and his ability to effectively conduct such an important investigation."

July 26, 2022
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  • Ximena Bustillo
A video of President Donald Trump recording a statement on Jan. 7, 2021, is played, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing on July 21.

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  • Politics

New evidence shows Trump toned down his condemnation of the deadly Capitol attack

New evidence shared by the House Select Jan. 6 Committee shows then-President Donald Trump edited a speech that was aimed at strongly condemning the deadly attack on the Capitol last year.

July 25, 2022
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  • Claudia Grisales
Then-President Donald Trump is seen on the screen above the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection on Thursday in outtakes from his Jan. 7, 2021, video in which he refused to say he had lost the election.

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  • Politics

As Jan. 6 panel pauses, the U.S. faces a fourth fall of Trump (with a fifth in view)

Even if the January 6 investigation had wrapped this week, the former president would still be looming over the fall landscape like a rising harvest moon.

July 24, 2022
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  • Ron Elving
Republican Rep. Liz Cheney speaks during a hearing by the House Select Committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the Capitol on July 21.

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  • Politics

The Jan. 6 committee isn't done. Expect more hearings, revelations and reports

With Republicans set to take control of the House of Representatives in November, the Democrat-led committee has a lot to pack into the next five months.

July 23, 2022
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  • Claudia Grisales
Matt Pottinger, former deputy national security adviser, and Sarah Matthews, former White House deputy press secretary, are sworn in to testify as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing on Thursday.

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  • Politics

Here's every word from the 8th Jan. 6 committee on its investigation

Read the full transcript from the July 21 House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack hearing.

July 22, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Lorain County Fairgrounds in Wellington, Ohio, on June 26, 2021.

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  • Politics

Trump didn't act and didn't want to, plus 4 other takeaways from the Jan. 6 hearings

The committee, across eight hearings, has built a case – more political than legal – that Trump, who continues to lie about the election and teases he'll run in 2024, is not fit to hold the office.

July 22, 2022
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  • Domenico Montanaro
"187 Minutes" is displayed on a screen between images of former President Trump during a hearing by the House Select Committee on July 21, 2022.

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  • Politics

Jan. 6 panel sheds light on the 187 minutes Trump went dark during Capitol siege

The hearing detailed what former President Donald Trump did and did not do in the hours after his Ellipse speech and before he tweeted a video asking his supporters to leave the Capitol.

July 22, 2022
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  • Barbara Sprunt
Supporters cheer as President Donald Trump addresses them during a rally on Jan. 6, 2021. A NPR/<em>PBS NewsHour</em>/Marist poll found that a majority of respondents blame Trump for the attack on the Capitol that followed the rally, but that a slightly larger majority don't think he'll face charges.

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  • Politics

A majority thinks Trump is to blame for Jan. 6 but won't face charges, poll finds

As the Jan. 6 hearings have played out, there has been only some, if any, movement in people's views of what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, but independents' views have changed since a December poll.

July 21, 2022
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  • Domenico Montanaro
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