South Korea’s far right borrows from Trump’s playbook to help Yoon
SEOUL — They gathered in subzero temperatures, waving banners that read, “Stop the steal.”Some voiced faint hope that President-elect Donald Trump would support their cause; others…
Trump rails at the ‘deep state’ and ‘the swamp.’ Here’s the difference
Donald Trump has promised to do many things once he reoccupies the White House. Among the most famous, and most desired by his biggest fans,…
After a deluge, the lies: Misinformation, hoaxes cloud Helene recovery
WASHINGTON — The facts emerging from Hurricane Helene’s destruction are heartrending: Businesses and homes destroyed, whole communities nearly wiped out, hundreds of lives lost, hundreds of…
AI can rescue people from conspiracy theory rabbit holes
Roughly half of Americans subscribe to to some sort of conspiracy theory, and their fellow humans haven’t had much success coaxing them out of their…
Former Colorado clerk and election denier convicted in computer breach
DENVER — Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, a hero to election deniers, was found guilty by a jury on most charges Monday in a breach of…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ever more unbearable weirdness
It took a decade, but the man who left a dead bear cub in Central Park finally fessed up in a social media post Sunday.Why…
Opinion: We’re taking the wrong approach to counteracting conspiracy theories
Not long ago, a millennial father of two in the Midwest whom I interviewed was convinced that many of our elected leaders like to feast…
After Trump is shot, conspiracy theories flood the internet, creating dangerous ‘spiral’
The attempted assassination of former President Trump at a rally Saturday in Pennsylvania almost immediately gave rise to internet conspiracy theories that experts say will…
‘Taking Venice’: How Robert Rauschenberg shocked the Biennale
The Venice Biennale may have lost much of its singular luster, now that hundreds of periodic surveys of new international art have joined the roster…
At Birch Society headquarters, looking for roots of conspiracy theory in U.S.
APPLETON, Wis. — The decades fall away as you open the front doors. It’s the late 1950s in the cramped little offices — or maybe the…