Political conservatism was associated with heightened susceptibility to believing fake news about COVID-19 in the early stages of the outbreak in the United States, according to new research published in Social Psychological and Personality Science. The study provides preliminary evidence that support for President Donald Trump plays a role in viewing COVID-19 as less of a personal threat and less severe in general.

The Chinese government has waged a months-long disinformation campaign to portray itself as the country that defeated the virus, when it attempted to hide it for months.

On the surface, it is a classic tale of whistleblowing. A brave insider claiming to lay bare corporate power corrupting the US government. A truth teller courageously naming names who are part of what she calls a “circular cabal” killing Americans. Seen from another perspective, the viral video of Dr Judy Mikovits blaming the coronavirus outbreak on a conspiracy led by big pharma, Bill Gates and the World Health Organization is the work of a discredited crank.

Five years back, conspirators feared refugees were taking over the West. Today, they are of the idea that evil forces are gaining power amid a global pandemic. Read on to learn why these fears are unfounded and preposterous.

In a new interview published today (July 8), Kanye West has revealed he contracted the coronavirus in February and spoke against a COVID-19 vaccine. Following the rapper’s Independence Day announcement that he would be running for the US presidency in 2020, Ye revealed to Forbes he’d contracted COVID-19 in February and insisted his tweet was not a publicity stunt.

Facebook also took down thousands of accounts, pages and groups as part en effort to limit violent rhetoric tied to QAnon, political militias and protest groups.

WikiLeaks just threw some gasoline onto the conspiracy fire. On Wednesday night, they Tweeted: Michael Hastings contacted WikiLeaks lawyer Jennifer Robinson just a few hours before he died...

The mysterious death of a San Francisco "ethical hacker," who was set to give a speech on infiltrating wireless implantable medical devices, has caused speculation that he was the victim of a targeted attack, and has caused alarm on the safety of medical devices such as pacemakers.

Scotland Yard is assessing new information on the death of Princess Diana to determine whether it is credible.

Sixteen years after her car crash in Paris, there's another round of speculation that the Princess's death was no accident. Don't believe it

16 years after the death of a princess, new allegations point to MI6 involvement. And Scotland Yard is taking it seriously

Throughout our history, Americans have been sure someone was plotting against us

Reflexively distrustful, eager to make powerful enemies, the young journalist whose Mercedes exploded in Los Angeles one night couldn’t possibly have died accidentally, could he?

Project Iceworm was the code name for a top secret US Army program during the Cold War to build a network of mobile nuclear missile launch sites under the Greenland ice sheet. The ultimate objective of placing medium-range missiles under the ice - close enough to Moscow to strike targets within the Soviet Union - was kept secret from the Danish government.

Political conspiracy theories may date back to ancient times, but in the modern era they can go from fringe to famous in less than a work week.

Why the best conspiracy theories about JFK’s assassination don’t stand up to scrutiny.

During the half century since President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, you may have heard about a few conspiracy theories. Decades of investigations, hearings, documents, records, books and interviews have failed to satisfy conspiracy theorists with a definitive answer to The Question: Did Lee Harvey Oswald act alone when he shot the President?

What the Cuban leader thinks really happened on that fateful November day in Dallas

A Texas real-estate developer is in possession of footage of John F Kennedy's motorcade from that fateful day in Dallas that reportedly depicts a second shooter.