The letter seemed to endorse a persistent conspiracy theory: that cloud seeding “could have played a role” in causing the floods in Texas that have killed at least 132 people. The Florida law — and Uthmeier’s letter underscoring it — is the latest example in a surge of right-wing support for conspiracy theories that have spread across social media in recent years.

The debate over a federal investigation into the late, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein continues to stir. But why? A journalist and conspiracy theory expert joined Scripps News to explain.

A Fox News reporter held White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s feet to the fire on Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday. A day after President Donald Trump complained on Truth Social that MAGA supporters fixated on the “Jeffrey Epstein hoax” were “buying into bulls--t,

Gov. Tim Walz sat down with FOX9 for his first TV interview since the assassinations of Melissa and Mark Hortman. He says he pushed through grief, but it hits when he doesn't expect it. He dismissed some conspiracy theories about the accused gunman and addressed criticism of his sometimes heated remarks aimed at President Trump.

Some of the most influential voices in right-wing media are rejecting Trump’s call to stop wasting “time and energy on Jeffrey Epstein.”

It’s not clear what inspired the EPA to release this website, though the administration has dealt with conspiracy theories on multiple fronts.

After a social media uproar based on misinformation, a proposal to create a new housing authority to help rebuild after January's wildfires fails to pass in the state Legislature.

The problem with a conspiracy theory is, of course, the more you talk about it, the more interest people take in it. The whole thing is born of distrust — so who wants to listen to someone telling them there’s nothing to see, even if that someone is Trump himself?