A collection of well-funded UFO obsessives are using their Capitol Hill connections to launder some outré, and potentially dangerous, ideas.

Trump’s cultists truly believed the 2020 election would be overturned. With those hopes dashed, the putsch is on.

Space aliens are having a moment in America, thanks to the Blink-182 frontman’s E.T.-hunting A-team. But what’s his real plan?

The curious case of how a 75-year-old Buffalo man became the leader of a dangerous leftist organization that doesn’t actually exist.

The conspiracy theory sprung from an amateur YouTube video. Then, the National Review picked it up.

Why the far-right pushes the lie that black Americans fought as Confederate soldiers

How a right-wing conspiracy blossomed in the pre-internet age

Netflix’s new investigative documentary exposes a shadowy religious organization with immense influence—and a connection to Donald Trump.

Crank ideas have always flourished in times of great instability and inequality.

In an environment thick with conspiracy, we thrill to stories of truth versus evil. But at what cost?

In a paranoid age, the corroboration provided by The Intercept's latest exposé is unusual.

A new documentary about the chance reunion of long-lost triplets contains a dark episode of American history at its core.

It says nothing good about our world that the NBC anchor is seen as a role model for feminists and journalists.

The paranoid style in American politics has its roots in a deep insecurity.

When it comes to TV reboots, nostalgia can be a deadly weapon.