Access to Information records show researchers were paid nearly $370,000 in 2019 to discourage the media and the public from questioning authority in “a fact-checking program” launched by then-Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould. “We encouraged Canadians not just to double check and respond to misinformation and disinformation but to actively spread relevant information they knew was reliable such as public health messaging,” said a...

The Palestinian Authority insists that its operation in the Jenin refugee camp was intended to maintain security and thwart any Israeli plans for the West Bank. Yet other Palestinian factions have criticized the move, which comes amid Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza and ahead of Donald Trump's return to the White House.

Sen. Ed Markey claims people should be terrified that Trump will have nuclear strike authority, but people pushed back, noting that Trump already had that authority during his first term.

According to Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker, there's an implicit critique of authority hidden beneath the seemingly innocuous surface of the comic.