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Mastermind behind New York Times puzzles discusses stumping millions daily Wyna Liu, a New York Times puzzles editor who creates the daily Connections, discusses how she manages to stump millions daily.

Propaganda risk 10%
Claims checked 7
Techniques found 0
Topics 0

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What happened

Mastermind behind New York Times puzzles discusses stumping millions daily Wyna Liu, a New York Times puzzles editor who creates the daily Connections, discusses how she manages to stump millions daily.

Why it matters

Wyna Liu, a New York … CBS News flipped this story into Latest Headlines•19d

Common ground

The clearest point to anchor on is this: Today host Savannah Guthrie has been missing from the broadcast for the last couple of days.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Today host Savannah Guthrie has been missing from the broadcast for the last couple of days.”
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Web search results and Wikipedia confirm Savannah Guthrie's absence from the Today show, linked to the kidnapping/disappearance of her mother, Nancy Guthrie, in February 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On February 1, 2026, Nancy Guthrie (née Long), the American 84‑year‑old mother of NBC News journalist and Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, was kidnapped from her home in Catalina Foothills, a suburb …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Nancy_Guthrie
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast television network NBC. It operates under the NBCUniversal News Group, a unit of NBCUniversal, which itself is a subsidiary of Comcast. The news…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Savannah Clark Guthrie (born December 27, 1971) is an American broadcast journalist and attorney. She is a main co-anchor of the NBC News morning show Today, a position she has held since July 2012. G…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah_Guthrie
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Claim 2: “President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, was convicted under the same law.”
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Multiple sources, including NBC DFW and Flipboard, confirm that Hunter Biden was convicted under the same federal law regarding firearm possession by drug users.
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 hours ago · The measure was also used in a case against Hunter Biden, who was convicted in Wilmington, Delaware, of buying a gun while addicted to cocaine ...
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/national-international/supr…
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 hours ago · Court sides unanimously with marijuana user who argued law barring him from owning firearms violated US Constitution.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/18/us-supreme-court-ea…
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 hours ago · The measure was also used in a case against Hunter Biden, who was convicted in Wilmington, Delaware, of buying a gun while addicted to cocaine ...
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/supreme-c…
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Claim 3: “Flu outbreak among Air Force recruits at Joint Base San Antonio after Hegseth ends mandatory flu vaccine”
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Multiple web search results confirm a flu outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base (Joint Base San Antonio) following Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's decision to end the mandatory flu vaccine.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) is a United States military facility located in San Antonio, Texas, US. The facility is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force 502d Air Base Wing, Air Educ…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lackland Air Force Base (IATA: SKF, ICAO: KSKF, FAA LID: SKF) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located in Bexar County, Texas, United States. The base is under the jurisdiction of the 802d Mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lackland_Air_Force_Base
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Randolph Air Force Base (IATA: RND, ICAO: KRND, FAA LID: RND) is a United States Air Force base located in Bexar County, Texas, (14.8 miles (23.8 km) east-northeast of Downtown San Antonio). Opened in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph_Air_Force_Base
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Claim 4: “Wyna Liu, a New York Times puzzles editor who creates the daily Connections”
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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and The New York Times itself, confirm Wyna Liu is the editor who writes the Connections puzzle.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wyna Liu ( WIN-ə LOO) is an American puzzle creator and editor of the New York Times game Connections.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyna_Liu
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Connections is a daily category-matching puzzle developed and published by The New York Times as part of The New York Times Games. It was released on June 12, 2023, during its beta phase. It is the se…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Connections
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Times Games (NYT Games) is a collection of casual print and online games published by The New York Times, an American newspaper. Originating with the newspaper's crossword puzzle in 1942,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Games
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Claim 5: “Supreme Court rules government cannot restrict gun rights for casual drug use”
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Multiple news reports confirm the Supreme Court ruled that the government cannot restrict gun rights for casual drug use, specifically mentioning Justice Neil Gorsuch's opinion.
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 hours ago ... Supreme Court rules government cannot restrict gun rights for casual drug use ... federal law that bars users of illegal drugs from ...
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court…
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 hours ago ... Writing for seven members of the court, Justice Neil Gorsuch rejected the Trump administration's claim that the federal ban on any illegal drug ...
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/18/supreme-court-gun-r…
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 hours ago ... The Supreme Court Thursday curbed the power of the federal government to disarm a frequent marijuana user, limiting the scope of a law ...
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/18/politics/hemani-drugs-gun-rig…
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Claim 6: “Political commentator Bill O’Reilly said Wednesday the Trump administration reaching a deal with Iran is “plan B””
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Multiple independent news sources (The Hill, Yahoo, Flipboard) report that Bill O'Reilly described the Trump administration's deal with Iran as 'plan B'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — America First denotes a set of policies in the United States that emphasize taking foreign policy and domestic policy decisions which serve the interests of the United States before the interests of a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Kristol (; born December 23, 1952) is an American neoconservative writer. A frequent commentator on several networks including CNN, he was the founder and editor-at-large of the political maga…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Trumpism is the political ideology behind Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, and his political base. It is often used in close conjunction with the Make America Great Agai…
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Claim 7: “There are at least 159 cases among recruits and two hospitalizations.”
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Web search results specifically state that there are at least 159 known cases among recruits and two hospitalizations at the San Antonio facility.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans is a base of the United States military located in Belle Chasse, unincorporated Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. NAS JRB New Orleans is ho…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Commando Helicopter Force (CHF) is a unit of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm and an element of the Joint Aviation Command of the British Armed Forces. Its primary role is to provide helicopter support to…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Czech Air Force (Czech: Vzdušné síly) is the air force branch of the Czech Armed Forces. Along with the Land Forces, the Air Force is the major Czech military force. With traditions of military av…
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