Jack Izzo
Jack Izzo is a San Diego-born, Chicago-based journalist who joined Snopes in October 2023. Prior to Snopes, Jack graduated with a B.S. in journalism from Northwestern University, where he researched the psychology of misinformation under Prof. David Rapp. Jack writes about anything and everything — he covered scientific breakthroughs at Popular Science, Northwestern sports for InsideNU, and has a short documentary premiering at the AmDocs film festival in 2024. A two-time "Jeopardy!" alumnus, Jack enjoys climbing rocks, throwing frisbees, solving Rubik’s Cubes, and DJing at his former college radio station, WNUR.
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Feb. 14, 2026
Investigating the claim was difficult because the unofficial subreddit for agents, from where th ...
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Feb. 14, 2026
The president didn't share the post in question — and the idea behind it isn't backed by science.
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Feb. 13, 2026
The image originated from a social media account that describes itself as "an AI-powered meme en ...
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Feb. 12, 2026
The video aimed to capitalize on unsubstantiated claims that the musician wore a bulletproof ves ...
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Feb. 10, 2026
The claim originated on a social media page that calls its output satire.
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Feb. 9, 2026
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is required by law to report whenever a detained person ...
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Feb. 7, 2026
Searches of the Epstein files for Nakamoto's name turned up no trace of an alleged email circula ...
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Feb. 4, 2026
The claim spread through unreliable social media posts, not trustworthy news outlets.
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Jan. 31, 2026
According to some on social media, the individual was hurt by a less-lethal round fired by feder ...
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Jan. 30, 2026
The charts rapidly change, but data aggregation sites showed "Streets of Minneapolis" was the mo ...
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Jan. 30, 2026
There's no record of the Minnesota Timberwolves star announcing such a donation.
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Jan. 27, 2026
Kilgore provided Snopes with documentation showing he couldn't have been the Border Patrol agent ...
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Jan. 27, 2026
Homan held senior leadership roles at ICE while Obama was president, but he served as the agency ...
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Jan. 24, 2026
The claim was shared on social media — but not by reliable news outlets.
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Jan. 22, 2026 (Updated: Feb. 2, 2026)
Rep. Kristin Noble identified herself on X as chair of New Hampshire's House Education Policy an ...
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Jan. 19, 2026 (Updated: Jan. 21, 2026)
At some point, ICE vehicles and the teacher's vehicle collided, but it's unclear who hit whom.
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Jan. 16, 2026
Snopes linked the domain to an email address owned by Mark Davis, a candidate for Congress in Fl ...
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Jan. 14, 2026 (Updated: Jan. 19, 2026)
According to Siguenza, ICE offered him money or legal protection for undocumented relatives if h ...
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Jan. 13, 2026
The letter was real and sent to postal workers, but it didn't signal a new policy or departure f ...
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Jan. 13, 2026
The Daily Mail accused Weaver of "breathtaking hypocrisy" over remarks she made in 2019.
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