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Fact Checks

Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.

An image shows a fake advertisement featuring an illustration of a man kissing his wife on the cheek while she cleans. The ad says, "Is Your Wife Getting Hysterical Again?" and features an illustration depicting "Calm-a-Lot tranquilizer tablets."

Is vintage ad for 'Calm-a-Lot' tranquilizer tablets real? There's no proof it existed

Written by: Joey Esposito

May 10, 2026

An image purportedly showing an authentic 1950s advertisement was a fake, mimicking typical sexi ...

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Robert Morris, an older white man with gray hair, and U.S. President Donald Trump sit at a wide table and bow their heads in prayer.

Posts accurately claim Trump's former 'spiritual adviser' was released after 6 months in jail for child sex abuse

Written by: Rae Deng

May 9, 2026

Robert Morris served on a 25-person evangelical advisory board for Trump's 2016 presidential cam ...

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Image featuring photo of the MV Hondius, the cruise ship at the epicenter of the spring 2026 hantavirus outbreak, and a June 2022 X post that reads, "2023: Corona ended, 2026: Hantavirus."

Real 2022 tweet about hantavirus fuels 'prediction' rumor amid outbreak

Written by: Joey Esposito

May 9, 2026

The account's bio claimed they were an "astrologist" who "reads the future," but it's unclear if ...

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A photo shows a butler holding a silver tray. The background is a fake list of cutlery and tableware allegedly stolen from the White House.

White House butler 'memo' about cutlery theft is fake. Here's proof

Written by: Laerke Christensen

May 9, 2026

According an alleged memo, 1,103 pieces of cutlery and tableware had gone missing from the White ...

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A cruise ship sails on a dark sea with needles meant to represent the Pfizer mRNA Covid-19 vaccine.

Pfizer didn't say hantavirus is side effect of its COVID-19 vaccine, contrary to online claims

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

May 8, 2026

Those eager to discredit Pfizer's mRNA vaccine, which is safe and effective, exploited the cruis ...

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Red posters that say, "END THE AIDS EPIDEMIC" scattered on a bench.

Why claim HIV is 'now curable' misrepresents research

Written by: Rae Deng

May 8, 2026

Patients who have been "functionally cured" of HIV underwent incredibly risky procedures. For mo ...

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Side-by-side image of Sen. Joni Ernst and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Did Joni Ernst expose Pete Hegseth for 'stolen valor' by asking to see combat badge during Senate hearing?

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

May 8, 2026

The story was yet another fabricated political confrontation, using real footage to lend credibi ...

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Close up photos from the bust-up of Franklin Graham, left, and Pope Leo XIV, right, speaking into microphones over a pale yellow background.

Don't believe rumor Pope Leo XIV called evangelist Franklin Graham 'Trump's puppet'

Written by: Emery Winter

May 8, 2026

The AI-generated posts followed a common pattern of fabricating shocking stories about famous pe ...

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The Google Chrome logo, a multicolored ball, next to a phone displaying the Google Gemini logo.

Google Chrome may have silently installed 4GB AI model on your computer. Here's how to check

Written by: Jack Izzo

May 8, 2026

We tested our own computers to see if the model was present.

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An AI-generated image of a tattooed Black woman with shorter, styled black hair wearing an elaborate full-length dress made of newspaper clippings related to the sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. The Snopes "fake" logo appears in the top left corner.

Don't fall for alleged image of Met Gala attendee wearing dress made of Epstein articles

Written by: Jack Izzo

May 7, 2026

The image was created by a user on Instagram whose page was full of AI-generated images.

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An image shows a still frame from a video showing a male with long dark hair wearing an orange jumpsuit, presumably in a courtroom setting, with an onscreen caption mentioning a teen receiving a sentence of 452 years in prison.

Court didn't sentence teen to 452 years in prison. Here's how we know

Written by: Jordan Liles

May 7, 2026

Online users discussed a video allegedly showing a teenager in an orange jumpsuit reacting to a ...

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The image shows Kash Patel, a man of southern Asian descent, wearing short dark hair and a closely shaved beard. He is wearing a dark gray suit and black-and-white tie, with a white shirt. He is speaking into a microphone. Behind him, on a blue background, there is a seal too blurry to read and an apparent flag.

Does FBI Director Kash Patel give bottles of bourbon as gifts to staff and civilians?

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

May 7, 2026

FBI officials confirmed the existence of the bourbon bottles, first reported by The Atlantic, an ...

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An aerial view of the cruise ship MV Hondius stationary off the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, on May 5, 2026.

Did hantavirus spread between people before cruise ship outbreak? Tracing rare cases

Written by: Laerke Christensen

May 7, 2026 (Updated: May 8, 2026)

Researchers have known since at least 1996 that at least one hantavirus variant — the Andes viru ...

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Screenshots from fake videos show Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a white woman, standing near Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while wearing a Palestinian flag.

Do videos show Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni wearing Palestinian flag at UN event with Netanyahu?

Written by: Laerke Christensen

May 7, 2026

Meloni said on X in May 2026 that she had been targeted by deepfake photos.

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Photo shows a mountainous landscape covered in green trees, the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina.

Appalachian Mountains lithium deposit could replace 328 years of imports, USGS says

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

May 7, 2026

While the figure is an official USGS estimate, extracting the mineral poses major technical and ...

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Vivek Ramaswamy, a younger Indian man running for Ohio governor, wears a suit and speaks into a microphone at a lectern.

Did Vivek Ramaswamy once say Ohio was 'a good state' but not 'the best'?

Written by: Joey Esposito

May 7, 2026

Ramaswamy, a Republican running for Ohio governor in 2026, made the comment during a 2023 speech ...

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Small Business Summit in the East Room of the White House in Monday, May 4, 2026.

Trump didn't call various public figures 'offenders of Jesus,' despite claims

Written by: Laerke Christensen

May 6, 2026 (Updated: May 7, 2026)

Numerous versions of the alleged accusation spread on Facebook, but proof for each was nowhere t ...

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The image shows former U.S. President Barack Obama on the left and former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr. A paper tear separates the two.

Did Bill Barr say he regrets not prosecuting Obama? Don't be fooled

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

May 6, 2026

We’ve debunked other false rumors from the Facebook user who spread the claim.

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Two photos of MS Now host Rachel Maddow with an alleged quote criticizing Trump for ignoring Iran in 2025 followed by another where she purportedly said he had "no right" to strike the country.

Did Rachel Maddow criticize Trump for ignoring Iran, then deny his 'right' to strike country in 2026?

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

May 6, 2026

A popular meme claims the MS NOW host made contradictory remarks about Trump's Iran policy.

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A split-screen image shows Graham Platner's chest tattoo in 2015, which strongly resembled a Nazi Totenkopf, and his cover-up tattoo in 2025 which consists of a Celtic knot and dog imagery.

Posts claim Senate candidate Graham Platner has tattoo of Nazi symbol. That's not the full story

Written by: Laerke Christensen

May 6, 2026

Platner said he got the ink in question while deployed overseas with the Marines in 2007 and had ...

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