Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Dec. 20, 2024
Documents say the picture shows a “group of poliomyelitis and arthritic patients.”
Written by: Rae Deng
Dec. 19, 2024
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., suggested electing billionaire Elon Musk as Speaker of the House.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Dec. 19, 2024 (Updated: Dec. 20, 2024)
President-elect Donald Trump's health secretary nominee is known for his anti-vaccination views.
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Dec. 19, 2024
The claim originated from a speech Trump gave during a joint press conference with Italian Presi ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Dec. 19, 2024
The tech billionaire's mother bemoaned declining birth rates during an interview on Fox News.
Written by: Jack Izzo
Dec. 19, 2024 (Updated: Jan. 17, 2025)
Jimmy Carter's pardon for the more than 200,000 Vietnam War draft dodgers is a difficult record ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 19, 2024
Snopes received reader emails and searches asking if a story about U.S. President-elect Donald T ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Dec. 19, 2024
The world’s largest octopus species is the giant Pacific octopus.
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Dec. 18, 2024
Errol Musk had married and divorced Jana Bezuidenhout's mother before he fathered two of her chi ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Dec. 18, 2024
However, the U.S. Postal Service does have a $2.98 billion contract with a company reportedly fa ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Dec. 18, 2024
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump made the claim in a Dec. 18, 2024, Truth Social post.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 18, 2024 (Updated: Dec. 19, 2024)
A video shared on social media showed not a crime scene but rather a police-run toy drive at a m ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Dec. 18, 2024
In December 2024, social media users recirculated Fabuloso recall information from February 2023.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Dec. 18, 2024
Those same words have also been attributed to Denzel Washington, Sylvester Stallone, Prince Harr ...
Written by: Caroline Wazer
Dec. 18, 2024
The rumor about Wahlberg has circulated for months.
Written by: Nikki Dobrin
Dec. 17, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump allegedly misspelled his son Barron's first name and Bruce Springst ...
Written by: Jack Izzo
Dec. 17, 2024
One Facebook account that shared the rumor said the CEO branded "The View" television's worst sh ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Dec. 17, 2024
"This can’t be legal," said an X user. "Why does this administration want to weaken the United S ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Dec. 17, 2024
Witnesses reportedly disputed Mace’s claim that a foster care advocate who shook her hand “physi ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 17, 2024
Social media influencer Robby Witt shares what he calls "sixty second sitcoms" containing "ficti ...
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