Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 17, 2017 (Updated: Dec. 5, 2017)
Despite rumors, there was no "stand-down" order issued to police overseeing a white supremacist ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Nov. 20, 2017 (Updated: Dec. 5, 2017)
The House of Representatives version would, the Senate version would not.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 20, 2017 (Updated: Dec. 5, 2017)
A proposal included in the Senate tax reform bill formalizes a longstanding IRS policy of not su ...
Written by: Snopes Staff Kim LaCapria
Nov. 29, 2017 (Updated: Dec. 1, 2017)
A mother's viral Facebook post reported that the 15-year-old girl was missing from her home in O ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 7, 2016 (Updated: Nov. 30, 2017)
Video capturing the explosion of SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rocket during a test fire seems to show an un ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 29, 2017 (Updated: Nov. 30, 2017)
A video of a teenager beating up a person on crutches was shared by President Donald Trump along ...
Written by: Dan Evon David Mikkelson
March 15, 2017 (Updated: Nov. 29, 2017)
Rumors that various restaurants around the world were shuttered for serving "the most dangerous ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 13, 2005 (Updated: Nov. 22, 2017)
An article that compares the salaries of top executives of several large charitable organization ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 7, 2017 (Updated: Nov. 22, 2017)
The family of Jacob Thompson requested cards for the ailing child so that he could have a final ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 25, 2007 (Updated: Nov. 21, 2017)
Is the Monday after Thanksgiving the busiest online shopping day of the year?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 5, 2007 (Updated: Nov. 20, 2017)
Can Americans send holiday cards to service members and veterans through a Red Cross-sponsored p ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 7, 2017 (Updated: Nov. 10, 2017)
The likelihood of such a scenario is scientifically dubious and the law enforcement agency that ...
Written by: David Emery
May 3, 2017 (Updated: Nov. 8, 2017)
Desiree Fairooz, a member of the protest group Code Pink, was charged with disorderly conduct af ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 31, 2016 (Updated: Nov. 8, 2017)
A rumor that the company that created Pokémon Go was launching a Harry Potter-themed version of ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Nov. 6, 2017
A short-lived fake story about the giant tech company illustrated the dangers of sharing posts b ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 8, 2017 (Updated: Nov. 6, 2017)
The claim behind a 2013 school science project purportedly documenting that wireless signals wil ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 10, 2017 (Updated: Nov. 3, 2017)
Despite what random people might say in homemade YouTube videos, they offer no proof that any an ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Nov. 1, 2017 (Updated: Nov. 2, 2017)
Mexico is in trade talks with Argentina, but no deal has been finalized; the cost to American fa ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 1, 2016 (Updated: Oct. 27, 2017)
NBC reported an inquiry by the FBI into Paul Manafort's foreign business affairs. Months later, ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Oct. 25, 2017 (Updated: Oct. 26, 2017)
A "hold" on enlistments by U.S. legal permanent residents will only apply to the Army Reserves a ...
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