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Close-up shot of U.S. President Donald Trump's hand holding up a piece of paper showing mockups for the interior of a golden ballroom.

9 rumors about Trump's White House ballroom project we've investigated

Written by: Rae Deng

May 9, 2026

In May 2026, Republicans proposed spending $1 billion in taxpayer funds on the ballroom's securi ...

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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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An image shows US President Donald Trump outside near the Lincoln Memorial and Reflecting Pool pointing to a group of reporters and other journalists, with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin appearing to Trump's left.

Did Trump call ABC News' Rachel Scott an expletive? Here's what video shows

Written by: Jordan Liles

May 8, 2026

Online users shared a video purportedly showing President Trump calling the journalist a slur du ...

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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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A photo shows a model of the White House in Washington, D.C., including U.S. President Donald Trump's planned ballroom.

Will US taxpayers foot $1B bill for White House ballroom? What we know about GOP proposal

Written by: Laerke Christensen

May 8, 2026

Questions arose in May 2026 over whether the U.S. Secret Service would really need $1 billion to ...

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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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A photo of a male adult bison and a female adult bison standing together in tall, pale green grasses. Trees full of bright yellow leaves sit in the background, contrasting the dark colors of the bison in front of them

Is Trump admin evicting bison from federal land? Unpacking government proposal

Written by: Emery Winter

May 8, 2026

A proposal to revoke permits allowing a conservation group's bison herd to graze on federal land ...

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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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Does US military use 'kamikaze dolphins'? We dived into claim

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

May 7, 2026

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the military could “neither confirm nor deny” their use.

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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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An image shows a screenshot from a video of US President Donald Trump dancing while watching and listening to a high school band and cheerleaders perform ahead of a Super Bowl in 2024 at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Did Trump arrange for teen girls to give him 'private dance,' as shown in video? What we know

Written by: Jordan Liles

May 6, 2026

The video features the president observing a band and dancers while doing a dance he has previou ...

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A photo shows acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche speaking at a microphone with a suit, as well as a red or orange tie, in front of an official-looking government seal.

Acting AG Todd Blanche compared voter ID to being carded at 'restaurant or club.' Here are the facts

Written by: Jordan Liles

May 6, 2026

Blanche, one of President Donald Trump's former personal lawyers, made the statement during an i ...

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