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Investigating rumor Trump will declare martial law on April 20 after invoking Insurrection Act of 1807

Written by: Jordan Liles

April 9, 2025 (Updated: April 10, 2025)

Online users in April 2025 shared a blogger's ominous predictions about U.S. President Donald Tr ...

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No, RFK Jr. didn't claim cod liver oil could reverse stock market crash

Written by: Amelia Clarke

April 9, 2025

Kennedy was claimed to have said the market was plummeting because investors were in a "bad mood ...

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A white man stands next to a chart titled "Reciprocal Tariffs."

Trump has paused tariffs plan for most countries. Here's context

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

April 9, 2025

The president announced a 90-day pause on new rates for more than 75 trading partners, excluding ...

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Rumor claiming over 600 federal judges signed petition to impeach Chief Justice Roberts is satire

Written by: Jordan Liles

April 9, 2025

The rumor circulated after Roberts issued a rare statement rebuking President Trump, without nam ...

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No proof Obama charged Biden administration $18M per year for 'consulting'

Written by: Laerke Christensen

April 9, 2025 (Updated: April 10, 2025)

A satirical article about Obama's alleged earnings was full of unsubstantiated claims.

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A white man wearing a dark suit salutes in front of a large red, white and blue flag.

What we know about rumors of a military parade for Trump's birthday

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

April 9, 2025 (Updated: April 11, 2025)

The president’s 79th birthday coincides with Flag Day.

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Fake Fox News chyron claims 'border czar' was offended by Taco Bell menu with items in 'Mexican, not English'

Written by: Amelia Clarke

April 9, 2025

The manipulated screenshot started out as a genuine Fox News interview with U.S. President Donal ...

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Unpacking claim Trump asked freed Israeli hostages if Hamas showed 'sign of love' as happened 'in Germany'

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

April 9, 2025

Trump did not say "Nazis treated Jewish prisoners with love" but suggested they'd shown more "lo ...

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AI-generated image supposedly shows underwater foundation of Venice

Written by: Madison Dapcevich

April 9, 2025

Venice presented an early architectural challenge, being located in the marshy lagoons of Italy.

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Don't fall for these videos claiming US government is hiding last living dodo

Written by: Madison Dapcevich

April 9, 2025

The large, flightless bird has been extinct for centuries.

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On the left, a white man with thick eyebrows and short curly brown hair with a five o'clock shadow wearing a dark jacket looks into the camera. On the right, another white man with straight thin brows, short dark hair and a sparse mustache and beard looks into the camera.

Luigi Mangione may receive death penalty, while white supremacist who killed 23 at Texas Walmart won't

Written by: Rae Deng

April 9, 2025

Prosecutors' decision to forego seeking the death penalty in the Texas case reportedly had to do ...

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Trump adviser Peter Navarro and 'economics expert Ron Vara' are same person, NYT reported in 2019

Written by: Jack Izzo

April 8, 2025

"Ron Vara" happens to be an anagram of "Navarro."

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No proof Trump sold $2.3B in Truth Social stock before April 2 tariffs announcement

Written by: Laerke Christensen

April 8, 2025

Trump Media & Technology Group, Truth Social's parent company, called the rumor of a sale a "fak ...

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This letter by a school principal about ICE detaining her students is real

Written by: Rae Deng

April 8, 2025

ICE agents detained three students, including a third grader, in Sackets Harbor, New York, spark ...

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Posts correctly claim Trump was at golf club during dignified transfer of U.S. soldiers' remains

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

April 8, 2025

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attended the ceremony on behalf of the Trump administration.

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Musk didn't become guardian of abandoned newborn baby

Written by: Jordan Liles

April 8, 2025

Thousands of Facebook users reposted a story featuring a supposed photo of Musk proudly holding ...

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An image shows three white men. Above them, text says, "JESSE WATERS: "YOU WERE NEVER ON JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S JET, WERE YOU?" Below, text says, "RFK, JR.: "I WAS ON JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S JET TWO TIMES."

RFK Jr. said he flew on Jeffrey Epstein's jet twice. Here's context

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

April 8, 2025

He said he flew on Epstein’s jet once in 1993 and again one or two years later "before anybody k ...

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Documents don't show CIA confirmed Hitler left Germany for South America after WWII

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

April 8, 2025

The Nazi leader died by suicide in 1945.

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Trump's June 2020 protest remarks misrepresented as comment on 2025 'Hands Off!' rallies

Written by: Jordan Liles

April 7, 2025

Over 1,200 locations in all 50 U.S. states featured "Hands Off!" rallies on April 5, 2025, prote ...

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National Park Service removed — then restored — details about Harriet Tubman on an 'Underground Railroad' webpage

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

April 7, 2025 (Updated: April 8, 2025)

The webpage's administrators temporarily changed an introductory paragraph to emphasize “Black/W ...

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