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A photo shows a serene Tractor Supply storefront at sunrise or sunset with tractors and other equipment visible in front of the building.

Facebook posts promoting discounted Tractor Supply riding mowers if you fill out survey are scams

Written by: Jordan Liles

April 27, 2026

Scammers misused the name and logo of the rural lifestyle company to victimize consumers, just a ...

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An individual holds a large transgender pride flag (five horizontal stripes in the order light blue, pink, white, pink, light blue from top to bottom) on a sunny day with no clouds in the sky. A palm tree can be seen in the background.

Does California provide 'sex-change procedures' to immigrants without legal status? Claim omits key context

Written by: Jack Izzo

April 27, 2026

The report came from Christopher Rufo, a conservative activist.

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An image shows a screenshot from a video showing middle school students in a Michigan-area Gay-Straight Alliance club.

Video doesn't show entire middle school class identifying as trans, nonbinary. Here's proof

Written by: Jordan Liles

April 27, 2026

People online claimed the video showed the result of "grooming" and called for parents and educa ...

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An image shows a poster for an alleged animated film named Pride & Prejudice: Dino Time!

Is 'Pride and Prejudice: Dino Time!' real 'lost' film?

Written by: Jordan Liles

April 26, 2026

A purported VHS tape's box promises "A classic tale with an unexpected twist."

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Did Pope Leo XIV say being called 'woke' is 'no insult'? Here's the truth

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

April 26, 2026

Versions of the months-old quote resurfaced in April 2026.

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Image of man claimed to be Cole Allen. He is wearing a navy blue sweater with the IDF emblem on it. He's sitting in a chair and holding a silver drink can, while his other hand is posed with two fingers up. He's wearing green-brown sweatpants. The background is a fairly barebones apartment with a few things scattered about

Does image show White House correspondents' dinner shooting suspect wearing IDF sweatshirt? What we know

Written by: Emery Winter

April 26, 2026

Many people shared the image as evidence the accused attacker had a connection to the Israeli mi ...

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, a white woman with blonde hair, wears a sparkly black dress and appears to be speaking to someone during the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on April 25, 2026.

Did Leavitt say there would be 'shots fired' before White House correspondents' dinner shooting?

Written by: Megan Loe

April 26, 2026

The phrase is a common figure of speech that refers to someone making jokes or jabs at another p ...

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This image shows U.S. President Donald Trump shortly after the 2024 assassination attempt in which a bullet grazed his ear.

22 claims about Trump's 2024 assassination attempt we've investigated

Written by: Taija PerryCook

April 26, 2026

A bullet grazed Trump's ear in the July 2024 shooting at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

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Screenshot of tweet with AI-generated whale video. The video is paused on a frame of a baby humpback whale opening its mouth wide to a deluge of thick, pasty white milk pushing out of its mother. An icon in the upper right designates the image/video as fake.

Don't confuse fake video of whale calf nursing with the real thing

Written by: Emery Winter

April 26, 2026

Real video footage of humpback and blue whale calves nursing looks far less dramatic.

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Rep. Mike Johnson, a white man with short graying hair wearing tortoiseshell glasses and a suit, leans in to listen to U.S. President Donald Trump, a white man with white-blond hair also wearing a suit.

Did Trump promote new rules that would limit privileges for Congress members?

Written by: Rae Deng

April 25, 2026

Snopes has fact-checked versions of this supposed proposal since 2009. As of 2026, it's still fa ...

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Did AOC once say, 'I am as powerful as a man and it drives them crazy'?

Written by: Joey Esposito

April 25, 2026

The quote originated in a 2019 New Yorker profile about the then-up-and-coming New York politici ...

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Pope Leo XIV, an older white man wearing a white skullcap and red papal robes, sits on a bench.

18 rumors involving Pope Leo XIV, examined

Written by: Rae Deng

April 25, 2026

Rumors about Leo swirled online amid tensions between the Trump administration and the Vatican o ...

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An image shows a fake mug shot photo of a balding man with gray facial hair and a gray sweater over a collared shirt, as well as a meme describing a break-in incident at Barnes & Noble.

Did man break into Barnes & Noble to finish reading book?

Written by: Jordan Liles

April 25, 2026

According to the story, 48-year-old Gary Hollis of Portland, Oregon, broke into the bookstore to ...

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A photo collage showing a golden "Trump Gold Card" in the background with the president's name and signature and U.S. President Donald Trump with pop star Nicki Minaj in the front.

Is Nicki Minaj the only 'Trump gold card' visa recipient so far?

Written by: Rae Deng

April 24, 2026 (Updated: April 30, 2026)

Minaj's "gold card" was just a "memento," a Commerce Department official said.

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On the left, a fake image of Donald Trump sleeping face-down on his desk in the ornate Oval Office, with his tongue out. On the right, a real image of Donald Trump with his eyes closed while an adviser behind him speaks.

Did Trump fall asleep during meeting? Separating satire from real footage

Written by: Jack Izzo Joey Esposito

April 24, 2026

The authentic footage of Trump appearing drowsy came from an April 23, 2026, meeting in the Oval ...

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Image shows U.S. President Donald Trump standing in front of members of the University of Georgia women's tennis team.

Real photo shows female athletes standing behind men with Trump

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

April 24, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump met with the University of Georgia women’s tennis team to celebrate ...

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A composite image shows eight women claimed to be facing the death penalty in Iran.

Did Trump stop executions of 8 women in Iran? What we know

Written by: Laerke Christensen

April 24, 2026 (Updated: April 27, 2026)

Trump issued a social media plea to Iran not to harm the women. Iranian state media dismissed th ...

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a tanned white man with gray hair, wears a blue suit, light blue shirt, and navy blue tie with red motifs as he sits at a desk and speaks animatedly into a microphone. Two cups of a hot beverage sit on the desk in front of him.

RFK Jr. shared erroneous drug price math attributed to Trump

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

April 24, 2026

The health secretary said a drug price decreasing from $600 to $10 is a 600% drop. The math ain' ...

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Narendra Modi, an Indian man with white hair, mustache and beard, sits next to Donald Trump, a white man with tan skin and white-blond hair.

Trump posted conservative radio host's derogatory statement about people of India, China

Written by: Rae Deng

April 24, 2026

The quote came from conservative radio host Michael Savage, who railed against Indian and Chines ...

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Screenshot of X post of fabricated AOC quote. There is a picture of AOC's face and in front of her is the text: "Republicans are trying to rig elections by only allowing U.S. citizens to vote!" -Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Did AOC claim GOP is trying to rig elections by letting only citizens vote? Don't be fooled

Written by: Emery Winter

April 24, 2026

The New York Democrat did once speak about a Washington, D.C., measure to allow noncitizens to v ...

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