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Did ex-Venezuelan spy chief Hugo Carvajal release list of US senators who took kickbacks? What we know

Written by: Megan Loe

Jan. 6, 2026

Carvajal reportedly alleged that U.S. diplomats and CIA officers were paid to help keep Maduro i ...

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Investigating claim Venezuela's Delcy Rodríguez fled to Russia after Maduro's capture

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

Jan. 5, 2026

Posts citing Reuters claimed that Rodríguez fled to Russia, but later reporting and denials comp ...

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Do these photos show laughing Victorian couple?

Written by: Laerke Christensen

Jan. 5, 2026

One social media user commented, "Sometimes I forget fun wasn’t invented in the 20th century."

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A white woman smiles. A red, white and blue flag can be seen behind her.

Breaking down rumor Melania was an escort before meeting Trump at Ghislaine Maxwell party

Written by: Jack Izzo

Jan. 4, 2026

The rumor that Melania Trump escorted before meeting her now-husband has been spreading for almo ...

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Did Turning Point USA co-founder Bill Montgomery die of COVID-19? Here's what we know

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

Jan. 3, 2026

The rumor spread online months after the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, the other Turning Point ...

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Did Jackie Chan say he cried over video of Palestinian child? What we know

Written by: Laerke Christensen

Jan. 2, 2026

Chan reportedly spoke at a movie premiere in Beijing on Dec. 28, 2025.

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USPS updated its postmark rules. Here's what that means for your mail

Written by: Joey Esposito

Dec. 30, 2025

Users shared concern about what the changes could mean for voting by mail during elections.

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Does video show swarm of ICE agents arresting man in Minnesota? What we know

Written by: Laerke Christensen

Dec. 30, 2025 (Updated: Dec. 31, 2025)

Immigration authorities arrested two people in a public building in Minnetonka on Dec. 29, 2025, ...

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Nick Shirley's investigation into alleged Minnesota day care 'fraud scandal': What we know

Written by: Laerke Christensen

Dec. 30, 2025 (Updated: Jan. 9, 2026)

Shirley claimed owners of empty day cares were stealing millions of dollars from Minnesotan taxp ...

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Auditing claim Mike Johnson donates his salary to charity

Written by: Rae Deng

Dec. 30, 2025

Johnson has described himself as "a man of modest means."

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Did Ilhan Omar's net worth increase by more than $30M since 2019? What we know

Written by: Rae Deng

Dec. 29, 2025

Omar captioned a September 2025 TikTok post, "Keep wishing millions into existence so I could pa ...

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Did Chinese surgeon once save a patient's severed hand by attaching it to his leg? What we know

Written by: Joey Esposito

Dec. 29, 2025

The purported surgery was allegedly a success and widely reported in 2013.

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Does Walmart track customers even when they pay in cash? What we know

Written by: Joey Esposito

Dec. 29, 2025

Walmart gave Snopes a possible explanation for a customer being sent an email about a product he ...

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Watch out for image of Trump with young girl. There's no evidence it's real

Written by: Taija PerryCook

Dec. 28, 2025

After the Justice department released a batch of Epstein files, an X account claimed the departm ...

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A screenshot of a page from the Epstein files, in which paragraphs numbered 203, 204, and 205 are entirely blacked out by redactions

Can Epstein files be unredacted with a simple copy and paste? What we know

Written by: Emery Winter

Dec. 26, 2025

There is at least one document among the files currently released in which redacted text can be ...

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Unpacking rumor White House is managing DOJ X account

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

Dec. 26, 2025

Some social media users suggested the White House took over the account to protect President Don ...

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Unpacking claim Trump's name was redacted by DOJ from Epstein document after release

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

Dec. 23, 2025

There was no proof the DOJ redacted the document after posting it. In fact, there was a copy of ...

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Image of Trump with young girl emerged after Epstein files dropped. There's no proof it's real

Written by: Taija PerryCook

Dec. 22, 2025

A social media account with a history of publishing clickbait shared the image, claiming the Jus ...

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Epstein files screenshot linking Trump to 14-year-old girl needs context

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

Dec. 22, 2025

A document framed as a new, "unredacted" revelation actually points to an allegation in a 2020 c ...

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Unpacking Amnesty International report alleging 'torture' and 'human rights violations' at Alligator Alcatraz

Written by: Jack Izzo

Dec. 22, 2025

The Trump administration's policies of mass deportation led to direct suffering, according to th ...

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