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Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), a white woman wearing a blue zip-up shirt, holds a discussion at the National Press Building on January 12, 2026, in Washington, D.C.

Did Elizabeth Warren sell Spirit Airlines stock before budget carrier went out of business? Here's the truth

Written by: Laerke Christensen

May 4, 2026

Warren previously opposed a proposed merger between Spirit Airlines and JetBlue in 2024.

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An image shows a yellow circle around a man users believed to be US President Donald Trump standing backstage following the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in April 2026, including the man behind the curtain wearing a bow suit and bow tie, as well as Stephen Miller and pregnant wife Katie Miller visible in the foreground as they evacuate the ballroom.

Does photo show Trump standing behind curtain after White House correspondents' dinner shooting?

Written by: Jordan Liles

April 30, 2026

Social media users claimed the picture proved the Trump administration staged the shooting.

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An older white woman with shoulder length blonde hair wearing a purple dress and an older white man wearing a black tuxedo.

Investigating claim Chief Justice Roberts, wife took $20M from law firms he ruled on

Written by: Jack Izzo

May 1, 2026 (Updated: May 4, 2026)

The headline of a Substack post alleges John Roberts failed to report at least $22 million in co ...

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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 Bluesky post shows a t-shirt with the text "Anti-Biden Pro America 8646"

Did Republicans sell '86 46' merch when Biden was in office? We investigated

Written by: Laerke Christensen

May 5, 2026

There's no shortage of political merchandise on the internet. Could some of it be indictable?

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A split-screen image shows Graham Platner's chest tattoo in 2015, which strongly resembled a Nazi Totenkopf, and his cover-up tattoo in 2025 which consists of a Celtic knot and dog imagery.

Posts claim Senate candidate Graham Platner has tattoo of Nazi symbol. That's not the full story

Written by: Laerke Christensen

May 6, 2026

Platner said he got the ink in question while deployed overseas with the Marines in 2007 and had ...

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Jimmy Kimmel, a middle-aged white man with short, black hair and a salt-and-pepper beard, wears a black suit in front of a purple background.

Did MGM Grand cancel Jimmy Kimmel residency after Trump called for boycott? No, it never existed

Written by: Jack Izzo

May 1, 2026

The comedian has his own comedy club in Vegas. It's not at the MGM Grand.

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Did Trump say people should 'only drive downhill' to save gas?

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

May 4, 2026

The fabricated screenshot circulated after Trump commented on gas prices, but the alleged fuel-s ...

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Side-by-side photos; the left is a rusted sign that says, "AIDS IS PREVENTABLE" and "WHO WILL LOOK AFTER US" with a drawing of children, while actual children stand underneath it, and on the right is U.S. President Donald Trump.

Is Trump demanding Zambia hand over mineral rights or lose access to lifesaving HIV/AIDS meds? What we know

Written by: Rae Deng

May 3, 2026

The Trump administration previously cut off funding to global HIV/AIDS programs, including in Za ...

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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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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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Two older white men stand at podiums. Netanyahu, with short cropped white hair, stands on the left, while Trump, with longer blond hair, stands on the right. US and Israel flags are on poles behind them.

US entered Iran war 'at the request of' Israel, State Department wrote

Written by: Jack Izzo

April 30, 2026

Government officials have justified why the U.S. entered the war in several ways.

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Former U.S. President Barack Obama, a Black man with short white hair, wears a white shirt and speaks animatedly with eyes wide open. The background is blurry and shows a yellow wall that appears to be covered in children's art.

Posts claim Obama was targeted by 11 assassination attempts. We reviewed the evidence

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

May 5, 2026

Snopes put together a list of confirmed and reported assassination plots and threats against the ...

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This image shows U.S. President Donald Trump alongside a screenshot of an X post reading, "Trump bragged he graduated top of his class at Wharton…There were 366 students. He finished…wait for it…364th."

Did Trump graduate 364th out of 366 in college despite claims he finished at top?

Written by: Taija PerryCook

April 24, 2026

The University of Pennsylvania, Trump's alma mater, said it does not disclose class rankings of ...

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On the left, Pete Hegseth, a middle-aged white man wearing a gray suit, talking at a podium. On the right, Joe Biden, an old white man wearing a blue suit, talking at a podium.

Hegseth falsely claimed Biden sent troops to polling stations in 15 states during 2024 election

Written by: Jack Izzo

May 5, 2026 (Updated: May 6, 2026)

The defense secretary made the claim during a Congressional hearing.

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Screenshot of a video U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social depicting former President Joe Biden bounded and gagged in the back of a pickup truck.

Trump once posted video with image depicting Biden bound in truck

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

April 30, 2026

Then-presidential candidate Donald Trump posted the video in March 2024 during his campaign agai ...

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Image appears to show a Truth Social post from U.S. President Donald Trump that includes an AI-generated image depicting him in the likeness of Jesus and delivering a baby Trump from Lady Liberty. Trump did not share such a post.

Trump did not post AI image of himself delivering Lady Liberty's baby version of him

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

May 4, 2026 (Updated: May 5, 2026)

While the president is a prolific Truth Social user, this image did not appear on his account.

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A photo of the Minnesota State Capitol building. The building is made of a white-to-beige brick and is domed, with a small, golden cap on top of the dome

Did Minnesota Senate Democrats oppose removing dead people from voter rolls? Here's the real story

Written by: Emery Winter

April 30, 2026

Just because a person is on Minnesota's registration system does not mean they are listed among ...

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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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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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Two photos of MS Now host Rachel Maddow with an alleged quote criticizing Trump for ignoring Iran in 2025 followed by another where she purportedly said he had "no right" to strike the country.

Did Rachel Maddow criticize Trump for ignoring Iran, then deny his 'right' to strike country in 2026?

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

May 6, 2026

A popular meme claims the MS NOW host made contradictory remarks about Trump's Iran policy.

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Small Business Summit in the East Room of the White House in Monday, May 4, 2026.

Trump didn't call various public figures 'offenders of Jesus,' despite claims

Written by: Laerke Christensen

May 6, 2026 (Updated: May 7, 2026)

Numerous versions of the alleged accusation spread on Facebook, but proof for each was nowhere t ...

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A composite image shows Jack Posobiec, a white male conservative influencer, and a post from his X account reading "8646."

Conservative influencer Jack Posobiec's '86 46' post resurfaces after Comey indictment

Written by: Laerke Christensen

April 30, 2026

Posobiec said his 2022 post referenced impeaching, not killing or injuring, former President Joe ...

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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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Close up photo of facade of white-beige granite building with the U.S. flag and Australian flag displayed side-by-side.

Does photo prove Trump admin displayed Australian flag on White House office building for King Charles III visit?

Written by: Emery Winter

April 30, 2026

The image was from 2019, but there were some Australian flags on a street outside of the White H ...

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