❌ No, Mitch McConnell's dead body wasn't transported to a Kentucky coroner on Monday. The creator of the video making the claim posted a retraction: www.snopes.com/fact-check/m...
Was Mitch McConnell's dead body transported to Kentucky coroner? Here's the truth
Death rumors about the 84-year-old Republican senator continue to persist.
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✅ Yes, Trump posted an AI-generated image showing him with WWII Generals George Patton and Douglas MacArthur. www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
Did Trump post AI image of himself with Generals Patton and MacArthur?
Some people online accused the president, who has never served in the U.S. military, of stolen valor.
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Sen. Josh Hawley repeatedly accused Fauci of using his staff to solicit cash prizes during the COVID-19 pandemic. We spoke to government ethics experts about the claim: www.snopes.com/news/2026/08...
Did Fauci use staff to solicit cash prizes for himself? We investigated
Ethics experts said Fauci followed the rules, despite allegations claiming otherwise from Republican Sens. Josh Hawley and Rand Paul.
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Capital One said in a July lawsuit filing in that it closed a number of accounts belonging to Trump and his businesses in 2021 for "anti-money laundering reasons." www.snopes.com/fact-check/c...
Capital One closed hundreds of Trump bank accounts for 'anti-money laundering reasons,' lawsuit says
The trust that manages Trump's business assets and 11 other connected plaintiffs first sued Capital One in 2025, claiming it had debanked them.
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A rumor about Rand Paul’s COVID-19 vaccination status stems from a real post by chef Joe Gera about a 2022 event the senator allegedly attended. But the chef’s claims remain unverified. www.snopes.com/fact-check/j...
Did chef Joe Gera expose Rand Paul lied about not getting COVID-19 vaccine?
Paul told us he never received a COVID-19 vaccine after contacting the virus in February 2020.
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A Texas sheriff's deputy searched data across more than 83,000 Flock cameras to find a woman who had an abortion. We analyzed incident reports and other documents to understand what happened: www.snopes.com/news/2026/08...
Texas deputy used 83K Flock cameras to find woman who had abortion. Was it a welfare check, as he claimed?
In a post-Roe v. Wade era, law enforcement agencies in states like Texas have unprecedented access to nationwide surveillance tech.
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❌ No, Senate Republicans weren't reportedly suffering from diarrhea after filming themselves eating salads to troll Fauci. www.snopes.com/fact-check/r...
Did Senate Republicans suffer from diarrhea after eating salads to troll Fauci?
Posts claimed the senators were reacting to Dr. Anthony Fauci criticizing Republicans for food regulation cuts.
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❌ The CDC did not say that COVID-19 vaccines caused the largest carcinogenic exposure in history, despite posts claiming otherwise. We explain what prompted the false claim. 👇 www.snopes.com/fact-check/c...
CDC didn't say COVID-19 vaccines are 'largest carcinogenic exposure in history'
The claim stemmed from two recent cohort studies, one from South Korea and one from Italy.
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Posts claim Katie Miller, a former White House adviser and the wife of senior White House adviser Stephen Miller, received medical advice from from Dr. Fauci in 2020 before calling for his imprisonment more than six years later. That's true. ✅ www.snopes.com/fact-check/k...
Katie Miller, who called for Fauci's imprisonment, got medical advice from him in 2020
The ex-White House adviser, who is married to Stephen Miller, claimed Fauci was neither her friend nor her doctor.
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Jeanne Gibson — one of many women who served as a "Rosie" during World War II — died last week at age 100. While Gibson was not the inspiration behind popular depictions of the character, she was part of a community of women it represented: www.snopes.com/fact-check/j...
Jeanne Gibson, one of many Rosie the Riveters, died at 100
Jeanne Gibson was one of many "Rosies" and a passionate advocate for the other women who bore the title.
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🧵 Snopes pored over hundreds of pages of documents to confirm that Anthropic bought millions of books in bulk and destructively scanned them to train its AI model.
A rumor that Trump told people to “inject bleach” to treat COVID-19 resurfaced online after a Senate committee questioned Fauci over how he managed the pandemic. Here's what the president actually said: www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
Claim Trump told people to 'inject bleach' to cure COVID-19 recirculates online after Fauci's Senate hearing
Here's what the president actually said back in 2020.
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❌ No, Kurt Russell didn't say, "Children don't need new genders, they need normal parents." Here's what we found: www.snopes.com/fact-check/k...
Did Kurt Russell say, 'Children don't need new genders, they need normal parents'?
Social media users claimed the famous film and TV actor made the remark on the subject of LGBTQ+ people. He didn't say the words, however.
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❌ No, footage doesn't authentically show Trump falling while attempting to get into a vehicle. Don't be fooled by the fake video if you see it spreading online: www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
Did Trump collapse while trying to get into vehicle?
A TikTok video appearing to show U.S. President Donald Trump, 80, fall is circulating widely.
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Trump posted a video claiming Morocco announced it would name a highway after him. While multiple reputable news publications reported on the story, the articles only cited the president's claim as evidence: www.snopes.com/news/2026/07...
Is Morocco naming highway after Trump, as he claimed? What we know
Though several reputable news outlets have reported on the claim, they all cite one of the U.S. president's social media posts.
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A Texas city allegedly paid a family farm $10 in exchange for land meant to be used for a park — and then sold the land to a data center developer for $10 million. We investigated: www.snopes.com/news/2026/07...
Texas city sold land to data center developer. Residents say it was supposed to be a park
Residents in Taylor, Texas, say the city should honor a clause from a 1999 deed.
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❌ No, an image doesn't authentically show Trump's aide Natalie Harp carrying a bag full of diapers for the president. www.snopes.com/fact-check/n...
Is image of Natalie Harp carrying 'diaper bag' for Trump real? Don't be fooled
The original photo from 2024 showed Margo Martin, another Trump aide, carrying a handbag that contained unidentified white items.
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❌ No, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. didn't say "infertility is genetic." We found variations of this quote on X and in humor books dating back to 1997: www.snopes.com/fact-check/r...
Did RFK Jr. say 'infertility is genetic'? Don't be fooled
The health secretary has made numerous incorrect claims, but this is not one of them.
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❌ No, a photo doesn't authentically show Tupac Shakur with former "Blue's Clues" host Steve Burns. There are several clues the image isn't real: www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
Alleged photo of Tupac with former 'Blue's Clues' host isn't what it seems
We just got a letter asking whether the photo was real.
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A video doesn't authentically show Black children throwing water balloons, shooting water guns and dumping water on an ICE officer to protect Latino neighbors. Here's the real story: www.snopes.com/fact-check/v...
Video doesn't show Black kids protecting Latino neighbors from ICE officer. Here's evidence
People promoted a false, politically charged narrative about a video showing Black students participating in a water fight.
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📸 No, a comparison of images of Trump don't show a photo edited by the White House next to Getty's original photo. Both images were edited versions of an real photo: www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
Do images of Trump show White House edited Getty photo? We investigated
One image flattered Trump, while the other made him look Neither should be trusted.
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A Tennessee school board changed what flags they allowed to hang in public schools last year. We broke down what it means for Pride flags: www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
What Tennessee school board's 2025 policy change means for Pride flag displays
The policy was updated in the aftermath of complaints about a teacher displaying a Pride flag in their classroom.
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✅ Yes, the U.S. Postal Service proposed a rule in which it would stop delivering mail ballots for states that do not give the federal government voter lists. www.snopes.com/fact-check/u...
USPS proposal requires states to give voter lists to federal government for mail ballot delivery
Multiple lawsuits have put the proposal — and its potential implementation in the 2026 midterm elections — in flux.
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People online shared a video that purportedly shows thousands of migrants entering the Spanish territory of Cueta. We investigated its authenticity: www.snopes.com/news/2026/07...
Does video show thousands of migrants entering Spanish territory of Cueta? What we know
News footage showed crowds of people near Cueta's southern border with Morocco in late July 2026.
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Have you seen a meme claiming to reveal a scam involving New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s discount grocery stores? It pairs an unrelated photo with a fabricated rumor about the mayor's family. ❌ www.snopes.com/fact-check/m...
Mamdani discount grocery store meme shows unrelated photo, false claim about family
People shared a photo of a dark and abandoned grocery store alongside a fabricated rumor about the New York City mayor.
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Fauci faced questioning by a Senate committee about how he managed the COVID-19 pandemic. We compiled 25 rumors we've examined about him over the years: www.snopes.com/collections/...
25 claims involving Fauci we've investigated
The physician has long been targeted by Republicans for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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People online claimed that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani called for cash reparations for the descendants of Black slaves. But is that true? 👇️
After Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment rights more than 100 times during a recent Senate hearing, posts defending the former top U.S. health official claimed Trump pled the fifth over 400 times during a 2022 deposition. Available evidence supports the rumor: www.snopes.com/news/2026/07...
Here's how many times Trump invoked Fifth Amendment in civil fraud trial, according to a judge
Republican senators criticized Fauci for pleading the Fifth over 100 times in a Senate hearing. Some social media users compared it to a Trump case.
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🧋No, a video doesn't authentically show boba pearls are made from rabbit droppings. Here's the proof: www.snopes.com/fact-check/r...
Boba pearls aren't made from rabbit poop, despite unpleasant video
The glossy, chewy "bubbles" found in boba tea are actually made from starches, sugar and water.
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No, Sandra Bullock didn't announce that she has multiple myeloma — a rare blood cancer — or that it had returned after "18 years in remission." Bullock has previously spoken out against social media scams: www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...
Sandra Bullock didn't announce cancer diagnosis
Social media posts falsely claimed the actor said she has multiple myeloma that returned after "18 years in remission."
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