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### What to know about claim 'ISIS' endorsed Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor
The unlikely endorsement circulated on election day in New York City. Written by:

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### Fake Trump post threatening voting rights spreads online
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Laerke Christensen

### Bank of America said 'overwhelming evidence' showed Trump's tariffs fueled US inflation
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Anna Rascouët-Paz

### Construction company 'called out' Trump over unpaid White House East Wing demolition bills?
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### Federal Reserve allegedly pumped $29.4B into US banking system. That's not the actual total
Nov. 6, 2025 People on social media were quick to notice an unusually high amount of repo transactions from the Federal Reserve on Oct. 31, 2025.

### Image of Erika Kirk standing on coffin, embracing JD Vance isn't what it seems
Nov. 6, 2025 The AI-generated image was a spoof of a real hug the vice president and Erika Kirk shared on stage at a Turning Point USA event.

### Does this video show Walmart 'shoplifter detention' cells?
Nov. 5, 2025 In early November 2025, users shared a video clip allegedly showing people detained in holding cells inside a Walmart store in Branson, Missouri.

### Was Mamdani HQ screen hacked with 'Trump is your president'? Here's the truth
Nov. 5, 2025 The footage in question actually showed election night news coverage of the president's reaction to the New York mayoral election results.

### Did Kentuckians try to vote in November 2025 when no elections were scheduled?
Nov. 5, 2025 The Kentucky secretary of state reminded voters: “Kentucky votes next year.”

### Don't fall for Trump tirade against voters for electing Democrats in November 2025
Nov. 5, 2025 Democrats won governors races in Virginia and New Jersey and the mayoral race in New York City in elections on Nov. 4, 2025.

### Yes, this footage shows woman dancing in giant cocktail glass at Trump 'Great Gatsby' party
Nov. 5, 2025 Social media users said the U.S. president hosted a 2025 Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago as millions of Americans faced losing food stamp benefits.

### Did Trump administration use $750M in tariff revenue to keep WIC running?
Nov. 5, 2025 The most recent $450 million cash infusion for WIC could support the program for roughly three weeks, a nonprofit group said.

### Did the White House make this parody MySpace page mocking Democrats over shutdown?
Nov. 5, 2025 The page titled "MySafeSpace" appeared on the White House website as the federal government shutdown entered its second month.

### 11 rumors about SNAP we've investigated
Nov. 5, 2025 The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, colloquially known as "food stamps," is the country's largest anti-hunger initiative.

### Lindsey Graham said, 'We're killing all the right people' referring to Republican Party
Nov. 5, 2025 Social media users expressed outrage over Graham's remarks at a Republican Jewish Coalition summit amid Israel's war in Gaza.

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### Did Josh Groban confront Trump about asking band to play song 'You Raise Me Up'?
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Jordan Liles

Nov. 4, 2025 Groban previously wrote in 2018 that if he could travel back to when he was 16, he "would warn every man, woman and child in 1998 about Donald Trump."

### Trump's FEMA disaster aid approvals fell largely along party lines in October 2025
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Rae Deng

Nov. 4, 2025 In one Truth Social post announcing aid for Alaska, he noted he "won BIG in 2016, 2020, and 2024" within the state.

### Did JD Vance get food stamps as a child? Unpacking the claim
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Nur Ibrahim

Nov. 3, 2025 The vice president wrote about his troubled childhood in his book "Hillbilly Elegy."

### Inspecting rumor Trump officials are moving to military bases for security reasons
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Anna Rascouët-Paz

Nov. 3, 2025 The claim stemmed from two separate reports: one from The Atlantic and the other from The New York Times.

### Investigating rumor Trump spent $3.4M in taxpayer money on 'Great Gatsby' Halloween party
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Laerke Christensen

Nov. 3, 2025 The U.S. president hosted a party at his Mar-a-Lago club in 2025 as millions of Americans feared losing food stamp benefits.

### Did Sen. Schumer demand $4M for LGBTQ+ campaigns to reopen the government?
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Jack Izzo

Oct. 31, 2025 The claim originated with Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, who repeatedly pinned blame for the shutdown on Democrats.

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Entertainment

### Did Steven Tyler send helicopters loaded with aid to Jamaica?
Nov. 3, 2025 The story claimed that within just 24 hours, Tyler organized a fleet of helicopters filled with generators, food, clean water and medical supplies.

### Did Millie Bobby Brown donate $1M to LGBTQ+ community, saying 'I hope they find a cure'?
Oct. 31, 2025 We've heard stranger things.

### Snoop Dogg saved New York dog shelter?
Oct. 30, 2025 The story was just one of hundreds of inspirational tales that depicted prominent figures performing inspiring acts of kindness.

### Tiger Woods severing business ties with Amazon over Bezos' relationship with Trump?
Oct. 28, 2025 There's no evidence Woods, who hadn't competed in over a year following two back surgeries, even had any endorsements or business ties to Amazon.

### Did Trump share post calling World Series 'rigged'?
Oct. 27, 2025 The purported Truth Social post also said the president wouldn't invite the winning team to the White House.

### Mountain lion raided Colorado pet store in search of catnip?
Oct. 26, 2025 It turns out that the mountain lion does not concern himself with catnip.

### Here's how we know Steven Tyler did not launch $1M cat sanctuary
Oct. 23, 2025 The Aerosmith singer never made such an announcement.

### Michael Strahan cancer announcement rumor is false
Oct. 23, 2025 Users in North Macedonia, Pakistan, Serbia and Vietnam fabricated the rumor about the former NFL star in order to earn advertising revenue.

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Science & Technology

### Video shows AI robot manipulating and 'kidnapping' 12 other robots?
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William Kramer

Nov. 5, 2025 Surveillance footage appeared to show the bot, reportedly named Erbai, telling its companions to “go home.”

### Does this image show real 'little sea monster'?
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Emery Winter

Nov. 4, 2025 The photo is of a rarely seen deep sea squid. Its "teeth like a human" are actually lips.

### False robot alien spider story is invading social media
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Emery Winter

Nov. 2, 2025 A social media page that frequently posts fabricated stories about alien life shared another outlandish tale about alien robot spiders in Antarctica.

### Is a new ocean forming in Africa?
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Emery Winter

Oct. 30, 2025 The African continent is gradually splitting apart. Although a new ocean is expected to form as a result, it won't be for millions of years.

### New study showed mRNA COVID-19 vaccines help extend cancer survival?
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Anna Rascouët-Paz

Oct. 29, 2025 The study, published in the journal Nature, showed the jabs provided an immunity boost that helped extend survival for certain skin and lung cancers.

### Video from above clouds shaped like a 'wormhole' isn't real footage of Hurricane Melissa
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Emery Winter

Oct. 28, 2025 Hurricane Melissa became the strongest hurricane to ever make landfall in Jamaica when it hit the island on Oct. 28, 2025.

### 15 amazing claims about nature we've investigated
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Joey Esposito

Oct. 25, 2025 Snopes has looked into variety of strange nature facts, from turtles who breathe through their butts to the shape of goat pupils.

### Don't go ape for images of masked chimps said to be raiding Congo markets
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Emery Winter

Oct. 23, 2025 The fake images were nothing but monkey business.

### Sea otter harasses California surfers, stealing their surfboards?
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Rae Deng

Oct. 22, 2025 The outlaw otter was last spotted in May 2024. Reports in October 2025 suggest there may be copycats.

### Image of goose and bald eagle in same nest is for the birds
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Jack Izzo

Oct. 21, 2025 Bald eagles are known for many things, but sharing their nests with other species is not one of them.

### What we know about the EU's attempt to scan private messages
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Anna Rascouët-Paz

Oct. 21, 2025 The legislation by the European Union aims to scan content for child sexual abuse material. Detractors say it violates users' privacy.

### Japanese researchers developed drug that could help people grow new teeth?
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William Kramer

Oct. 19, 2025 Posts sharing the rumor claimed this drug could replace the need for implants and dentures altogether.

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History

### Did Reagan say fascism would come to America 'in the name of liberalism'?
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Anna Rascouët-Paz

Nov. 3, 2025 The quote often attributed to the former Republican president has made the rounds for years.

### Black couple patented foundation of modern home security systems in 1969
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Joey Esposito

Nov. 2, 2025 Marie Van Brittan Brown and her husband, Albert, filed for the patent in 1966 and received approval three years later.

### Posts claim Croatian nurse who died in apartment wasn't discovered for 42 years. They're mostly right
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Emery Winter

Oct. 30, 2025 Hedviga Golik died in her apartment in Zagreb, now the capital of Croatia, between 1966 and 1973. Her body wasn't discovered until 2008.

### Unraveling claim Adolf Hitler built a ballroom in 1933
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Joey Esposito

Oct. 28, 2025 The fascist dictator built a ballroom in the garden of the Reich Chancellery in Berlin — beneath it was his first bunker.

### Creepy photo shows Philadelphia Phillies' first mascots in 1883?
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William Kramer

Oct. 27, 2025 No matter how much internet users root, root, root for them, the "Dancing Dutchman" and his rat "Chauncey" were never MLB mascots.

### What Eisenhower really said about documenting Nazi atrocities to prevent Holocaust denial
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Nur Ibrahim

Oct. 27, 2025 He did not say the words, "get it all on record now" because "down the track of history some b\*\*\*\*rd will get up and say that this never happened."

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### Frazzledrip: Is a Hillary Clinton 'Snuff Film' Circulating on the Dark Web?
April 16, 2018 Conspiracy theory web sites reported that Clinton could be seen mutilating a child during a Satanic ritual in an online video code-named "Frazzled ...

### University of Wisconsin Booklet Photoshopped to Add Black Student
Jan. 25, 2010 "This was an error in judgment that shouldn't have happened."

### Can You Claim a Lost Child in Denmark After 2 Hours?
Jan. 8, 2024 The viral rumor spread through a map that initially began as a meme.

### Did a Gay Baboon Terrorize an African Village?
May 24, 2018 Rumors about a gay baboon's "terrorizing" a village and raping five men can be traced back to a homophobic fake news article.

### What Happened, Quietly, on January 1, 2015?
Aug. 26, 2014 This claim about taxes quietly imposed as part of the Affordable Care Act has been circulating for years.

### JD Vance Was Born James Donald Bowman But Changed His Name 3 Times?
Aug. 16, 2024 "What is JD Vance hiding," one X user asked of the Republican vice presidential candidate.

### Is This a Photo of the Allen, Texas, Mall Shooter?
May 9, 2023 While some have raised doubts about it, the photograph comes with an absurd amount of identifying information.

### AA Co-Founder Bill Wilson Denied Whiskey Shots on His Deathbed?
May 20, 2024 The story of Wilson's whiskey deathbed request has been discussed within the recovery community.

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