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You may think incognito mode keeps your browsing completely private. But that's not entirely true. Here’s what it really protects — and what it doesn’t.
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'Incognito mode' isn't as private as you might hope
In November 2025, some Reddit users were shocked to find Google apparently had access to their private browsing sessions.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/incognito-mode-privacy/
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Social media posts claimed Elon Musk shut down X's new location feature after it supposedly revealed that two-thirds of the platform's "MAGA and far-right accounts" were based overseas. But that rumor combines true, false and unverified information.
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Did Musk turn off X location feature after finding overseas right-wing accounts? What we know
X did launch a feature on Nov. 22, 2025, that showed where an account was based.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/11/24/musk-shut-down-x-location-feature/
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As the country's largest anti-hunger initiative, claims about policies that may affect SNAP benefits often spread on social media. Here are 11 rumors about SNAP that Snopes has investigated:
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11 rumors about SNAP we've investigated
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, colloquially known as "food stamps," is the country's largest anti-hunger initiative.
https://www.snopes.com/collections/snap-food-stamps-collection/
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After X rolled out a new feature showing where accounts are based, a rumor claimed the Department of Homeland Security was running its official account from Israel. We investigated. Here’s what we do — and don’t — know:
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Investigating claim DHS runs official X account from Israel
Rumors started to fly after Elon Musk's social media platform temporarily made information about its users' localizations public.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/11/24/dhs-israel-x-account/
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This partially nude modeling photo of Melania Trump (then Knauss) is real. But it wasn't shot on Epstein's plane, despite online rumors.
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This Melania Trump photo is real, but it wasn't taken on Epstein's plane
Online users shared a meme falsely claiming, "Fun fact: This famous picture of first lady Melania Trump was taken on Jeffrey Epstein's plane."
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/melania-trump-photo-epstein-plane/
about 14 hours ago
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Rumors are swirling that Erika Kirk announced a pregnancy. But there's no evidence to support that claim. Here's what she's actually said. 👇
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Did Erika Kirk say she's pregnant with her 3rd child? Rumors remain unfounded
She hasn't publicly announced a pregnancy in the months since the death of her husband, Charlie Kirk.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/11/24/erika-kirk-pregnant-rumors/
about 15 hours ago
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Posts claimed a video showed Trump "having a hard time walking" outside the White House with his grandson. We broke the rumor down:
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Contextualizing claim this video shows Trump having 'hard time walking' with grandson
Users claimed a November 2025 video showed the U.S. president displaying signs of dementia, leg braces, post-stroke issues or a pigeon-toed gait.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/video-trump-walking-grandson/
about 15 hours ago
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❌ No, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth didn't receive medical care at Walter Reed Hospital after poking his eye with a mascara brush. Look out for the satirical rumor spreading online:
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Look out for rumor Hegseth poked himself in the eye with mascara brush
According to the story, Hegseth supposedly was rushed to Walter Reed Medical Center following the incident.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hegseth-eye-mascara-brush/
about 19 hours ago
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Trump claimed that Thanksgiving dinner this year "is 25% lower than 2024 Thanksgiving dinner under Biden, according to Walmart." We crunched the numbers:
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Is Thanksgiving dinner 25% cheaper in 2025, as Trump claimed? Here's what the data shows
The 2025 Walmart Thanksgiving meal basket is cheaper than the previous year's basket — but it also contains fewer items.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/11/24/trump-thanksgiving-dinner-cost-down/
about 22 hours ago
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Unused "Curb Your Enthusiasm" footage played a role in a murder suspect’s defense — but it wasn’t the main reason he was exonerated. Here's everything we know about the case:
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'Curb Your Enthusiasm' footage wasn't primary factor in saving man from death row, his attorney says
According to a long-standing rumor, the footage saved a man wrongly charged with first-degree murder from potentially facing the death penalty.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/11/07/curb-your-enthusiasm-footage-death-row/
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In a 2017 email, Jeffrey Epstein wrote: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body." Read the full exchange between Epstein and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. 👇
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Epstein email said Trump was a bad person: 'Not one decent cell in his body'
In the 2017 email released by the House Oversight Committee, Jeffrey Epstein wrote, "'i have met some very bad people' none as bad as trump."
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-bad-person-epstein-email/
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After six Democratic lawmakers released a joint video urging service members not to follow what they called illegal orders, Trump posted: "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!" Here’s how White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and the lawmakers responded:
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Trump accused some Democrats of 'seditious behavior, punishable by death' in post
Trump's post responded to a joint video in which six Democratic members of Congress urged U.S. service members to defy unlawful orders.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-democrats-seditious-death/
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These supposed trail camera photos showing a wolf protecting piglets from a mountain lion appear to be AI-generated. Here's how we can tell:
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Did trail camera capture wolf protecting piglets from mountain lion?
According to the story, a local farmer one night "heard panicked squeals and a roar echo through the trees." Then, he checked his trail camera.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/wolf-protects-piglets-mountain-lion/
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A rumor on X claimed NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani would require elementary students to “learn Arabic numerals.” That’s false — they already do. (They're just the digits 0-9.)
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Mamdani isn't requiring NYC students to 'learn Arabic numerals.' They already do
You can't introduce something that has already been in use for centuries.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mamdani-arabic-numerals-nyc-schools/
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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins claimed 500,000 people on SNAP were double-enrolled and 5,000 dead people were still getting benefits. But the USDA hasn’t shared data to verify these numbers. Here’s what we do know about SNAP “improper payments." 👇
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What we know about claims USDA found thousands of dead and double-enrolled people on SNAP
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said the numbers came from SNAP recipient data from 29 "red" states.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/11/18/usda-snap-fraud/
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For years, posts online have claimed a racist and dark history is attached to Mount Rushmore. Historians told Snopes the monument has ties to the KKK, was the site of an illegal war and is connected to the violent suppression of Native American people.
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Digging into Mount Rushmore's troubled, bloody history
The famed monument has a connection to the KKK as well as suppression of Native American people.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/11/18/mount-rushmores-history/
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❌ No, an audio recording making the rounds online doesn't actually feature Trump panicking to White House staffers about the release of the Epstein files. Here's how we know it's fake:
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Rumor has it leaked phone call features Trump panicking about Epstein files. Here's the truth
In the alleged recording, Trump could purportedly be heard saying, "Just don't let 'em get out. If I go down, I will bring all of you down with me."
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-phone-call-epstein-files/
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A chart shared by conservative podcaster Tim Pool painted a misleading picture of violent crime in "Democrat" cities. Our investigation found it greatly overstated the difference between cities with Democratic vs. Republican mayors — and ignored other key factors.
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Chart allegedly proved Democrat-led cities have more violent crime. We crunched the numbers
Tim Pool's chart is just one example of the countless claims attempting to associate violent crime with a political party.
https://www.snopes.com/articles/471418/democrat-cities-more-violent-crime/
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Have you seen that trail camera footage claiming to show a missing Georgia toddler named Jacob Riley walking with a pack of wolves? The story (and the video) aren't legit. Here's how we know. 👇
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Watch out for story about missing boy Jacob Riley walking with wolves
There was no evidence of a missing Georgia toddler by that name. A video shared on social media was likely created using AI tools.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jacob-riley-missing-child-wolves/
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âś… Yes, this decades-old photo of Trump in a robe lying across a bed is real.
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Is this photo of Trump wearing a bathrobe across bed real?
Users reposted the picture amid the president's signing of a bill to release case files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-photo-bathrobe-bed/
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❌ No, this photo doesn't show migrants in sheep costumes who were arrested for trying to illegally enter Spain from Algeria. Here's what's actually going on in the picture:
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No, photo doesn't show Algerian migrants in sheep costumes arrested while trying to sneak into Spain
The picture actually showed people dressed as Shaun the Sheep, the eponymous character from the animated children's television series.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/migrants-sheep-costumes-spain/
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Photos show Usha Vance without her wedding ring, but any rumors about her marriage are purely speculative.
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Authentic photos of Usha Vance without her wedding ring?
On Nov. 19, 2025, rumors swirled after the second lady stepped out without her wedding ring.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/usha-vance-without-wedding-ring/
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The Department of Education has proposed excluding a wide range of college programs from the definition of “professional degrees” in relation to student loan eligibility. Here’s what that actually means:
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Inspecting claim Education Department stopped counting nursing, other programs as 'professional degrees'
The department's proposal may impact how much money student loan borrowers can receive depending on the graduate degree they choose.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-professional-degrees-nursing/
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Don't fall for a rumor claiming the Epstein files exposed Obama as a participant in a "ritualistic orgy empire" on Little St. James Island. This story comes from a satirical source and has no basis in reality.
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Beware rumor Obama was participant in 'ritualistic orgy empire' on Epstein's island
Facebook and X users shared the alleged news, claiming U.S. President Donald Trump was "poised to crush the elite cover-up."
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/epstein-island-obama/
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❌ No, a video doesn't authentically show Trump kneeling and kissing Clinton's crotch. The video was created using AI.
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Video of Trump kissing Clinton's crotch was created using AI
The AI-generated video brought to life an authentic photo showing Donald Trump and Bill Clinton at the U.S. Open in September 2000.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ai-video-trump-clinton/
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A report claiming the Coast Guard would stop labeling swastikas and nooses as hate symbols sparked backlash. After the outcry, the service's acting commandant released an updated policy explicitly banning "divisive or hate symbols and flags," including swastikas.
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What we know about Coast Guard's policy update on swastikas, other hate symbols
According to a November 2025 Coast Guard policy, symbols like swastikas and nooses were "potentially divisive" rather than hate symbols.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/11/21/coast-guard-swastikas-hate-symbols/
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The Biden administration's $42 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program hasn't connected anyone to the internet yet. But it's expected to start delivering access within the next year.
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Has Biden's $42B broadband equity program connected no one to the internet?
While the BEAD program hadn't connected anyone yet, government officials were still inching it closer to connecting people in the near future.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-broadband-connected-internet/
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✅ It's true: U.S. grocery prices hit a record high for a family of four with an average monthly cost of $1,030. We broke down the data. 👇
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US grocery prices hit record high for family of four in 2025
Some online users discussed blame for the rising prices by mentioning U.S. President Donald Trump and former President Joe Biden. Here's what we know.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/2025-grocery-prices-record-high/
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âś… Yes, a 2002 photo shows 22-year-old Chauntae Davies, an accuser of Jeffrey Epstein, giving former President Bill Clinton a shoulder massage.
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Real photo showing Epstein accuser Chauntae Davies giving Clinton shoulder massage swirls online again
Davies, 22 years old at the time, reportedly said the former president was a "perfect gentleman."
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chauntae-davies-pic-clinton/
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After Trump issued an executive order to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War, social media users claimed that renaming the agency would cost more than housing every homeless veteran. We broke the rumor down:
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Breaking down claim renaming Defense Department would cost more than housing every homeless veteran
The Department of Veterans Affairs' budget for homelessness programs was $3.2 billion in fiscal year 2025.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/11/20/defense-department-renaming-cost-homeless-veterans/
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Posts claim Sen. John Kennedy embarrassed Hillary Clinton during a Senate hearing after she tried to "silence" him. But there's no truth to this story. ❌
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No, Sen. John Kennedy did not argue with Hillary Clinton during Senate hearing in 2025
Multiple fictional stories pitting Kennedy against various prominent Democrats, including Clinton, have been shared widely online in recent weeks.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-silence-john-kennedy/
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Did a video really show a sanitation worker named Samuel saving a crying newborn from being crushed in his garbage truck's compactor? ❌ No, it's AI-generated. Here's how you can tell. 👇
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Video of Samuel the sanitation worker saving baby from garbage truck is AI. Here's how we know
The story began, "He was just about to pull the lever on the compactor. Then he heard a cry that didn't belong …"
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sanitation-worker-samuel-baby/
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A rumor on X claimed NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani would require elementary students to “learn Arabic numerals.” That’s false — they already do. (They're just the digits 0-9.)
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Mamdani isn't requiring NYC students to 'learn Arabic numerals.' They already do
You can't introduce something that has already been in use for centuries.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mamdani-arabic-numerals-nyc-schools/
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After six Democratic lawmakers released a joint video urging service members not to follow what they called illegal orders, Trump posted: "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!" Here’s how White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and the lawmakers responded:
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Trump accused some Democrats of 'seditious behavior, punishable by death' in post
Trump's post responded to a joint video in which six Democratic members of Congress urged U.S. service members to defy unlawful orders.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-democrats-seditious-death/
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A rumor spread online that Bill and Hillary Clinton refused to appear for depositions before the House Oversight Committee as they investigate the Epstein case. Here's what we know:
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What we know about rumor Bill and Hillary Clinton refused to sit for Epstein depositions
The government shutdown delayed proceedings into Congress' investigation of the Jeffrey Epstein case.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/11/20/bill-hillary-clinton-epstein/
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❌ No, a leaked phone call didn't authentically feature Trump panicking to White House staffers about the release of the Epstein files.
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Rumor has it leaked phone call features Trump panicking about Epstein files. Here's the truth
In the alleged recording, Trump could purportedly be heard saying, "Just don't let 'em get out. If I go down, I will bring all of you down with me."
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-phone-call-epstein-files/
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Congress didn't block Trump's access to taxpayer funds until he paid the company that demolished the East Wing. We dug into the rumor:
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Don't fall for a claim that Macy is canceling its Thanksgiving parade in NYC because Zohran Mamdani wanted to charge the department store $10 billion to use Fifth Avenue. The rumor began as satire.
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Beware rumor Macy's canceled 2025 Thanksgiving parade because of Mamdani
The source of the claim failed to mention that New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani would not take office until the start of 2026.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-cancelled/
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In 2021, Vance posted about how "we just don't talk about" Epstein. Four years later, the White House and its allies — Vance included — have attempted to distance Trump from his connection to Epstein.
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Real Vance post about Epstein from 2021 spreads online after email release
Despite his now boss' numerous documented ties to the late financier-turned-sex-criminal, Vance said in 2025 that Donald Trump had "nothing to hide."
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/vance-epstein-post-2021/
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A video showing a Customs and Border Protection agent smashing a car window with a rifle in Charlotte is spreading widely online. Here's how we confirmed it's authentic.
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Video shows CBP agent in Charlotte smashing car window with rifle during arrest
The video circulated as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ramped up immigration enforcement action in Charlotte, North Carolina.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/charlotte-cbp-agent-car-window/
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✅Yes, the Senate cut food safety regulations in a funding bill to reopen the government. We broke down what's changed. 👇
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Government funding bill cuts food safety regulations. See the provisions for yourself
The bill prohibited the FDA from enforcing regulations aimed at increasing traceability of the supply chain, among other rules.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/government-shutdown-food-safety-cuts/
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âś… Yes, Andrew Paul Johnson, who participated in the Capitol riot and received a pardon from Trump, was arrested over a child sexual abuse allegation. Here's what we know about the case and his role in Jan. 6:
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Was Jan. 6 rioter Andrew Paul Johnson arrested on child molestation charges after being pardoned by Trump?
Andrew Paul Johnson was sentenced to a year in prison for his role in the Capitol riot.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/andrew-paul-johnson-trump-pardon-arrest/
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In a 2017 email, Jeffrey Epstein wrote: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body." Read the full exchange between Epstein and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. 👇
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Epstein email said Trump was a bad person: 'Not one decent cell in his body'
In the 2017 email released by the House Oversight Committee, Jeffrey Epstein wrote, "'i have met some very bad people' none as bad as trump."
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-bad-person-epstein-email/
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Posts claimed that a record 640,006 residential real estate properties were listed in 72 hours after Zohran Mamdani's NYC mayoral win. But the rumor is false — it began as satire.
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Did NYC break world record for real estate listings after Mamdani's win?
The number apparently came from a real estate magnate, Joe Barron, a consistent character in America's Last Line of Defense's satirical posts.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nyc-real-estate-listings-mamdani/
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A Minnesota police chief said when law enforcement arrested an ICE employee in an underage sex sting, the suspect said, "I'm ICE, boys." The employee worked as a civilian auditor, not as an officer.
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Did ICE employee say 'I'm ICE, boys,' when arrested in underage sex sting?
Police in Bloomington, Minnesota, arrested 16 people in the case, including a civilian ICE employee, the city's police chief said.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/underage-sex-sting-ice-boys/
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Fabricated images of Trump with underage girls often spread online. Here are 7 that Snopes has debunked:
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7 rumored images of Trump with underage girls we've debunked
After the House Oversight Committee released documents from Jeffrey Epstein's estate in late 2025, fake images of Trump spread online.
https://www.snopes.com/collections/photo-trump-girls-rumors/
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❌ Democrats didn't try to silence Sen. John Fetterman in a foiled "deep state assassination plot." That rumor started as satire.
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John Fetterman wasn't targeted in 'deep state assassination plot'
Facebook users shared a story claiming a Democratic Party-led "deep state assassination plot" involving the Pennsylvania U.S. senator had been foiled.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fetterman-deep-state-assassination/
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House Speaker Mike Johnson has not reported a bank account on his financial disclosures since at least 2016, making it difficult to clearly assess his finances. But there's no evidence supporting claims that he donates his congressional salary to charity.
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Did Mike Johnson donate his entire salary to charity? Here's what we know
The House speaker has never reported a bank account on his financial disclosures, making it difficult to know exactly how much money he has.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/11/19/mike-johnson-donates-salary/
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Have you seen that trail camera footage claiming to show a missing Georgia toddler named Jacob Riley walking with a pack of wolves? The story (and the video) aren't legit. Here's how we know. 👇
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Watch out for story about missing boy Jacob Riley walking with wolves
There was no evidence of a missing Georgia toddler by that name. A video shared on social media was likely created using AI tools.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jacob-riley-missing-child-wolves/
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âś… Yes, Trump called a reporter "piggy" on Air Force One. The reporter was asking about the release of the Epstein files:
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Did Trump call a reporter 'piggy' on Air Force One?
The reporter was asking about the release of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's files.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-called-reporter-piggy/
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