Snopes @snopes.com · 29/09/20261) A woman has sued Cornell University and seven male students, accusing the students of drugging and raping her in October 2024. Following the lawsuit, the Tompkins County district attorney announced that he was reopening the criminal case. 1112
Snopes @snopes.com · 25/09/2026People online claim Pope Leo XIV and Vice President JD Vance criticized each other on the subject of compassion. But there's no evidence the back-and-forth ever happened. ❌ www.snopes.com/fact-check/p... 071
Snopes @snopes.com · 25/09/20261) A claim is circulating online that FCC Chair Brendan Carr was a member of a "child sex trafficking cult." We unpacked the rumor. 👇️ 152
Snopes @snopes.com · 24/09/20261) People online claim Denmark's delegation played "Send in the Clowns" when Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived at a signing ceremony for the recent U.S.-Denmark-Greenland security agreement. We investigated the rumor. 👇️ 1111
Snopes @snopes.com · 23/09/20261) Posts suggesting Obama banned Fox News from White House press briefings are misleading. The rumor stems from a specific 2009 incident that was referred to as a communication error. 1153
Snopes @snopes.com · 22/09/20261) After Trump barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico journalists from the White House, some of his defenders claimed Biden previously revoked more than 440 reporters’ credentials. But is that true? And, if so, is it an apples-to-apples comparison? 1111
Snopes @snopes.com · 19/09/20261) Posts claim several images show the moment immediately before an Israeli "double tap" airstrike reportedly killed a Gazan child attempting to help a wounded person. 170
Snopes @snopes.com · 18/09/2026A member of the legal team for Rep. Joyce Beatty, an Ohio Democrat who has challenged Trump's actions involving the Kennedy Center, said she saw a forklift repeatedly run into pillars at the building. Read her full court declaration. 👇 www.snopes.com/fact-check/f... 02111
Snopes @snopes.com · 17/09/20261) A rumor claimed Gillette Stadium and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who blocked Macklemore's performances at the stadium over his pro-Palestine stance, once faced a solicitation charge and appeared in the Epstein files. That's true. ✅ 52612
Snopes @snopes.com · 17/09/20261) A rumor claims Trump decided to allow 660 million pounds of tariff-free imported beef into the U.S. that Europe had banned. The deal was allegedly requested during an August meeting between Trump and Joesley Batista, owner of Brazilian meat-processing giant JBS, which supposedly bought the meat. 142
Snopes @snopes.com · 16/09/20261) Following Trump's recent trip to Ireland, where he played golf, an image circulated online appearing to show him kissing Natalie Harp on the course. But is it real or an AI-generated fake? 161
Snopes @snopes.com · 12/09/20261) A claim that people who attended the 2026 Republican National Convention in Dallas crashed the popular gay dating app Grindr is spreading widely online. 262
Snopes @snopes.com · 11/09/2026Erika Kirk never announced she was pregnant with her and Charlie Kirk's third child after his fatal shooting, despite numerous posts claiming otherwise. www.snopes.com/fact-check/e... 072
Snopes @snopes.com · 10/09/2026VoteSafe.org — not to be confused with the nonpartisan Vote.org — is funded by Elon Musk's America PAC. According to the website's privacy policy, it may collect and share users' personal information. www.snopes.com/fact-check/v... 48878
Snopes @snopes.com · 05/09/2026Feminist icon Gloria Steinem, who recently died at 92, repeatedly and publicly acknowledged working with the CIA. Here's what she said about her connection to the intelligence agency: www.snopes.com/fact-check/g... 0121
Snopes @snopes.com · 05/09/2026American businesses have accused Canadian companies — not the country's government — of skirting tariffs by selling Chinese goods, including steel, as Canadian. Here’s what we know. 👇 www.snopes.com/news/2026/09... 180
Snopes @snopes.com · 03/09/20261) People online claim Trump reassigned hundreds of emergency responders to work on beautification projects in Washington, D.C., before deadly flooding swept through Grand Canyon National Park. 150
Snopes @snopes.com · 03/09/2026Maj. John “Alex” Klinner died in a plane crash in March. His widow claims the Air Force said she and her kids are ineligible for some benefits because Congress hasn't officially declared war on Iran. Here's what we know. 👇 www.snopes.com/news/2026/09... 0198
Snopes @snopes.com · 02/09/20261) Posts falsely claimed RFK Jr. said hospice patients weren't dying fast enough and cost taxpayers too much money. ❌ He was actually referring to instances of hospice fraud. 350
Snopes @snopes.com · 28/08/20261) Costco has seemingly removed Callaway golf products from its inventory. People online tied the decision to major backlash to a controversial advertisement from Good Good Golf, a brand with which Callaway has since cut ties. 1264
Snopes @snopes.com · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton's family announced that she has died at age 80. Her broad appeal and success made her the target of many claims over the years — some true and others false. We compiled 20 stories about the country music legend from our archives: www.snopes.com/collections/... 0277
Snopes @snopes.com · 25/08/20261) A rumor claiming white servers at Texas Roadhouse and Logan's Roadhouse conspired in a Facebook group to contaminate Black customers' food is unfounded. 151
Snopes @snopes.com · 15/08/20261) A video circulating online allegedly shows Hasan Piker making derogatory remarks about Black people and saying he wishes the U.S. would return to a time of lynchings. We took a closer look. 👇️ 291
Snopes @snopes.com · 14/08/20261) A rumor claiming seven Navy personnel died in a brawl on the USS Abraham Lincoln stems from Iranian media outlets. U.S. Central Command called those reports false. 252
Snopes @snopes.com · 03/08/2026🧵 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. 611266
Snopes @snopes.com · 01/08/2026People online claimed that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani called for cash reparations for the descendants of Black slaves. But is that true? 👇️ 152
Snopes @snopes.com · 22/07/2026Posts claim that the CEO of Taylor Farms, the company linked to the ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak, donated to Trump to halt federal food inspections. We dug into campaign finance records and other federal documents to investigate the rumor. 👇 2157
Snopes @snopes.com · 21/07/2026After Palm Beach International Airport was renamed after Trump, a rumor spread online that United Airlines was offering free ticket exchanges to passengers who wanted to avoid the airport. We tracked down the facts. 👇 182
Snopes @snopes.com · 15/07/2026An outbreak of cyclosporiasis, which causes "explosive diarrhea," prompted claims that the Trump administration cut tracking of the intestinal parasite involved. 1141
Snopes @snopes.com · 15/07/2026Trump's motorcade drove through the drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in May. But photos circulating online don't show tire tracks from that trip. 1102
Snopes @snopes.com · 09/07/2026A group of 25 gas stations around the Philadelphia area, called the "Freedom Fuel Network," exists — even though Trump shared an AI-generated promo image. However, it's unclear who owns the network offering deep discounts on gas. 174
Snopes @snopes.com · 08/07/2026🍌 This giant banana-shaped car is real and was pulled over in Montana, but one photo claiming to show the traffic stop took a detour. We tracked down the fruit-shaped vehicle's owner to set the record straight: www.snopes.com/fact-check/b... 0143
Snopes @snopes.com · 05/07/2026❌ An image shared online doesn't show a pro-Republican billboard in Texas that reads, "Pedos ain't that bad. Keep Texas Red!" It's altered. www.snopes.com/fact-check/t... 171
Snopes @snopes.com · 30/06/2026Did Trump's motorcade driving through the newly renovated reflecting pool? Is there fencing around the pool? Were “antifa operatives” really arrested for dumping algae in it? 164
Snopes @snopes.com · 29/06/2026🛏️"Grounding" bed sheets are advertised as a sleep hack that claims to connect your body to the earth's electrical charge. But does the science back it up? 261
Snopes @snopes.com · 27/06/2026The Norwegian men's national soccer team brought three chefs and some imported food — including fish and cheese — to the World Cup. While some posts claim the team refused to eat American food, there's no evidence that's true. www.snopes.com/fact-check/n... 092
Snopes @snopes.com · 27/06/2026Social media posts claim that Tonea Miller, a 27-year-old Black woman, was found lynched from a tree after traveling to Miami to celebrate Juneteenth. That's unproven. 130
Snopes @snopes.com · 26/06/2026❌ An image shared online doesn't show a pro-Republican billboard in Texas that reads, "Pedos ain't that bad. Keep Texas Red!" It's altered. 1102
Snopes @snopes.com · 25/06/2026🧵 Did Trump really sit on a towel during a Fox News interview? That's what social media posts claim a screenshot shows. We looked into it. 👇️ 182
Snopes @snopes.com · 24/06/2026🧵 A rumor that the Obama Foundation "stiffed" Black contractors who worked on the Obama Presidential Center is missing key context. We explain. 👇️ 182
Snopes @snopes.com · 23/06/2026🛑 Stop before sharing this story claiming 47 bikers were wrongly branded "kidnappers" for giving 22 foster kids a special camp experience in Arizona. It's AI-generated fiction. www.snopes.com/fact-check/4... 0144
Snopes @snopes.com · 23/06/2026Snopes has covered rumors involving Hunter Biden for years amid his drug and sex scandals, legal troubles, and allegations of improper foreign business interests. Here are 17 claims about the former first son that we've investigated: www.snopes.com/collections/... 140
Snopes @snopes.com · 22/06/2026Don't let misinformation stop you from protecting your skin. ☀️ While it's true that some chemical sunscreen ingredients can be absorbed through the skin and enter the bloodstream, there is zero evidence backing online claims that they weaken your body's cancer defenses. 1134
Snopes @snopes.com · 20/06/2026Federal IT staffer Dan Berulis found his car's brake line cut the day after Elon Musk posted that he'd committed a crime. Berulis blew the whistle on an alleged "significant cybersecurity breach" involving members of DOGE. 1132
Snopes @snopes.com · 15/06/2026🎣"Fish all you want — they're doomed either way." This stark social media warning isn't clickbait — it's the reality in Oregon and Colorado, where wildlife officials are urging anglers to catch as many fish as possible as reservoirs are set to dry up. 1163
Snopes @snopes.com · 15/06/2026Federal IT staffer Dan Berulis found his car's brake line cut the day after Elon Musk posted that he'd committed a crime. Berulis blew the whistle on an alleged "significant cybersecurity breach" involving members of DOGE. 1197
Snopes @snopes.com · 09/06/2026Have you seen posts claiming a Florida woman was arrested after giving out tequila samples while pretending to work at Costco? 190
Snopes @snopes.com · 06/06/2026New York lawmakers passed a bill updating "mother" and "father" to gender-neutral terms in family law. Contrary to some claims, it does not ban the words. 1165
Snopes @snopes.com · 29/05/2026Posts claim that Canadian police can arrest people for mental health issues if a psychiatrist labels them "insane." While the rumor contains elements of truth, the actual laws are more complex. 1122
Snopes @snopes.com · 28/05/2026Social media posts dispute Trump's claim that "possible bad weather conditions" forced him to move a Cabinet meeting from Camp David to the White House, speculating about health-related reasons instead. 150
