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✅ Yes, Trump called budget director Russell Vought "Darth Vader." www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
Trump called budget director Russell Vought 'Darth Vader'
The president also gave a force-ful speech critical of Democrats.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:45 AM
✅ Yes, a video circulating online shows people booing Sen. Ted Cruz for his pro-Israel comments. But key context is missing: the clip is over a decade old and it's unclear how many people in the crowd were booing. www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
Real video shows Ted Cruz booed off stage for pro-Israel remarks
However, the video is from 2014, not 2025.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Here are 25 rumors Snopes has investigated about Epstein and his alleged clientele: www.snopes.com/collections/...
25 Jeffrey Epstein rumors we've investigated since 2024
Snopes investigated many claims related to Epstein, including rumors that associate Ghislaine Maxwell confirmed "secret tapes" of Trump.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
❌ There's no truth to the claim that the Supreme Court scheduled a hearing about Trump's demolition of the White House East Wing. Here's how this false rumor spread online: www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...
Did the Supreme Court set hearing date over Trump's East Wing demolition? Here's the truth
Users claimed the high court agreed to hear the case after a historic preservation organization filed a massive lawsuit against the president.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Posts claimed Campbell's Soup used "bioengineered meat" and "3-D printed chicken" in its products, We inspected the claims: www.snopes.com/news/2025/11...
Inspecting claims Campbell's Soup uses 'bioengineered meat' and '3-D printed chicken'
Campbell's called the claims about its ingredients "false" and "absurd."
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November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Did Trump and Epstein have Thanksgiving together in 2017, as social media posts have claimed? Here's what we know:
Did Trump and Epstein have Thanksgiving together in 2017? What we know
Epstein reportedly kept tabs on Trump even after their friendship ended in the early 2000s.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Unused "Curb Your Enthusiasm" footage played a role in a murder suspect’s defense — but it wasn’t the main reason he was exonerated. www.snopes.com/news/2025/11...
'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.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
No, Trump didn't boast that his funeral would have a larger turnout than Dick Cheney's. The rumor stemmed from The Borowitz Report, a long-running satirical news outlet: www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
Trump never claimed his funeral would outdraw Dick Cheney's
The claim originated from a known satirical news outlet.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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. www.snopes.com/fact-check/i...
'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.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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. www.snopes.com/news/2025/11...
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.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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: www.snopes.com/collections/...
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.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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: www.snopes.com/news/2025/11...
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.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This partially nude modeling photo of Melania Trump (then Knauss) is real. But it wasn't shot on Epstein's plane, despite online rumors. www.snopes.com/fact-check/m...
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."
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November 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Posts claimed a video showed Trump "having a hard time walking" outside the White House with his grandson. We broke the rumor down: www.snopes.com/fact-check/v...
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.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
❌ 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: www.snopes.com/fact-check/h...
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.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Trump claimed that Thanksgiving dinner this year "is 25% lower than 2024 Thanksgiving dinner under Biden, according to Walmart." We crunched the numbers: www.snopes.com/news/2025/11...
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.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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: www.snopes.com/news/2025/11...
'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.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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."
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November 23, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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: www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
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.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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: www.snopes.com/fact-check/w...
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.
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November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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.) www.snopes.com/fact-check/m...
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.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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.
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.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
❌ 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: www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
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."
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November 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM