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snopes.com
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The internet’s definitive fact-checking resource.
Joined April 2008
- Don't fall for this image claiming to show Karmelo Anthony, who was sentenced to 35 years in prison for fatally stabbing another teenager, crying in a courtroom. It's an AI-generated fake. ❌
- ✅ Yes, Trump promised during his 2024 presidential campaign that the U.S. would be involved in "no new wars" if voters elected him to a second term. snopes.com/fact-check/tru…
- An unfounded rumor claiming Melania Trump was an escort is spreading online again. Here's what we know: snopes.com/news/2026/06/0…
- A claim spread online that documents showed a Butler County sheriff's deputy exchanged emails with would-be assassin Thomas Crooks prior to the 2024 assassination attempt against Trump. Here's what we know: snopes.com/news/2026/06/1…
- Posts claim DOGE cuts caused a screwworm outbreak in the US. Here's what we know: snopes.com/news/2026/06/1…
- ✅ Yes, Gwyneth Paltrow starred in a commercial for luxury real estate in Israel. snopes.com/fact-check/gwy…
- ✅ Yes, a DOJ attorney said the government could “bulldoze” the Statue of Liberty and not be subject to legal challenges over it. That's not the full story: snopes.com/fact-check/doj…
- ⛽Have you seen warnings about gas pump "screw scams"? Don't panic. We haven't found a single credible, verified report of a criminal using a screw to compromise a gas pump. snopes.com/fact-check/gas…
- A video circulating online purportedly shows two migrants using a ladder to scale the U.S.-Mexico border wall. Here's what we know about the footage: snopes.com/news/2026/06/1…
- The DOJ's release of Epstein-related files included an FBI intake form logging a tipster's claim that Trump knew of and funded "underage sex parties" at one of his golf courses. The allegations remain unverified. snopes.com/fact-check/tru…
- Posts falsely claim JD Vance said, "If you're born in this country and your parents were not U.S. citizens then you should be deported." While Vance opposes automatic birthright citizenship, he never said the words in question. snopes.com/fact-check/van…
