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From Washington to Trump: 50 presidential claims we've investigated to mark Presidents Day

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Jessica Lee
Feb. 16, 2026 We dug into centuries of presidential rumors, including tales about unusual pets and White House ...
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Our 10 most-read news stories of 2025

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Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Jan. 4, 2026 Fact checks aside, these stories were most popular with Snopes readers last year.
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Looking back on 2025: Snopes' top 10 fact checks

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Megan Loe
Jan. 3, 2026 These fact checks covered purported photos of President Donald Trump, quotes attributed to Charl ...
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Our top 10 fact checks of 2025

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Megan Loe
Dec. 30, 2025 In 2025, Snopes readers turned to us to make sense of rumors involving Trump, slain conservative ...
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Our 10 most popular news stories of 2025

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Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Dec. 29, 2025 Snopes reporters worked hard in 2025 to investigate wide-ranging rumors. Here are the news stori ...
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Snopes' favorite claims we unpacked in 2025

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Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Dec. 27, 2025 From a controversial California law to alleged Labubu lore, these are the stories Snopes staff c ...
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Texas floods: 10 rumors about celebrity acts of kindness

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Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
July 18, 2025 From Bruce Springsteen to Coco Gauff to Patrick Mahomes, numerous stars have been at the center ...
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50 pieces of presidential trivia to mark Presidents Day

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Jessica Lee
Feb. 17, 2025 From allegations of extramarital affairs to claims of after-death hauntings of the White House — ...
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10 Most Popular Snopes Fact Checks in 2024

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Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Dec. 29, 2024 While the presidential election dominated news headlines this year, a lot more than politics cap ...
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Snopes' Top 8 Most Popular Stories in 2024

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Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Dec. 26, 2024 They ranged in variety from a tale about a mother supposedly abandoning her child in a vacant ho ...
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Snopes' Top 10 Most Popular Fact Checks in 2024

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Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Dec. 16, 2024 These fact checks attracted more readers than any others since the start of the year.
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Neil Armstrong Flubbed 1st Words on the Moon? Remembering the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

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Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
July 20, 2024 No matter how well-documented an event, people will still have their doubts. That's where Snopes ...
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10 Fact Checks About Fourth of July and Founding Fathers

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Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
July 4, 2024 In honor of the holiday, we rounded up 10 of our best fact checks about it and the Founding Fathers.
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10 Rumors About Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels Over the Years

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David Emery
April 15, 2024 The stories gained new life as Trump made history as the first former president to stand trial o ...
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10 9/11 Conspiracies that Still Persist Today

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Shannon Sanford
March 15, 2024 Amid chaos comes plenty of rumors and conspiracies, and we're here to debunk them all.
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5 Elon Musk 'Facts' That Have Been Debunked

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Shannon Sanford
March 14, 2024 His eccentricity (dare we say ... outlandishness?) can make it difficult to separate fact from f ...
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20 Climate Change Rumors that Don't Hold Water

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Shannon Sanford
March 13, 2024 Facing the facts can be tough, especially when it comes to climate change.
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10 Times People Accused Fox News of Lying

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Shannon Sanford
March 12, 2024 Can they really get away with this?
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This satellite image taken at 3:06 p.m. EDT and provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Ian making landfall in southwest Florida near Cayo Costa, Fla., on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, as a catastrophic Category 4 storm. (NOAA via AP)

Hurricane Rumors That Are Downright Dangerous

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Shannon Sanford
March 11, 2024 It's time to separate fact from fiction and weather the storm of misinformation together.
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20 Times People Accused CNN of Lying

Written by:
Shannon Sanford
March 8, 2024 In recent years, the 24/7 cable news network has become something of a cultural punching bag.
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