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Group called for US economic 'blackout' during week of Thanksgiving 2025?

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Oct. 24, 2025 Posts echoed the calls of Blackout the System, a group that said it opposed the Trump administra ...
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10 rumors we've investigated about the National Guard

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Joey Esposito
Sept. 6, 2025 For years, Snopes has fact-checked claims involving the Guard — including rumors surrounding Tru ...
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Quote about Trump attributed to Justice John Roberts doesn't check out

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Joey Esposito
Aug. 28, 2025 There is nothing to suggest the Supreme Court's chief justice said the phrase publicly.
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A woman of Samoan and European descent with long black hair that has a white streak, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, wearing a white suit and standing in front of a podium labeled "The White House."

Examining claims Tulsi Gabbard said alleged CIA plot 'Operation Mockingbird' never ended

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Rae Deng
Aug. 7, 2025 Gabbard alleged there are "people in the intelligence community" who leak information to the med ...
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Real Stephen Colbert quote about US being 'Christian nation that doesn't help the poor'?

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Joey Esposito
Aug. 4, 2025 The comedian made the comment during a 2010 episode of his satirical news show "The Colbert Report."
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Photo shows 400-year-old bonsai tree that survived U.S. bombing of Hiroshima?

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Nur Ibrahim
July 18, 2025 The tree lives in Washington, D.C., at the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum.
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Four Palestinian men carrying flour on their shoulders.

What we know about reports of oxycodone in flour bags distributed by U.S.-Israeli aid centers in Gaza

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Rae Deng
June 30, 2025 A Telegram channel that appeared to represent Gaza's government accused Israel of "this heinous ...
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Claim that only 1.6% of Americans in 1860 owned slaves erases critical historical context

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Rae Deng
June 21, 2025 This claim uses a misleading statistic to minimize the impact and prevalence of slavery in America.
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May Day — or International Workers' Day — started in America. Here's the full history

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Jack Izzo
May 1, 2025 The holiday commemorates labor activists' decades-long struggle to establishing the eight-hour w ...
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A map of Canada and America has many tiny American flags planted upon it.

Breaking down Trump's threats to annex Canada

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Taija PerryCook
March 18, 2025 Canada has now responded seriously to an idea thought to be a joke at first.
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Portugal's government wants to reconsider order of US-made F-35 jets — but it must be reelected first

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
March 14, 2025 Portugal's outgoing defense minister said his country must consider the United States' reliabili ...
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No, China didn't 'cancel' US beef amid tariffs tit-for-tat

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Laerke Christensen
March 14, 2025 China raised tariffs on beef imported from the U.S. in March 2025 after the Trump administration ...
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A white man wearing a black long-sleeve shirt and pants sits in a yellow chair next to another white man wearing a blue suit also sitting in a yellow chair.

Trump falsely claimed US spent $350B on military aid to Ukraine

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Rae Deng
March 13, 2025 "We gave you $350 billion for military equipment," Trump said to Ukraine's president, Volodymyr ...
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Trump claimed autism rates are rising. Here are the facts

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Laerke Christensen
March 8, 2025 Trump has promised that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the country's health secretary, will "figure out ...
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What we know about posts calling for 'economic blackout' on Feb. 28

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Feb. 25, 2025 Historian Heather Cox Richardson was not involved with this grassroots effort.
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A white person holds a sign that says WORKERS OVER BILLIONAIRES.

Unpacking claims about new website allegedly run by anonymous federal workers

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Joey Esposito
Feb. 24, 2025 We the Builders claims to be founded by anonymous federal workers intent on sharing the truth ab ...
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A timeline of missing US nukes

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Jack Izzo
Feb. 21, 2025 Fortunately, the lost bombs are not going to explode any time soon.
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Yes, the White House posted an image of Trump captioned 'Long live the king'

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Joey Esposito
Feb. 20, 2025 An AI-generated image depicted Trump wearing a crown and the slogan "Long live the king" on a Ti ...
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No evidence South Africa has banned all US businesses and stopped mineral exports

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Jack Izzo
Feb. 20, 2025 The claim spread after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order freezing aid to the ...
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A brief history of missing US nuclear weapons

Written by:
Jack Izzo
Feb. 13, 2025 The good news: They're not going to explode.
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