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Rumors About Walz We've Fact-Checked During 2024 Election

Oct. 16, 2024 Soon after Harris picked the Minnesota governor as her running mate, the internet lit up with ru ...
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Top 'Columbus Day' and 'Indigenous Peoples Day' Fact Checks on Snopes

Oct. 14, 2024 Curious about Christopher Columbus and the origins of the national holiday also known as Indigen ...
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Every Claim Harris Has Made That We've Fact-Checked During 2024 Presidential Campaign

Oct. 12, 2024 We've fact-checked many claims the Democratic vice president has made during her run for the nat ...
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Oct. 7 Anniversary: A Collection of Misleading Videos Related to the Israel-Hamas War

Oct. 7, 2024 A year into the Israel-Hamas war, misinformation related to the violence continues to flood soci ...
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Rumors About Harris' Politics, History That Snopes Has Fact-Checked

Oct. 5, 2024 Since U.S. President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Harris, ma ...
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Walz Has Been the Target of These True — and False — Claims

Sept. 28, 2024 Rumors about Walz, his family and even his dog have spread since Vice President Kamala Harris ta ...
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A Collection of Rumors About JD Vance That are Circulating Before Election Day

Sept. 27, 2024 Since JD Vance became former U.S. President Donald Trump's running mate, the Ohio senator has be ...
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In Honor of Jimmy Carter's 100th Birthday, Here Are 18 Fact-Checks About the Former US President

Sept. 27, 2024 The former president turns 100 on Oct. 1, 2024. In honor of the occasion, we rounded up our favo ...
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There's Still No Evidence of Systematic Voter Fraud in the 2020 Election

June 27, 2024 It's been four years, but some people refuse to give up.
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It's 4/20. Enjoy These 19 Rumors About Weed

April 20, 2024 From the origins of 4/20 to former presidents' weed use, Snopes has fact-checked a number of cla ...
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Don't Fall for Phony Online Rumors with These Tips

April 2, 2024 From archiving web pages to spotting AI-generated pics, these tools will help guard you against ...
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Ukraine War 2-Year Anniversary: Looking Back on Viral Misinformation

Feb. 24, 2024 Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2021, the Snopes newsroom has debunked ...
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Martin Luther King Jr.: A Collection of Rumors Fact-Checked Over the Decades

Jan. 15, 2024 Here's a round-up of our work centered on the life and legacy of the late civil rights leader.
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4 Articles to Make Sense of the Israel-Hamas War

Dec. 27, 2023 From Hamas' role in Gaza to the Oct. 7 attack that triggered the war, these readings will contex ...
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From Hoaxes to Mind-Benders: Snopes' Top 10 Stories from 2023

Dec. 26, 2023 An ode to some of the internet's most bizarre rumors.
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Pearl Harbor: Rumors That Will Live in Infamy

Dec. 6, 2019 The Japanese surprise attack on U.S. Naval forces in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, took place on Dec. 7, ...
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No, These Popular Chain Restaurants Weren't Closing in 2023

Nov. 28, 2023 Don't believe everything Facebook ads tell you.
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18 Miscaptioned Videos from the Israel-Hamas War

Nov. 23, 2023 The Israel-Hamas war brought with it a multitude of improperly captioned videos. Here's what we' ...
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Can You Guess Which Hunter Biden Stories Are True?

July 13, 2023 Plenty of stories you won't believe — and some you probably shouldn't.
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19 Stories About the 'Star Wars' Universe and the Actors Who Star in It

May 4, 2022 May the Fourth Be With You.
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