In January 2026, a claim spread online that more than 2,000 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers had surrendered their guns and walked off the job in protest of President Donald ...

No credible news outlet reported on the alleged ban.

The Heritage Foundation formally revealed Project 2025 in 2022, framing it as a possible guide for a future Republican presidential administration. The initiative centers on a roughly 1,000-page ...

One commander reportedly said U.S. President Donald Trump was "anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran." ...

Misinformation runs rampant online, but every so often a rumor that seems too outlandish to believe turns out to be true — sometimes surprising our most-seasoned fact-checkers. Looking back on 2025, ...

In February 2026, numerous posts online claimed far-right political commentator Nick Fuentes said, if he were president, he would send women "to the gulags," referring to Soviet-era forced labor camps ...

In February 2026, a rumor spread online claiming that Fox News abruptly cut away from U.S. President Donald Trump mid-speech during a Cabinet meeting because he appeared to be "falling apart." ...

In 2025, Snopes reporters didn't just write fact checks. Our staff also wrote news articles when a claim our readers were asking about couldn't be rated. The articles we published in 2025 that ...

As reports of a sprawling tax fraud scheme by members of Minnesota's Somali community multiplied in late December 2025, a rumor circulated online that the state's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz had granted ...

In early January 2026, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, spurring backlash and renewed calls to abolish the federal agency. Following the ...