Posts claimed Trump wants to sell Puerto Rico to acquire Greenland. A recent article published by The New Yorker revived a claim a whistleblower first made in 2020: snopes.com/news/2026/06/1…
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- ✅ Yes, the U.S. Postal Service proposed a rule in which it would stop delivering mail ballots for states that do not give the federal government voter lists. snopes.com/fact-check/usp…
- ❌ No, "antifa operatives" weren't arrested for dumping algae into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool days after the Trump administration completed renovations. snopes.com/fact-check/ant…
- Trump claimed Obama "gave" Iran $1.7 billion in cash during an interview on "Meet the Press." Here's the full story: snopes.com/fact-check/oba…
- ❌ No, the Knicks didn't decline an invitation from the White House after they won their NBA championship. snopes.com/fact-check/kni…
- Posts claim Regal Cinemas showed what critics called a "propaganda video" for the Defense Department. While the video is real, we have yet to confirm that Regal ran the ad: snopes.com/news/2026/06/1…
- Posts have spread online claiming to show the Brazil helicopter crash that killed singer Oliver Tree. We separated mislabeled videos from authentic clips of what happened: snopes.com/news/2026/06/1…
- A claim that Trump "mutilated" a child while sexually assaulting her is unfounded. The rumor distorts an unverified allegation from a court filing that does not mention a child, rape allegations or mutilation. snopes.com/news/2026/06/1…
- ❌ No, Michelle Obama didn't sue UFC fighter Josh Hokit after he called her “a man” following his fight at the White House. snopes.com/fact-check/mic…
- "There would be no better 250th birthday present to America than seeing Somalia-first Ilhan Omar deported," U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace posted on X. Rep. Omar, a Somali American, became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2000. snopes.com/fact-check/nan…
- Rep. Thomas Massie accurately noted during a recent speech that Israel used napalm on the USS Liberty during a 1967 attack. But he didn't "confirm" new findings, as some posts claim. The attack has been part of the public historical record for decades. snopes.com/fact-check/isr…
- 🧵 A claim spread online that "Katie Johnson," a woman who accused Trump of raping her when she was 13, had been charged with crimes related to "fraud, theft and exploitation of an elderly person." But there's no evidence that's true. ❌️
Replying to @snopesThe claim appeared to originate from a conservative, pro-Trump comedian who has previously spread false and unfounded claims that we've debunked. - Kennedy said COVID-19 was "targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people," and that Ashkenazi Jewish and Chinese people were "most immune." He later denied claiming its effects were deliberately engineered.
🔗 Read his full comments and response here:
