An August 10 2019 tweet by @donaldmackenz30 asserted that New Yorkers (or, more specifically, Manhattanites) dislike United States President Donald Trump so much that they created a petition proposing that the stretch of 5th Avenue between 56th and 5
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Snopes→ Did President Trump Say the Dayton, Ohio, Mass Shooting Was in Toledo?
Nine people were killed by a gunman in Dayton, Ohio, in early August 2019.
Snopes→ Trump Tweets, Stays Out of Sight for Hours After Shootings
Americans did not glimpse the Republican president in the immediate aftermath of a shooting in El Paso, Texas, that killed at least 20 people and, hours later, one in Dayton, Ohio, that claimed at least nine lives.
Truth or Fiction?→ Is Donald Trump Deleting Anti-Immigrant Tweets?
As several mass shootings within just days of one another left the United States reeling, the ideologies of the shooters began to come under scrutiny for possible ties to sites that specialize in radicalizing disaffected young men into violent white
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Trump’s Team Has NOT Appeared To Delete Tweets Where He Used ‘Invaders’ To Describe Immigrants
Did President Trump's team appear to delete tweets where he used "invaders" to describe immigrants in the wake of the El Paso and Dayton attacks? No, that's not true: Tweets using the words "invaders" and "invasion" remained on the president's
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Rep. Jim Jordan Did NOT Say ‘Obama And Biden Were Cowering In Fear On Air Force 1’ After 9/11 Attacks
Did Republican Congressman Jim Jordan say that Barack Obama and Joe Biden "were cowering in fear" while Donald Trump was "on the ground with first responders searching for survivors and pulling people to safety" after the September 11, 2001 te
Snopes→ Trump Steps Up Attack on Black Lawmaker, Calls Him ‘Racist’
Facing growing accusations of racism for his incendiary tweets, President Donald Trump is seeking to deflect the criticism by labeling a leading black congressman as himself racist.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did U.S. President Donald Trump Say ‘What You’re Seeing’ Is ‘Not What’s Happening’?
In July 2019, the Facebook page “Bristol for Europe” shared side-by-side prints that contrasted a purported quote by United States President Donald Trump with one from English author George Orwell: On the left was a quote attributed t
Lead Stories→ Fake News: President Trump Did NOT Tweet ‘Handicapped And Minority Children Are Too Disruptive In The Classroom’
Did President Trump post an insulting tweet about 'handicapped and minority children," saying that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos "is right" and they "are too disruptive in the classroom?" No, that's not true: It is a fabricated tweet that wa
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Donald Trump Did NOT Call Republicans ‘Dumbest Group Of Voters’ In 1998
Did Donald Trump say in a 1998 interview that if he ran for president it would be as a Republican because they are the "dumbest group of voters in the country"? No, that's not true: It is a made-up quote that has made the rounds of social medi
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Rep. Ilhan Omar Become a Citizen Before Melania Trump?
On July 16 2019, the Facebook page “Yes She Can” shared a meme with claim that Rep. Ilhan Omar had been an American citizen longer than First Lady Melania Trump (née Knauss): Text posted with the meme went as follows: Isn’t it in
Truth or Fiction?→ Do Federal Guidelines List ‘Go Back Where You Came From’ as an Example of Harassment?
On July 16 2019, producer Nick Ramsey sent a tweet referencing a controversy involving U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion that people unhappy with the United States should “go back to where they came from”: … from the @u
Snopes→ Trump Slams 4 Congresswomen; Crowd Chants, ‘Send Her Back!’
Trump set off a firestorm when he tweeted that the four should "go back" to their home countries.
Snopes→ Video Shows Trump, Epstein Chatting at 1992 Mar-a-Lago Party
Jeffrey Epstein is currently in jail, facing charges of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls in the early 2000s.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Trump 2020 Campaign Will NOT Simply Air Unedited Footage Of Democrats Talking
Will the Trump 2020 presidential campaign simply air unedited footage of Democrats talking as a strategy to win votes? No, that's not true: It is a satirical article intended to make a joke of the controversy between progressive Democrats and
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Trump 2020 Campaign Will NOT Simply Air Unedited Footage Of Democrats Talking
Will the Trump 2020 presidential campaign simply air unedited footage of Democrats talking as a strategy to win votes? No, that's not true: It is a satirical article intended to make a joke of the controversy between progressive Democrats and
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Blackouts In Major Cities Are NOT Likely White Hat EMP Attacks In Wake Of Epstein Arrest
Was the recent power blackout in New York City likely a White Hat EMP (electro-magnetic pulse) attack designed to disable security measures during federal raids on enemy facilities related to the arrest of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstei
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Blackouts In Major Cities Are NOT Likely White Hat EMP Attacks In Wake Of Epstein Arrest
Was the recent power blackout in New York City likely a White Hat EMP (electro-magnetic pulse) attack designed to disable security measures during federal raids on enemy facilities related to the arrest of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstei
Snopes→ House Vote Condemning Trump’s Tweets Draws Some GOP Support
Four Republicans voted to condemn his remarks.
Snopes→ Trump’s New Asylum Rules Go into Effect, and Opponents Sue
The policy represents the most forceful attempt to date by President Donald Trump to slash the number of people seeking asylum in America.
Snopes→ Planned Parenthood to Defy Trump Abortion Referral Rule
The rule is being challenged in federal court, but the administration says there is currently no legal obstacle to enforcing it.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did United States President Barack Obama Remove a ‘Citizenship Question’ from the Census?
In July 2019, a Facebook user shared a text-based status update about the census-related “citizenship question,” which claimed that such a question had existed on the United States Census for 160 years — until President Obama outlawed
Snopes→ Trump Signs Order to Make American-Made Goods More American
The executive order boosts the percentage of American components to 75 percent, if they are to be used by the government.
Snopes→ Trump Moves to Effectively End Asylum at Southern Border
According to a new rule published in the Federal Register, asylum seekers who pass through another country first will be ineligible for asylum at the U.S. southern border.
Snopes→ Trump’s Tweets Against 4 Liberal Congresswomen Called Racist
The president's nativist tweets caused Democrats to set aside their internal rifts to rise up in a united chorus.
Snopes→ Trump Says Nationwide Immigration Raids Set to Begin Sunday
It's set to target people with final orders of removal, including families.
Snopes→ Rough Total for Trump’s July Fourth Extravaganza: $5.4M
Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said his agency pulled money from operating funds for national parks, recreation fees, and another source to help fund President Trump's Salute to America.
Snopes→ Trump Plans New Move to Force Citizenship Question on Census
During his 2016 campaign, President Trump pledged to crack down on illegal immigration, and he has tied the citizenship question to that issue, insisting the U.S. must know who is living here.
Snopes→ Florida Strip Club to Hold Golf Tournament at Trump Resort
The Shadow Cabaret strip club is advertising that the event will be held at Trump National Doral.
Snopes→ US Appeals Court Sides with Trump in Lawsuit Involving Hotel
The 2017 lawsuit claimed President Trump violated the emoluments clause of the Constitution by accepting profits through foreign and domestic officials who stay at his Washington hotel.
Snopes→ Trump Defends Acosta But Will Look into Epstein Plea Deal
The comments came as Democrats demanded that Alex Acosta, a former federal prosecutor, resign or be fired over his role in the secret 2008 plea deal that let Jeffrey Epstein avoid federal prison.
Snopes→ What Did Epstein’s Famous Friends Know and See?
The arrest is raising questions about if his high-powered associates knew about the hedge fund manager's interactions with underage girls.
Snopes→ With New Law, Trump’s State Tax Returns Could Go to Congress
Designed to give Congress a way around the president's refusal to release his tax returns, the new law is expected to face legal challenges.
Snopes→ Immigrants Fired from Trump Clubs Seek White House Meeting
The letter from the workers said the president knows many of them and asked him to "do the right thing" and "not deport us and our friends and family."
Lead Stories→ Fake News: U.S. Women’s Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe Does NOT Hold ‘Trump 2020’ Flag In Photo
Is U.S. Women's National Soccer Team co-captain Megan Rapinoe holding a Trump campaign flag in a photo? No, that's not true: It is a digitially-enhanced image of Rapinoe, who President Trump targeted on Twitter after she said she would not vis
Snopes→ Did Trump Tweet Multiple Predictions That Obama Would Attack Iran?
Failed prognostications don't fade away -- they gain immortality in the digital age.
Snopes→ House Committee Files Lawsuit for Trump Tax Returns
The House Ways and Means Committee said it needs the documents for an investigation into tax law compliance by the president, among other things.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Kamala Harris Is An American Black & She Was In 2nd Integrated Class Of Her School
Is Kamala Harris not an American Black considering that her parents are Indian and Jamaican and was she lying when she said she was part of the second class to be integrated at her elementary school? No, neither is true: While racial definitio
Snopes→ Tillerson Says Kushner Conducted Foreign Policy Without Him
Rex Tillerson, who was fired by Trump, mentioned the story during closed-door testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about his 13-month tenure as secretary of state.
Snopes→ Trump Jokes to Putin: ‘Don’t Meddle in the Election’
Vladimir Putin has repeatedly dismissed the Mueller report's conclusion that Russia had systemically interfered in the 2016 U.S. election