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Snopes→ Did President Donald Trump Reverse an Insecticide Ban After Receiving $1 Million from Dow Chemicals?
The Trump administration reversed a previous decision to ban the use of a common insecticide, and it did receive money from that chemical's manufacturer.
Snopes→ Does This Trump-Loving Celebrity Want Critics to Move Out of the United States?
A "story" wrongly claimed that Bruce Willis is the latest in a line of made-up news claiming that Hollywood A-listers were mobilizing behind the president.
Snopes→ U.S. to Reverse Ban on Elephant Trophies, Ivory Imports?
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reversed a ban on the import of legally-hunted elephant trophies from Zimbabwe and Zambia.
Snopes→ Was a Woman Attacked on Camera for Wearing a ‘Make America Great Again’ Hat in Hollywood?
YouTube personality Blaire White initiated a confrontation at an anti-Trump protest, according to police.
Snopes→ White House Releases Report Contradicting Its Own Position on Climate Change
There is no "convincing alternative explanation" for recent warming besides human activity, a congressionally mandated study reports.
Snopes→ Lawmakers Release Russia-Linked Facebook Ads
Many of the advertisements and fake posts appeared to be intended to stir up fear and division within the United States.
Snopes→ Did Morgan Freeman Say ‘Jailing Hillary’ Is the Best Way to ‘Restore Public Faith’ in Government?
An article appearing to report that the actor had urged President Donald Trump to imprison Hillary Clinton did not contain even a shred of truth.
Snopes→ Mueller Investigation: Unsealed Documents Reveal Money Laundering, Undisclosed Russia Contacts
Two Trump campaign officials were indicted on charges related to money laundering, and a former adviser pleaded guilty to lying about contacts with Russia.
Snopes→ Was the ‘Black Soldier’ Killed in Niger a Deserter?
A "satire" site posted a fake story appearing to report that Sgt. La David Johnson, a Green Beret killed in combat in Niger, was a defector.
Snopes→ Report: DNC and Clinton Campaign Funded the Trump/Russia ‘Steele Dossier’?
The Washington Post reported that a law firm representing the Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign retained research firm Fusion GPS to investigate Trump.
Snopes→ Report: DNC and Clinton Campaign Funded the Trump/Russia ‘Steele Dossier’
The Washington Post reported that a law firm representing the Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign retained research firm Fusion GPS to investigate Trump.
Snopes→ Is Ireland Lowering Its Corporate Tax Rate?
An Irish government official refutes U.S. President Donald Trump's claim, whose source is entirely unclear.
Snopes→ Top Washington Think Tank: Trump ‘Likely Obstructed Justice’
The Brookings Institution says in a report that firing Special Counsel Robert Mueller would strengthen the evidence of improper conduct.
Snopes→ Senate Intelligence Leaders Pressure Author of ‘Steele Dossier’ to Testify
Senators Richard Burr and Mark Warner said during a press conference that Christopher Steele has not accepted offers to talk to the Intelligence Committee.
Snopes→ U.S. Votes Against United Nations Ban on Death Penalty for Same-Sex Relations
The United States joined 12 other countries, including Saudi Arabia and China, in voting against a United Nations resolution condemning the use of the death penalty to punish blasphemy, adultery, and same-sex relations.
Snopes→ Did All of the Patients in a Puerto Rican Intensive Care Unit Die?
Official reports seem to corroborate an online allegation that Hurricane Maria's death toll has been heavily underreported.
Snopes→ Are 871 Convicted Felons Currently Playing for the NFL?
A meme circulating in an effort to discredit professional athletes who are protesting racism contains false information.
Snopes→ Is San Juan’s Mayor Sabotaging Puerto Rican Relief Efforts to Make President Donald Trump Look Bad?
A woman claiming to be a police officer in Puerto Rico suggested that federal relief was not being distributed after Hurricane Maria in order to politically damage Republicans.
Snopes→ Is the Trump Administration Price Gouging Puerto Rico Evacuees and Seizing Passports?
The Trump administration did not implement a Department of State policy that was widely rumored as being applicable to Puerto Rican hurricane evacuees.
Snopes→ Can the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election Be Annulled or ‘Done Over’?
Some question the legitimacy of Donald Trump's presidency, but the constitutional options for challenging the results of the 2016 election are few and complicated.
Snopes→ Did Donald Trump Bankrupt a Golf Course, Leaving Puerto Rico with $33 Million in Debt?
A viral string of tweets gets some facts right about a failed business venture involving a Trump company, but it also leaves out some important context.
Snopes→ Donald Trump: The President Shouldn’t Tell NFL Teams What to Do?
Critics of President Trump's focus on football players' national anthem protests have gleefully re-shared a NFL-related tweet of his from 2013.
Snopes→ Did Melania Trump Steal Her United Nations Speech from Michelle Obama?
A meme claiming that Trump plagiarized a September 2017 speech from a 2014 talk by the former First Lady is false.
Snopes→ Fox News Hits Back at Lawsuit Over Botched Seth Rich Story
Attorneys for the cable news station said that Rod Wheeler's lawsuit doesn't show he was defamed, and that it should be handled in arbitration.
Snopes→ Hurricane Irma Floods Miami International Airport?
The White House's social media director mistook a video showing heavy flooding at the Mexico City International Airport for its Miami counterpart.
Snopes→ Congressmen Expressed Interest in Talking to Big Data Firm in Russia Probe
Prominent Democrats from the Senate and House intelligence committees said they want to question representatives from Cambridge Analytica.
Snopes→ United States Has Yet to Accept Mexican Offer of Harvey Aid
Mexico is reportedly prepared to offer "a Katrina-like assistance package" to help affected communities in Texas.
Snopes→ Trump Gets a Spray Tan Before Appearing on Television?
A photograph purportedly showing President Donald Trump getting a spray tan before a television appearance actually features a wax replica of him.
Snopes→ Did Congress ‘Quietly’ Pass a Bill Allowing Warrantless Searches of Homes?
Congress passed a bill authorizing a transit safety committee that contained language one representative considered too broad and unconstitutional.
Snopes→ Was a North Carolina Elections Official Indicted for ‘Rigging’ the 2016 Election?
Richard Robert Rawling has been charged over his alleged actions in the March 2016 primaries, but they had no effect on any election outcome and there's no evidence he favored any one candidate or party.
Snopes→ Counter-Demonstrators Didn’t Have Permits in Charlottesville?
Counter-demonstrators had permits for two parks, while the "alt-right" was granted an injunction allowing them to use Emancipation Park.
Snopes→ Citing Trump Remarks, Entire President’s Arts Council Quits
The first letter of each of the letter's first six paragraphs spelled out the message "R-E-S-I-S-T".
Snopes→ Is There an ‘Alt-Left’?
The term "alt-right" was invented by the movement it describes; the term "alt-left" was invented to discredit their ideological opposites.
Snopes→ Daily Caller, Fox News Delete Video Celebrating “Liberal Protesters” Getting “Pushed Out of the Way by Cars”
A controversial January article from Daily Caller, which was picked up by Fox News, has been quietly scrubbed from both outlets’ websites.
Snopes→ Did the Attorney General of Alabama Once Tell the Ku Klux Klan to ‘Kiss My Ass’?
Bill Baxley wrote the famously succinct letter to a KKK Grand Dragon in 1976 in response to threats intended to intimidate him.
Snopes→ Did the Department of Justice Request Detailed Information About All Visitors to an Anti-Trump Website?
A web hosting company says they are being compelled to turn over all information about an anti-Trump site that helped organize Inauguration Day protests.
Snopes→ Did President Donald Trump Steal His ‘Fire and Fury’ Line from a Comic Book Villain?
Despite rumors to the contrary, Trump's comments about North Korea were not plagiarized from a Captain America comic book character.
Snopes→ Did President Donald Trump Target a Democratic State Senator’s Family for Deportation?
A dubious right-wing web site makes a false claim about the family of California lawmaker Kevin de León.
Snopes→ Lawsuit Claims Fox News ‘Contrived’ Fake Seth Rich Story With Trump Administration
Contributor Rod Wheeler claims he was pressured into taking part in a fake news story claiming Rich leaked the e-mails to WikiLeaks, not Russians.