Donald Trump
Not Necessarily The News
Tariffs
Elon Musk
White House
Hot 50
The top rumors Snopes readers are checking out right now.
A white man wearing a blue suit sits a desk with a document placed before him on a desk.

Investigating rumor Trump will declare martial law on April 20 after invoking Insurrection Act of 1807

Written by:
Jordan Liles
April 9, 2025 (Updated: April 10, 2025) Online users in April 2025 shared a blogger's ominous predictions about U.S. President Donald Tr ...
#1

Unpacking claims that Canadian PM Mark Carney orchestrated a US Treasurys sell-off

Written by:
Anna Rascouët-Paz
April 11, 2025 The allegation came from a staunch supporter of Carney in Canada's upcoming federal election; Sn ...
#2

What we know about rumors Trump admin ordered 'loyalists' to wear golden lapel pins of president's face

Written by:
Laerke Christensen
April 11, 2025 A Substack post by a Canadian sports writer claimed Republican officials were "quietly told" to ...
#3

DHS ends ban on intelligence activities targeting people for sexual orientation, gender identity

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
March 5, 2025 (Updated: March 10, 2025) The policy manual change emerged after President Donald Trump called to eliminate diversity, equ ...
#4

Rumor claims Trump will declare martial law on April 20. Here's what we know

Written by:
Jordan Liles
April 11, 2025 Online users shared a rumor in April 2025 claiming U.S. President Donald Trump would invoke the ...
#5

Investigating rumor that Musk is shutting down Meals on Wheels program for older Americans

Written by:
Laerke Christensen
April 4, 2025 (Updated: April 9, 2025) The food delivery organization says it serves 251 million meals annually to 2 million seniors ac ...
#6

Rep. Keith Self quoted Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels at congressional hearing. Here's the context

Written by:
Jack Izzo
April 4, 2025 Self later posted on X calling a video's framing of his remarks "completely misleading."
#7

No, Rep. Jasmine Crockett didn't collect dead grandmother's Social Security checks

Written by:
Jordan Liles
April 4, 2025 A network of Facebook pages and websites describing its output as satirical in nature originated ...
#8

Unpacking Trump Admin's Claim That 'All' Undocumented Immigrants Are Criminals

Written by:
Laerke Christensen
Jan. 31, 2025 Trump's press secretary called the administration's view that "someone who breaks our immigratio ...
#9

Trump adviser Peter Navarro and 'economics expert Ron Vara' are same person, NYT reported in 2019

Written by:
Jack Izzo
April 8, 2025 "Ron Vara" happens to be an anagram of "Navarro."
#10

10 rumors involving Trump's press secretary, Karoline Leavitt

Written by:
Anna Rascouët-Paz
April 7, 2025 Leavitt has been both the target and source of questionable rumors since she took over the posit ...
#11
A white man stands next to a chart titled "Reciprocal Tariffs."

Trump has paused tariffs plan for most countries. Here's context

Written by:
Anna Rascouët-Paz
April 9, 2025 The president announced a 90-day pause on new rates for more than 75 trading partners, excluding ...
#12

Don't believe fake Trump post about George Soros paying protesters

Written by:
Joey Esposito
April 7, 2025 According to the screenshot, people who protested Trump in cities nationwide April 5 were paid a ...
#13
A white man wearing a dark suit salutes in front of a large red, white and blue flag.

What we know about rumors of a military parade for Trump's birthday

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
April 9, 2025 (Updated: April 11, 2025) The president’s 79th birthday coincides with Flag Day.
#14

This letter by a school principal about ICE detaining her students is real

Written by:
Grace Deng
April 8, 2025 ICE agents detained three students, including a third grader, in Sackets Harbor, New York, spark ...
#15

No, Conjoined Twins Abby and Brittany Hensel Didn't Post Details About Their Sex Lives

Written by:
Jordan Liles
April 3, 2024 The two made their TV debut on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in 1996 and later starred in the 2012 TL ...
#16
A Black person holds a syringe in their gloved hands.

Investigating claim 10 'vaccinated' nurses at Massachusetts hospital were diagnosed with brain tumors 'simultaneously'

Written by:
Laerke Christensen
April 11, 2025 Newton-Wellesley Hospital said five staff members who had worked on its fifth floor were diagnos ...
#17
A YouTube thumbnail shows a white woman next to another white woman with her hands behind her back surrounded by two white people wearing blue suits. At the bottom, text says: EXCLUSIVE "JOY! NOW ROT IN HELL B."

Look out for fictional rumor about Joy Behar being arrested at airport while fleeing US

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Feb. 21, 2025 (Updated: Feb. 22, 2025) The rumor involved a $50 million defamation lawsuit filed by White House Press Secretary Karolin ...
#18

Posts online correctly cracked the formula for Trump's tariffs

Written by:
Jack Izzo
April 3, 2025 Despite a White House spokesman claiming otherwise, the published formula matched what social me ...
#19
A white woman with a blonde bob wearing a white dress leans forward. A blonde man, pictured from behind, speaks into her ear.

Breaking down rumor that Trump's faith adviser promised '7 supernatural blessings' for $1K

Written by:
Grace Deng
March 31, 2025 White House faith adviser Paula White-Cain faced criticism for allegedly soliciting Passover don ...
#20

Unpacking claim Trump asked freed Israeli hostages if Hamas showed 'sign of love' as happened 'in Germany'

Written by:
Anna Rascouët-Paz
April 9, 2025 Trump did not say "Nazis treated Jewish prisoners with love" but suggested they'd shown more "lo ...
#21

Historian Heather Cox Richardson said Facebook removed her posts. Here's what we know

Written by:
Laerke Christensen
April 4, 2025 Posts on Richardson's page were visible again days after she and many of her followers first sai ...
#22
A white man with his hands pressed together near his face is pictured next to another white man with his hands clasped sitting down wearing a black suit.Towards the bottom, yellow text says, "ELON STAYED CALM GOT KICKED OFF."

Jimmy Kimmel didn't kick Musk off his show

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
April 11, 2025 Videos claimed an unaired interview lit "a fire across the country."
#23
A white woman with blonde hair in a ponytail wearing a beige sweater leans over a document behind a large white privacy folder that says "VOTE" with the U.S. flag on it.

How the SAVE Act may affect registering to vote for women, other groups

Written by:
Grace Deng
Feb. 13, 2025 (Updated: Feb. 14, 2025) Research suggests up to 34% of voting-age women don't have documents proving citizenship with th ...
#24
An image of a Latino man with short curly black hair shaved on the sides and a short mustache and beard smiling at the camera.

Vance was wrong: Maryland father accidentally deported to El Salvador isn't 'convicted MS-13 gang member'

Written by:
Grace Deng
April 4, 2025 A confidential police source claimed he was an MS-13 gang member — but other cited "evidence" co ...
#25