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Can’t tellA video authentically shows holding cells inside a Walmart store with signs reading "shoplifter detention" and "awaiting police."SnopesNov 6, 2025FalseIn November 2025, a screen at New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's headquarters was hacked with a message that read, "Trump is your president."SnopesNov 6, 2025FalseU.S. President Trump posted on Truth Social in response to election results from Nov. 4, 2025, “I got rid of all the illegal voters out there, and this is how the rest of you treat me? Fine, America. F*** YOU!!!!”SnopesNov 6, 2025TrueFootage shared online authentically showed a dancer in a giant cocktail glass performing at U.S. President Donald Trump's 2025 "Great Gatsby"-themed Halloween party at his Mar-a-Lago Club.SnopesNov 6, 2025TrueAs of early November 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump's administration had used $750 million in tariff revenue to fund the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.SnopesNov 6, 2025TrueDuring the 2025 federal government shutdown, the White House launched a webpage parodying MySpace and mocking Democratic lawmakers, titled "MySafeSpace."SnopesNov 5, 2025TrueIn late 2025, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said in reference to the Republican Party and the nation: “We're killing all the right people, and we're cutting your taxes."SnopesNov 5, 2025Can’t tellIn November 2025, the U.S. Navy struck a yacht carrying U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.SnopesNov 5, 2025FalseVoting in California is “rigged.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactNov 5, 2025FalseSinger-songwriter Josh Groban confronted U.S. President Donald Trump over asking a band to play the famous song "You Raise Me Up."SnopesNov 5, 2025TrueIn October 2025, after summer storms severely affected areas of the United States, U.S. President Donald Trump, a Republican, approved Federal Emergency Management Assistance disaster relief aid for affected red states but denied assistance to blue states.SnopesNov 4, 2025TrueAn image shared in October 2025 depicted a real "little sea monster" that appears to have "teeth like a human."SnopesNov 4, 2025FalseNew York state has "no ID requirement" to vote, and people could lie about their address and "vote in multiple precincts."Said by X postsPolitiFactNov 4, 2025False“The New York City ballot form is a scam” because “mayoral candidates appear twice.”Said by Elon MuskPolitiFactNov 4, 2025TrueThe U.S. Department of Agriculture told grocery stores they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding lapse during the government shutdown that began in October 2025.SnopesNov 4, 2025FalseIn November 2025, rock singer Steven Tyler sent helicopters loaded with aid to Jamaica.SnopesNov 4, 2025TrueRetailer JCPenney once had a billboard featuring a tea kettle that some accused of looking like Adolf Hitler.SnopesNov 3, 2025TrueThe FBI visited the lab of a 12-year-old boy who achieved nuclear fusion in his bedroom.SnopesNov 3, 2025FalseScientists discovered robotic alien spiders from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on Earth's polar ice sheets in October 2025.SnopesNov 3, 2025TruePhilanthropist and Microsoft founder Bill Gates said climate change "will not lead to humanity’s demise."SnopesNov 3, 2025FalseThe federal government “decided to shut down the SNAP machines, so that they can’t be used.”Said by JB PritzkerPolitiFactNov 3, 2025FalseThe majority of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients are not U.S. citizens.Said by X postsPolitiFactNov 3, 2025TrueA Black woman, Marie Van Brittan Brown, and her husband, Albert, patented an early version of the home security system.SnopesNov 3, 2025FalseCriminals in the U.S. are using business cards coated with a drug called burundanga to incapacitate victims and steal or take advantage of them.SnopesNov 2, 2025