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China & Boeing planes, El Salvador's president and Venezuelan teen

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April 17, 2025

THURSDAY EDITION

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Breaking down claims that China halted all its orders of Boeing planes

Earlier this week, a claim spread online that China halted or canceled all its orders of airplanes from Boeing. We found examples of the claim posted on Facebook, X, Threads, Bluesky and Reddit. Snopes readers messaged us to ask whether the claim was true.

The claim came from a Bloomberg News report that in turn relied on anonymous sources. Snopes doesn't rely on anonymous sources in our reporting, so it wasn't possible to independently verify Bloomberg's report. Boeing has not responded to a request for comment. Snopes reporter Laerke Christensen investigated.

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Yes, Trump said El Salvador's president should build more prisons for 'homegrown' US criminals

Immigration lawyers and experts called Trump's proposal to send criminals who are U.S. citizens to El Salvador "illegal" and "unconstitutional."

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The social media platform is owned by Elon Musk, who is leading efforts to cut government spending.

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Claim ICE detained Venezuelan teen despite knowing he wasn't in gang came from family member who saw arrest

Merwil Gutierrez's cousin Luis reportedly heard ICE agents say Merwil was "not the one" but to "take him anyway."

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Colossal Biosciences hopes to use genetic engineering to "jumpstart nature's ancestral heartbeat."

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