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Federal minimum wage, Indeed & 'American Pickers'

Plus: Wait, that never happened? 10 examples of the Mandela Effect

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Izz LaMagdeleine
April 15, 2025

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No, Trump didn't sign an executive order raising the federal minimum wage

Amid rising prices and stock market uncertainty in early April, claims that President Donald Trump signed a new executive order to raise the federal minimum wage to $25 per hour spread online. Users on social media platforms posted multiple videos sharing the rumor.

Though there are variations, the voice-over of each video reports the same claim, which is that "Trump approved the largest minimum wage increase in U.S. history. As of the eighth of April, 2025, no American worker will be allowed to earn less than $25 per hour." However, while there were four executive orders signed on April 8 according to the White House, none of them were related to minimum wage increases. Snopes reporter Joey Esposito has the details.

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Unpacking claims that 17 people went missing in Atlanta after job interviews set up through Indeed

Atlanta police said they had not received missing-persons reports matching the details from online claims about the disappearances.

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14 rumors about Trump's health secretary, RFK Jr.

Kennedy has been both the target and source of misleading claims over the years, and his current role is no exception.

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'American Pickers' host Mike Wolfe is not in jail

Several AI-generated videos falsely claimed Wolfe was found guilty of killing former co-star Frank Fritz.

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Unpacking claims that higher education leads to more liberal political viewpoints

While some truth to the claim exists, the cited research is specific to American politics.

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Wait, that never happened? 10 examples of the Mandela Effect

For starters, "Mr. Monopoly" never wore a monocle and there's not a hyphen in "KitKat."