Snopes has investigated several rumors recently about the Trump administration and the NPS, the federal agency that manages national parks and monuments.

For example, we looked into a claim that Trump diverted 300 first responders to work on his Washington, D.C., beautification projects — thus making those workers unavailable to help with flash flooding in the Grand Canyon.

Check our findings on that accusation, along with 17 other fact checks and pieces of analysis about the NPS and the president, compiled by reporter Emery Winter.

The judge said he was bound by precedent, citing two U.S. Supreme Court decisions from 1969 and 2002. We explained what those are.

A TikTok video is circulating in which a person who appears to be a Target employee claims the retailer fitted baskets with trackers. We checked whether that's true.

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This rumor about cherry trees appeared to have originated with readers misunderstanding or misrepresenting reporting by The Washington Post.

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Many people, including a former Hillary Clinton adviser, claimed the "iconic weeping willow trees outside the Kennedy Center have been cut down by Trump." But that's not the true story.

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According to the alleged screenshot, the president wrote, "It must change if we are going to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

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