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Is Enrique Tarrio an ICE agent? Checking claim about DHS leak

After a reported data leak that supposedly exposed the identities of roughly 4,500 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol employees, social media posts claimed that Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the far-right Proud Boys movement, was among the names leaked.

Snopes reporter Laerke Christensen investigated the rumor and found that while Tarrio's name did appear in a watchdog database tied to the leak, he wasn't listed as an ICE agent.

NATO official allegedly said Europe would take every US base if Trump takes Greenland. Here's the real story

Some news media outlets mistakenly reported that Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn was a "NATO chief."

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'Nazis.us' redirects to DHS website. Here's who bought the domain

We linked the domain to an email address owned by Mark Davis, a candidate for Congress in Florida's 16th District.

Posts claim ICE agent slipped on actual ice. They're almost right

A video depicting a federal agent running toward protesters and falling on ice in Minneapolis is authentic. Some posts miss a detail.

Did Jennifer Lawrence buy gas station to reward owner who was generous to her years earlier?

A heartwarming story alleged the Oscar-winning actor helped a man who had years earlier aided her when she was living out of her car.

Staff Pick

Rumor UN called for independent investigation into Renee Good's death overstates the truth

Recent social media posts claimed that the United Nations had demanded an independent probe into the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis, but they didn't tell the whole story.

Snopes reporter Rae Deng set the record straight.