Social media posts allege that newly released FBI documents show that a Butler County sheriff’s deputy had exchanged emails with would-be assassin Thomas Crooks prior to the 2024 attempt on Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. The rumor gained traction after Judicial Watch, a conservative activist organization, announced that it had forced the FBI to release 48 pages of information about the attack.

Because the government heavily redacted the documents, we couldn’t completely disprove the theory. But reporter Jack Izzo explains why the claim doesn't hold up under scrutiny.

The claim came from a story in The Atlantic, which attributed the removal to the Trump administration's anti-DEI policies.

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The photo is authentic and features Jeff Metcalf, but it doesn't prove a conflict of interest in the case, contrary to online claims.

Cuts to USAID under Elon Musk's group may have affected international programs that combat the screwworm parasite.

The development is in Herzliya, minutes north of Tel Aviv.

As the construction of AI data centers expands across the U.S., a wave of claims has emerged regarding their environmental footprints and infrastructure costs.

Snopes has been digging into some of the most popular rumors surrounding the data center boom. For example, we investigated whether a single Utah data center would really use 16 billion gallons of water and span three Manhattans. We also fact-checked a claim that BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said Americans' savings and investments will fund data centers.

We broke down the facts behind these claims and more in our full compilation below.