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A photo of Trump sitting by Marco Rubio, Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick, and Chris Wright, all wearing the same style of shiny, black leather oxford shoes. A circular cutout of another photo is overlaid on top showing a close-up of Rubio's shoes from a different photo, in which a gap is between the heels of his right foot and shoe.

Unpacking claims Trump bought shoes that don’t fit for Cabinet members

Social media users have turned their attention to the shoes worn by various male members of the Trump administration. According to many popular posts, Trump has been giving shoes to his Cabinet members that don't fit because he's guessing their shoe sizes.

The posts appeared to be based on a Wall Street Journal article about a particular kind of shoe Trump started wearing and liked enough to give to people his orbit. Reporter Emery Winter broke down what we do (and don’t) know about the rumor.

A photo allegedly shows an Iranian missile bound for a U.S. base in the Middle East with the inscription, "Vaccine for pedophiles #made in Iran."

Inspecting claim 'vaccine for pedophiles' was written on Iranian missile

Social media users claimed the alleged inscription appeared on a missile used to strike a U.S. military base in the Middle East.

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A large amount of cars is shown on or near a road. At the bottom, white text says, "SUSPECT DEAD. BOMB SQUAD ON SCENE AS THEY CLEAR TEMPLE ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE IN WEST BLOOMFIELD."

What we know about video showing police response to Michigan synagogue attack

The man who rammed his car into Temple Israel synagogue outside of Detroit fatally shot himself after exchanging gunfire with security.

A white man wearing a dark blue suit is shown on an image. A purple sound wave is shown over him. At the bottom, it says, "the more you do the more you get paid."

Did Erika Kirk work for Epstein? Here's the truth

Social media users alleged a phone recording featured Charlie Kirk's widow scheduling teenage girls for Epstein's sexualized massages.

A white man wearing a dark suit and American red, white and blue flag pin looks toward a camera.

Did George W. Bush say he quit golf during Iraq War because he owed 'solidarity' to families?

Bush made the comment in 2008, during his first-ever live interview on the internet.

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A document is titled BIOCHEMICAL RESEMBLANCES BETWEEN ENDOPARASITES AND MALIGNANT TUMORS> Highlighted is CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, the subject (Scientific - Medicine) "Oct. 1950" and THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. Next to the document, the word cancer is large in a magnifying glass.

Did declassified CIA document reveal cure for cancer? Don't be fooled

Posts claimed a recently revealed CIA document showed U.S. intelligence had known about a potential cure for cancer for decades.

The claim's not true. Reporting fellow Aleksandra Wrona laid out the facts.