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People are sharing a rumor that President Trump offered the White House press secretary job to UFC CEO Dana White by mistake. Posts claim the offer was actually meant for a different Dana White, a Black woman who once worked for the Department of Defense.

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Snopes reporter Anna Rascouët-Paz dug into the former defense official's background and reached out to the White House for answers.

Posts claimed the Democratic senator-elect from Michigan failed the background check required for classified Senate briefings.

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In the clip, McConnell, seated in a wheelchair, appeared to stare ahead and blink several times while someone spoke to a reporter off-camera.

Most of the posts amplifying the rumor include no evidence supporting it.

Fourteen states and Washington, D.C., allow voters to cast their ballot on Election Day without showing any ID.

Since at least 2021, people have shared photos, including satellite images, that they claim show a "pile" of clothes in Chile's Atacama Desert so large it could be photographed from space.

Snopes senior reporter Jordan Liles closely examined the images and uncovered the facts about the purported dumping ground. Here's what he found.