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What we know about Coast Guard's policy update on swastikas, other hate symbols

A Coast Guard policy update earlier this month sparked claims that the service would no longer classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols, igniting a firestorm online. So what's actually true?

Snopes reporter Laerke Christensen broke down the recent policy changes and the Coast Guard's clarification.

Breaking down claim renaming Defense Department would cost more than housing every homeless veteran

The Department of Veterans Affairs' budget for homelessness programs was $3.2 billion in fiscal year 2025.

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Inspecting claim Education Department stopped counting nursing, other programs as 'professional degrees'

The department's proposal may impact how much money student loan borrowers can receive depending on the graduate degree they choose.

Mamdani isn't requiring NYC students to 'learn Arabic numerals.' They already do

You can't introduce something that has already been in use for centuries.

No, photo doesn't show Algerian migrants in sheep costumes arrested while trying to sneak into Spain

The picture actually showed people dressed as Shaun the Sheep, the eponymous character from the animated children's television series.

Staff pick

Digging into Mount Rushmore's troubled, bloody history

For years, online posts have claimed Mount Rushmore has a dark, racist history. Historians told Snopes it is linked to the KKK, an illegal war and the violent suppression of Native American people.

Snopes reporter Nur Ibrahim uncovered the story behind the monument.