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'Operation Midway Blitz,' 2025 Nobel Peace Prize & Tiger Woods

'Operation Midway Blitz,' 2025 Nobel Peace Prize & Tiger Woods

Plus: Did Israeli authorities mistreat Greta Thunberg after flotilla arrest? Here's what we know

Izz LaMagdeleine
October 09, 2025

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Were children in Chicago zip-tied by 'Operation Midway Blitz' agents? What to know

In the early hours of Sept. 30, the residents of a five-story apartment building in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood woke to the sound of federal agents storming their homes. According to the Department of Homeland Security, federal agents were looking for Tren de Aragua "members and their associates" as part of "Operation Midway Blitz," a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement effort aimed at targeting "criminal illegal aliens.”

Agents pulled adults and children from the building, eventually making 37 arrests, including "multiple" Tren de Aragua members, authorities reported. In the days after the operation, a claim spread online that agents had zip-tied children to restrain them during the enforcement action. Snopes reporter Laerke Christensen investigated.

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Posts claim Trump said he 'talked to the president of Puerto Rico.' Here's the truth

An image supposedly showed a Fox News chyron with the quote attributed to the president criticizing Bad Bunny.

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Did Gavin Newsom win 2025 Nobel Peace Prize?

The rumor spread days before the Norwegian Nobel Committee was set to announce the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize on Oct. 10.

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Unpacking claim Maine resident found hundreds of ballots in Amazon package

Photos purportedly showing the alleged Amazon package included stacks of ballots next to regular items such as paper plates and a bag of rice.

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Is Tiger Woods suing Pete Hegseth for $50M?

The first, and perhaps most obvious, hint that the story was fabricated was that Hegseth no longer works for Fox News.

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Did Israeli authorities mistreat Greta Thunberg after flotilla arrest? Here's what we know

Israeli authorities arrested Thunberg and more than 400 other activists who were part of the Global Sumud Flotilla in early October.