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Shackled bodies in Spain, health care cuts & David Muir

Plus: Trump's children will not be affected by his birthright citizenship executive order

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Megan Loe
July 03, 2025

THURSDAY EDITION

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Breaking down claim bodies of Trump administration deportees washed up in Spain

Late last month, social media posts claimed bodies with their hands and feet tied together that washed up on the coasts of Spain's Balearic Islands were people deported from the U.S. by President Donald Trump's administration.

One TikTok user said: "You don't find that oddly suspicious? That not one American news company or outlet is reporting that bodies are washing up on shores where their hands are shackled and their feet are shackled?" Snopes reporter Laerke Christensen investigated the claims.

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Unpacking claims that 17M people will lose health care with Trump's budget bill

After the U.S. Senate voted to pass the "Big Beautiful Bill," rumors circulated about the consequences of deep cuts to Medicaid.

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Is this a real photo of alleged Idaho shooter's parents in MAGA hats?

We were able to identify the people in the photo, but the social media account that posted it appeared to have been deleted.

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Noem said cannibal tried to eat himself on ICE deportation flight. Here's what we know

She said the alleged cannibal was an example of how former President Joe Biden let "the worst of the worst" enter the U.S.


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Is David Muir leaving ABC News following 'jaw-dropping announcement'?

Muir began anchoring the ABC News TV program "World News Tonight" in September 2014.

Staff Pick

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Trump's children will not be affected by his birthright citizenship executive order

Four of the U.S. president's five children were born to immigrant mothers.