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Debunking claim Sen. Thom Tillis accepted $750K from Democrats to vote against Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill'

In June, a rumor started spreading online that U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis accepted $750,000 from the Democratic Party to vote against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The budget bill, a keystone piece of President Donald Trump's policy program, was the object of a voting marathon in the Senate starting yesterday.

As Snopes readers searched the site and emailed asking for information about the veracity of the claim, posts about the North Carolina Republican accepting the money from Democrats multiplied on Facebook. Snopes reporter Anna Rascouët-Paz investigated.

Defusing claim Trump warned he'd bomb Norway if he doesn't win Nobel Peace Prize

Trump has repeatedly said he deserves to win the award for his part in brokering peace deals between numerous countries.

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What we know about reports of oxycodone in flour bags distributed by U.S.-Israeli aid centers in Gaza

A Telegram channel that appeared to represent Gaza's government accused Israel of "this heinous crime of spreading addiction."

Examining claims database allows countries to detain ICE agents for human rights violations

Social media posts said more than three dozen countries had begun recognizing the "Global ICE Accountability Database."

Investigating rumored FEMA map of potential nuclear targets in the US

The map dates to 2002 and illustrates hypothetical Russian nuclear attacks on the U.S.

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Photos show both Sean Connery and Thomas Brodie-Sangster at age 34? Not quite

Internet users shared the photos as an illustration of how different generations age.