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Trump's alleged evidence of 'white genocide in South Africa,' Medicaid & Bruce Springsteen quote

Plus: 20 rumors involving George Floyd to mark 5th anniversary of murder

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May 27, 2025

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Trump presented 'evidence' of 'white genocide' to South African president. The facts say otherwise

In late May, during a tense meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, U.S. President Donald Trump presented a series of visuals as alleged evidence of a "white genocide in South Africa."

The meeting occurred after Trump admitted 59 white South Africans from the Afrikaner minority group into the United States, saying they would be granted refugee status on account of facing "racial discrimination" in South Africa. Snopes reporter Nur Ibrahim broke down the so-called visual evidence Trump provided as proof of “white genocide” during the Oval Office meeting with Ramaphosa.

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Clarifying claim that DOGE, RFK Jr. found 8M people fraudulently on Medicaid

The numbers appeared tied to estimates on the number of people who may be cut from Medicaid under Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill."

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Bruce Springsteen said people are 'last check on power after the checks and balances of government have failed'?

The rockstar was performing in Manchester, United Kingdom, on May 14.

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FBI investigating Oprah for Maui 'land grab'?

This rumor about Winfrey originated from a Facebook page whose owner describes its content as satirical in nature.

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Pope Leo XIV didn't say JD Vance 'flip-flops faster than pages in the Bible'

"You've turned religion into a factory for manufacturing votes," Pope Leo XIV allegedly said of Vance.

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20 rumors involving George Floyd to mark 5th anniversary of murder

One rumor we've fact-checked is whether U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters once introduced a bill to rename Memorial Day as "George Floyd Day."