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U.S. President Donald Trump, a white man with light hair, wears a blue suit jacket and red tie while looking off into the distance. The background of the image features buttons that say "vote."

Trump repeated election integrity claims in primetime address. Here are 16 we've fact-checked

During a primetime address Thursday, President Trump doubled down on some of his longstanding claims about election security. He alleged:

  • Vulnerabilities in voting systems

  • Chinese access to voter data

  • Large numbers of noncitizens and dead people on voter rolls

  • Mail-in ballot corruption

Snopes reporter Aleksandra Wrona compiled 16 of our investigations into the president’s election integrity claims over the years.

President Donald Trump, an older white man with light hair, wears a blue suit jacket and multicolored tie while speaking into a microphone.

Did major TV networks 'refuse' to air Trump's July 16 speech?

Posts claimed ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MS NOW and Fox News were among the networks that refused to air the president's speech on primetime TV.

Rows of Taylor Farms-branded salad kits in the produce aisle of a grocery store.

Taylor Farms did not admit fault, but said it was voluntarily removing all iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico from the U.S. market.

On the left, an AI-generated image of a young man with emo fashion, including an all-black outfit and eyeliner with the Snopes "fake" rating. On the right, a real image of a young man, Pete Hegseth, with a crew cut.

Did Pete Hegseth sport emo look in senior yearbook photo?

In reality, the emo aesthetic was neither a phase nor a lifestyle for Hegseth.

Young Lionel Messi, wearing a white shirt and black pants, bathes a baby Lamine Yamal in a small blue bathtub.

Photo shows Lionel Messi bathing baby Lamine Yamal. They meet again in 2026 World Cup final

Yamal was just a few months old and Messi, then 20, was an emerging talent when the photos were taken, according to the photographer.

Staff pick

An American flag is shown flying above stands that say FIFA WORLD CUP 2026.

Is US only country in 2026 World Cup without universal healthcare?

As the FIFA World Cup unfolded in Canada, Mexico and the United States, people online claimed that the U.S. is the only participating team without universal healthcare.

To investigate the rumor, Snopes reporter Aleksandra Wrona checked the health coverage in all 48 countries.