No, Trump never said a president should be impeached if stocks fall

A persistent viral rumor claims that only 6% of all federal employees work full-time in offices, a statistic amplified online as many government remote work arrangements began to end. But the figure cited is false. Let’s look at the facts.

Viral rumors are suggesting that listening devices were found in the Oval Office in February 2025 and that President Donald Trump removed the historic 150-year-old Resolute Desk for a security scan as a result, but there’s no evidence to support these claims. Let’s look at the facts.

A viral video from mid-February 2025 appears to show a 200-foot statue of Jesus on the White House lawn in Washington, D.C., but this clip was created with artificial intelligence tools. Let’s look at the facts.

A viral rumor suggests that tens of millions of dead people are receiving Social Security checks, but this claim is based on a misinterpretation of data. Let’s look at the facts.

A viral social media post appears to contain a Jan. 30 quote from U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., claiming that Americans don’t have the right to know how the government spends their tax dollars, but Warren never wrote or said this. Let’s look at the facts.

Did a large sinkhole open up in Paris, France in February 2025? No. But a video of one posted to Instagram on Feb. 10 is going viral – and though it appears realistic, it was created with artificial intelligence tools. Let’s look at the facts.

An image appearing to show a post from President Donald Trump blaming the Kansas City Chiefs for losing the Super Bowl because they were too focused on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts is going viral on social media, but Trump never wrote it. The post is impostor content. Let’s look at the facts.

Screenshots from a government spending website are circulating on social media along with the false claim that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) provides $8 million annually to the journalism organization Politico. Let’s look at the facts.

Posts spreading on social media claim that the Trump administration changed the design of the American flag on government websites to only show nine stars in reference to the Confederacy, but this mini-flag icon has been around since at least 2021. Let’s look at the facts.

A viral image in late January 2025 appears to show a man in a “Latinos for Trump 2024” shirt being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, but the photo has been altered. Let’s look at the facts.