PolitiFact checked the viral claim that residents near large data centres saw electricity bills rise 267% and found the figure is exaggerated and unsupported.
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False: Trump Did Not Personally Insult Celebrities Royals and Religious Leaders at Dinner
Snopes debunked a viral claim alleging Trump made a series of insulting remarks about royals, celebrities and religious leaders at a private event.
False: The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Work Was Not a Multi-Hundred-Million Dollar Obama Failure
FactCheck.org found Trump’s claim that prior administrations spent hundreds of millions trying to fix the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was a significant exaggeration.
False: Photo Shared With Anti-Immigrant Messaging Does Not Show Migrants Invading Europe
Snopes found that a widely shared image with Islamophobic captions depicting an alleged migrant invasion was misidentified and did not show what was claimed.
False: Military Personnel Are Not Delivering Government Letters in Uniform
Snopes debunked social media posts claiming uniformed military personnel are hand-delivering official government letters to citizens’ homes.
False: National Park Service Has Not Made Sweeping Closures Under Trump
Snopes investigated claims about National Park Service changes under the Trump administration, finding most viral closure claims to be false or exaggerated.
False: A French Cabinetmaker Says He Sent a Replica Desk to Trump’s Florida Club Not an Original
Snopes clarified viral confusion about a French cabinetmaker who confirmed he sent a replica of a famous piece to Mar-a-Lago, not the authentic original.
False: There Is No $500 Per Arrest Bounty Being Paid to ICE Agents
FactCheck.org found no evidence of per-arrest cash payments to ICE agents, despite social media claims suggesting a bounty system is in place.
False: Trump Did Not Claim 500000 Fake Ballots Were Mailed in Maryland to Help Democrats Win
Trump’s claim that 500,000 illegal ballots were mailed to ensure Democrat wins is false — the ballots sent were erroneous, not fraudulent.
False: The B-52 Crash at Edwards Air Force Base Photos Circulating Online Are Not Authentic
PolitiFact confirmed that images circulating as the Edwards Air Force Base B-52 crash are not photos of the actual June 2026 incident.