​ MONDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker 14 December 2020 FYI: We're publishing the Debunker daily again! If you'd like more or fewer Debunkers in your inbox, please scroll down to "Manage Your Subscription" at the bottom of this email and click through to select which days you'd like to get our top fact-checks and headlines of the day!  Did Trump Designate Christmas Eve 2020 a Federal Holiday? ​ Though Christmas Day is considered one of 10 federal holidays by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Christmas Eve has not generally been designated as such. However, the president can issue an executive order to give federal workers the day off.  Snopes reporter Madison Dapcevich brings you the details. Read More Fact Checks Did TikTok Videos ‘Expose’ How McDonald’s McRib is Cooked? Like the McRib, these TikTok videos may only be available for a limited time. ✅ True   Was Sen. Kelly Loeffler Pictured With Former KKK Member? Chester Doles was a member of the KKK, the neo-Nazi National Alliance, and marched with the Hammerskins at the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. ✅ True   Did Biden Post Pictures of His Dogs Biting a Trump Chew Toy? Right-leaning observers responded with outrage at photographs of Champ and Major. ❌ Mostly False   Did Authorities Show Up after a Girl Found a 700-Year-Old Coin? The coin discovery was made in the United Kingdom. ✅❌ Mixture   Has Prince Harry ‘Changed His Mind About Meghan Markle’? We don't recommend looking for news about Meghan Markle and the royal family on a website that cites tabloids. ❌ False View Latest Fact Checks Fighting Misinformation is a Team Effort Without you, there's no Snopes. Help keep us strong through the holidays and into 2021 with a contribution. $5 $20 $50 $100 $200 $250 View more options News Wisconsin Supreme Court Tosses Trump Election Lawsuit The legal challenge came about an hour before the Electoral College was to meet to cast the state's 10 votes for Biden. Read More   US Blames Iran in Abduction, Death of Ex-FBI Agent Levinson Robert Levinson disappeared in Iran under mysterious circumstances more than a decade ago. Read More   Electors Meeting to Formally Choose Biden As Next President Electors meet in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to cast their ballots on Dec. 14. Read More   ‘Relieved’: US Health Workers Start Getting COVID-19 Vaccine The first shipments of the newly-approved Pfizer vaccine arrived at hospitals around the country on Dec. 14. Read More   Gmail, YouTube Down Briefly as Google Suffers Outage Tens of thousands of complaints popped up around 7 a.m. Eastern along the East Coast of the U.S. Read More

View Latest News Staff Pick ​ Is This 'Transparent' Frog Real?   The amphibian's translucent skin has earned it the name "glass frog." Read More