Snopes Debunker - Rumors about Universal Studios, The Home Depot, and U.S. gas prices under Trump

​ SATURDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker Oct. 15, 2022 Trouble Reading? View in Your Browser This Week: Rumors about Universal Studios, The Home Depot, and U.S. gas prices under Trump ​ Universal Studios Orlando Is Not Closing Permanently This month, readers may have seen a headline appear in their Google Discover feeds that was worded as, “Universal Studios Orlando Closes Location Permanently.” Is there truth to this rumor? Jordan Liles reports. Read Now Fact Checks and Original Reporting Did Home Depot Donate to Herschel Walker’s Campaign? The truth of the matter regarding Home Depot and Walker, a Georgia Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, wasn't as simple as it was presented by some news articles. Read Story. Did US Gas Prices Drop Below $2 Under Trump? "They want you to forget gas was under $2 when Trump was in office," one Twitter user posted. Read Story. Biden Did Not Wear His Pants Backwards in Puerto Rico TikTok users pushed a rumor about U.S. President Joe Biden supposedly putting his pants on backwards, but the photographic evidence proves otherwise. Read Story. Latest Fact Checks News Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Trump for Testimony on Capitol Attack The panel voted unanimously to compel the former president to appear. Read More Alex Jones Ordered to Pay $965 Million for Sandy Hook Lies The verdict is the second big judgment against the Infowars host over his relentless promotion of the lie that the 2012 massacre never happened. Read More Smashing Success: NASA Asteroid Strike Results in Big Nudge A spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away succeeded in shifting its orbit, NASA said in announcing the results of its save-the-world test. Read More

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