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Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 8, 2026 posts
During the Super Bowl halftime show, “Bad Bunny brought Liam Conejo Ramos onto the stage,” the 5-year-old detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis.
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 9, 2026
Jared Moskowitz
Jared Moskowitz
stated on January 22, 2026 an X post
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s “backlog of unanswered disaster assistance applications has exploded to the largest in its history.”
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • January 28, 2026
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on January 22, 2026 a press conference
"Right now we're focused on Minneapolis because that's where we have the highest concentration of people who have violated our immigration laws."
False
By Amy Sherman • January 28, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 24, 2026 posts
Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, “Only criminals carry guns on our streets, we need law and order.”
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • January 26, 2026
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on January 11, 2026 una entrevista
“No están recibiendo el entrenamiento tradicional de cinco meses… .El entrenamiento para los agentes de ICE ahora es de 47 días”.
Mostly True
By Madison Czopek, Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 15, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 11, 2026 social media posts
A letter sent to postal service employees about working during emergencies such as civil unrest is a sign that President Donald Trump will impose martial law.
False
By Amy Sherman • January 15, 2026
Mehmet Oz
Mehmet Oz
stated on January 6, 2026 an interview on Fox News
“By federal law, if you sign someone up for Medicaid, you also give them the right to vote. … This is political patronage at the expense of Medicaid.”
False
By Amy Sherman • January 14, 2026
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on January 11, 2026 an interview
“They are not getting the traditional five months training. … The training for the ICE agents now is 47 days.”
Mostly True
By Madison Czopek, Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 12, 2026
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on December 29, 2025 an X post
The Justice Department has been investigating fraud in Minnesota “for months. So far, we have charged 98 individuals.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • January 8, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on December 15, 2025 in social media posts
Brown University student Mustapha Karbouch was a suspect in school shooting.
False
December 19, 2025
Laura Loomer
Laura Loomer
stated on December 15, 2025 an X post
Image shows Rob Reiner tweeted in 2023 that he would stop posting until “Trump goes to prison.”
False
By Maria Briceño • December 17, 2025
Tim Walz
Tim Walz
stated on November 30, 2025 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
“I take responsibility for putting people in jail” in Minnesota fraud scandal.
False
By Amy Sherman • December 5, 2025
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on November 13, 2025 an interview
Housing is expensive “because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants” and because of a housing shortage.
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • November 20, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 9, 2025 a Truth Social post
“DOGE halts yearly payment of $2.5 million to Barack Obama for ‘royalties linked to Obamacare.’”
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • November 10, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on November 6, 2025 an X post
“RFK Jr. flees the scene after Novo Nordisk Executive Gordon Findlay collapsed in the Oval Office.”
False
By Maria Briceño • November 7, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 4, 2025 a Truth Social post
Voting in California is “rigged.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Grace Abels • November 5, 2025
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on October 30, 2025 a press conference
The federal government “decided to shut down the SNAP machines, so that they can’t be used.”
False
By Amy Sherman • November 3, 2025
Kristi Noem
Kristi Noem
stated on October 30, 2025 a press conference
“No American citizens have been arrested or detained” during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdowns.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Nick Karmia • October 31, 2025
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on March 17, 2019 in a CNN interview
"There has been an increase in hate crimes."
By Yanqi Xu • October 31, 2025
stated on October 23, 2025 a statement on X
An ad from the government of Ontario, Canada, “misrepresents” President Ronald Reagan’s April 25, 1987, address about tariffs.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2025
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