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Latest Fact-Checks By Maria Briceño

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 5, 2025 a statement to the media:
“Portland is burning to the ground.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Maria Briceño • October 7, 2025
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stated on September 19, 2025 an X post:
Thirty percent of U.S. medical residents are international medical graduates, and 10,000 of 43,000 residency spots are filled by H-1B visa holders.
Half-True
By Maria Briceño • October 2, 2025
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TikTok posts
stated on September 7, 2025 a TikTok post:
Video shows Chicago salt trucks were used “to slow traffic and block access points in response to an incoming ICE operation.”
False
By Maria Briceño • September 8, 2025
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stated on September 1, 2025 an X post:
President Donald Trump’s “official schedule was suddenly suspended.”
False
By Maria Briceño • September 2, 2025
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stated on August 28, 2025 an X post:
A Vanity Fair cover featured first lady Melania Trump as “The American Queen.”
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • August 29, 2025
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stated on August 23, 2025 an X post:
An Aug. 23 video shows “the military’s already showing up in Chicago” before a potential National Guard deployment.
False
By Maria Briceño • August 25, 2025
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stated on August 12, 2025 una publicación en TikTok:
La presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, dijo que la muerte del político colombiano Miguel Uribe Turbay, “Es bueno para Colombia, un político menos de que preocuparse”.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • August 15, 2025
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stated on July 17, 2025 una publicación en TikTok:
Osos pardos, bisontes y pumas están huyendo del Parque Nacional de Yellowstone hacia Salt Lake City, Utah.
False
By Maria Briceño • August 7, 2025
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TikTok posts
stated on July 16, 2025 a Threads post:
Elk, grizzly bears, bison and mountain lions are fleeing Yellowstone National Park to Salt Lake City, Utah.
False
By Maria Briceño • August 7, 2025
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Threads posts
stated on July 28, 2025 a Threads post:
“Home Depot signed a deal that pays them $250 million with DHS, allowing ICE agents to stake out their parking lots and arrest immigrants.”
False
By Maria Briceño • August 5, 2025
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X posts
stated on July 29, 2025 a post:
Oprah Winfrey refused to open her private Maui road during July 29, 2025, tsunami warnings.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • July 30, 2025
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X posts
stated on July 28, 2025 an X post:
Suspect in July 28 New York City shooting “was shouting Free Palestine and wearing a Keffiyeh.”
False
By Maria Briceño • July 29, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 26, 2025 a Truth Social post:
Democrats paid Beyoncé $11 million for an endorsement.
False
By Maria Briceño • July 28, 2025
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stated on July 12, 2025 una publicación en TikTok:
El sheriff del condado Kerr, Texas dijo, “que se debe solicitar la residencia permanente para el equipo de rescate mexicano que rescató a su familia”.
False
By Maria Briceño • July 16, 2025
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TikTok posts
stated on June 30, 2025 a TikTok post:
"People tracking the ICE deportation flights have found” the agency is throwing migrants into the middle of the ocean.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • July 15, 2025
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stated on July 12, 2025 an X post:
The Kerr County, Texas, sheriff “said he would apply for a green card for the Mexican rescue team that saved his family.”
False
By Maria Briceño • July 14, 2025
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TikTok posts
stated on July 6, 2025 una publicación en TikTok:
“Si dios fuera ilegal lo deportariamos palabras del gobernador de Texas”.
False
By Maria Briceño • July 7, 2025
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TikTok posts
stated on June 20, 2025 una publicación en TikTok:
“Donald Trump acaba de firmar una nueva orden que pone al país en alerta máxima y sella las fronteras para todos los residentes” el 1 de julio.
False
By Maria Briceño • July 3, 2025
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stated on June 24, 2025 una publicación en TikTok:
Una nueva ley permite aplicar a “la residencia permanente de forma directa, rápida y sin salir del país” si los migrantes han vivido al menos siete años en EE.UU.
False
By Maria Briceño • July 2, 2025
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stated on June 28, 2025 a TikTok post:
President Donald Trump signed an executive order for “a total border shutdown with no set reopening date” on July 1.
False
By Maria Briceño • July 2, 2025
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