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Fact-check: Senate confirmation hearing for defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, faced scrutiny over his leadership experience, views on women in the military and how he would lead the Pentagon, if confirmed. We fact-checked key moments.
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Instagram posts – Videos on social media show LA firefighters using professional gear, not ‘women’s handbags’

“The LAFD are using women’s handbags to hold water to put out fires.”
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Instagram posts – Is Trump giving Staten Island to New Jersey? He didn’t say that, despite what social media posts say

Says President-elect Donald Trump posted on X that he will “be giving Staten Island to New Jersey.”
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Did Joe Biden keep these 99 promises? We reviewed his presidential record

PolitiFact tracked 99 of President Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign promises. Our analysis shows he kept 33, but struggled to achieve loftier goals amid a divided government.
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Live: Fact-checking claims on Trump Cabinet confirmation hearings

The U.S. Senate will hold hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, with the aim of confirming their positions directly after Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20.
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Instagram posts – Video shows family, not looters, retrieving items from their wildfire-damaged California home

Video shows people in Los Angeles looting from homes during wildfires.
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