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Addressing Trump’s Claims About Ending Multiple Wars
Q: Did President Donald Trump solve seven wars in seven months?
A: Trump has claimed he “ended” six or seven wars since returning to the...
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Chris Murphy – Sen. Chris Murphy says mass shootings decreased as a result of a 2022 law. Is that true?
Following the passage of a 2022 gun safety law, mass shootings “began to drop.”
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Unpacking long-standing claim oceans will contain more plastic than fish by 2050
A 2016 report claimed that by 2050 there would be 850 million tons of plastic in the oceans and just 812 million tons of fish.
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Fake stories about Texas floods reached millions on Facebook. Foreign ad companies likely profited
A slew of fabricated stories duped Facebook users after the deadly floods — and sites promoting them had ties to ad tech firms in Southeast Asia.
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement is real, but the couple is often targeted by false claims
No hoax this time with news of Taylor and Travis engagement
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D.C. Homicide-Free Streak Not First in ‘Years’
While signing executive orders at the White House on Aug. 25, President Donald Trump wrongly said that an 11-day span of no homicides in...
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National News
Headlines for January 21, 2026
Federal Prosecutors Issue Subpoenas to Five Democratic Officials in...
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Benny Johnson – Vacant California lot was temporary shelter for homeless registered voters, not a sign of fraud
Video showing a vacant lot at a Venice, California, address where 26 voters were registered exposes voter fraud.
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Storefront Revitalization Grant Recipient Spotlight: Colden Ski & Board Shop
Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz visits...
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Major Gross Profit – Scam emails falsely claims people ‘must act’ to claim a $2,000 ‘tariff dividend’
“Trump’s $2,000 tariff dividend is live but you must act.”
