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The O'Reilly Update, July 30, 2026

Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis, Checked

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98Holds up20 claims checked
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What it claims
2 mixed3 can’t tell19 true
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Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and AnalysisJul 30, 2026
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Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and AnalysisThe O'Reilly Update, July 30, 2026Whole episode, 13:10
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  1. 1TrueAnthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment in response to questioning.Multiple independent tier1 and primary sources (AP, Reuters, Lankford press release, Rep. Mace statement) report that Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment on July 29, 2026 in response to Senate Homeland Security Committee questioning, declining to answer over 100 questions. The claim matches the post's 'pleads the 5th' framing and the hearing it describes, and no source contradicts it.7 sources →
  2. 2Can’t tellSaudi Arabia has joined in.The passage says only that "Saudi Arabia joins in" without naming what it joined, and none of the sources show Saudi Arabia joining a specific action on or around July 30, 2026. The nearby events (the July 22 nuclear agreement, the August 2025 State Partnership Program entry, and the October 27 Global Entry partnership) are different events at different times, so they cannot confirm or refute the post's claim.7 sources →

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  3. 3TrueThe Federal Reserve made a decision.The Federal Reserve's own July 29, 2026 Implementation Note states that the Fed 'has made the following decisions,' and Reuters and CNBC report the FOMC voted 9-3 to hold rates at 3.50%-3.75% that day. The claim is a faithful extraction of the post's 'the fed makes their decision,' and the decision was made July 29, a day before the post's date, which does not affect the core assertion.5 sources →

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  4. 4TrueAnthony Fauci pleaded the Fifth Amendment to every question asked by senators on the Homeland Security Committee during a three-hour hearing.Multiple reliable outlets (AP, PolitiFact, NYT) report that Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment repeatedly, more than 100 times, across a nearly three-hour Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on July 29, 2026, and one commentary says he refused every question apart from the same boilerplate statement. The claim's 'every question' wording is slightly stronger than the 'more than 100 times' and 'most of what he said' reporting, and ABC7 says 'dozens,' but no source contradicts the core assertion.7 sources →

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  5. 5TruePresident Joe Biden issued a federal pardon to Anthony Fauci.The claim that Biden issued Anthony Fauci a federal pardon is supported by the DOJ pardon warrant and multiple tier1 reports. The pardon was preemptive, dated January 19, 2025 (some outlets say January 20), and covers offenses from 2014 through the date of the pardon. The extraction faithfully matches the post, which says Biden 'gave Fauci a pardon' on his way out.8 sources →

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  6. 6TrueJordan's official news agency reported that the country's air defenses shot down five missiles fired from Iran.Petra, Jordan's state news agency, reported that the Jordan Armed Forces said air defenses shot down five incoming Iranian missiles on July 30, 2026, and AP's wire coverage of the same report corroborates it. The claim matches the post's wording, and the sources report no casualties, a detail the claim does not address.8 sources →

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  7. 7TrueA drone hit a US-owned gas storage tanker at a port in Egypt.Multiple tier-1 and other sources report that a drone struck a US-owned gas storage tanker at Egypt's Damietta port on July 29, 2026, and Egypt's cabinet later confirmed a drone caused the fire. The claim drops the post's reference to a port, which is a faithful simplification, and the sources do not contradict the core assertion.5 sources →

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  8. 8TrueSaudi Arabia and the United States conducted joint precision strikes inside Iraq targeting Iran-backed proxy groups.Multiple independent wire and government sources (Reuters, NPR, CENTCOM, Al Jazeera, Washington Examiner) confirm that the US and Saudi Arabia jointly struck Iran-backed groups in eastern Iraq on July 28-29, 2026, in response to drone attacks, matching the claim as extracted from the passage. The claim faithfully reflects the post's statement that Saudi Arabia joined American precision strikes against Iran-backed proxies in Iraq.9 sources →

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  9. 9MixedThere were over 30 IRGC-directed aerial drone attacks in the 72 hours preceding July 30, 2026.CENTCOM's figure of over 30 IRGC-directed aerial drone attacks in the prior 72 hours is supported by multiple sources, but those sources date the 72-hour window to the period through July 28, when the strikes were announced, not the period preceding July 30 as the claim states. The count and attribution hold; the timeframe is misdated.Minor detail. The sources confirm the claim; only a minor detail differs, such as a name's spelling, a title's wording or a rounding.8 sources →

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  10. 10MixedApproximately 15% of the population of Saudi Arabia is Shia Muslim.Sources put the Shia share at roughly 10-15%, so the claim's 15% sits at the top of the range and is only partly supported. As a share of citizens, the 2023 State Department report gives 10-12%, and the 2022 census shows 41.6% of residents are foreigners, so the share of the total population is lower still. The post's 15% figure matches the older estimates in the sources, not the most recent government figure.5 sources →

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  11. 11TrueThe Federal Reserve voted to hold interest rates steady, with nine members in favor and three members supporting a quarter-point rate hike.The Federal Reserve's July 29, 2026 meeting held the federal funds rate at 3.50%-3.75% by a 9-3 vote, with the three dissenters (Hammack, Kashkari, Logan) preferring a quarter-point hike, as the Fed's own statement and Reuters both report. The claim matches the passage's meeting and the extraction is faithful; later October coverage concerns a different meeting and does not affect this one.8 sources →

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  12. 12TrueKevin Warsh became Federal Reserve Chairman in May 2026.Multiple tier1 and primary sources (Federal Reserve Board, Reuters, AP, Fed press release) confirm Kevin Warsh took office as Fed chair on May 22, 2026, which is within May 2026 as claimed. The extracted claim matches the passage's 'who took over in May' and no source contradicts it.5 sources →

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  13. 13TrueThe current inflation rate is just above 3%.As of the July 30, 2026 post date, the latest official readings were above 3%: June CPI was 3.5% and June PCE was 3.7%, so the claim's direction is right. The claim's "just above 3%" understates those figures by roughly half a point, and inflation has since moved to 3.4% (July CPI) and 3.6-3.7% (September), but the verdict concerns the July 30 state.7 sources →

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  14. 14TrueA 16-year-old lifeguard in Santa Cruz, California, rescued a 10-year-old boy from the ocean.Multiple independent outlets (AP, BBC, CBS San Francisco, ITV, NBC Bay Area/Los Angeles) confirm that 16-year-old California State Parks lifeguard Ryder Williams rescued a 10-year-old boy swept out by powerful waves at Seabright State Beach in Santa Cruz, California. The sources differ on the exact day (July 25 vs. Saturday, July 25 or 27), which is a peripheral detail that does not affect the core claim.8 sources →

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  15. 15TrueA gunman attempted to enter the White House Correspondents Dinner ballroom in April 2026.Multiple tier1 sources (Reuters, AP, BBC) confirm a gunman attacked the White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Washington Hilton in April 2026, charging a security checkpoint and exchanging fire with Secret Service before the ballroom, with Trump evacuated. The claim's wording ('attempted to enter the ballroom') matches the post's own account and the sources' description of the gunman charging toward the ballroom.4 sources →

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  16. 16TrueDonald Trump is currently suing The Wall Street Journal.As of the claim's date (2026-07-30), Trump's defamation suit against The Wall Street Journal was pending: he refiled an amended complaint in May 2026 after an April dismissal, and it was not dismissed until October 31, 2026. The sources show the suit was ongoing on the claim date, and the later dismissal with prejudice does not make the claim false, though Trump plans to appeal.5 sources →

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  17. 17TrueJimmy Hoffa disappeared 51 years ago from July 30, 2026.Multiple reliable sources, including AP and BBC, establish that Jimmy Hoffa disappeared on July 30, 1975, and sources published on July 30, 2026 describe it as 51 years ago. The claim's date arithmetic and the post's 'today' framing match the sources, and it is an accurate paraphrase of the passage.6 sources →

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  18. 18TrueJimmy Hoffa was born in 1913.Multiple independent sources confirm Jimmy Hoffa was born in 1913, specifically February 14, 1913, in Brazil, Indiana. The claim is a faithful extraction of the passage's birth-year statement.6 sources →

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  19. 19TrueJimmy Hoffa became president of the Teamsters Union in 1957.Multiple reliable sources confirm Jimmy Hoffa became president (General President) of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in 1957, elected in October 1957 and serving until 1971. The claim's 'He' resolves to Hoffa from the post, and the extraction matches the passage.7 sources →

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  20. 20FalseAt its height, the Teamsters Union represented 1.4 million Americans.The claim that 1.4 million was the union's peak membership is contradicted by sources giving a higher peak: 2.2 million in 1974 (Chamber of Commerce) and 2.3 million in the Hoffa era (Hacker, NYBooks). The 1.4 million figure matches the union's current membership in 2026 (Reuters), not its height, and the Teamsters' own 1957 figure of 1.5 million is also not the peak the claim describes.4 sources →

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  21. 21MixedJimmy Hoffa was convicted of bribery in 1967 and sentenced to 13 years in prison.The 13-year sentence and the start of imprisonment in 1967 are well supported, and the sources describe a bribery charge (attempted bribery) among the convictions. However, the sources place the conviction itself in 1964 (March and July trials), not 1967, so the claim's date for the conviction is contradicted. The claim also reads as a single bribery conviction, while the 13 years was an aggregate of eight years for bribery and five for fraud.5 sources →

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  22. 22TrueJimmy Hoffa was released from prison in 1971.Multiple sources, including an AP tier1 report, confirm that Hoffa left Lewisburg prison on December 23, 1971, after President Nixon commuted his sentence. Some sources give December 24 as the release date, but the 1971 release is consistently reported.7 sources →

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  23. 23TrueJimmy Hoffa disappeared on July 30, 1975.Multiple independent reliable sources, including AP and BBC, state that Jimmy Hoffa disappeared on July 30, 1975, after leaving to meet associates at the Machus Red Fox restaurant near Detroit. The claim matches the passage it was extracted from and departs from it in no way.5 sources →

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  24. 24TrueA Michigan judge declared Jimmy Hoffa legally dead in December 1982.Two independent 1982 reports (NYT and UPI) say Oakland County Probate Judge Norman R. Barnard declared Hoffa legally dead in a hearing in early December 1982, and later references agree. The claim is a faithful paraphrase of the passage, and the 'despite the absence of a corpse' framing is consistent with the sources, which describe a presumption of death without a body.7 sources →

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