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FalseChicago Mayor Brandon Johnson deployed salt trucks to keep U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents out of the city in early September 2025.SnopesSep 9, 2025Can’t tellPope Leo XIV once said, "You cannot follow both Christ and the cruelty of kings. A leader who mocks the weak, exalts himself, and preys on the innocent is not sent by God. He is sent to test you. And many are failing."SnopesSep 8, 2025FalseVideo shows Chicago salt trucks were used “to slow traffic and block access points in response to an incoming ICE operation.”Said by TikTok postsPolitiFactSep 8, 2025TrueIn early July 2025, former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb said Trump was "worse than anyone in our history."SnopesSep 8, 2025FalseThieves operating in public places use drug-filled perfume bottles to render their victims unconscious.SnopesSep 7, 2025FalseIn September 2025, a video shared online authentically displayed the first helicopter developed by luxury Italian automaker Ferrari.SnopesSep 7, 2025FalseA drifter named Ronald McDonald murdered 12 children at county fairs across the U.S. Midwest in 1892 and inspired the modern-day McDonald's fast-food chain mascot of the same name.SnopesSep 7, 2025TrueThe FBI visited the lab of a 12-year-old boy who achieved nuclear fusion in his bedroom.SnopesSep 6, 2025FalseIn September 2025, Switzerland banned mammograms – a method of screening for breast cancer – citing radiation risks, false positives and other dangers.SnopesSep 6, 2025TrueA U.S. Department of Justice deputy chief said the department would “redact every Republican or conservative person” before releasing its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.SnopesSep 6, 2025FalseVideos displaying alleged newscasts authentically reported that criminals were using syringes to inject HIV-infected blood into toilet paper rolls at supermarkets and public restrooms.SnopesSep 6, 2025MixedIn 2025, U.S. surgeons performed first robotic heart transplant to be completed without opening the patient's chest cavity.SnopesSep 5, 2025FalseIn late August 2025, pop star Taylor Swift offered to sing an "exclusive anthem" and provide sponsorship deals for NFL teams including the Kansas City Chiefs if they publicly pledged their support for the LGBTQ+ community.SnopesSep 5, 2025FalseAn image shared on social media in September 2025 authentically showed U.S. President Donald Trump with a puffy face.SnopesSep 5, 2025MixedLas cifras de la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales de EE.UU. muestran que “tenemos 1.6 millones de inmigrantes ilegales que han regresado a su país de origen voluntariamente”.Said by Kristi NoemPolitiFactSep 5, 2025Mixed“Groceries are down. Energy is way down. ... Was $4 and $5 for a gallon of gas.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactSep 5, 2025Mixed“The average American worker has already seen a $500 wage increase this year.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactSep 5, 2025FalseKerr County, Texas, Sheriff Larry Leitha endorsed Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom for U.S. president and Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, for vice president.SnopesSep 5, 2025TrueSeven candidates from the far-right German political party Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) died in the weeks preceding the Sept. 14, 2025, local elections in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.SnopesSep 5, 2025Can’t tellIn September 2025, former Democratic Georgia State Rep. Stacey Abrams was indicted on a voter fraud charge.SnopesSep 5, 2025FalseA video circulating online in late summer 2025 authentically showed an adult gorilla clubbing the head of a crocodile to free a baby gorilla from its mouth.SnopesSep 5, 2025Can’t tellA 29-year-old woman who identified as a "trans-dolphin" drowned in Table Rock Lake.SnopesSep 5, 2025FalseOn Sept. 3, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a military flyover to "silence" a news conference featuring victims of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse.SnopesSep 5, 2025FalseA member of the British parliament nominated former U.S. President Joe Biden for the Nobel Peace Prize in September 2025.SnopesSep 4, 2025