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FalseAn audio recording authentically captured U.S. President Donald Trump advocating to rename the District of Columbia to the "District of America."SnopesMar 18, 2025TrueIn early 2025, an 82-year-old man named Ned Johnson in Seattle was declared "dead" by the U.S. Social Security and deprived of his benefits.SnopesMar 18, 2025MixedThe Department of Government Efficiency issued guidance restricting Transportation Security Administration employees from submitting requests related to food, kenneling and veterinary care for dogs on the agency's explosives detection canine teams.SnopesMar 18, 2025Mixed"9,000 new auto jobs. You haven't heard that in a long time. After autoworkers lost more than 27,000 auto jobs in the final year of Biden."Said by President Donald TrumpFactCheck.orgMar 18, 2025FalseA photo shows a police officer named Kathleen Ballinger who has recently gone missing in Wakefield.Full FactMar 18, 2025FalsePfizer announced a goal to reduce the number of people in the world by 50%.Full FactMar 18, 2025Can’t tellThe cost of welfare is going to go to £70 billion.Full FactMar 18, 2025Can’t tellThe trend of switching to pink salt, rock salt, and Himalayan salt without iodine is bringing the iodine deficiency back.Said by Social Media UserFirst CheckMar 18, 2025FalseThis image shows an authentic headline by Hull Daily Mail that reads, "70,000 Ukrainian soldiers in the Kursk region died in vain," from March 13, 2025.Said by Social media usersLogically FactsMar 18, 2025TrueU.S. President Donald Trump's DOGE adviser, Elon Musk, reposted another user's post on X in March 2025, showing a screenshot reading, "Stalin, Mao and Hitler didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector workers did."SnopesMar 17, 2025FalseAn authentic video documents a TikTok influencer complaining she'll have to sell her BMW to keep receiving food stamps payments of $4,000 per month.Said by x.comLead StoriesMar 17, 2025FalseHomicide detectives seek two killers on the loose: Megan Brown and Jose Alex Ramirez.Said by facebook.comLead StoriesMar 17, 2025FalseSerbian authorities use sonic weapon against protestersSaid by tiktok.comLead StoriesMar 17, 2025FalseA new law was passed in March 2025 which allowed women to retire at 52 on $4,850 a monthSaid by tiktok.comLead StoriesMar 17, 2025TrueU.S. Department of Defense removed an article about Medal Of Honor recipient Army Major General Charles Calvin RogersSaid by defense.govLead StoriesMar 17, 2025FalseThis video of Tesla Cybertruck being crushed by a digger or excavator is realSaid by tiktok.comLead StoriesMar 17, 2025TrueUppercase and lowercase letters get their names from where they were stored in traditional printing trays.SnopesMar 17, 2025FalseDOGE found former first lady Michelle Obama “has been receiving a monthly $122,000 payment from the (General Services Administration) since 2009.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactMar 17, 2025FalseElon Musk “launches a public campaign to terminate ‘The View.’”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactMar 17, 2025FalseFormer President Joe Biden’s pardons of lawmakers on the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack “are hereby declared void, vacant, and of no further force or effect,” because “they were done by autopen.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactMar 17, 2025TrueA photo shared online authentically shows a view of New York City from space shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.SnopesMar 17, 2025TrueVideos and still images shared to social media authentically showed Elephant Rock, a naturally formed geological feature located on an island in Iceland.SnopesMar 17, 2025MixedA, B and AB blood groups are more prone to blood clotting, raising the risk of heart attacks and early strokesSaid by Social Media UserFirst CheckMar 17, 2025FalseCan muskmelon peel water with sugar remove stones from body in 30 minutes?Said by healthdojMedical DialoguesMar 17, 2025