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Can’t tellThe IMF thinks the UK will be the fastest growing economy in Europe.Full FactJan 24, 2025Can’t tellWine, beer, and rum can help your skin by balancing its natural acidity, fighting bacteria, and keeping it youthful by restoring collagenSaid by Social Media UserFirst CheckJan 24, 2025Falsemixture of toothpaste, lemon juice, and ENO eliminate open pores in just one applicationSaid by healthglossyMedical DialoguesJan 24, 2025FalseDOGE Clock keeping running total of tax money already savedSaid by x.comLead StoriesJan 23, 2025FalseAuthentic image shows Taylor Swift giving a right-handed salute on Good Morning America show on October 30, 2014Said by x.comLead StoriesJan 23, 2025TrueMartin Luther King Jr. once said, “We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice.”SnopesJan 23, 2025FalseFollowing the 2025 inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump, Facebook parent company Meta forced users to follow him and Vice President JD Vance.SnopesJan 23, 2025FalseA photograph shared online for years shows the "atomic shadow" left by a human and a ladder after the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb over Hiroshima in 1945.SnopesJan 23, 2025TrueA photograph authentically shows a man in a wetsuit kneeling beside a giant squid.SnopesJan 23, 2025True"Our nation’s tallest mountain … has been called Denali for thousands of years."Said by Lisa MurkowskiPolitiFactJan 23, 2025FalseElon Musk posted on X that the MAGA movement will “succeed in all the ways Nazi Germany failed to.”Said by X postsPolitiFactJan 23, 2025FalseFormer President Joe Biden “pardoned Michael Byrd.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 23, 2025FalseImage shows President Donald Trump responding to a picture rapper Ye drew of them.Said by Viral imagePolitiFactJan 23, 2025FalsePresident Donald Trump "just reversed all the cost caps Biden negotiated for anyone on Medicare or Medicaid."Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 23, 2025FalseSen. John Fetterman is leaving the Democratic Party.Said by Threads postsPolitiFactJan 23, 2025FalseVideo shows Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promoting an alternative diabetes treatment.Said by Viral imagePolitiFactJan 23, 2025TrueVoter ID "is supported, if you look at any poll, by 70 to 80% of the polygraph."Said by Robin VosPolitiFactJan 23, 2025False“ICE has released the tip hotline to turn in illegal immigrants. They paying $750 for each illegal immigrant.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJan 23, 2025FalseA photo circulating online in early 2025 authentically showed Taylor Swift giving a Nazi salute at a concert performance.SnopesJan 23, 2025TrueAfter U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, the Spanish-language version of the White House website was no longer available.SnopesJan 23, 2025TrueAs U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, the White House web page featuring the U.S. Constitution went offline.SnopesJan 23, 2025FalseAn executive order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump on Jan. 20, 2025, would retroactively revoke the citizenship of second lady Usha Vance, as well as for all people whose parents did not hold citizenship at the time of a child's birth.SnopesJan 23, 2025TrueOn Jan. 20, 2025, U.S President Donald Trump rescinded an executive order signed by former President Joe Biden aimed at lowering prescription drug prices for patients on Medicare and Medicaid.SnopesJan 23, 2025FalseA video shows people fleeing from a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid in January 2025.Said by tiktok.comLead StoriesJan 23, 2025

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