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FalseIn late summer 2026, new laws went into effect requiring any individual under 5 feet, 2 inches to use a booster seat when driving or riding in cars, regardless of age.SnopesSep 18, 2026FalseA video authentically shows a 104-year-old woman named Mabel Rose Thompson chiding U.S. President Donald Trump.SnopesSep 18, 2026TrueMusician Macklemore once performed in a Jewish caricature costume that featured antisemitic tropes.SnopesSep 17, 2026TrueA member of the legal team for U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty, an Ohio Democrat who has challenged President Donald Trump's actions involving the Kennedy Center, wrote in a court declaration that she saw a forklift repeatedly run into pillars at the building.SnopesSep 17, 2026FalsePresident Donald Trump’s tariffs “cost each Michigan household $5,619.”Said by Abdul El-SayedPolitiFactSep 17, 2026TrueTurning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk said George Floyd was a "scumbag."SnopesSep 17, 2026FalseIowa gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand “wants to raise (Iowans’) taxes by $7,500 per year.”Said by Zach LahnPolitiFactSep 17, 2026FalseThe people who assassinated or attempted to assassinate presidents Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.; and conservative pundit Charlie Kirk all were registered Democrats.SnopesSep 17, 2026TrueU.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., voted against or blocked measures mandating employees receive sick leave in 1993, 2015, 2020 and 2022.SnopesSep 17, 2026MixedIn an August 2026 meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Joesley Batista, the owner of Brazilian multinational meat-processing company JBS, Batista asked Trump to lower tariffs on Brazilian beef, then Trump decided to allow 660 million pounds of tariff-free imported beef, that Europe had banned, into the United States, with JBS buying it all, suggesting the beef would come from Brazil.SnopesSep 16, 2026TrueGillette Stadium owner Robert Kraft, who musician Macklemore said orchestrated his removal as an opening act on Ed Sheeran's tour, once faced a solicitation charge, and his name appears in the files related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.SnopesSep 16, 2026FalseAdamari López “delató a dos inmigrantes que fueron capturados por las autoridades de inmigración”.Said by TikTok postsPolitiFactSep 16, 2026FalseAn image authentically shows U.S. President Donald Trump leaving a brown stain on a chair during his trip to Ireland in September 2026.SnopesSep 16, 2026TrueFollowing the 9/11 terrorist attacks, then-real estate developer Donald Trump said 40 Wall Street, a building he owns, was "the tallest" in downtown Manhattan or New York City.SnopesSep 16, 2026FalseThe 119th Congress, which has been active between 2025 and 2026, is the most productive Congress in 80 years, as Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson claimed in September 2026.SnopesSep 16, 2026TrueA video authentically shows U.S. President Donald Trump in 1987 saying that the U.S. should "go in" and take Iran's oil.SnopesSep 16, 2026FalseThe Chinese government issued a nationwide alert telling people not to communicate with aliens and to contact the United Nations if extraterrestrial life reaches out to them.SnopesSep 15, 2026MixedFormer U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers “voted to deny health care” to 9/11 first responders “nine times.”Said by Abdul El-SayedPolitiFactSep 15, 2026FalseU.S. Rep. Mike Collins “voted to gut Social Security” and “wants to push (older Americans) off Social Security and back to work.”Said by Jon OssoffPolitiFactSep 15, 2026TrueA screenshot shared online in September 2026 authentically shows a 2012 tweet from U.S. President Donald Trump, reading, "Don't let Obama buy the election by handing out unlimited free money to states."SnopesSep 15, 2026TrueU.S. President Donald Trump helped a farmer's widow clear her debts to keep her farm in Georgia after her husband died by suicide trying to stop it being auctioned off.SnopesSep 15, 2026FalseAn image dated July 14, 1985, legitimately shows U.S. President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein shirtless and on a boat together.SnopesSep 15, 2026Can’t tellAn image authentically shows an interview with a man with a massive face tattoo of U.S. President Donald Trump, claiming he was rejected for a job because of his red MAGA hat.SnopesSep 15, 2026MixedAhead of the November 2026 U.S. midterm elections, Postmaster General David Steiner said there are ways he'd block mail-in ballots. As a result, voters should skip the mail and instead deliver completed ballots in designated drop boxes.SnopesSep 15, 2026