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TrueA video clip authentically showed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sharing a smile and a laugh as victims' names were being read during a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.SnopesSep 14, 2026False“Troy Jackson expanded Medicaid health coverage in Maine. Susan Collins was the deciding vote for Trump’s Medicaid cuts.”Said by WinSenatePolitiFactSep 14, 2026FalseIn 1998, Donald Trump said he would run as a Republican in a presidential campaign because they are the "dumbest group of voters."SnopesSep 14, 2026FalseSinger Dolly Parton became the legal guardian of an abandoned newborn baby and promised to cover all of the child's living expenses until they reach age 18.SnopesSep 14, 2026FalseU.S. President Donald Trump drafted written instructions in case he dies in office, requesting a simple funeral and calling for: "No gold. No extravagance. No expensive casket. Military honors only."SnopesSep 14, 2026FalseIn September 1992, musician Eric Clapton invited 16-year-old Sarah Mitchell, who was deaf, onstage at a concert in Birmingham, England, and performed for her.SnopesSep 14, 2026FalseKeiko Mori, a 22-year-old teacher in Japan, defied orders to lead 30 students to their deaths with hand grenades rather than allow them to surrender to American forces during the Battle of Okinawa in June 1945.SnopesSep 13, 2026Can’t tellU.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said, "We're not going to prosecute the predators in the Epstein files and we're not going to release their names to the public."SnopesSep 13, 2026TruePhotograph authentically shows a circular "experimental forestry" project in Japan.SnopesSep 12, 2026Can’t tellSen. Marsha Blackburn said she would bring back school segregation if elected governor of Tennessee.SnopesSep 12, 2026Can’t tellIn September 2026, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney offered Americans $6,000 to vote against Republicans.SnopesSep 11, 2026FalseNorth Carolina officials “removed” an early-voting site from North Carolina A&T State University.Said by Roy CooperPolitiFactSep 11, 2026FalseFlorida Democratic gubernatorial nominee David Jolly “wants more taxes on tips, overtime and Social Security.”Said by Byron DonaldsPolitiFactSep 11, 2026FalsePhotos published in early September 2026 authentically show former NFL linebacker Clay Matthews after extensive plastic surgery.SnopesSep 11, 2026FalseOn Sept. 8, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump said in a speech that he helped save victims of the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic.SnopesSep 11, 2026FalseAn image authentically shows U.S. President Donald Trump’s Fordham University transcript with a grade point average of 1.28.SnopesSep 11, 2026Can’t tellIn August 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York said he wouldn't be allowed to speak at the 25th-anniversary remembrance and that he was "looking into shutting them down permanently."SnopesSep 11, 2026FalseShortly after Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk was fatally shot in September 2025, his wife, Erika Kirk, announced she was pregnant with their third child.SnopesSep 10, 2026TrueU.S. President Donald Trump has promised $5,000 to every American adult if the Republicans win majority control of the Senate and House of Representatives in the 2026 midterm elections.SnopesSep 10, 2026FalseA screenshot authentically shows a social media post from U.S. President Donald Trump that said, “Unless Canada agrees to pay a 100% TARIFF on Niagara Falls, we will be turning off the tap to the falls. That's right — NO WATER FOR CANADA!"SnopesSep 10, 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.SnopesSep 10, 2026FalseThe U.S. has “the sickest children in the history of the world.”Said by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.PolitiFactSep 10, 2026MixedWalmart updated its privacy policy in late August 2026, adding customer data collection descriptors including biometrics, geolocation and household income, to allow in-store surveillance pricing with new digital shelf labels.SnopesSep 10, 2026TrueInmates at a Kansas prison donated over $4,000 to a Kansas school district’s lunch debt in 2026.SnopesSep 10, 2026