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False80% confidence7 sourcesOct 21, 2026Thirteen service members have died during the ongoing military conflict.The claim that 13 service members had died was contradicted as of 2026-10-21: the Pentagon's official tally had been revised to 21 by October 11, and AP reported 21 killed on October 28. The figure of 13 matches reporting from June through July and an April Time piece, so it was accurate for an earlier period but not for the date the post was made.False70% confidence7 sourcesOct 21, 2026The administration eliminated $125 billion in Obamacare subsidies.Said by 4CThe administration did halt Obamacare subsidy payments, but the sources put the savings in the hundreds of millions to low billions (about $738 million this year, roughly $1.5 billion annualized, and a claimed total of nearly $6 billion), not $125 billion. The claim's $125 billion figure is grossly off the record's magnitude, and no source supports it.False85% confidence4 sourcesOct 21, 2026Over 10,000 U.S. service members were lost during the 20-year war.The claim that over 10,000 U.S. service members were lost in the 20-year war is contradicted by official and tier-1 figures: about 2,350 to 2,450 U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan, and roughly 7,000 across both Iraq and Afghanistan. Reaching 10,000 only works by counting the roughly 20,000 wounded, who are not 'lost'.False85% confidence6 sourcesOct 21, 2026Diana DeGette is no longer in Congress.Said by AAs of 2026-10-21, DeGette was still a sitting member of Congress: she lost the June 2026 Democratic primary, but her term runs to January 3, 2027, and official House records from October still list her as serving in the 119th Congress. The claim is false on the claim date, though her loss of renomination means she will leave office in January 2027.False60% confidence7 sourcesOct 21, 2026Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, and Vladimir Putin are going to meet in Beijing to settle the war in Ukraine.As of 2026-10-21 the Trump-Xi-Putin meeting was only a proposal: Putin raised it, Trump said he 'would do' it, and China had not issued an invitation. Sources place any summit at the APEC forum in Shenzhen, not Beijing, and report that Xi does not want Ukraine on the agenda, which contradicts the claim that the meeting is set to settle the war. Later reporting (Nov 1-2) on Steinmeier's account of his Oct 30 talks with Xi reinforces this, but the claim's core is undermined already by the Shenzhen location and the disputed Ukraine agenda.False85% confidence9 sourcesOct 21, 2026Donald Trump stated he is on the wrong side of history in response to a claim by Volodymyr Zelensky.The claim reverses the exchange: Zelensky said Trump was on the 'wrong side of history', and Trump responded that Zelensky 'doesn't know what he's talking about' rather than saying he was on the wrong side himself. Several sources report Trump's rebuttal directly, so the claim's core assertion is contradicted.Mixed55% confidence5 sourcesOct 21, 2026The Department of Homeland Security sent a letter stating that 20,000 people are illegally registered to vote.The 20,000 figure is supported: a Justice Department complaint filed October 15, 2026, with DHS/HSI analysis, says more than 20,000 likely noncitizens are registered in California. But the record does not show DHS sending a letter with that figure. The DHS letters in July cited 190,832 potential noncitizens in California, and the 20,000-voter letters that followed were from DOJ, sent after the post date, so the claim misattributes the letter and is only partly supported as of 2026-10-21.Mixed60% confidence4 sourcesOct 21, 2026The Social Security Administration reviewed 390 million records and found that 15% of them, approximately 58 million records, required corrections.SSA sources confirm that nearly 15% of active SSNs were corrected across a scope of about 390 million total records, so the direction and general scale hold. However, the 15% is of active SSNs (about 330 million citizens, roughly 50 million corrected), not of the 390 million records, so the 58 million figure is overstated; the post's claim that SSA 'reviewed all' records is also not stated in the sources.Mixed55% confidence2 sourcesOct 21, 2026The Social Security Administration began assessing agencies that verify identities and eligibility for payments on April 10.Said by AThe April 10 date and the subject of verifying identity and eligibility before payments are supported by a FedScoop report and a Treasury-linked record dated April 10, 2026. However, those sources say the Treasury Department's Do Not Pay system added SSA's Numident database for agencies and states to use, not that the SSA itself began assessing which agencies verify identities. The claim's actor is therefore contradicted by the record, so it is graded mixed rather than true.Mixed60% confidence6 sourcesOct 21, 2026The Social Security Administration lifted the block on using the SAVE database on September 25.Said by AThe block was lifted on September 25, 2026, but the Supreme Court did it, on a DHS/DOJ emergency request, not the Social Security Administration. The SSA's data was part of the challenged system, so the event and date are supported while the claimed actor is contradicted.Mixed60% confidence4 sourcesOct 21, 2026The Social Security Administration reviewed 390 million records.The post's 'yesterday' refers to SSA's October 20, 2026 announcement, so the extraction is faithful. The sources confirm the cleanup covered a database of nearly 390 million total records, but they say about 15% of active SSNs were corrected, not that all 390 million were reviewed.Mixed60% confidence6 sourcesOct 21, 2026Bank of America has $3.5 trillion in assets.Said by 3BBank of America reported total assets of $3,499 billion (about $3.5 trillion) at the end of Q2 2026, but its Q3 2026 figure, reported October 14, 2026 before the post date, was $3,428 billion (about $3.4 trillion). As of October 21, 2026, the latest reported figure was therefore closer to $3.4 trillion, so the claim matches Q2 but not the most recent quarter. The post hedged with "I think it was 3.5 trillion," and the claim drops that hedge, which is a faithful paraphrase.