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True90% confidence5 sourcesSep 16, 2026The Postal Service is exempt from review under the Administrative Procedure Act.Said by 5CThe Supreme Court's 2026 order in USPS v. California (source 4) states that Congress broadly exempted the Postal Service's exercise of powers from APA review under 39 U.S.C. §410(a), and an opinion quoted in Edens (source 9) says the Postal Service 'is exempt from review under the Administrative Procedure Act.' The claim as extracted matches the passage's own wording, and nothing in the sources contradicts it; note that Air Courier (source 8) and a 2023 district court opinion (source 7) say the exemption may extend only partly to APA review, so it is a nuanced rather than absolute exemption, but the core assertion holds on the standard reading.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True90% confidence6 sourcesSep 16, 2026A federal district judge issued a nationwide injunction against the Postal Service regarding ballot mail regulations.Federal District Judge Indira Talwani issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the Postal Service's mail-ballot implementation on August 11, 2026, as the court order and several outlets report. The extraction is a faithful paraphrase of the post's reference to the judge's nationwide injunction; the later lifting of that injunction by the Supreme Court does not make the issuance claim false.True80% confidence3 sourcesSep 16, 2026A district judge expanded an injunction from 23 states to all 50 states.Said by 5CReuters reports that U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani on August 11, 2026 expanded her June injunction from 23 mostly Democratic-led states to nationwide, and other outlets report the same expansion to all 50 states. The extracted claim matches the passage's wording, and the 'she' in the post resolves to Talwani.True90% confidence5 sourcesSep 16, 2026Justice Kavanaugh joined the concurrence in the Supreme Court mail-in ballot order.Said by 5CMultiple tier1 and independent sources (AP, Reuters, SCOTUSblog, CNBC, Deseret) report that Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote a concurrence in the Supreme Court's September 2026 unsigned order denying the Trump administration's mail-in ballot rule request, with only Alito and Thomas dissenting. The post's 'Kavanagh' is the same justice, and the claim's 'joined the concurrence' is a faithful paraphrase; sources say he wrote a separate concurrence rather than merely joining, a detail that does not change the core assertion.True95% confidence5 sourcesSep 16, 2026Justice Thomas joined Justice Alito's dissent in the Supreme Court mail-in ballot order.Multiple tier1 and tier2 sources (Reuters, NYT, NPR, PBS, AP) report that Justices Alito and Thomas dissented from the Supreme Court's September 14, 2026 unsigned order declining to let the USPS enforce Trump's mail-in ballot rule, so Thomas joined Alito's dissent. The extraction faithfully reflects the post, which says Thomas joined the dissent of Alito's mail ballot ruling; the post's reference to Alito's dissent is consistent with sources.True85% confidence6 sourcesSep 16, 2026The Department of Justice has a record of zero wins in 23 voter-data cases.Multiple sources report that the DOJ has lost all 23 of its decided voter-roll cases and won none, which matches the claim's 'zero wins in 23' framing. The claim is faithful to the passage, and the sources were published after the post date.True80% confidence5 sourcesSep 16, 2026Data was transferred from ERIC to CEIR.Multiple sources on the same ERIC-to-CEIR arrangement report that voter and motor vehicle data was passed from ERIC to CEIR, most directly a 2026 DHS letter and 2023 Pennsylvania reporting. The extraction is a faithful paraphrase of the post's reference to the 'ERIC-to-CEIR data handoff', and the post's other details do not change the core assertion.True60% confidence6 sourcesSep 16, 2026Government analysis shows non-citizen voting almost never happens.Several government-level reviews (Michigan's Secretary of State finding 16 credible cases among 5.7 million votes, and Louisiana's office finding 79 past voters among possible noncitizen registrations over 40 years) show noncitizen voting is extremely rare, and no source contradicts this. The claim is somewhat loose: a Census Bureau report flagged 24,000 possible noncitizens among 128 million records, but those are registrations, not votes, and the sources do not show that the 'government's own analysis' as a whole said anything about voting beyond rarity. The claim departs only slightly from the passage's paraphrase, which is graded normally.True85% confidence9 sourcesAug 11, 2026The State of New Jersey has registered 6,600 non-citizens to vote.Said by CMultiple tier-1 outlets (AP, Reuters, NBC, WSJ) report that Gov. Mikie Sherrill said about 6,600 noncitizens were registered to vote in New Jersey from June 2023 to June 2024, because of a motor vehicle system software error. The figure is supported, but the state attributed the registrations to a system error, not intent, and the sources say 'about' or 'as many as' 6,600.True90% confidence8 sourcesAug 11, 2026Hundreds of noncitizens who were registered to vote in New Jersey cast ballots in elections.Said by 2CMultiple tier1 and tier2 sources (Reuters, FactCheck.org, PolitiFact, Washington Post, NBC, ABC) report that New Jersey's governor said roughly 6,600 noncitizens were erroneously registered and that fewer than 400 (about 400) actually cast ballots, so 'hundreds' who voted is supported; the post's 'hundreds' matches the 'nearly 400' record, and the claim's wording tracks the passage's 'hundreds of those people actually did vote'.True80% confidence7 sourcesAug 11, 202683% of Americans support the requirement to show a voter ID to vote.Said by CThe 83% figure matches the August 2025 Pew Research Center survey, which found 83% of U.S. adults support requiring government-issued photo ID to vote, and independent outlets (PolitiFact, NBC News) cite it. The extraction faithfully paraphrases the passage; the poll predates the SAVE America Act, and a later October 2026 AP-NORC poll (about 7 in 10) uses different wording and postdates the claim.True97% confidence4 sourcesAug 11, 2026The United States passed the Federal Reserve Act in 1913.Said by BMultiple primary and tier1 sources (Senate.gov, Federal Reserve History, Library of Congress, AP) confirm the Federal Reserve Act was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Wilson in 1913 (December 23). The claim's 'passed in 1913' matches the post's wording exactly; the post's added causal insinuation about WWI is opinion and not part of the extracted claim.