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Can’t tell40% confidence6 sourcesOct 15, 2026The Democratic Party platform includes raising taxes by $5 trillion.Said by AThe claim departs from the passage: the post says Democrats would "raise your taxes by 5 trillion dollars" and never mentions the party platform, so the extraction adds a referent the post did not make. Separately, the sources conflict on whether the 2024 Democratic platform itself calls for $5 trillion in tax increases, with one platform excerpt saying Democrats don't believe they should add $5 trillion to the debt.Can’t tell25% confidence6 sourcesOct 15, 2026Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed 18 bills cracking down on crime.Said by AThe sources document several Hobbs vetoes of border, immigration, and fentanyl-related bills, but none gives a count of 18 crime-related vetoes or says she vetoed 18 such bills. The claim's specific figure is therefore not verified or refuted, and the extraction matches the post's own wording.Can’t tell30% confidence9 sourcesOct 15, 2026The New York Times and CNN reported the departure time of a military raid from Missouri.Said by AThe sources only show that Trump said NYT and CNN reported the 12:07 departure time from Missouri; they repeat his claim and do not independently confirm or refute that either outlet published it. The extracted claim faithfully paraphrases the passage, and one source notes Trump did not identify the leaker or provide evidence.Can’t tell40% confidence11 sourcesOct 15, 2026The New York Times and CNN leaked the departure and arrival times of B-2 bombers leaving from Missouri.Said by AThe sources show only that Trump made this allegation at an Arizona rally; none independently confirms or refutes that the New York Times or CNN published B-2 departure and arrival times. The extracted claim is a faithful paraphrase of the passage, so it is graded on the sources, which do not address the leak itself.Can’t tell35% confidence4 sourcesOct 15, 2026The Biden administration received less than 1 trillion dollars in new investment into the United States over a 15-month period.Said by AThe claim concerns a 15-month window that no source measures; the sources address Biden-era investment over his four-year term, and those figures are not directly comparable. Reuters' finding that over $1.3 trillion of the Trump website's claimed spending began under Biden, and the Biden White House's roughly $1 trillion in mobilized private investment, bracket the 'less than $1 trillion' figure but do not grade the 15-month claim itself.Can’t tell35% confidence5 sourcesOct 15, 2026Minnesota law allows schools to facilitate gender transition for children without parental consent.Said by AThe claim adds 'facilitate gender transition,' which the passage never says; the post only says schools can take a child out of school and 'do whatever,' so the claim departs from the passage and cannot be graded as the poster's statement. Even on the closest reading, the sources do not show a Minnesota law letting schools facilitate transition without parental consent: the health compendium reports no restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors, PolitiFact found the 2023 'Trans Refuge' law does not authorize taking custody from non-consenting parents, and the 2026 HF3533 and SF 5247 items are bill texts or status pages, not enacted law.Can’t tell45% confidence9 sourcesOct 15, 2026The Democratic Party voted in favor of policies that resulted in the highest energy costs in American history.Said by AThe sources document rising energy costs and some record-high gasoline prices in 2022, but none establishes that Democratic votes produced the highest energy costs in American history. PolitiFact (2022) found that green energy policies did not cause the record gas prices, which cuts against the causal attribution, but the claim's sweeping partisan superlative is not tested directly by the sources.Can’t tell30% confidence3 sourcesOct 15, 2026A male athlete finished a long-distance race six hours, 14 minutes, and twelve seconds ahead of the women.Said by AThe sources do not cover the race the claimant describes, which mixes swimming, cycling and running and is never named, so no source confirms or refutes a six-hour, 14-minute, 12-second winning margin. The sources cover marathons where the men's and women's winning gaps are roughly 18 minutes (NYC 2026) and 3 minutes 40 seconds (Sydney 2025), which are different events.Can’t tell45% confidence8 sourcesOct 15, 2026Donald Trump has taken a cognitive test during every physical examination he has had while in office.Said by ASources document a cognitive test at Trump's 2018, April 2025, and May 2026 physicals, and Trump's own statements say he takes one at every physical. No source establishes whether a test was given at every physical he has had in office, and none contradicts the claim, so the universal 'every physical' assertion is not confirmed.Can’t tell50% confidence7 sourcesOct 15, 2026Donald Trump has taken a cognitive test three times.Said by AThe post's own account (three tests, with the last at a recent physical) matches what Trump has repeatedly said, but the sources only independently document about two tests: a 2018 test confirmed by his physician, and a 2025 test he mentioned at his first second-term physical. The third test rests only on Trump's own statements, which cannot corroborate the claim, so the count cannot be confirmed or refuted.Can’t tell60% confidence6 sourcesOct 15, 2026No other president has taken the cognitive test that Donald Trump took.Said by AThe sources show Trump repeatedly claiming he is the only president to take a cognitive test, but independent fact-checkers say this cannot be verified because there is no official record of whether other presidents took such tests privately. The claim is therefore unverifiable rather than true or false.Can’t tell35% confidence6 sourcesOct 15, 2026Katie Hobbs made Arizona one of the least affordable states in the country.Said by AThe claim repeats a ranking and causal attribution that Trump and Andy Biggs made, and the only support is partisan material (a campaign-linked memo calling Arizona the seventh least affordable state) plus candidate statements. No authoritative source confirms that Arizona was among the least affordable states or that Hobbs caused it, and the Common Sense Institute attributes housing costs to a lack of construction, while the state budget summary reports modest housing affordability improvement; the extracted wording matches the passage.

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