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Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW
Drawing on years of experience as communications chief for President George W. Bush and senior advisor for the McCain-Palin campaign, Nicolle Wallace provides political insight and clarity on where the decision-makers stand on complex issues. Join her for analysis and discussion with the key newsmakers every weekday.
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True92% confidence6 sourcesOct 28, 2026Senator Richard Blumenthal sent a message to shipping companies to reverse course on transporting Russian diesel to US ports.Said by BBlumenthal's own October 27, 2026 press release says he wrote to two shipping companies demanding they recall tankers carrying Russian diesel to US ports, and multiple outlets dated October 28 report his 'reverse course while there's still time' message. The claim is a faithful paraphrase of the posted quote and is supported as of 2026-10-28.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True85% confidence10 sourcesOct 28, 2026The president has discretion under new sanctions legislation to decide whether or not to apply sanctions.Said by 3CThe Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, signed September 18, 2026, gives the president discretion over whether and how to apply its sanctions, and section 115 lets the president waive them, as sources confirm. The sources also note that the discretion was exercised through an October 16 executive order waiving the Act's tariffs and most Russia sanctions, but that does not change the state of the law on October 28.True92% confidence6 sourcesOct 28, 2026Congressman Jamie Raskin warned oil companies that they will be held accountable if they import Russian diesel fuel under a deal struck by Donald Trump with the Kremlin.Said by BRaskin's October 26, 2026 letter to API, U.S. Chamber, and AFPM warned that companies importing Russian diesel under Trump's deal would be 'held accountable,' matching the claim. The claim is faithful to the passage, and the sources confirm the warning was issued on or before 2026-10-28; the White House disputes that the deal is illegal, which does not affect whether the warning was made.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True93% confidence7 sourcesOct 28, 2026The Associated Press reported that social media videos produced with artificial intelligence and linked to Russia are misusing real people's names and photographs to spread disinformation about two Democratic Senate candidates.Said by BThe AP's October 28, 2026 report says social media videos believed to be produced with AI and linked to Russia are misusing real people's names and photographs to spread disinformation about two Democratic Senate candidates (Sherrod Brown and James Talarico). The claim matches the passage's quote, and independent reporting from PolitiFact and NPR corroborates the Russia-linked campaign.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True85% confidence6 sourcesOct 28, 2026Elon Musk is the biggest donor to Republican campaigns.Said by BAs of 2026-10-28, multiple sources including Reuters and AP reported that Musk was the biggest known donor in the 2026 midterms, with most of his giving going to Republican groups, so the claim holds on that date. The sources describe him as the largest known or single donor rather than the largest donor of any kind, a minor qualifier that does not change the verdict.True90% confidence7 sourcesOct 28, 2026A video depicting a newscast includes pictures of Haya Akhbari, who interned for Sherrod Brown several years ago.Said by BThe AP report, republished in several outlets, says the AI-manipulated video depicts a newscast and includes pictures of Haya Akbik, a former intern for Sherrod Brown several years ago. The claim's name spelling ("Akhbari") matches the passage but differs from the sources' "Akbik", which appears to be the same person. The claim drops the post's qualifier that the video "appears to include some AI manipulation," which is a faithful simplification, and PolitiFact and Lead Stories confirm the fabricated newscast.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True92% confidence5 sourcesOct 28, 2026The GOP-led government of Alaska is pushing back against the Justice Department regarding the state's election process.Said by 3CAs of 2026-10-28, Alaska's GOP-led government was formally pushing back against the Justice Department's lawsuit over the Senate race certification, filing a motion to dismiss on Oct 27 that argued the federal government lacks authority to intervene in state elections. The claim drops the post's 'sabotage' characterization, but the core assertion is accurately reported; the later November 1 dismissal of the suit does not change the state of affairs on the claim date.True93% confidence5 sourcesOct 28, 2026Grand jurors have rejected attempts to indict Cassidy Hutchinson.Said by 3CMultiple tier-1 and tier-2 outlets (AP, Reuters, NYT, NBC, CNN) report that a Washington federal grand jury declined to indict Cassidy Hutchinson on October 27, 2026, before the post. The extracted claim is a faithful paraphrase of the post's statement that grand jurors rejected attempts to indict her; the post's qualifiers ('continue', 'politicized, meritless') are dropped but do not change the core assertion.True60% confidence7 sourcesOct 22, 2026Donald Trump referred to military veterans as 'suckers and losers'.Said by AFormer chief of staff John Kelly reportedly confirmed Trump called fallen troops 'suckers' and 'losers', and multiple outlets reported the Atlantic account, though Trump denies it and Snopes says no recording or transcript independently confirms the remarks. The sources describe the remarks as aimed at war dead buried in France rather than veterans generally, and the claim departs from the passage only in that minor wording.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True95% confidence5 sourcesOct 22, 2026Donald Trump signed the legislation establishing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).Said by 2CMultiple independent sources confirm that Trump signed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018 on November 16, 2018, which established CISA. The claim is a faithful paraphrase of the passage, which describes the signing during the first Trump administration.True93% confidence5 sourcesOct 22, 2026Donald Trump claims to have solved eight wars during his presidency.The claim describes Trump's act of claiming eight settled wars, and multiple tier1 sources document him making that claim repeatedly, including in the passage itself ('I settled, like, eight wars'). The sources also widely find the eight-war figure exaggerated, but that goes to the truth of the claim's content, not to whether he made it.True92% confidence5 sourcesOct 22, 2026John Solomon stated there is no evidence that a foreign power flipped votes in 2024, 2022, or 2020.Said by AMultiple reliable sources, including AP and FactCheck.org, confirm Solomon said the intelligence community has "zero evidence" that a foreign power flipped a vote in 2020, '22, or '24, which matches the claim. Solomon also said he was "still researching" and "not through all the documents," but that qualifier does not change the statement itself.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.