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False88% confidence7 sourcesOct 24, 2026The price of diesel one year ago was less than half of the current price.Said by 2BThe claim is false: diesel one year earlier was about 57% of the current price, not less than half. AAA and EIA-based sources put the national average near $3.62–$3.69 on Oct. 21–31, 2025, against about $6.31–$6.35 in late October 2026, a rise of roughly 73%, not a doubling.False72% confidence5 sourcesOct 24, 2026President Trump was the first president to launch military action against Iran.Said by BThe claim that Trump was the first president to launch military action against Iran is contradicted by the sources. A Carter-era U.S. operation (Operation Eagle Claw, April 1980) involved a military mission flown into Tehran, and the Independent piece notes that Reagan and other earlier presidents launched military action in the Middle East. The extraction is faithful to the passage, which makes the same 'first' claim.False85% confidence6 sourcesOct 24, 2026The price of diesel in Kentucky is $6.50.Said by 2BOn 2026-10-24, AAA's Kentucky diesel average was about $6.11 a gallon, not $6.50; the Kentucky figures in the sources run roughly $6.06 to $6.27 from late September through late October. The $6.50 to $6.53 figures in the sources are national averages (the national record was about $6.53 on Sept. 22), so the claim conflates the national price with Kentucky's. The post's 'highest ever in Kentucky' framing is also uncorroborated, and the claim's wording matches the post's figure.False65% confidence7 sourcesOct 24, 2026100% of soybean farmers voted for Donald Trump.Said by 2BThe claim that 100% of soybean farmers voted for Trump is not stated in any source and is contradicted by the aggregate figures they report: Trump won about 78% of the vote in farming-dependent counties, so a substantial minority of farmers did not back him. The extraction is faithful to the passage, which also says 100% of soybean farmers.False70% confidence7 sourcesOct 24, 2026The price of diesel in California is $9.00.Said by 2DThe claim's $9.00 figure is not supported by the state average in the sources. California's average on-highway diesel was about $8.24 to $8.51 in mid-to-late October 2026, so the figure is roughly 6-9% too high, and the $9.99 figures cited in the sources are September station sign prices rather than state averages.False85% confidence4 sourcesOct 24, 2026Disability counts for 10% of the UK population.Said by AThe claim's 10% figure contradicts the official prevalence estimates in the sources, which put disability at about 25% of the UK population (16.8 million people in 2023/24, per DWP Family Resources Survey data). The only 10% figure in the sources, 10.4%, refers to people claiming an extra-costs disability benefit in Great Britain in February 2024, a different measure from disability prevalence. The claim was checked as of 2026-10-24, and the extraction faithfully reflects the post.Mixed65% confidence9 sourcesOct 24, 2026California imports nearly 80% of the oil it uses.Said by 2DSources support that California imports a large majority of its oil, but the 'nearly 80%' figure is higher than the official CEC share of about 61% foreign crude for 2025. Other sources put the share at roughly 60% to 75% depending on the measure (crude intake versus oil consumed), so 80% falls outside the range the record supports. The claim is also drawn from political statements, and the post's 'nearly 80%' was in the claimant's own words, which cannot corroborate it.Mixed60% confidence8 sourcesOct 24, 2026The speaker had a four-hour dinner with Donald Trump at the White House last week.Said by AThe sources confirm Maher dined with Trump at the White House on October 15, about a week before the post, so the dinner and its timing fit. The four-hour length is disputed: Maher described it as four hours, while Trump wrote that it 'lasted two hours, maybe less' and said 'We have the timestamps.'Mixed60% confidence9 sourcesOct 24, 2026A new press secretary was hired by the Trump administration last week.Said by AThe core assertion holds: Trump named Katie Zacharia as his new White House press secretary, and the sources agree on that. However, the sources date the hire to October 9, about two weeks before the October 24 post, so 'last week' does not match. Zacharia was also fired on October 16, but that does not affect whether she was hired.Mixed60% confidence9 sourcesOct 24, 2026The president cleaned up homelessness and crime in Washington D.C. in collaboration with Mayor Bowser.Said by BSources support part of the claim: encampment clearing accelerated under Trump's pressure, and Bowser pledged to work with federal officials in an 'uneasy partnership'. But AP reporting says the crime decline predates the federal takeover, that Trump's crime framing was exaggerated or unsubstantiated, and that Bowser credits city efforts, so attributing the crime cleanup to the president is contradicted. The claim departs slightly from the post, which said 'cleaned up' without the word 'collaboration'; the sources are from 2025 and say little about outcomes after that.Mixed70% confidence9 sourcesOct 24, 2026Federal prosecutors have charged 113 citizens in 20 states with illegal voting in the last two months.Said by AThe figure of 113 people charged across 20 states in the last two months is supported by DOJ official Bill Essayli's statements as reported by several outlets, but the claim's word 'citizens' is contradicted: the charged people are described as noncitizens or lawful permanent residents. Reuters counts 129 people under the statute, a competing figure.Mixed60% confidence7 sourcesOct 24, 2026The Department of Homeland Security investigated 16,000 allegedly illegally registered non-citizens in Nevada in July 2026 and found zero cases.DHS's July 16, 2026 letter did claim as many as 15,903 Nevada noncitizen registrants, which fits the claim's 16,000 figure and July timing. However, the sources do not show DHS finding zero: DHS later 'confirmed' 185 names, and the zero result came from Nevada state officials' review (which DHS disputes), so the claim misattributes the zero finding to DHS. The post itself says only that 'it turned out zero' without naming who found it.