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Mixed55% confidence6 sourcesJul 30, 2026The Republican Party has only possessed a majority in the House, Senate, and presidency for a handful of years in the past century.Said by CThe sources support that Republicans have held unified control of the House, Senate, and presidency only in limited periods, so the claim is directionally right. However, they show roughly 14-15 years of such control in the past century, including the entire 1920s (Snopes, CNN), which is more than a 'handful' of years.Mixed60% confidence5 sourcesJul 30, 2026Senators Mike Lee, Rick Scott, Tommy Tuberville, Jim Banks, Ashley Moody, Darlene Graham, Lindsey Graham, Bill Haggerty, Katie Britt, Todd Young, Marsha Blackburn, Eric Schmidt, and Dave McCormick have publicly called for the August recess to be canceled.Said by BTwelve of the thirteen named senators match the 2026-07-30 Washington Examiner and later Banks.senate.gov lists of senators backing cancellation of recess, though some were described as supporting staying in Washington rather than explicitly calling for cancellation. Lindsey Graham does not appear in either list, and the passage itself says he was pro-SAVE Act rather than calling for recess cancellation, so the claim departs from the passage on that name.Mixed50% confidence4 sourcesJul 30, 2026Senators Bernie Moreno and Mike Lee led a push to pass the Save America Act.Said by BSources support that Sen. Mike Lee was a leading advocate for the SAVE America Act (primary sponsor, and a prominent voice pushing the Senate to pass it or cancel recess), and that Sen. Bernie Moreno was a cosponsor who joined pushes for passage. However, the July 20, 2026 Senate press release says Sen. Marsha Blackburn led the push, with Lee and Moreno among the colleagues joining her, so Moreno's role as a leader is overstated. No source covers the specific July 29 evening push the post describes, and the claim's timing is dropped in the extraction, which does not change the verdict.Mixed60% confidence7 sourcesJul 30, 2026Robert Hur decided not to prosecute Joe Biden for taking classified documents because of Biden's memory problems.Said by DHur did cite Biden's poor memory as one reason for declining prosecution, since it would make him a sympathetic witness to a jury, so the claim is partly right. But sources say the declination rested on several reasons, including cooperation and insufficient evidence to prove willfulness beyond a reasonable doubt, and ABC7 describes the evidentiary reasons as primary, so memory was not the sole cause as the claim implies.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.Mixed50% confidence5 sourcesJul 30, 2026In some countries, over 90% of the population believes that apostates from Islam should be tried in a Sharia court and face the death penalty.Said by 3CThe Pew-based sources show majority or high Muslim support for the death penalty for apostasy in some countries, with the highest reported figures at about 86-88% (Egypt), but none reports over 90%. The claim also speaks of the whole population while the surveys cover Muslims, and the sharia-court-trial element is not directly addressed; the data are from 2013, before the 2026-07-30 posting date.Mixed60% confidence7 sourcesJul 30, 2026Judith Butler has defended Islam as a global left movement and refused to criticize or condemn Islamic violence.Sources confirm Butler called Hamas and Hezbollah 'progressive' and part of 'a global Left' and described the October 7 attack as 'armed resistance' rather than terrorism, so the claim's left-movement and non-condemnation elements have some support. But the claim's sweeping scope ('Islam' generally, 'Islamic violence') overstates the record, and Butler's own 2012 statement says she does not endorse violent resistance or state violence.True90% confidence7 sourcesAug 5, 2026Donald Trump took care of inflation.Said by BDuring Donald Trump's presidency, inflation remained low and stable, with an average annual rate between 1.9% and 2.3%, and a modest decline from when he took office.True97% confidence6 sourcesAug 5, 2026Mike Rogers is a candidate for the United States Senate in Michigan.Multiple tier-1 and tier-2 sources (AP, C-SPAN, NBC, CBS, Michigan Daily, Freep) confirm Mike Rogers was the Republican nominee/candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan in the 2026 race against Abdul El-Sayed, and this remained true on 2026-08-05 as the post date; the claim faithfully reflects the passage's reference to Rogers as a Senate contender.True85% confidence5 sourcesAug 5, 2026The founding ideals of the United States are defined as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.Said by 3CThe claim paraphrases the post's question-and-answer ('what was the founding principle? Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness'), which is faithful to the passage. Primary sources, including the Declaration of Independence text and the National Archives' Founding Documents page, identify life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as the ideals on which the United States was founded.True95% confidence5 sourcesAug 5, 2026Mike Rogers is the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Michigan.Said by BAs of October 20, 2026, Mike Rogers was the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan. CBS (Oct. 15) reported he ran unopposed in the GOP primary, and CNN (Oct. 7) and ABC (Oct. 20) identified him as the Republican candidate, with the AP and NBC confirming the same status on Nov. 1. The extracted claim matches the post's wording.True95% confidence4 sourcesAug 5, 2026Tommy Tuberville is a United States Senator from Alabama.Said by BOn 2026-08-05, Tommy Tuberville was a sitting U.S. Senator from Alabama, and the extracted claim matches the post's wording. Tier1 sources (AP, Reuters, Congress.gov, and his Senate press release) all describe him as an Alabama senator, and he remained one in later coverage, though he was also running for governor and not seeking a second Senate term.True85% confidence5 sourcesAug 5, 2026The current Senate parliamentarian was appointed by Harry Reid.Said by CThe current Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, was initially appointed in 2012 by Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, as reported by AP and Salon and cited in a Senator Marshall press release. A 2026 Thompson Coburn post says she still holds the position, so the claim matches the sources and faithfully reflects the passage.