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True65% confidence8 sourcesSep 8, 2026The Supreme Court dismissed a recent lawsuit regarding the White House ballroom on the grounds that the plaintiffs lacked standing.Said by AThe Supreme Court's 5-4 unsigned order held that the National Trust for Historic Preservation likely lacks standing, so the claim's standing ground is supported. 'Dismissed' is loose wording: the Court granted a stay of the injunction rather than formally dismissing the suit, and the case returns to the lower courts.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True80% confidence7 sourcesSep 8, 2026Donald Trump ordered two new Air Force One aircraft in 2017.Said by BMultiple sources state that Trump ordered two new Air Force One aircraft from Boeing during his first term, with the Air Force completing a contract for two 747-8s in August 2017. The Boeing contract was formally finalized in 2018, but the 2017 order is still supported.True85% confidence7 sourcesSep 8, 2026Maria Bartiromo was taken off the air at Fox News.Said by AMultiple sources report that Fox removed Maria Bartiromo from the air: she last aired on August 9, and CNN and a New York Times report say the network took her off the air, with the announced exit on September 3. The claim is supported as of September 8, 2026. Her lawyer disputes that she was fired, but the claim only concerns being taken off the air, so that dispute does not contradict it.True55% confidence7 sourcesSep 8, 2026It takes Boeing twelve years to develop a new Air Force One.Said by BThe sources support roughly twelve years from the program's start to its 2028 delivery target: design contracts began in January 2016 (Defense One timeline) and Boeing says it remains on track for 2028 (Reuters, July 2026). No source states the twelve-year figure directly, the span is about 13 years if counted from the 2015 selection, and the program is running years late, so 'takes' describes this program's duration rather than a typical one; the GAO's 12-year figure [8] refers to Pentagon weapons programs generally.Raised in the post as a question.True85% confidence9 sourcesSep 8, 2026Maria Bartiromo was the first correspondent to report from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.Said by BMultiple independent sources, including a Fox Business/NYSE-related 25th anniversary article, Reuters, LA Times (1997), and Fox Business coverage, state that Bartiromo was the first television journalist or reporter to broadcast live from the NYSE floor, in 1995. The extraction faithfully reflects the passage's statement, and the claim's wording matches the record's 'first correspondent to report from the floor' framing.True90% confidence6 sourcesSep 8, 2026Maria Bartiromo won Emmy Awards.Said by BThe claim that Maria Bartiromo won Emmy Awards is supported by multiple sources, including IMDb's awards listing (2008 and 2009 Emmys), Wikipedia, and her own agency and speaker bios describing two Emmys. The post itself says she won a couple of Emmys, so the extraction faithfully reflects the passage.True90% confidence5 sourcesSep 8, 2026Maria Bartiromo transitioned from CNBC to Fox Business and Fox News.Said by AMultiple tier1 and tier2 sources confirm Bartiromo left CNBC (after about 20 years) for Fox Business in 2014, and that she was also on Fox News, hosting Sunday Morning Futures there. The claim's core transition from CNBC to Fox Business and Fox News is supported; the 2013 Reuters and NYT reports and the 2014 LA Times piece document the move, and the 2026 NBC/AP reports confirm the Fox roles.True50% confidence4 sourcesSep 8, 2026Maria Bartiromo's ratings at CNBC were declining when she left the network.Said by AThe sources show CNBC's overall audience declining before Bartiromo left in 2013, which supports the claim at the network level, but none directly measures her personal ratings at CNBC, so the claim is only indirectly supported. The claim's wording tracks the passage's 'ratings that she had at CBC' point, and the passage itself is not evidence.True85% confidence6 sourcesSep 8, 2026Fox News paid almost a billion dollars in a lawsuit related to accusations about the 2020 election and voting machine makers.Said by AMultiple independent reliable outlets (AP, Reuters, NPR, Bloomberg) report that Fox agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems $787.5 million to settle its defamation lawsuit over 2020 election vote-rigging claims about voting machines. The post's 'almost a billion dollars' is loose rounding of that figure, and the claim is a fair paraphrase of the post's own words, so it is graded as true.True60% confidence7 sourcesSep 8, 2026Maria Bartiromo supplied an internal memo to the White House.Said by AMultiple outlets, including Status, Puck, and CNN citing sources, report that Bartiromo shared a Fox internal memo or guidance with the White House, and no source contradicts this. The reporting rests on anonymous sourcing that traces largely back to Status and Puck, and Fox has not publicly confirmed the reason for her exit, so confidence is moderate.True88% confidence9 sourcesSep 8, 2026Rupert Murdoch is 95 years old.Said by ARupert Murdoch was born March 11, 1931, so he was 95 on the claim's date of 2026-09-08. Business Insider (March 2026, reporting his 95th birthday), Forbes (updated September 15, 2026) and Britannica (September 2026) all give his age as 95, and the post's passage uses the same figure. Later coverage through November 2026 still describes him as 95, so the claim held on the date it was made.True92% confidence5 sourcesSep 8, 2026Roger Ailes started Fox News.Multiple reliable sources (AP obituary, NYT, Britannica, CNN, Wikipedia) state that Roger Ailes was hired by Rupert Murdoch to build and lead Fox News Channel, which launched October 7, 1996, so the claim that he started Fox News is supported. The claim is a faithful paraphrase of the passage's statement that Ailes was 'chosen to start Fox News' and departs from it in no material way.