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True85% confidence6 sourcesOct 20, 2026The 28 individuals charged represent 0.0001% of all registered voters in California.Said by DThe claim matches the passage and the sources: 28 people charged is about 0.0001% of California's roughly 23 million registered voters. The Secretary of State's registration report (23,155,447 as of May 18, 2026; 23,164,977 as of Sept. 4) confirms the denominator, and 28 divided by about 23.2 million is roughly 0.00012%, which rounds to 0.0001%. Several outlets, including the Attorney General's office, repeat the same figure.True92% confidence6 sourcesOct 20, 2026The Department of Justice has charged 28 California voters with being noncitizens.Said by DThe DOJ's October 19, 2026 press release and multiple tier1 outlets confirm that 28 people in California were charged, and all are green card holders who are not U.S. citizens, so the claim that they were noncitizens is supported. The charges include false citizenship statements and fraudulent voter registration, not only completed voting, and the claim's 'voters' wording is a loose but fair paraphrase.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True92% confidence6 sourcesOct 20, 2026President Trump lifted sanctions on Russian diesel.Said by AMultiple sources report that on October 9, 2026, President Trump announced and the Treasury's OFAC issued a general license temporarily lifting sanctions on Russian diesel, authorizing its sale and importation into the US through April 7, 2027. The claim omits the temporary, waiver-based nature of the lifting, but that does not change the core assertion.True93% confidence6 sourcesOct 20, 2026The Department of Justice sued California to stop the counting of thousands of ballots.The DOJ sued California on October 15, 2026, asking a federal judge to block the state from counting mail ballots from more than 20,000 alleged noncitizen voters, which matches the claim's 'thousands of ballots' as of the posting date. The post itself says the DOJ asked a judge to stop thousands of ballots from being counted, so the claim is a faithful paraphrase. Later rulings against the DOJ (October 28 and 30) do not make the claim false as of October 20.True75% confidence6 sourcesOct 20, 2026Ukrainian officials reported a loss of connectivity to Star Shield and Starlink satellite services for a few days last week.Said by CUkrainian officials did report a multi-day disruption to Starlink and Starshield connectivity in the week before the post. Sources describe it as connection losses or speed restrictions lasting 'days' to 'over a week', so 'a few days' is a loose but acceptable fit.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True90% confidence5 sourcesOct 20, 2026President Trump suspended a sanctions bill named in honor of the late Senator Lindsey Graham.Said by CMultiple sources, including AP and Reuters, report that Trump signed an executive order on October 16-17, 2026 that puts on hold or waives the Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, which he had signed into law the previous month. The claim's wording ('suspended') matches the reported 'on hold' and 'waived' actions, and the extraction faithfully reflects the passage.True72% confidence6 sourcesOct 20, 2026The Pentagon is delaying the delivery of missiles that partners have already paid for.The Pentagon's delay in delivering interceptor missiles already paid for by partners is supported by the Washington Post report, citing U.S. officials, that Defense Secretary Hegseth had not yet approved the transfers as of October 20, 2026. Rubio denied a deliberate political holdup but did not dispute that the delay existed, and the claim as worded does not allege deliberate intent.True90% confidence4 sourcesOct 20, 2026President Trump's conflict with Iran has driven up energy prices for Americans.Said by CMultiple tier1 sources (AP, Reuters, PolitiFact, FactCheck.org) document that the Iran war and the resulting Strait of Hormuz disruption pushed gasoline and diesel prices sharply higher for Americans (gasoline about $2.98 pre-war to $4.29; diesel from $3.76 to $6.35), so the claim that the conflict drove up energy prices is supported as of 2026-10-20 and remains so.True85% confidence3 sourcesOct 20, 2026Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed it could be accurate that a batch of interceptors purchased for Ukraine has not been delivered.Said by COn 2026-10-20 Rubio did say it could be accurate that a batch of PURL-purchased interceptors for Ukraine had not been delivered, as the passage reports; Reuters and his own transcript support this. The claim's word 'confirmed' overstates his hedged, conditional answer, but the core assertion holds.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True90% confidence7 sourcesOct 20, 2026Kansas has not elected a Democratic senator in nearly a century.Said by EMultiple tier1 and tier2 sources (Reuters, PolitiFact, NYT, NPR) confirm Kansas last elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 1932, which is 94 years before 2026, so 'nearly a century' is accurate. The claim faithfully reflects the passage's statement; the 'polls suggest it's possible' part is the post's own framing and is not part of the extracted claim.True88% confidence5 sourcesOct 20, 2026Democratic Senator John Ossoff raised over a hundred million dollars this cycle.Said by EMultiple sources report that Ossoff had raised well over $100 million this cycle by mid-October 2026, before the claim's 2026-10-20 date: AP reported about $137 million as of Oct. 14, and Bloomberg reported $116 million as of October. The claim's wording matches the passage, and the figures differ by source but all exceed $100 million.True92% confidence4 sourcesOct 20, 2026Rick Jackson has funneled over a hundred million dollars of his own money into his campaign for governor of Georgia.Said by ERick Jackson's own contributions to his governor campaign exceeded $100 million well before the claim's 2026-10-20 date: an AJC-cited analysis put his self-funding above $111.5 million by early July, and later AP and 11Alive reports put it near $194–200 million. The claim is a faithful paraphrase of the passage and is supported as of the posting date.