Achilles for Idaho | U.S. Senate 2026
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True90% confidence6 sourcesOct 11, 2026Jim Risch is 83 years old.Jim Risch was born May 3, 1943 according to the official Congressional Biographical Directory, which makes him 83 on 2026-10-12. LegiStorm lists his age as 83 and Ballotpedia's September 2026 coverage also calls him 83. The extracted claim drops the passage's 2022 vote reference but correctly states his current age, and one unrated Facebook post saying 82 is older and does not outweigh the birth-date record.True90% confidence4 sourcesOct 11, 2026Jim Risch is the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.The Senate Foreign Relations Committee's official site (primary) lists James E. Risch as Chairman, and Senator Risch's official biography (primary) states he serves as Chairman of the committee, so the claim is supported as of 2026-10-12. Less authoritative unrated sources (Wikipedia, Ballotpedia) show older chair listings, and the Wikipedia entry is outdated, but they do not contradict the primary records for the claim's date.True85% confidence7 sourcesOct 11, 2026The U.S. military blew up a girl's school in the Iran war.Multiple tier1 and tier2 sources support the claim that a U.S. strike destroyed a girls' school in Iran's war, the Feb. 28 Minab school strike. Fact-checkers and a UN mission attribute the strike to the U.S. with 'likely' or 'reasonable grounds' wording rather than formal admission, and the claim's extraction from the speaker's 'we blew up a girl's school' is a fair paraphrase.True75% confidence6 sourcesOct 11, 2026Todd Achilles served in the Persian Gulf as a tank commander.Multiple sources state that Todd Achilles served in the U.S. Army as a tank commander and deployed twice to the Persian Gulf, so the claim is supported as extracted. The claimant's own passage was used only to resolve the referent and was not treated as evidence; the sources also do not give a specific deployment date, which is a peripheral detail.