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FalseSnopesAn image authentically shows a real person named James Peterson, who doctors lobotomized in 1948 for being gay.Mar 9, 2026FalseSnopesTech billionaire and investor Bill Gates donated $50 million to a company developing "biologically modified" crops that have already received approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.Mar 9, 2026TrueSnopesA photograph genuinely shows the gravesites of a Catholic wife and Protestant husband, situated in separate cemeteries because the couple was not permitted to be buried together.Mar 9, 2026TrueSnopesDuring an interview in 2008, then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said "I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we will attack Iran."Mar 9, 2026FalseSnopesFormer U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton supplied Iran with uranium to enrich their nuclear program.Mar 8, 2026TrueSnopesThe acting chief security officer at the U.S Department of Homeland Security as of March 2026 was named Iwona B. Horyn.Mar 8, 2026Can’t tellSnopesAmerican author Mark Twain once said or wrote, "God created war so that Americans would learn geography."Mar 8, 2026MixedSnopesDr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, announced a six-month moratorium blocking all new Medicare enrollments for durable medical equipment, thus preventing patients from receiving necessary home care supplies.Mar 8, 2026FalseSnopesFootage authentically depicts the U.S. striking Iranian jets during its March 2026 military campaign.Mar 7, 2026TrueSnopesAndrew Paul Johnson, whom President Donald Trump pardoned for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing two children.Mar 7, 2026TrueSnopesOn March 4, 2026, protester Brian McGinnis' arm broke as U.S. Capitol Hill Police and Montana Sen. Tim Sheehy attempted to forcibly remove him from a congressional hearing.Mar 6, 2026FalseSnopesA video shared online authentically shows Iranian missiles hitting Tel Aviv in March 2026.Mar 6, 2026TrueSnopesOn March 4, 2026, U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., wore a pin that read "Justice for Cricket" as he questioned then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a House Judiciary Committee hearing, referring to the dog she said she shot in her autobiography.Mar 6, 2026FalseSnopesAn image authentically shows a 4chan post screenshot from 2006, in which a time traveler from 2032 predicts a "black man," "orange man," "senile old man," pandemics and the start of World War III.Mar 6, 2026FalseSnopesShariah courts enforce laws in the U.K.Mar 6, 2026FalseSnopesTeam USA figure skater Ilia Malinin received a message from U.S. President Donald Trump that Malinin said "was meant to shut me up."Mar 6, 2026FalseSnopesActor Jim Carrey's body double or clone received a César Award in France on Feb. 26, 2026.Mar 6, 2026FalseSnopesAn image shared on social media authentically showed Iranians mourning the death of schoolgirls from U.S. and Israeli airstrikes.Mar 6, 2026FalsePolitiFactIran released a list of U.S. cities it will target.Said by Social MediaMar 6, 2026Can’t tellSnopesDuring a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about the Department of Homeland Security, Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., told former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, “Well, Secretary Noem, we still haven't gotten a clear answer about this text from Mr. Lewandowski that says ‘see you on the Flying F*** Shop.’”Mar 5, 2026FalseSnopesThe federal case files for late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein contain mentions of "pizza" as a code word for child sex trafficking.Mar 5, 2026FalseSnopesThe children's TV show "SpongeBob Square Pants" was created to entertain children trafficked by sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.Mar 5, 2026FalsePolitiFactThe 2015 Iran nuclear agreement “gave (Iran) the right to have top-of-the-line nuclear weapons.”Said by Donald TrumpMar 5, 2026FalsePolitiFactThe Biden administration "reversed" a policy of deporting people in the country illegally who have committed felonies.Said by Ashley MoodyMar 5, 2026