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FalsePolitiFact"Right now we're focused on Minneapolis because that's where we have the highest concentration of people who have violated our immigration laws."Said by JD VanceJan 28, 2026TruePolitiFactThe Federal Emergency Management Agency’s “backlog of unanswered disaster assistance applications has exploded to the largest in its history.”Said by Jared MoskowitzJan 28, 2026FalseSnopesA photograph authentically showed Alex Pretti, who died at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis on Jan. 24, 2026, dressed in drag.Jan 27, 2026FalseSnopesThe federal agent who shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Jan. 24, 2026, is named Evan KilgoreJan 27, 2026TrueSnopesIn Minnesota, licensed gun owners are permitted to carry a loaded firearm at a protest.Jan 27, 2026TrueSnopesSinger and actor Cher once said of U.S. President Donald Trump: "He's an a**hole. He's so dangerous, and what he brings to my country, what he's awakened in my country is bigotry and distrust and a certain kind of supremacy in certain groups."Jan 27, 2026MixedSnopesOn Jan. 21, 2024, a 22-year-old Wisconsin man died from a severe asthma attack days after he was unable to purchase his regular inhaler due to a sudden price hike and opted to pay his rent instead.Jan 27, 2026FalseSnopesSix images circulating online, depicting snow mounds burying apartment buildings, authentically showed the effects of snow in Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula in January 2026.Jan 27, 2026MixedSnopesTom Homan, U.S. President Donald Trump's "border czar," served as former President Barack Obama's "ICE chief," where he was honored for large numbers of deportations.Jan 27, 2026TrueSnopesA video recorded in Minneapolis on Jan. 24, 2026, shows a federal immigration officer searching 37-year-old Alex Pretti's body and asking "Where's the gun?" after Pretti's fatal shooting, then confirming with another officer that someone already had removed a gun from Pretti's possession.Jan 27, 2026FalsePolitiFactAn image shows Alex Pretti holding a gun, not a phone, while pinned by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis.Said by X postsJan 27, 2026FalsePolitiFact“You cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It’s that simple.”Said by Kash PatelJan 27, 2026FalseSnopesA screenshot shows a Truth Social post made by U.S. President Donald Trump after Customs and Border Protection agents fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis in January 2026, in which Trump said "ONLY CRIMINALS CARRY GUNS ON OUR STREETS."Jan 26, 2026FalseSnopesA July 2025 video authentically depicted a real hostage situation unfolding in broad daylight in which agents dressed in black shot the apparent criminal.Jan 26, 2026FalseSnopesU.S. President Donald Trump once said the U.S. and Italy have been allies since ancient Rome.Jan 26, 2026FalseSnopesFor years, a time-traveling man in a white mask authentically filmed himself walking around deserted locations, particularly in France, stuck in the year 2055.Jan 26, 2026MixedSnopesSocial media posts authentically told the June 1951 story of a man jumping into the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles to save his dog and showed a photo depicting the aftermath of the rescue.Jan 26, 2026FalsePolitiFactDonald Trump posted on Truth Social, “Only criminals carry guns on our streets, we need law and order.”Said by Social MediaJan 26, 2026FalsePolitiFactEvan Kilgore is one of the Border Patrol agents who shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.Said by Social MediaJan 26, 2026FalsePolitiFactProtesters against the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota are conducting “fake protests done by agitators and professional insurrectionists. …They're professional troublemakers.”Said by Donald TrumpJan 26, 2026FalsePolitiFactTrees can explode if temperatures drop to 20 degrees below zero.Said by Social MediaJan 26, 2026FalseSnopesIn January 2026, former special counsel Jack Smith unexpectedly released all of his files on U.S. President Donald Trump by publicly uploading them.Jan 25, 2026TrueSnopesThe United States purchased land from Denmark in 1917, which included Little St. James, the private island later owned by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and nicknamed "Epstein island."Jan 25, 2026Can’t tellSnopesU.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted to social media, "Dear Oprah, Yes, you were overeating! For years! And it wasn't some mystical 'obesity gene' puppeteering your fork. It was your choices."Jan 24, 2026