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FalseIn May or June 2025, actor Morgan Freeman lectured White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt about racism on live television.SnopesJun 6, 2025FalseU.S. Sens. Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal spent more than $800,000 of taxpayer money on hotel accommodations during a trip to Kyiv, Ukraine, in May 2025.SnopesJun 5, 2025FalseMusicians Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift performed on stage together in "defiance" of U.S. President Donald Trump, who criticized them on Truth Social.SnopesJun 5, 2025FalseA meme shared online for years correctly states that “e.g.” stands for “example given” and “i.e.” means “in essence.”SnopesJun 5, 2025Can’t tellRachel Accurso, better known as Ms. Rachel, said, "You may pay a price for defending Palestinian children. Let it be paid! Their lives are worth more!"SnopesJun 5, 2025FalseU.S. President Donald Trump turned the lawn of the White House into a golf course in or around early June 2025.SnopesJun 5, 2025TrueU.S. President Donald Trump’s “Merit Hiring Plan” asks applicants for federal government jobs to write an essay naming their favorite Trump policy or executive order and how they would implement it.SnopesJun 5, 2025FalseA screenshot shared on social media authentically showed a Truth Social post by U.S. President Donald Trump demanding people "stop calling me names" and listing nicknames he "will not tolerate being called."SnopesJun 4, 2025Can’t tellA Fox News chyron reported that Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the administration would arrest anyone who called U.S. President Donald Trump a "taco."SnopesJun 4, 2025Can’t tellA Department of Government Efficiency audit uncovered James Comey authorized a $16 million or $6 million payment to himself while serving in his former role of FBI director.SnopesJun 4, 2025FalseA video shows French President Emmanuel Macron removing a bag of cocaine from a table as journalists entered the train cabin where he was meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.SnopesJun 4, 2025FalseWNBA star Caitlin Clark filed a defamation lawsuit against ESPN basketball analyst Monica McNutt.SnopesJun 4, 2025False“One out of every $5 or $6 in Medicaid (payments) is improper.”Said by Russell VoughtPolitiFactJun 4, 2025FalseDetroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff rejected a $270 million offer from Elon Musk at a charity gala in Los Angeles, telling him to, "Keep it and spend it on something that actually helps people."SnopesJun 4, 2025FalseTaylor Swift activated wristbands from her "Eras Tour" as a way to signal her fans that she’d regained control of her original recordings.SnopesJun 4, 2025TrueU.S. President Donald Trump said of former President Joe Biden, "If you feel sorry for him, don't feel so sorry because he's vicious. What he did with his political opponent and all of the people that he hurt, he hurt a lot of people by — and so, I really don't feel sorry for him."SnopesJun 4, 2025FalseAuthentic footage from June 2025 showed Ukrainian drones striking Russian bombers.SnopesJun 4, 2025FalseA video authentically showed Ukrainian forces striking a missile production factory in Moscow in June 2025.SnopesJun 4, 2025Can’t tellU.S. President Donald Trump said Ukraine must compensate Russia for destroyed aircraft, adding: "They were just sitting there, not bothering anyone. If the Ukrainians had shot them down during a combat mission, that would be a different matter. But they were just sitting there. It's like hitting someone who's already down."SnopesJun 4, 2025TrueActing head of Federal Emergency Management Agency David Richardson said he did not know the U.S. had a hurricane season each year.SnopesJun 3, 2025TrueU.S. President Donald Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the creator of dark web marketplace Silk Road.SnopesJun 3, 2025FalseA video authentically shows a helicopter pilot's view looking down at dozens of massive anacondas swimming in a river.SnopesJun 3, 2025FalseA photo authentically shows a 1930 Russian or Soviet "Tarantaika," also known as "Boneshaker."SnopesJun 3, 2025FalseA picture shows Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell massaging the foot of Florida Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart, the man who signed off on the warrant allowing the FBI to search U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in August 2022.SnopesJun 3, 2025