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Can’t tellU.S. Ambassador Nicholas Burns said: "Treating India and Pakistan the same would be a mistake. Our ties with India are growing stronger — but we don't trust Pakistan."SnopesMay 13, 2025FalseVideo 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.SnopesMay 13, 2025Can’t tellU.S. military officers sentenced former Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. James "Jim" Slife to hang to death on May 12, 2025, following a treason conviction.SnopesMay 13, 2025Can’t tellPope Leo XIV once said: "To all who sent prayers, love, and hope as I begin this sacred journey — thank you. I accept this role not as a throne, but as a vow: To serve the forgotten, To uplift the broken, To speak plainly where others stay silent. To be called 'woke' in a world that sleeps through suffering is no insult — it is Gospel. Woke means awakened by compassion. Guided by truth. Humbled by grace. Committed to justice — not just for some, but for all. So let them mock. Let them sneer. We will still build the Kingdom — not with walls, but with love. Be awake. Be loving. Be woke."SnopesMay 13, 2025FalseJapan stopped vaccinating children under two years old in 1994 and saw its infant mortality drop by 96% since.SnopesMay 13, 2025Can’t tellU.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said, "If you feel the need to talk to six-year-olds about sexuality, you're not a teacher... you're a predator."SnopesMay 12, 2025FalseFormer NFL quarterback Peyton Manning left a gala in a tuxedo to sit on the floor with a crying 9-year-old boy named Dylan.SnopesMay 12, 2025FalseA dog belonging to Pope Francis refused to leave the pope's side after he died in April 2025.SnopesMay 12, 2025FalseThe vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella contains "a lot of aborted fetus debris," as U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. asserted on April 30, 2025.SnopesMay 12, 2025False“About 20% of households with veterans rely upon” the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.Said by Hakeem JeffriesPolitiFactMay 12, 2025False“In 1996, Congress specifically authorized the executive branch to conduct non-judicial deportations NOT SUBJECT TO DUE PROCESS.”Said by Social MediaPolitiFactMay 12, 2025FalseIn April or May 2025, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt debated and confronted MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on live television.SnopesMay 12, 2025TrueOklahoma instituted updated academic standards in 2025 requiring schools to teach high school students that widespread fraud impacted the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election.SnopesMay 11, 2025MixedDavid Geier, appointed by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead autism-related research, is not a licensed medical doctor.SnopesMay 11, 2025FalseThe U.S. Department of Agriculture will no longer require companies to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products.SnopesMay 10, 2025FalseOnline footage from May 2025 authentically depicts Pakistani forces shooting down an Indian drone.SnopesMay 10, 2025TrueThe U.S. Embassy in Sweden sent a letter to Stockholm's city planning department stating that U.S. State Department contractors must comply with the Trump administration's anti-diversity, equity and inclusion policies.SnopesMay 10, 2025FalsePope Leo XIV played the trombone in a jazz band in the 1970s and '80s and was known in Chicago music circles as "Bobby Prev."SnopesMay 10, 2025TrueDuring a May 8, 2025, news conference, U.S. President Donald Trump called the toy company Mattel a country.SnopesMay 9, 2025Can’t tellA class-action lawsuit known as the "Lopez Voice Assistant Settlement" or "Lopez v. Apple" is an authentic settlement with Apple over claims that the company's voice assistant, Siri, eavesdropped on users.SnopesMay 9, 2025FalseAn image circulating online in late April and early May 2025 authentically showed a Time magazine cover featuring the words, "Hey, Donald" and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney holding up his middle finger.SnopesMay 9, 2025Can’t tellU.S. Border Patrol agents uncovered thousands of FEMA relief packages left along the southern border by former President Joe Biden's administration to feed migrants.SnopesMay 9, 2025TruePope Francis donated a "popemobile," one of the vehicles the late pope used for transportation, to a Catholic relief organization to convert the vehicle into a mobile health unit for children in Gaza.SnopesMay 9, 2025FalseEn los primeros 100 días del presidente Donald Trump, las incautaciones de fentanilo salvaron entre "119 millones" y "258 millones" de vidas.Said by Pam BondiPolitiFactMay 9, 2025