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Can’t tellIn the 2021 book “Value(s),” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney wrote, “Western society is morally rotten and has been corrupted by capitalism.”SnopesApr 11, 2025FalseIn 2024, “China made $1 trillion off trade with the United States.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactApr 11, 2025FalsePhotos and videos show Washington, D.C., protests against White House adviser Elon Musk are “staged & paid — bussed in, scripted, clocked out.”Said by X postsPolitiFactApr 11, 2025False“China cancela la venta de TikTok” y “a partir de finales de abril los usuarios estadounidenses tendrán que pagar una tarifa mensual obligatoria para seguir usando TikTok".Said by TikTok postsPolitiFactApr 11, 2025Can’t tellPrince William landed a £60 fine for taking his son, Prince George, out of school to go to a soccer game.SnopesApr 11, 2025FalseAn image shared online in April 2025 was an authentic screenshot of a New York Post headline about European women leaders reading, “Meet the insufferable b****** that are destroying Europe.”SnopesApr 11, 2025Can’t tellU.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, collected her dead grandmother's Social Security checks for 13 years.SnopesApr 11, 2025FalseKeanu Reeves debated Elon Musk about artificial intelligence (AI).SnopesApr 11, 2025Can’t tellU.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi fired a Department of Justice employee after she found a copy of the U.S. Constitution on his desk.SnopesApr 11, 2025TrueThe health and nutrition store GNC is owned by the Chinese government and operates on U.S. military bases.SnopesApr 10, 2025FalseThe 2020 election was “rigged” and Chris Krebs, former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency director, “baselessly” dismissed “election malfeasance.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactApr 10, 2025FalseThe U.S. is “taking in almost $2 billion a day in tariffs.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactApr 10, 2025FalseA judge sentenced "Pawn Stars" television personality Rick Harrison to life in prison.SnopesApr 10, 2025Can’t tellU.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the stock market crash could be reversed if investors drank cod liver oil.SnopesApr 10, 2025Can’t tellMore than 600 federal judges signed a petition to impeach U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.SnopesApr 10, 2025Can’t tellFormer President Barack Obama charged the Biden administration $18 million a year for “consulting.”SnopesApr 10, 2025FalseAn image circulating online in early April 2025 authentically showed a screenshot from a Fox News interview with U.S. President Donald Trump's "border czar" Tom Homan that displayed a chyron reading: "Homan: 'I find it offensive that Taco Bell has items in Mexican, not English."SnopesApr 10, 2025FalseAn image accurately depicts the underwater foundation of Venice, Italy.SnopesApr 9, 2025FalseA man named Nathaniel or Daniel discovered the U.S. is hiding a live dodo specimen.SnopesApr 9, 2025TrueA pair of authentic news headlines accurately stated that the U.S. Department of Justice directed prosecutors to seek the death penalty for UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect Luigi Mangione, whereas prosecutors offered a gunman who killed 23 in a racist attack at a Texas Walmart a plea deal to avoid the same sentence.SnopesApr 9, 2025TrueMen “have the lowest college attainment rate ever.”Said by Ruben GallegoPolitiFactApr 9, 2025False“We had an agriculture export deficit that increased from zero when President Trump left to $49 billion” under former President Joe Biden.Said by Brooke RollinsPolitiFactApr 9, 2025FalseU.S. President Donald Trump sold $2.3 billion worth of his Truth Social stock the day before his "Liberation Day" tariffs announcement on April 2, 2025.SnopesApr 9, 2025TrueAn image authentically shows a letter by a school principal in Sackets Harbor, New York, calling for the release of three students and their mother from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.SnopesApr 8, 2025