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Can’t tellActor Jim Carrey once said, "Grief is not just an emotion — it’s an unraveling, a space where something once lived but is now gone. It carves through you, leaving a hollow ache where love once resided."SnopesMar 20, 2025FalseFiles reveal that John F. Kennedy Jr. wrote a 1994 letter calling then-Sen. Joe Biden “a traitor” before Kennedy’s 1999 death.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactMar 20, 2025FalseSays Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “engaged in election interference by campaigning” in Pennsylvania for former Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactMar 20, 2025FalseThe federal Education Department has a “budget of about $280 billion a year. Less than 25% goes to educating our students.”Said by Harriet HagemanPolitiFactMar 20, 2025TrueThe U.S. Department of Defense in early 2025 removed a webpage about Ira Hayes, a Marine and Pima Nation member best known for being one of the six men who raised a U.S. flag on Iwo Jima during WWII.SnopesMar 20, 2025TrueThe Trump administration removed Navajo Code Talker history from some government websites in accordance with President Donald Trump's anti-DEI orders.SnopesMar 20, 2025TruePhotos genuinely show an all-white, possibly albino orca pictured off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan.SnopesMar 19, 2025Can’t tellFormer U.S. President Thomas Jefferson said: "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty."SnopesMar 19, 2025FalseA $600,000 federal grant went to study “menstrual cycles in transgender men.”Said by Brooke RollinsPolitiFactMar 19, 2025FalsePresident Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that, “After I’ve annexed Greenland and making it the 52nd State, I will annexe Alaska.”Said by Threads postsPolitiFactMar 19, 2025False“A lot of studies” show that getting measles "boosts your immune system later in life against cancers, atopic diseases, cardiac disease."Said by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.PolitiFactMar 19, 2025False“Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.”Said by Elon MuskPolitiFactMar 19, 2025Can’t tellAnonymous White House staffers said in early 2025 that U.S. President Donald Trump's "terrible body odor" obstructs his agenda.SnopesMar 19, 2025Can’t tellElon Musk supported basketball player Caitlin Clark with $10 million in funding and posted his support for her on X.SnopesMar 19, 2025TrueFrench politician Raphaël Glucksmann said the United States should return the Statue of Liberty to France.SnopesMar 19, 2025TrueElon Musk, the billionaire adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, said: “The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.”SnopesMar 18, 2025MixedIn early March 2025, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs canceled a $56,000 contract intended for watering approximately eight plants over a five-year period.SnopesMar 18, 2025TruePhotographs authentically show a group of starlings flying together in the shape of a giant bird.SnopesMar 18, 2025FalseFollowing Gene Hackman’s death, the FBI discovered a secret tunnel under the actor's home where 701 bodies were found.SnopesMar 18, 2025Mixed“Breaking news: The Trump administration just announced that Medicare will stop covering telehealth starting April 1. … We need to stand up to these Medicare cuts.”Said by Ro KhannaPolitiFactMar 18, 2025MixedThe Arlington National Cemetery website removed links to webpages about Black, Hispanic and female veterans buried at the site.SnopesMar 18, 2025MixedA post celebrating a Black Medal of Honor recipient was deleted from the U.S. Department of Defense website and “DEI” (diversity, equity and inclusion) to the page's former URL on or about March 15, 2025.SnopesMar 18, 2025FalseU.S. President Donald Trump authentically wrote on Truth Social: "After I've annexed Greenland and making it the 52nd State, I will annexe Alaska. The people of Alaska don't want to be part of a backward nation in Canada. I will make all Alaskan's rich and prosperous when they become the 53rd State of our mighty country. Nobody in Greenland or Alaska would ever have dreamed of this under Crooked Joe Biden."SnopesMar 18, 2025FalseAn audio recording authentically captured U.S. President Donald Trump advocating to rename the District of Columbia to the "District of America."SnopesMar 18, 2025