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TrueIn early 2025, an 82-year-old man named Ned Johnson in Seattle was declared "dead" by the U.S. Social Security and deprived of his benefits.SnopesMar 18, 2025MixedThe Department of Government Efficiency issued guidance restricting Transportation Security Administration employees from submitting requests related to food, kenneling and veterinary care for dogs on the agency's explosives detection canine teams.SnopesMar 18, 2025TrueU.S. President Donald Trump's DOGE adviser, Elon Musk, reposted another user's post on X in March 2025, showing a screenshot reading, "Stalin, Mao and Hitler didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector workers did."SnopesMar 17, 2025TrueUppercase and lowercase letters get their names from where they were stored in traditional printing trays.SnopesMar 17, 2025FalseDOGE found former first lady Michelle Obama “has been receiving a monthly $122,000 payment from the (General Services Administration) since 2009.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactMar 17, 2025FalseElon Musk “launches a public campaign to terminate ‘The View.’”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactMar 17, 2025FalseFormer President Joe Biden’s pardons of lawmakers on the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack “are hereby declared void, vacant, and of no further force or effect,” because “they were done by autopen.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactMar 17, 2025TrueA photo shared online authentically shows a view of New York City from space shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.SnopesMar 17, 2025TrueVideos and still images shared to social media authentically showed Elephant Rock, a naturally formed geological feature located on an island in Iceland.SnopesMar 17, 2025TrueIn June 1936, Columbia University expelled student activist Robert Burke for leading an anti-Nazi demonstration.SnopesMar 16, 2025TrueDuring a news conference with FIFA President Gianni Infantino in March 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump said, "They rigged the election, and I became president."SnopesMar 16, 2025TrueA photograph authentically shows discoloration on the back of U.S. President Donald Trump's right hand.SnopesMar 15, 2025MixedAn anti-Trump protest took place in Switzerland featuring a portrayal of U.S. President Donald Trump on a giant middle finger surrounded by people wearing middle-finger costumes.SnopesMar 15, 2025TrueU.S. President Donald Trump's adviser, Elon Musk, reposted another user's post on X in March 2025, showing a screenshot reading, "Stalin, Mao and Hitler didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector workers did."SnopesMar 15, 2025FalseAn audio recording authentically captured U.S. President Donald Trump comparing Tesla CEO Elon Musk to "Isaac Neutron" rather than English physicist Isaac Newton.SnopesMar 15, 2025MixedThe Arlington National Cemetery website removed links to webpages about Black, Hispanic and female veterans buried at the site.SnopesMar 15, 2025MixedIn March 2025, Portugal's government said it would cancel its order of U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets to replace its aging fleet of F-16s.SnopesMar 15, 2025FalseAn audio clip authentically features U.S. President Donald Trump saying daylight saving time must end because people "die faster" when the clock moves an hour forward.SnopesMar 14, 2025FalseChina canceled all U.S. beef imports in March 2025 and will instead buy from Canada and Brazil.SnopesMar 14, 2025TrueElon Musk left his home country, South Africa, in part to avoid mandatory military service.SnopesMar 14, 2025FalseDeceased InfoWars reporter Jamie White was on a “Ukrainian enemies hit list.”Said by Alex JonesPolitiFactMar 14, 2025FalseGirl Scout cookies are “toxic” because a study showed they contain glyphosate and heavy metals.Said by Social MediaPolitiFactMar 14, 2025FalseThe Department of Government Efficiency “found a $6 million grant awarded to Whoopi Goldberg to ‘promote diversity on The View.’”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactMar 14, 2025FalseVideo shows “Stacey Abrams admits the $2 billion Joe Biden’s EPA gave her was used to buy votes of people in Georgia by purchasing them new appliances.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactMar 14, 2025