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False“The VIP on the Black Hawk helicopter that crashed was Barack Obama.”Said by X postsPolitiFactJan 30, 2025TrueDuring his Senate confirmation hearing for his appointment to head U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Health and Human Services on Jan. 29, 2025, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said: "All of my kids are vaccinated."SnopesJan 30, 2025TrueRobert F. Kennedy Jr. was addicted to heroin between his teenage and early adulthood years.SnopesJan 30, 2025FalseThe NFL suspended referees involved in the Buffalo Bills-Kansas City Chiefs AFC championship game on Jan. 26, 2025.SnopesJan 30, 2025Can’t tellIn January 2025, ICE announced it was pausing a hotline where people can report undocumented immigrants in the U.S. because 90% of calls were about Elon Musk.SnopesJan 30, 2025Can’t tellIn January 2025, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was arrested on charges of driving under the influence after he crashed a tank into the Pentagon.SnopesJan 30, 2025TrueA video on social media authentically depicts bottles of Maker’s Mark bourbon being hand-dipped in signature red wax by a distillery employee.SnopesJan 29, 2025FalseA photo authentically shows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arresting a man wearing a "Latinos for Trump 2024" T-shirt.SnopesJan 29, 2025Can’t tellBishop Mariann Budde was removed from the Washington National Cathedral after asking U.S. President Donald Trump for "mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now."SnopesJan 29, 2025TrueIn January 2025, the FBI was conducting large-scale, nuclear-response training.SnopesJan 29, 2025FalseA photo authentically shows a view from behind a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shown grabbing a crying girl's arm in a school.SnopesJan 29, 2025False"The Biden administration kicked 2,000 displaced North Carolinians out of their temporary housing into freezing 20-degree weather," earlier in January.Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactJan 29, 2025MixedNorth Carolina Republicans “took money out of western North Carolina” with Hurricane Helene relief bill.Said by Roy CooperPolitiFactJan 29, 2025FalseReps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamie Raskin “have filed articles of impeachment against President Trump for pardoning the J6 prisoners.”Said by Threads postsPolitiFactJan 29, 2025FalseSays Eric Trump post on X, “Any and all who dare to defy the American Golden Age, heed this warning: You WILL lose. Tow the line, or we WILL run you down!”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJan 29, 2025False“Gavin Newsom directed the removal of Elon Musk from the command post and ordered Cal Fire firefighters to return donated starlinks.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJan 29, 2025False“President Trump just announced full nationwide concealed carry reciprocity.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 29, 2025False“Under Trump's executive order, every single person in America is now legally classified as female.”Said by X postsPolitiFactJan 29, 2025Can’t tellU.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in January 2025 ending food stamps and cash assistance.SnopesJan 28, 2025FalseAn image authentically shows Adolf Hitler posing near-identically to Donald Trump in a separate, authentic photo captured after his July 2024 attempted assassination.SnopesJan 28, 2025Can’t tellImages of documents supposedly showing that Lee Harvey Oswald was framed for the assassination of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, and that Oswald knew the attacker’s name and alias, are authentic.SnopesJan 28, 2025FalseImage shows President Donald Trump’s response “to Selena Gomez’ meltdown.”Said by Viral imagePolitiFactJan 28, 2025TrueWisconsin makes it more difficult for its citizens to vote than almost any state in the nation.Said by Common CausePolitiFactJan 28, 2025False“El presidente Donald Trump acaba de firmar una orden ejecutiva que prohíbe la residencia permanente a inmigrantes que se casen con un ciudadano estadounidense”.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJan 28, 2025