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FalseSnopesThe White House said Barron Trump, U.S. President Donald Trump's youngest son, was "too tall" to serve in the military.Mar 4, 2026TrueSnopesA photograph authentically shows graves of schoolchildren killed by airstrikes in Minab, Iran.Mar 4, 2026Can’t tellSnopesThe United States’ loss of three F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets due to friendly fire during a military operation in Iran canceled out any savings claimed by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).Mar 4, 2026FalseSnopesAudio authentically features a leaked phone call recording of U.S. President Donald Trump panicking about the release of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Mar 4, 2026FalseSnopesAn authentic video reshared online in early March 2026 shows U.S. President Donald Trump saying: “I can tell you you’re not going to have a war with Iran with me as president.”Mar 4, 2026TrueSnopesIn February 2026, Kansas revoked the state driver's licenses of transgender drivers and required them to get new licenses that reflect their sex assigned at birth.Mar 4, 2026MixedPolitiFactArtificial intelligence data centers "drive up electric bills by 30 or 40%" and "suck up 500,000 gallons of water a day.”Said by James FishbackMar 4, 2026FalsePolitiFactVideo shows a US air base in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, being destroyed by Iran.Said by X postsMar 4, 2026Can’t tellSnopesConvicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sent an email stating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was “much prettier in person.”Mar 3, 2026TrueSnopesGhislaine Maxwell, convicted on federal sex-trafficking charges in 2021, appears in a photograph attending Chelsea Clinton's 2010 wedding.Mar 3, 2026FalseSnopesA photo authentically shows U.S. President Donald Trump pointing and yelling at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.Mar 3, 2026FalsePolitiFactNC state Sen. Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, “killed a bill banning sex-change surgeries for minors.”Said by Guilford-Rockingham AllianceMar 3, 2026FalseSnopesThe United Nations Security Council labeled U.S. President Donald Trump a "wanted international war criminal" following the United States and Israel's Feb. 28, 2026, joint strikes on Iran.Mar 2, 2026FalseSnopesA photo authentically showed a man in Kuwait confronting a downed American pilot.Mar 2, 2026TrueSnopesIn 2023, U.S. Vice President JD Vance, then a senator, wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal titled "Trump's Best Foreign Policy? Not Starting Any Wars."Mar 2, 2026TrueSnopesIn February 2026, a banner with the portrait of Turning Point USA co-founder and conservative commentator Charlie Kirk appeared on the building of the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C.Mar 2, 2026TrueSnopesThe story of Punch the monkey, who found comfort in a stuffed animal after being abandoned at birth, is real.Mar 2, 2026TrueSnopesA mention of singer Stevie Wonder's refusal to play for the Israeli army appears in the documents related to the case of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Mar 2, 2026TrueSnopesEnlisted members of the United States Navy pay for their own meals when on sea duty or living in the barracks.Mar 2, 2026TrueSnopesThen-Prince Andrew said in 2008, “We're not allowed to play Monopoly at home. It gets too vicious."Mar 2, 2026FalseSnopesThe word "jerky" in Jeffrey Epstein's federal case files is coded language for human meat.Mar 2, 2026FalsePolitiFactVideos show Iranian missiles struck and damaged the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier.Said by Social MediaMar 2, 2026FalsePolitiFact“Israeli shooter opened fire inside an Austin (Texas) bar” on March 1, 2026.Said by X postsMar 2, 2026FalsePolitiFact“The regime in Iran has now confessed that the (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) mistakenly bombed an Iranian school yesterday.”Said by X postsMar 2, 2026