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FalseFormer President Donald Trump didn’t attend daughter Ivanka Trump’s graduation.Said by Threads postsPolitiFactApr 19, 2024FalseMichelle Obama announced she is "running for President in 2024 as a man."Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactApr 19, 2024FalseVideo muestra a Israel "bajo ataque desde Yemen, Iraq, el libano y Irán".Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactApr 19, 2024FalseVideo shows hecklers April 16 booing Joe Biden’s motorcade in his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania.Said by X postsPolitiFactApr 19, 2024False“BREAKING: Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared that Russia will support Iran if the United States attacks Iran’s soil in support of Israel.”Said by Viral imagePolitiFactApr 19, 2024False“The 1864 Arizona law forbidding abortions, upheld by the State Supreme Court, also sets the age of consent for females at 10 years.”Said by Stephen KingPolitiFactApr 19, 2024False“This trial that I have now, that’s a Biden trial.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactApr 19, 2024Can’t tellIn April 2024, Paramount+ offered comedians Jerry Seinfeld and Michael Richards, who starred together on the hit show "Seinfeld," $500 million for a new show.SnopesApr 19, 2024FalseA genuine movie trailer for "I Am Legend 2" featuring Will Smith and Michael B. Jordan was released on YouTube on April 14, 2024.SnopesApr 19, 2024FalseFormer President Donald Trump has not attended any of his children's high school or college graduation ceremonies, as of April 2024.SnopesApr 19, 2024FalseThe body of U.S. President Joe Biden's uncle, 2nd Lt. Ambrose J. Finnegan Jr., was never found during or following World War II because cannibals ate it.SnopesApr 19, 2024TrueA video shared to Reddit on April 3, 2024, showed a sea cucumber eating.SnopesApr 19, 2024Can’t tellAnimals were harmed and/or killed in the making of the 1986 Japanese film, "The Adventures of Milo and Otis."SnopesApr 18, 2024TrueA viral post in April 2024 accurately claimed a person checking out his old neighborhood on Google Earth found a man missing for 22 years dead in a pond.SnopesApr 18, 2024TrueStarting in 2025 "no matter what your total bills are for prescription drugs,” Medicare Part D users will never pay “more than $2,000 a year, because some of these cancer drugs are 10(,000 to) 15,000 bucks a year.”Said by Joe BidenPolitiFactApr 18, 2024FalseThe government owes you $8,832 and a $2,000 spending card.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactApr 18, 2024FalseThere are no real pictures of satellites on Google Images because outer space is not real.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactApr 18, 2024FalseCountry singer Reba McEntire is facing "serious charges" and asked for prayers regarding a lawsuit involving Fox News and one of its hosts, Martha MacCallum.SnopesApr 18, 2024Can’t tellVenus Williams forfeited a tennis match because she refused to play against a transgender female athlete.SnopesApr 18, 2024FalseAfter O.J. Simpson’s death, former U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, "Just like your favorite President, ME, he was accused of horrible things. He said he didn't do those things and I am just as innocent as him!"SnopesApr 18, 2024TrueThe breasts of the iconic Molly Malone statue in Dublin, Ireland, have turned gold in color over time from so many people touching them for good luck.SnopesApr 18, 2024TrueDonald Trump and Herbert Hoover are the only U.S. presidents on record who left office with fewer total jobs than when they entered office.SnopesApr 18, 2024TrueNeo's passport in "The Matrix" (1999) expired on Sep. 11, 2001.SnopesApr 18, 2024Can’t tellJay-Z paid country radio stations $20 million to play Beyoncé's new album, "Cowboy Carter."SnopesApr 17, 2024

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