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FalseA video authentically shows residents of Memphis, Tennessee, riding stolen tanks through the city's streets following U.S. President Donald Trump's announced National Guard troop deployment in September 2025.SnopesSep 17, 2025FalseTurning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk said gay people should be stoned to death.SnopesSep 16, 2025MixedScientists discovered a dinosaur tail preserved in amber in September 2025.SnopesSep 16, 2025TrueThe U.S. Army swore in four senior executives with ties to technology companies Meta, Palantir and OpenAI as lieutenant colonels in 2025.SnopesSep 16, 2025FalseMick Jagger, lead singer of The Rolling Stones, held a moment of silence in tribute to Charlie Kirk during a September 2025 concert.SnopesSep 16, 2025False“North Carolina has just approved a law permitting foreign doctors to practice without completing U.S. training or licensing exams.”Said by X postsPolitiFactSep 16, 2025FalseMatthew Robinson, the father of 22-year-old Tyler Robinson — who investigators suspect killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah Valley University event on Sept. 10, 2025 — vowed to donate a $1.15 million reward to Kirk's family, after he helped encourage his son to surrender to law enforcement.SnopesSep 16, 2025FalseX owner Elon Musk fired 2,000 people at the company over a joke mocking late conservative commentator and Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk.SnopesSep 16, 2025FalseNASA announced in September 2025 that it had found life on Mars.SnopesSep 16, 2025FalseA book describing the fatal shooting of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, which took place on Sept. 10, 2025, was published a day earlier, on Sept. 9, 2025.SnopesSep 16, 2025TrueFox News host Brian Kilmeade said, "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them,” referring to mentally ill homeless people who reject social services.SnopesSep 16, 2025FalseA photograph authentically showed U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts seated next to Jeffrey Epstein associate and convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell.SnopesSep 15, 2025FalseIn September 2025, Russia officially announced its mRNA cancer vaccine, Enteromix, was ready for clinical use and would be free to patients.SnopesSep 15, 2025FalseIn September 2025, thousands of film workers signed a pledge vowing not to work with Jewish people.SnopesSep 15, 2025FalseU.S. President Donald Trump once said the U.S. and Italy have been allies since ancient Rome.SnopesSep 14, 2025TrueIn September 2025, social media posts authentically showed a note from lawyer Alan Dershowitz referencing Vanity Fair coverage in Jeffrey Epstein's 50th-birthday album.SnopesSep 14, 2025TrueU.S. Vice President JD Vance once called President Donald Trump "America's Hitler."SnopesSep 13, 2025FalseChris Hayes announced in late summer 2025 he was stepping away from his role as an MSNBC host while his wife, Kate Shaw, battled cancer.SnopesSep 13, 2025FalseAfter conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot on Sept. 10, 2025, Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson pledged to financially support Kirk's family.SnopesSep 13, 2025FalseTyler Robinson, the suspect arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, was a registered Republican.SnopesSep 13, 2025FalseThe shooting suspect in the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, Tyler Robinson, donated to U.S. President Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign.SnopesSep 13, 2025TrueTurning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk said about civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.: "MLK was awful. He's not a good person."SnopesSep 13, 2025TrueTurning Point USA co-founder and CEO Charlie Kirk said, "If I see a Black pilot, I’m going to be like, 'Boy, I hope he's qualified.'"SnopesSep 13, 2025TrueU.S. President Donald Trump ordered the nation's flags to fly at half-staff following the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in September 2025, but not after the fatal shooting of Democratic Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman in June 2025.SnopesSep 13, 2025