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FalseThe United Nations General Assembly moved to convene in Geneva instead of New York ahead of its 80th session in September 2025 after the U.S. declined visas for Palestinian officials.SnopesSep 10, 2025Can’t tellIn September 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump called Black children "natural born killers" and "born criminals."SnopesSep 9, 2025FalseAn image authentically shows a mountain resembling a turtle.SnopesSep 9, 2025FalseHikers Steve and Natalie Brody went missing while hiking in Alaska's Denali National Park in 2017, and their bodies were found in a glacier crevasse six years later.SnopesSep 9, 2025FalseIn September 2025, pop star Taylor Swift and her fiance, Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce, announced their pregnancy.SnopesSep 9, 2025False“Wind and solar energy infrastructure is essentially worthless when it is dark outside, and when the wind is not blowing.”Said by U.S. Energy DepartmentPolitiFactSep 9, 2025FalseA woman dubbed "Phillies Karen" after taking a home run ball from a boy at a Major League Baseball game was identified and subsequently fired from her job in a New Jersey public school district.SnopesSep 9, 2025FalseAn artificial-intelligence robot developed post-traumatic stress disorder after an experiment with a lion that scared it in 2025.SnopesSep 9, 2025TrueIn September 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump shared a meme on Truth Social with the caption, "I love the smell of deportations in the morning. Chicago about to find out why it's called the Department of WAR."SnopesSep 9, 2025FalseChicago Mayor Brandon Johnson deployed salt trucks to keep U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents out of the city in early September 2025.SnopesSep 9, 2025Can’t tellPope Leo XIV once said, "You cannot follow both Christ and the cruelty of kings. A leader who mocks the weak, exalts himself, and preys on the innocent is not sent by God. He is sent to test you. And many are failing."SnopesSep 8, 2025FalseVideo shows Chicago salt trucks were used “to slow traffic and block access points in response to an incoming ICE operation.”Said by TikTok postsPolitiFactSep 8, 2025TrueIn early July 2025, former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb said Trump was "worse than anyone in our history."SnopesSep 8, 2025FalseThieves operating in public places use drug-filled perfume bottles to render their victims unconscious.SnopesSep 7, 2025FalseIn September 2025, a video shared online authentically displayed the first helicopter developed by luxury Italian automaker Ferrari.SnopesSep 7, 2025FalseA drifter named Ronald McDonald murdered 12 children at county fairs across the U.S. Midwest in 1892 and inspired the modern-day McDonald's fast-food chain mascot of the same name.SnopesSep 7, 2025TrueThe FBI visited the lab of a 12-year-old boy who achieved nuclear fusion in his bedroom.SnopesSep 6, 2025FalseIn September 2025, Switzerland banned mammograms – a method of screening for breast cancer – citing radiation risks, false positives and other dangers.SnopesSep 6, 2025TrueA U.S. Department of Justice deputy chief said the department would “redact every Republican or conservative person” before releasing its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.SnopesSep 6, 2025FalseVideos displaying alleged newscasts authentically reported that criminals were using syringes to inject HIV-infected blood into toilet paper rolls at supermarkets and public restrooms.SnopesSep 6, 2025MixedIn 2025, U.S. surgeons performed first robotic heart transplant to be completed without opening the patient's chest cavity.SnopesSep 5, 2025FalseIn late August 2025, pop star Taylor Swift offered to sing an "exclusive anthem" and provide sponsorship deals for NFL teams including the Kansas City Chiefs if they publicly pledged their support for the LGBTQ+ community.SnopesSep 5, 2025FalseAn image shared on social media in September 2025 authentically showed U.S. President Donald Trump with a puffy face.SnopesSep 5, 2025MixedLas cifras de la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales de EE.UU. muestran que “tenemos 1.6 millones de inmigrantes ilegales que han regresado a su país de origen voluntariamente”.Said by Kristi NoemPolitiFactSep 5, 2025