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False: Picture shows Hindu woman assaulted by Muslim partner Trigger Warning: Domestic Violence/Abuse. Graphic ImageryThree pictures of a heavily injured woman have gone viral on social media. Right Wing political activist Sadhvi Prachi shared the images on Facebook with a caption that says, "….a Hindu communist girl named Ankita Vijay fel (Source: Alt News)

False: Visuals of Muslims obstructing an Ambedkar Jayanthi celebration by pelting bricks and stones A video is doing rounds on social media in which one can see a group of people bearing blue flags accompanied by police officers standing on one side of a road covered with stones as a mob stands on the other. The post describes this incident as an Ambedkar Jayanthi Shobha Yatra  (Source: Factly)

No Known Cases: The dark red states are where it's hardest to get your 3-year-old a sex change operation. No Known CasesDoes a map circulating on social media prove 3-year-old children can get a gender-affirming surgery in the United States? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that such surgeries have ever been performed on patients of this age, and the existing standards for g (Source: Lead Stories)

Four Pinocchios: Under the Presidential Records Act "I’m supposed to negotiate with NARA, the National Archives and Records Administration. … This is what we have to deal with, but there is no criminality under the Presidential Records Act." Listen 11 min Comment on this story Comment Gift Article Share"Do you know the 'boxes hoax,' as we call it? Just so everyone knows, I come under what's known as the Presidential Records Act, which was designed and approved by Congress long ago just for this reason. Under the act, (Source: The Washington Post)