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False: A fight broke out during a congressional hearing Video of Jim Jordan congressional hearing shows questioning, not fight | Fact CheckShow Caption Hide Caption Rep. Jordan defends Trump amid indictment reports Some Republicans are rushing to former President Donald Trump’s defense after he said he's bracing for possible arrest. At a GOP conference in Orlando, Rep. Jim Jordan told reporters that he doesn't think Trump committed a crime. (March 20) APThe claim: A fight broke out during a congressional hearingA May 6 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) shows a congressional hearing that includes Reps. Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat, and Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican. “F.ight BREAKS as Swalwell tries to OUTSMARTS Jim Jordan with SHAMEFUL interruption in questioning,” reads the typo-strewn caption on the post. The video shows a hearing where then-Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is being questioned. (Source: USA Today)

False: April 1895 v. April 2023 temperature proves CO2-driven global warming is a hoax APThe claim: April 1895 v. April 2023 temperature proves CO2-driven global warming is a hoaxA tweet shows a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration graph with average April temperatures for the lower 48 states between 1895 and 2023. First, a global warming trend cannot be proven or disproven by comparing temperature data from only two months. When all available data is analyzed, there is a clear overall global warming trend driven by human-released carbon dioxide emissions. On an annual basis, the tool shows U.S. temperatures increased by 1.6 degrees per century − 2 degrees total − between 1895 and 2022. Fact check: Six states had record maximum temperature in the last 20 years, but most set annual marksSimilar to the U.S., the average global temperature has increased nearly 2 degrees since 1880, according to NASA. (Source: USA Today)