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#TrumpCheck
Snopes
True: In March 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump said, "Your daughter, she has to be of age, like above 6 years old."
Trump made the comments at the Republican Members Issues Conference in Doral, Florida, while speaking about measures he hoped would become law to limit supposed voter fraud. He appeared to suggest that, without stricter oversight, young children could vouch for their parents' identity during the voter registration process. However, this was only an interpretation of his remarks. The exact intent behind his comments and what prompted them remained unclear as of this writing. The White House has not responded to a request for clarification.
Lead Stories
False: This is a real Trump Truth social post where he invites "tough guy" Erdogan to finish off Khamenei together.
The screenshot of such a post that circulated on social media was digitally manufactured. Trump's account on Truth Social did not show the entry in question, and there was no credible reporting suggesting that he ever deleted it.
#Politics
India Today
Mostly False: Video shows Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and his family mourning the death of his son.
This July 2025 video shows Israeli soldier Moshe Shmuel Noll’s funeral. Smotrich’s son was injured in an attack, but there are no reports suggesting he was killed.
Lead Stories
False: Barron Trump bought $30 million in oil two days before the war in Iran started.
There is no evidence that Barron made such a purchase two days before President Donald Trump launched the U.S. attack on Iran. No credible news outlets have reported that the president's youngest son bought oil, and no sources were cited in the claim.
#Healthcare
Snopes
Half-true: Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, announced a six-month moratorium blocking all new Medicare enrollments for durable medical equipment, thus preventing patients from receiving necessary home care supplies.
Dr. Oz's moratorium does block new durable medical equipment suppliers from enrolling in Medicare, but it is false that it stops existing suppliers from distributing equipment to current patients. It remains unclear whether patients in underserved or high-demand areas will be impacted, as reduced competition from new entrants could limit access to care in some regions.
#Economy
PolitiFact
Half-True: Artificial intelligence data centers "drive up electric bills by 30 or 40%" and "suck up 500,000 gallons of water a day.”
Large artificial intelligence data centers require massive amounts of electricity and are driving up electric bills. However, PolitiFact found no public data showing 30% or 40% electric bill increases. A typical mid-sized data center uses 300,000 to 500,000 gallons of water a day, while larger AI data centers use up to 5 million gallons of water a day.
Vera Files
False: Ferdinand Marcos Jr. owns 75% of World Bank Shares.
The World Bank is an international financial institution jointly owned and governed by 189 member-countries, not individuals. The Philippines has been a borrowing member since 1945 with minimal voting power.
#Conflicts
PolitiFact
False: Video shows a US air base in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, being destroyed by Iran.
This video footage is from a 2024 Arabic news channel report on an Israeli bombing in Yemen, not recent attacks on a U.S. air base. Although Iranian counterstrikes have targeted a U.S. embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, we found no legitimate reports that a U.S. air base in that area has been hit.
India Today
False: The Israeli Government tried to hide the scale of destruction and casualties after Iranian attacks by taking down CCTV cameras.
This video in reference actually shows Israeli police removing CCTV cameras allegedly belonging to criminal organisations in the Western Galilee area on October 22, 2025.
StopFake
False: Missiles meant for Ukraine surface in Iranian strikes on U.S., Israel — USA Today
The claim does not appear on any of USA Today’s official platforms, and Parker Hempel, the ISW analyst cited in the video, has no record of making the statements attributed to him.
#Nordics
Tjekdet
Falsk: Danske muslimer må ikke stemme ved parlamentsvalget på grund af religiøse krav.
Den islamistiske organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir opfordrer danske muslimer til at undlade at stemme ved det kommende parlamentsvalg i Danmark med den begrundelse, at det er forbudt ifølge islam – men to religiøse eksperter bekræfter, at Koranen ikke indeholder et sådant forbud, og at de fleste islamiske lærde faktisk opfordrer til at stemme. Eksperter mener, at opfordringen vil have minimal indflydelse på muslimernes valgdeltagelse og måske endda vil fremprovokere en modreaktion, der motiverer flere muslimer til at stemme.
#WTF?! What The Fact of the week
Snopes
True: The song “A Spoonful of Sugar,” written for the Disney movie “Mary Poppins," was inspired by the experience of one of the songwriters' children receiving an oral polio vaccine with a sugar cube.
The song "A Spoonful of Sugar" from Mary Poppins was directly inspired by a real moment when songwriter Robert Sherman's young son received the oral polio vaccine administered on a sugar cube, prompting Sherman to write the now-iconic lyric. The story is confirmed true, though Sherman's family later clarified it was the Sabin oral vaccine — not the Salk injection — that his son received at school.
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