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#TrumpCheck
PolitiFact
False: "Mail-in voting means mail-in cheating.”
President Donald Trump cast a mail ballot in a March special state house election in Florida. The day before the election, he said voting this way is cheating.Mail-in voter fraud happens sporadically, but not enough to change a statewide or nationwide election. Election officials take several steps to protect the security of voting by mail.
PolitiFact
Half-True: “More Americans are working today than at any time in the history of our country.”
The employment peak came in January 2026, and dropped the following month. However, population growth drives this metric, so economists do not consider it a meaningful statistic.Two other statistics — the labor force participation rate and the employment-population ratio — are relatively high by historical standards but not at their all-time highs.In his second term, Trump’s job creation is drastically underperforming his predecessors — Barack Obama, Joe Biden and himself in his first term.
#Politics
Snopes
True: An Iranian propaganda video depicts U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Lego characters.
An AI-generated video depicting Trump and Netanyahu as Lego minifigures, featuring rap lyrics and anti-war messaging, circulated online in March 2026 and appears to be authentic Iranian propaganda created by an Iran-based Instagram account. The video is part of a broader "AI slop propaganda war" in which Iran has been producing culturally targeted, cartoon-style content aimed at global audiences since the U.S.-Iran conflict began in February 2026.
Vishvasnews
False: Prime Minister Modi went to the hospital and met Sonia Gandhi.
The viral image claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi met former Congress President Sonia Gandhi in the hospital is fake and AI-generated.
Snopes
True: Days before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump's son Eric Trump invested in a company that makes autonomous drones driven by artificial intelligence.
Israeli AI drone maker XTEND and U.S. construction firm JFB Construction Holdings announced a February 2026 merger — backed by investors including Eric Trump — that will form XTEND AI Robotics and trade on Nasdaq.
#Healthcare
Snopes
True: In March 2026, millions of Americans could lose access to birth control due to decisions made by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration.
The Trump administration has delayed funding for thousands of reproductive health clinics, known as "Title X clinics," that serve uninsured and low-income people, which could leave many patients without care. Title X clinics served approximately 2.8 million clients in 2023, and about 2 million of those patients reported using contraception for family planning.
#Economy
Agence France-Presse - AFP
False: Real news graphic showing a massive oil price hike in Malaysia
Surging fuel prices caused by the war in the Middle East has many Malaysians concerned about paying more at the pump, but social media posts claiming petrol prices will increase sharply in fact share fabricated graphics. Local broadcaster TV3 and the Finance Ministry both denied publishing the circulating graphics, which feature inaccurate prices of petrol and diesel.
PolitiFact
Mostly-True: Milk prices “currently are no higher than they were in 1980’s.”
Economists usually factor in consumer price inflation when comparing prices over a long period. Milk prices have roughly doubled since January 1980, but consumer prices overall have risen far faster than milk, roughly quadrupling. This means that in inflation-adjusted terms, milk costs less than it did in the 1980s.
#Conflicts
Lead Stories
False: Video shows tanker on fire during current conflict in Strait of Hormuz.
No credible news organisations reported an oil tanker being hit in the Strait of Hormuz on that day. The video showed signs of AI generation.
BOOM Live
False: Video shows an Iranian strike on Israel.
The video in question is of a massive fire at a plastic factory in Indonesia is being shared on social media with false claims that it shows the aftermath of Iranian strikes on Israel.
#Nordics
Faktabaari
Väärä: Suomessa COVID-19-taudin aiheuttama ylimääräinen kuolleisuus on kaksinkertainen.
COVID-19-pandemian aikana toteutetut toimenpiteet eivät näytä vaikuttaneen merkittävästi siihen, että suomalaisten kuolleisuus on ollut korkeampi kuin muissa Pohjoismaissa. Ylimääräinen kuolleisuus selittyy ainakin osittain väestön ikääntyneisyydellä.
#WTF?! What The Fact of the week
Snopes
True: The name "Easter" derives from Eostre, a pre-Christian English spring goddess.
Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox, a dating tied to its origins in the Jewish Passover festival and formalized at the Council of Nicaea in A.D. 325. The name "Easter" derives from Eostre, a pre-Christian English spring goddess, though most other languages use terms rooted in "Passover." Familiar symbols like Easter eggs and the Easter bunny have pagan and medieval origins, becoming especially prominent in the 19th century as the holiday shifted toward a family- and child-centered celebration.
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