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MixedJoe Biden's administration cut 442 reporters from the White House press pool in 2023.SnopesSep 22, 2026FalsePresident Joe Biden “cut off 440 reporters’ credentials.”Said by TikTok postsPolitiFactSep 21, 2026FalseDenver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix responded to U.S. President Donald Trump calling a female reporter a "pig" by releasing a video in which he said that "staying silent makes me part of the problem."SnopesSep 21, 2026TrueU.S. President Donald Trump called the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran "small potatoes."SnopesSep 21, 2026TrueMore than 20 African countries banded together to combat the spread of the Sahara Desert by planting a giant wall of trees to run across the continent. This wall will stretch for around 7,000 km coast to coast.SnopesSep 21, 2026MixedA Facebook post accurately described 13 acts of kindness carried out by U.S. President Donald Trump before he ran for office.SnopesSep 21, 2026MixedA meme accurately cites facts and fundraising figures in comparing prosecutors charging Lindsay Clancy with killing her three children, with Clancy receiving more than $1 million in fundraising, and the story of Emma Schols sustaining severe burns while rescuing her six children from a house fire, then receiving only $42,000 in fundraising.SnopesSep 20, 2026TrueU.S. President Donald Trump's administration is considering two deals that would give pieces of Georgia's Cumberland Island National Seashore land to private owners.SnopesSep 19, 2026TrueIn September 2026, footwear company Converse published an ad that social media users said evoked Ku Klux Klan and lynching imagery.SnopesSep 18, 2026TrueU.S. President Donald Trump's administration is considering a deal that would give a piece of Yosemite National Park to a private developer.SnopesSep 18, 2026Can’t tellIn mid-September 2026, music streaming company Spotify removed the music of Ed Sheeran from its platform.SnopesSep 18, 2026TrueImages authentically showed U.S. President Donald Trump viewing a large printout about the demolition of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.SnopesSep 18, 2026TrueActor Christian Bale helped build 12 homes in a $22 million village in Palmdale, California, that aims to keep siblings in the foster-care system together.SnopesSep 18, 2026FalseIn late summer 2026, new laws went into effect requiring any individual under 5 feet, 2 inches to use a booster seat when driving or riding in cars, regardless of age.SnopesSep 18, 2026FalseA video authentically shows a 104-year-old woman named Mabel Rose Thompson chiding U.S. President Donald Trump.SnopesSep 18, 2026TrueMusician Macklemore once performed in a Jewish caricature costume that featured antisemitic tropes.SnopesSep 17, 2026TrueA member of the legal team for U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty, an Ohio Democrat who has challenged President Donald Trump's actions involving the Kennedy Center, wrote in a court declaration that she saw a forklift repeatedly run into pillars at the building.SnopesSep 17, 2026FalsePresident Donald Trump’s tariffs “cost each Michigan household $5,619.”Said by Abdul El-SayedPolitiFactSep 17, 2026TrueTurning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk said George Floyd was a "scumbag."SnopesSep 17, 2026FalseIowa gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand “wants to raise (Iowans’) taxes by $7,500 per year.”Said by Zach LahnPolitiFactSep 17, 2026FalseThe people who assassinated or attempted to assassinate presidents Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.; and conservative pundit Charlie Kirk all were registered Democrats.SnopesSep 17, 2026TrueU.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., voted against or blocked measures mandating employees receive sick leave in 1993, 2015, 2020 and 2022.SnopesSep 17, 2026MixedIn an August 2026 meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Joesley Batista, the owner of Brazilian multinational meat-processing company JBS, Batista asked Trump to lower tariffs on Brazilian beef, then Trump decided to allow 660 million pounds of tariff-free imported beef, that Europe had banned, into the United States, with JBS buying it all, suggesting the beef would come from Brazil.SnopesSep 16, 2026TrueGillette Stadium owner Robert Kraft, who musician Macklemore said orchestrated his removal as an opening act on Ed Sheeran's tour, once faced a solicitation charge, and his name appears in the files related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.SnopesSep 16, 2026