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True“No están recibiendo el entrenamiento tradicional de cinco meses… .El entrenamiento para los agentes de ICE ahora es de 47 días”.Said by Mark WarnerPolitiFactJan 15, 2026FalseIn January 2026, the owner or CEO of Chipotle publicly donated between $10,000 and $15,000 to a GoFundMe campaign supporting the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.SnopesJan 15, 2026FalseU.S. President Donald Trump's lawyers stopped him from leaving the country and going to Scotland for a golf tournament because he is wanted for war crimes.SnopesJan 14, 2026TrueA Philadelphia sheriff called Immigration and Customs Enforcement "made-up, fake, wannabe law enforcement” and warned agents, “You don’t want this smoke.”SnopesJan 14, 2026TrueA January 2026 video authentically showed a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer kicking over a flameless memorial candle honoring Renee Good, the woman an ICE agent fatally shot in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, 2026.SnopesJan 14, 2026TrueIn January 2026, the U.S. Postal Service issued a letter to its employees that could be shown to law enforcement to verify their status as essential workers.SnopesJan 14, 2026FalseAn image authentically shows Minneapolis ICE shooting victim Renee Nicole Good mocking the 2025 assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.SnopesJan 14, 2026False“By federal law, if you sign someone up for Medicaid, you also give them the right to vote. … This is political patronage at the expense of Medicaid.”Said by Mehmet OzPolitiFactJan 14, 2026Can’t tellIn January 2026, people in Minnesota who were protesting the killing of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent demanded higher wages for protesting.SnopesJan 14, 2026FalseA screenshot shared online in January 2026 authentically showed a post from U.S. President Donald Trump's X account calling for a permanent ban on alcohol in a return to Prohibition-era America.SnopesJan 14, 2026FalseA 42-year-old mechanic named Mark Delcourt escaped from a hospital in the northern United States while shouting, "They want to take my organs," and a police raid soon after uncovered a secret organ-harvesting operation in the hospital's basement.SnopesJan 13, 2026FalseGov. Tim Walz changed the state flag of Minnesota to closely resemble the national flag of Somalia.SnopesJan 13, 2026False"If we stop this fraud, this massive fraud, we're going to have a balanced budget."Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactJan 13, 2026FalseA screenshot circulating online authentically depicted the criminal record of Renee Nicole Good, the 37-year-old woman fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis in early January 2026.SnopesJan 13, 2026TrueIn January 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump shared a fake Wikipedia screenshot labeling him the acting president of Venezuela.SnopesJan 13, 2026TrueU.S. Vice President JD Vance said, "I think we're going to see those deportation numbers ramp up as we get more and more people online, working for ICE, going door-to-door and making sure that if you're an illegal alien, you've got to get out of this country."SnopesJan 13, 2026FalseThe Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is shutting down following a government clawback of its funding.SnopesJan 13, 2026FalseIn 1961, actor John Wayne penned an inspiring letter to — and later visited — a rural Montana school, sending the classroom a projector, a handful of his films and a $500 check.SnopesJan 12, 2026FalseA plane that vanished while flying between Germany and Argentina in 1962 landed 29 years later in Chile.SnopesJan 12, 2026FalseA secret NASA document named "Project Anchor" leaked in November 2024, revealing the agency believed the Earth would "lose gravity" for seven seconds on Aug. 12, 2026.SnopesJan 12, 2026TrueProject 2025, The Heritage Foundation's document that has largely been used as a roadmap for U.S. President Donald Trump's second term in office, contains language calling for the "re-hemisphering" of Latin American countries.SnopesJan 12, 2026Can’t tellIn January 2026, King Charles III "reasserted British rule" over the U.S., saying the U.K. would follow the U.S. in "advocating a muscular return to colonialism."SnopesJan 12, 2026FalseA document shows Minnesota shooting victim Renee Good had a record of child abuse.Said by Social MediaPolitiFactJan 12, 2026FalseCredit card companies would be “in violation of the law” if they don’t cap interest rates at 10% by Jan. 20.Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactJan 12, 2026