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True“They are not getting the traditional five months training. … The training for the ICE agents now is 47 days.”Said by Mark WarnerPolitiFactJan 12, 2026TrueA video from November 2025 that circulated online in early January 2026 correctly stated that the Free Application for Federal Student Aid asks white applicants to further specify what ethnic background they have.SnopesJan 11, 2026FalseU.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump spent New Year's Day at an orphanage in Pennsylvania in 2026.SnopesJan 11, 2026Can’t tellIn January 2026, former President George W. Bush said he was celebrating "no longer having started the dumbest war in U.S. history."SnopesJan 11, 2026FalseAn image authentically shows Renee Nicole Good's car aimed toward the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot her on Jan. 7, 2026.SnopesJan 10, 2026True"Jeopardy!" host Ken Jennings posted to social media, "The 'prosecute the former regime at every level' candidate has my vote in 2028."SnopesJan 10, 2026TrueAs of Jan. 7, 2026, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer's fatal shooting of Minneapolis woman Renee Nicole Good was the only homicide recorded in the city during 2026.SnopesJan 10, 2026Can’t tellIn early January 2026, Denmark renamed Greenland "Epstein Island" to stop U.S. President Donald Trump from talking about it.SnopesJan 10, 2026FalseThe U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who shot and killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on Jan, 7, 2026, was named Steve Grove.SnopesJan 10, 2026Can’t tellThe 14th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated former U.S. President Joe Biden's "autopen pardon" of former chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci.SnopesJan 10, 2026MixedAs of late 2025, NASA had confirmed the existence of a temporary second moon that would remain in orbit next to Earth until 2083.SnopesJan 9, 2026MixedDenmark warned in January 2026 that it would "shoot first, ask questions later" if the U.S. invaded Greenland.SnopesJan 9, 2026Can’t tellIn January 2026, Michel Yakovleff, ex-general for NATO, said on French TV, "If Trump moves on Greenland, Europeans must be ready to fight the U.S."SnopesJan 9, 2026FalseA video authentically shows Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis defending Renee Nicole Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE agent on Jan. 7, 2026.SnopesJan 9, 2026FalseA photograph authentically shows Renee Nicole Good, the woman who was shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Jan. 7, 2026.SnopesJan 9, 2026FalseA photograph circulating on social media authentically depicted an unmasked ICE agent who fatally shot a Minneapolis woman on Jan. 7, 2026.SnopesJan 9, 2026FalseThe FBI and DEA rescued 450 children in a raid of a Somali couple's California "luxury island."SnopesJan 9, 2026FalseAn image that circulated online in January 2026 authentically showed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro being held by U.S. military personnel while in a bloodied shirt.SnopesJan 8, 2026TrueDuring a January 2026 Fox News interview, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said she wanted to give her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to U.S. President Donald Trump.SnopesJan 8, 2026TrueIn December 2025, the U.S. and Palau signed a $7.5 million agreement that will allow the U.S. to send up to 75 non-criminal deportees to the island nation.SnopesJan 8, 2026MixedIn a Jan. 6, 2026, speech at a House Republicans retreat, U.S. President Donald Trump said Democrats will force "transgender for everyone" if they win the 2026 midterm elections.SnopesJan 8, 2026FalseImages of an unmasked man show the immigration officer who shot a woman in Minneapolis.Said by Social MediaPolitiFactJan 8, 2026MixedThe Justice Department has been investigating fraud in Minnesota “for months. So far, we have charged 98 individuals.”Said by Pam BondiPolitiFactJan 8, 2026FalseViral photo shows the woman killed by an ICE agent Jan. 7 in Minneapolis.Said by Social MediaPolitiFactJan 8, 2026