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TrueIn January 2026, a Hilton hotel in Minnesota refused service to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.SnopesJan 8, 2026FalseA video circulating on social media in early January 2026 authentically showed people in Venezuela celebrating President Nicolás Maduro's capture.SnopesJan 8, 2026Can’t tellIn January 2026, actor Robert De Niro said he was leaving New York City due to Mayor Zohran Mamdani's policies.SnopesJan 7, 2026FalseAn image shared to social media in January 2026 accurately showed that Minnesota day cares had donated more than $35 million to political campaigns in the previous two years.SnopesJan 7, 2026FalseNew York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani raised the subway and bus fares in January 2026, after promising free buses in his election campaign.SnopesJan 7, 2026FalseA YouTube video from January 2026 authentically shows TV presenter Rachel Maddow reporting that Walmart will pull out of the U.S. market due to tariffs.SnopesJan 7, 2026FalseActor Tom Hanks confronted U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on "60 Minutes."SnopesJan 7, 2026FalseMaduro was “flooding America with deadly fentanyl.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactJan 7, 2026FalseVenezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro “was releasing people from his prisons and sending them to our southern border under the Biden administration.”Said by Ron DeSantisPolitiFactJan 7, 2026TrueKatie Miller, a former White House adviser and wife of senior White House adviser Stephen Miller, posted a map of Greenland overlaid with the U.S. flag and captioned with the word "SOON" following the January 2026 U.S. military operation in Venezuela.SnopesJan 7, 2026MixedPolice in Grand Rapids, Michigan, arrested a protester during a TV interview for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.SnopesJan 7, 2026FalseA photograph circulating online in early January 2026 authentically showed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro being escorted by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration officers while in custody.SnopesJan 7, 2026TrueOn his first day as New York City's mayor, Zohran Mamdani repealed the city's use of the antisemitism definition from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance and rules making it illegal to boycott Israeli businesses.SnopesJan 6, 2026TrueIn September 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice let funding for organizations supporting survivors of human trafficking expire before announcing new funding opportunities.SnopesJan 6, 2026TrueU.S. President Donald Trump's former adviser on Russia, Fiona Hill, said during a 2019 deposition that Russia "wanted to somehow make some very strange swap arrangement between Venezuela and Ukraine."SnopesJan 6, 2026FalseA video shared to social media in January 2026 authentically showed people in Venezuela celebrating the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and thanking U.S. President Donald Trump.SnopesJan 6, 2026FalseGov. Tim Walz had Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman killed.Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactJan 6, 2026FalseVideo shows “leaked Donald Trump audio about the Epstein files and Venezuela."Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 6, 2026Can’t tellU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement mistakenly sent Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro back to Venezuela after the U.S. captured him and brought him into the country in January 2026.SnopesJan 6, 2026Can’t tellU.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., attempted to contact and tip off Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro prior to his capture, and conservative media outlet Newsmax reported the story.SnopesJan 6, 2026TrueThe administration of U.S. Democratic President Joe Biden put a $25 million bounty on Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro.SnopesJan 6, 2026TrueA video authentically showed an elephant throwing grass on top of its head, making it appear like it was wearing a wig.SnopesJan 5, 2026FalseOn July 19, 2024, an authentic post on X by Donald Trump stated: "[The bullet] took my entire ear off. The whole ear. But I went to the doctor, and he said, and this is true, he said, you heal faster than anyone I’ve ever seen. Nobody is healthier than you. And the next day, my ear was growing back, and the doctor said, nobody regrows ears like that [...]"SnopesJan 5, 2026TrueIn December 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice released an FBI tip in which a complainant alleged President Donald Trump witnessed her uncle kill her newborn child and dispose of the body in Lake Michigan when she was 13 and being trafficked for sex by Jeffrey Epstein.SnopesJan 5, 2026