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US deported more than 3M people during Obama presidency. Most did not have chance to plead case in court

A claim spread online that during the administration of former President Barack Obama, immigration authorities deported more than 3 million people from 2009 to 2017 — 75% to 83% of whom didn't have the opportunity to plead their case in court.

According to Department of Homeland Security data, more than 3 million individuals were indeed formally removed from the U.S. during that time and, on average, about 74% of formal removals were so-called "summary removals" carried out through legal procedures that don't involve a hearing before an immigration judge. Snopes reporting fellow Aleksandra Wrona investigated.

Yes, Trump posted an AI image of himself as pope on Truth Social

Later, the White House X account shared the image.

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Karoline Leavitt didn't organize fundraiser for janitor at her old high school

The rumor claimed Leavitt reunited with a "Mr. Reynolds" at Concord, New Hampshire's "Jefferson High." However, no such school exists in the town.

Time magazine didn't publish cover showing Mark Carney giving Trump the middle finger

Numerous social media users shared the image of the Canadian prime minister supposedly flipping off the U.S. president.

Social media posts omit key details of Texas bill claimed to criminalize political memes

House Bill 366 would introduce a requirement for certain groups of people to disclose if political advertising contains altered content.

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Yes, FDR warned of 'selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests'

Then-U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the remark during his "Four Freedoms" speech in 1941, days before beginning his third term.