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“President Donald Trump "quietly paid off slain NYPD officer’s mortgage.”
FactCheck.org says: A nonprofit, the Tunnels to Towers Foundation, announced it would pay the mortgage and told a news outlet it had no contact with Trump about the mortgage of Officer Jonathan Diller's home.
“Since Joe Biden took office, crime has skyrocketed across our country.”
PolitiFact says: Overall violent crime and homicides are down during Joe Biden’s presidency. Some types of property crime are also down, though motor vehicle theft notably rose.
“The current Congress is “the least productive in our lifetime.”
PolitiFact says: The current Congress has enacted half as many bills through March 26 as any previous Congress did through that date going back to 1989. The 118th’s only earlier competition would go back to before the Civil War.
“Biden Proclaims Easter Sunday 'Transgender Day of Visibility.”
FactCheck.org says: Easter and Transgender Day of Visibility fell on March 31. President Joe Biden recognized both, as he has done every year. But some politicians suggested his recognition of Transgender Day of Visibility mocked Easter.
“It is a fact that Obama created ISIS.”
PolitiFact says: The inception of the Islamic State group once known as ISIS predates Barack Obama’s presidency, which started in 2009. The group’s terrorist creators and leaders have been well documented; Obama is not among them.
“Joe Biden banned ‘religious themed’ eggs at the White House’s Easter Egg design contest for kids.”
PolitiFact says: A restriction on religious-themed eggs for the White House’s Easter egg design contest followed federal guidelines that predated Joe Biden’s presidency.
“Joe Biden declared Easter Sunday the Transgender Day of Visibility”
PolitiFact says: Transgender Day of Visibility is on March 31 every year, but Easter's date changes. In 2024 they fell on the same day. Biden did “proclaim” the Trans Day of Visibility but he also released an Easter statement.
“Los Simpson predijeron la caída del puente en Baltimore.”
“The Dali ship’s “black box” stopped recording “right before (the) crash” into the Baltimore bridge then started recording “right after.”
PolitiFact says: Officials said the Dali’s voyage data recorder briefly stopped recording sensor data, but not audio, about four minutes before the ship crashed into the bridge. The outage lasted for about a minute.
“Video of the ship colliding with the Baltimore bridge proves the bridge collapse wasn’t “an accident.”
PolitiFact says: Federal and Maryland officials have said there is no credible evidence the Dali ship’s collision with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore was intentional. Officials have called it "an accident."
“Congress' 2024 federal spending bill includes $400,000 for "a group to give clothes to teens to help them hide their gender.”
PolitiFact says: The funding is for Briarpatch Youth Services, a Madison, Wisconsin, nonprofit that runs a youth homeless shelter. The earmark can be used only for mental health services and counseling for kids experiencing homelessness.
“El eclipse de Sol del 8 de abril va a durar tres días y se prevé generará un evento catastrófico.”
“El presidente Joe Biden decretó el reemplazo de la Pascua por el Día de la Visibilidad Transgénero.”
“In 2020, Trump “did much better” in the Wisconsin election than 2016, and “after the wrongdoing was found, people said, ‘Well, he actually did win.’”
“Esta mujer fue detenida en un aeropuerto de México porque la apariencia de su cara cambió gracias a una crema que en el video se ve está avalada por este dermatólogo.”
“A March 26 bridge fire in Ohio is related to the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge.”
PolitiFact says: A fire broke out at a production site of an Ohio landscape supply company in Valley View, close to the Interstate 480 bridge, which was not affected by the fire. The fire was not suspicious, officials said.
“Barco chino destruye imponente barco en Baltimore".”
PolitiFact says: El barco es propiedad de la empresa Grace Ocean Private Ltd., con sede en Singapur, está gestionado por Synergy Marine Group y fletado por la empresa danesa Maersk.
“Esta foto muestra el malecón de La Habana cubierto de nieve o granizo.”
“In New York, there are no barriers to law enforcement to work with the federal government on immigration laws, and there are 100 crimes where migrants can be handed over.”
PolitiFact says: Some cooperation can happen between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities. But legal precedents and state and city laws prohibit cooperation in many instances.