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Checked by PolitiFact17 May 2023United StatesPolitics and government
The Gateway Pundit, Conservative website

“New Washington state law allows “government to take away minors from parents if they refuse to agree to gender-transition surgery.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: The law is aimed at providing shelter for homeless youths seeking gender-affirming care. The law does not allow the government to remove minors from their parents if the parents refuse to allow them to get such care.

Checked by PolitiFact11 May 2023United StatesPolitics and government
Brian Tyler Cohen, liberal commentator

“House Speaker “Kevin McCarthy has quietly implemented a pay raise for members (of Congress) that could be $30,000+ per person. It circumvents the Constitution by instead reimbursing their rent, utilities, & meals.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: The House changed its reimbursement rules, but it is misleading to describe it as a pay raise. Also, it was done on a bipartisan basis and would not be in conflict with the 27th Amendment.

Checked by Vera Files10 May 2023PhilippinesPolitics and government
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Philippine President

“Responding to a question about the impending depletion of the Malampaya gas field, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said "the Malampaya fields, the natural gas fields that lie within our baselines and within our exclusive economic zone and that again is being questioned in certain cases, certain areas by China.”

Vera Files rated this: Inaccurate

Vera Files says: Marcos confused Reed Bank with Malampaya. Reed Bank “has been adjudged by the South China Sea Arbitral Award to be part of the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone,” says international law expert Romel Bagares.