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“The Olympic boxing committee “decided this year that men can box against women in the Olympics.”

PolitiFact says: Sen. Tuberville, R-Ala., was referring to a USA Boxing policy change that allows trans athletes to compete under strict conditions, not Olympic rules. It remains unclear whether transgender women at the Olympic level.

“Chuck Schumer caught on hot mic” plotting to “blame REPUBLICANS AND MAGA” for reform delays.”

PolitiFact says: A video of a discussion between Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and President Joe Biden caught on a hot mic was altered in social media posts to show a different discussion.

“One of my responsibilities as Secretary of State is to countersign acts passed by the legislature & signed into law by Gov. Evers.”

“President Joe Biden’s comments about Texas homes are evidence that homes of a certain color are spared from wildfires.”

PolitiFact says: The clip takes President Joe Biden’s remarks about the Texas wildfires out of context. Biden was talking about homes being up to code. The conspiracy theory that fires spare structures colored blue is unfounded.

“Solar flares caused AT&T’s cellphone outage.”

PolitiFact says: Two solar flares occurred hours before a temporary outage disrupted AT&T cellphone customers’ service Feb. 22, but the two events were not connected. AT&T said the outage was caused by technical issues.

“Your legal name is in fact a corporation. This is why you always see your name written in ALL CAPS.”

PolitiFact says: Official documents often use capital letters to standardize processes and ease understanding. This claim is linked to a persistent and unfounded conspiracy theory.

“It was not former President Donald Trump who promoted the COVID-19 vaccine, but a “lookalike.”

PolitiFact says: Former President Donald Trump promoted the COVID-19 vaccine on several occasions. He did so in interviews, rallies, public events and press statements.

“Photo shows the Smokehouse Creek fire in Texas.”

PolitiFact says: The photo was uploaded in 2017, in a feature about a fire in Gray County, Texas.

“Taylor Swift said she “will leave the United States if Donald Trump becomes President in 2024.”

PolitiFact says: There is no proof she made such a statement.

“Removing gun-related homicides in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and St. Louis would drop the U.S. to 189th out of 193 countries in gun violence.”

PolitiFact says: Subtracting the cities' gun homicides from 2022 data would decrease the US gun homicide rate to 4.5 per 100,000 people. That wouldn’t reduce the U.S. rate enough to be on the lowest end of a global gun violence ranking.

“Chicken farm fire that killed 12 million birds intentionally set.”

PolitiFact says: What caused a January fire at a Texas chicken farm is still under investigation, but authorities determined it was a noncriminal accident. The number of chickens killed was far less than 12 million, the farm's CEO said.

“Disney World is adding urinals to the women’s restrooms.”

PolitiFact says: This claim originated on a satirical site. A Walt Disney Co. spokesperson confirmed to PolitiFact that this claim is not accurate.

“There was an “attempt on Dr. Oz’s life” on TV over his diabetes cure.”

PolitiFact says: Dr. Oz was not attacked on stage for promoting a diabetes cure. A fight scene in an Instagram video is from the set of a Ukrainian talk show in 2022.

“Big drug companies charge as little as $7 for an inhaler overseas and nearly $500 for the exact same one here in the US.”

“I am trying to comprehend why the government was quick to reveal my name after I defended myself, but they still haven’t released the names of the Kansas City shooters.”

PolitiFact says: Authorities haven’t identified the juvenile suspects in the Chiefs parade shooting in accordance with Missouri law. Kyle Rittenhouse was prosecuted as an adult under Wisconsin law, so his name was publicly released.

“Nevada database glitch showing voters cast ballots when they didn’t is evidence that voting by mail is “the largest source of potential voter fraud.”

PolitiFact says: The Nevada secretary of state said the glitch had nothing to do with vote tabulation and did not affect the election results. The glitch was not a sign of voter fraud.

“The biggest threat to your unions is millions of people coming across the border, because you're not gonna have your jobs anymore.”

PolitiFact says: Economy and labor experts told PolitiFact immigrants who recently crossed the U.S. border likely aren’t taking Michigan’s union jobs.

“The Kids Online Safety Act “would require everyone to upload your government ID in order to use most sites on the internet.”

PolitiFact says: The bill known as the Kids Online Safety Act includes language that says it would not require social media platforms and websites to verify users’ ages or collect more age data than they already do for normal business.

“There is “clear scientific consensus” that “hormonal birth control makes you fat, doubles risk of depression and triples risk of suicide.”

PolitiFact says: There's not scientific consensus that hormonal birth control doubles the depression risk and triples the suicide risk. Musk based his claim on a single study that experts said is limited and doesn't prove a causal link.

“We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.”

PolitiFact says: The northern border has seen increases in illegal crossings of various amounts, including one four-month period where the increase from the previous year exceeded 800%.