MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 10/03/2025

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Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only utilize fact-checkers that are either a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) or have been verified as credible by MBFC. Further, we review each fact check for accuracy before publishing. We fact-check the fact-checkers and let you know their bias. When appropriate, we explain the rating and/or offer our own rating if we disagree with the fact-checker. (D. Van Zandt)

Claim Codes: Red = Fact Check on a Right Claim, Blue = Fact Check on a Left Claim, Black = Not Political/Conspiracy/Pseudoscience/Other

Fact Checker bias rating Codes: Red = Right-Leaning, Green = Least Biased, Blue = Left-Leaning, Black = Unrated by MBFC

TRUE	Claim via Social Media: The Trump administration proposed cutting funding for tribal colleges by almost 90%. AZCIR rating: True (The Fiscal 2026 budget plan reduced funding from about $183 million to $22 million, following a one-time $495 million boost in 2025.) Did the Trump administration propose cutting funding for tribal colleges by almost 90%?
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): “You never heard Biden say” the U.S. has “the strongest military anywhere in the world.” Politifact rating: Pants on Fire (On at least a dozen occasions when Joe Biden was president — including in speeches to military academy graduates and Medal of Honor winners, at Veterans Day observances and to rank-and-file servicemembers and lawmakers — he praised the U.S. military as the world’s best or strongest.) Donald Trump says Joe Biden never called the U.S. military the world’s strongest. Pants on Fire Donald Trump Rating
MOSTLY TRUE	Claim via Social Media: Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation that would put conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s likeness on U.S. currency. Snopes rating: Mostly True (Not current currency. The legislation has not passed as of this writing, but if Congress passed it into law, the limited-edition commemorative silver dollar coins would be issued only in the 2026 calendar year.) GOP lawmakers introduced bill to put Charlie Kirk on U.S. currency. Here’s context
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Donald Trump posted on Truth Social calling the Toronto Blue Jays “un-American” and saying they were trying to “steal” the World Series. The Canadian Press rating: False (The post is a satirical fake; no such message exists on Trump’s Truth Social account.) Fact File: Trump Truth Social post on ‘un-American’ Blue Jays is a fake
FALSE	(International: United Kingdom ): Claim by Keir Starmer: Immigration increased four-fold under the Conservatives in five years. Full Fact rating: Incorrect (Estimated net migration increased four-fold between June 2018 and its peak in June 2023, while immigration almost doubled over the same period.) Is Keir Starmer right to claim immigration increased ‘four-fold’ under the Conservatives? – Full Fact Keir Starmer Rating

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