MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 03/26/2026

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: Days before the U.S. entered Venezuela and captured its former President Nicolás Maduro, then-U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin, a Republican from Oklahoma and President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security, bought shares of Chevron, a U.S. oil company that operates in Venezuela, and RTX (formerly Raytheon), a defense contractor. Snopes rating: True (Mullin also acquired shares of ConocoPhillips, an oil company that was awaiting $9 billion from Venezuela after an international arbitration awarded the company this amount in compensation for a 2007 asset seizure. Caterpillar, a construction stock, also stood to gain from Maduro’s removal as investors bet on reconstruction after the attack. The then-U.S. senator declared the trades 18 days after he made them. It was not the first time he had bought shares in each company.) Markwayne Mullin bought Chevron, Raytheon stock days before Maduro capture
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: A video from the Epstein Files shows Doug Emhoff in a helicopter at an airport. Lead Stories rating: False (No evidence) Fact Check: NO Evidence Video Of Man In Helicopter Is From “Epstein Files” Or Shows Doug Emhoff
MISLEADING	Claim by Mark Kelly (D): “The SAVE America Act ‘requires everyone to re-register to vote in person and your driver’s license, REAL ID, or military ID aren’t even good enough.’” PolitiFact rating: Misleading (The legislation does not require all registered voters to re-register, but many people who move or update their registration would need to comply with new requirements. The claim about IDs is more accurate, as most driver’s licenses and REAL IDs do not prove citizenship, and military IDs require additional documentation.) SAVE America Act wouldn’t make everyone reregister to vote, but could still affect millions Mark Kelly Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Female pilots were flying Air Canada plane that crash on the ground at LaGuardia into a firetruck. Lead Stories rating: False (Both Men) Fact Check: Pilots Of Air Canada Plane Crash With Fire Truck At LaGuardia Were NOT Female — Two Male Pilots
FALSE	(International: Japan): Japan’s PM Sanae Takaichi thanked the pilot who nuked Nagasaki for the mass Murder of her ancestors. DigitEye India rating: False (Japan PM Takaichi paid tribute at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery as a routine diplomatic gesture. The actual pilot, who dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Maj. Gen. Charles W. Sweeney (1919–2004), is buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne, Massachusetts, not at Arlington National Cemetery.) Did Japan’s PM Takaichi honour the pilot who bombed Nagasaki during WWII? Fact Check

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