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12 November
5:02 am

The group allegedly received their orders to carry out the Taylors Hill arson on WhatsApp, with a children's court hearing they were promised $3,000 for the attack.

Corroborated

abc.net.au said this

5:02 am
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Why we checked itSpecific platform (WhatsApp) and dollar amount ($3,000) are verifiable facts from court proceedings.
What we foundThe claim is consistently and widely reported across multiple outlets and is grounded in Children's Court proceedings and police allegations, but the majority of secondary sources trace back to ABC News as the original reporting outlet.
Sources checked
  • ABC News (abc.net.au, Oct 8 2026) — original reporting outlet, independently confirmed WhatsApp orders via police information
  • ABC News (abc.net.au, Oct 13 2026) — same outlet, separately confirmed $3,000 figure from Children's Court hearing
  • ABC News (abc.net.au, Oct 9 2026) — corroborated both details
  • ABC News (abc.net.au, Oct 11 2026) — corroborated WhatsApp detail
  • Yahoo News (Oct 8 2026, cited via aggregators) — separately reported WhatsApp detail
  • meyka.com, Head Topics, ozarab.media, streamlinefeed.co.ke — all corroborate claim but appear to derive from ABC reporting, not independent sourcing.
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5:01 am

The measures, announced when Anwar presented Malaysia's 2027 budget on Friday, include 1.1 billion ringgit (US$269...

Supported

scmp.com said this

5:01 am
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Why we checked itSpecific budget allocation figure of 1.1 billion ringgit for anti-corruption measures is a concrete, verifiable number tied to a specific budget announcement
What we foundAll elements of the SCMP claim are confirmed: Anwar presented Malaysia's 2027 budget on Friday (Oct 9, 2026), the RM1.1 billion enforcement agency allocation is confirmed directly in the official budget speech, and the US$269 million conversion is accurate at the contemporaneous exchange rate.
Sources checked
  • Malaysian Ministry of Finance — official Budget 2027 speech (mof.gov.my): PRIMARY SOURCE; directly confirms RM1.1 billion enforcement agency allocation; Bernama (Malaysian national news agency): independently confirms RM1.1 billion allocation and Friday tabling date; The Star Malaysia: independently confirms Friday (Oct
  • tabling and RM1.1 billion enforcement allocation; Malay Mail: independently confirms RM1.1 billion allocation, citing the MACC's response; Newswav: independently confirms RM1.1 billion enforcement agency allocation announced on Oct 9; Federal Reserve FRED (St. Louis Fed) — G.5 Foreign Exchange Rates: PRIMARY SOURCE; confirms Oct 2026 MYR rate at 4.0799 per USD; exchange-rates.org: confirms Oct 9, 2026 rate of 1 MYR = 0.2448 USD, validating the US$269 million conversion
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5:01 am

Token Terminal records $0 in protocol revenue over the past three years, despite billions of dollars in NFT trades

Corroborated

coindesk.com said this

5:01 am
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Why we checked itClaims zero revenue over three years — a striking figure that could be verified against Token Terminal records
What we foundThe claim that Token Terminal records $0 in protocol revenue for Blur over the past three years, despite billions in NFT trades, is corroborated by well over five outlets reporting the same finding consistently, all tracing back to CoinDesk's October 13, 2026 article as the original source, with supporting DefiLlama data independently showing near-zero gross profit and trading fees across all recorded quarters.
Sources checked
  • CoinDesk (coindesk.com, Oct 13 2026) — Original report, directly cited Token Terminal as source for $0 protocol revenue figure. PRIMARY SOURCE for the claim.
  • DefiLlama (defillama.com/protocol/blur) — Independent on-chain data aggregator; income statement shows $0 Gross Profit and $0 Trading Fees for Blur across all quarters from Q1 2023 to Q3 2026. INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMS the substance of the claim through a different data channel.
  • CryptoRank (cryptorank.io) — Secondary; repeats CoinDesk/Token Terminal finding without contradiction.
  • CoinTribune (cointribune.com) — Secondary; cites Token Terminal data showing zero protocol revenue.
  • CryptoTicker (cryptoticker.io) — Secondary; explicitly references CoinDesk as source for Token Terminal figure.
  • CoinCentral (coincentral.com) — Secondary; confirms Token Terminal recorded $0 in protocol revenue.
  • NFTPlazas (nftplazas.com) — Secondary; cites Token Terminal, adds no contradicting data.
  • Bitcoin.com — Secondary; cites Token Terminal data via CoinDesk. No outlet contradicts the claim.
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5:01 am

Jordan has approved its first municipal Islamic sukuk issuance, worth 400 million Jordanian dinars ($564.2 million), offering a 5.5 percent annual return over five years

Supported

arabnews.com said this

5:01 am
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Why we checked itMultiple specific figures (amount, currency equivalent, return rate, duration) about a significant first-of-its-kind financial issuance that could be verified against official Jordanian government or financial authority announcements
What we foundEvery specific element of the claim — JD400 million value, $564.2 million USD equivalent, 5.5% annual return, five-year term, and 'first municipal' designation — is confirmed by multiple genuinely independent sources including Petra (the official Jordanian state news agency), the Jordan Times, and MENA+ capital markets reporting.
Sources checked
  • Petra (Jordan News Agency) — primary/official source, two separate dispatches independently confirming all claim details
  • Jordan Times — independent editorial outlet with its own Cabinet session coverage, confirms all figures
  • MENA+/Enterprise — regional capital markets outlet, independently confirms JOD/USD conversion and structural terms
  • Arab News — the outlet making the claim
  • accurately reflected Petra reporting
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5:01 am

Blur captured more than 70% of Ethereum NFT trading volume in March 2023, when activity on the platform reached approximately $1.43 billion

Supported

coindesk.com said this

5:01 am
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Why we checked itSpecific market share percentage and trading volume figure that could be verified against DefiLlama data
What we foundThe claim that Blur captured more than 70% of Ethereum NFT trading volume in March 2023 at approximately $1.43 billion is confirmed by multiple genuinely independent sources — including DappRadar's own Q1 2023 industry report (a primary data source), a contemporaneous April 2023 news report citing DappRadar and Dune Analytics data, and Blur's own website — alongside CoinDesk's citation of DefiLlama.
Sources checked
  • DappRadar Q1 2023 NFT Industry Report — Primary independent data source; directly reported Blur's 70.5% market dominance in March 2023 from its own on-chain data collection.
  • Yahoo Finance / Decrypt (April 4, 2023) — Contemporaneous reporting citing DappRadar and Dune Analytics data; reported ~$1.35B in Blur Ethereum NFT volume for March 2023, confirming dominance independently of CoinDesk.
  • CoinCentral — Cited DefiLlama directly (not via CoinDesk) for the $1.43B and >70% figures, providing a secondary independent citation of the original data source.
  • PlayToEarn — Cited DefiLlama directly for the $1.43B and >70% figures, another independent citation of the original data source.
  • CoinDesk (original article) — The article being fact-checked; explicitly attributes the data to DefiLlama.
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5:00 am

Blast once attracted more than $2 billion in assets, partly through rewards offered to users depositing funds. That figure had fallen to approximately $32 million when developers announced the closure

Supported

coindesk.com said this

5:00 am
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Why we checked itSpecific TVL figures for Blast at peak and at closure are verifiable and central to the narrative about the project's decline
What we foundBoth specific figures in CoinDesk's claim — Blast attracting more than $2 billion in assets via rewards/yield incentives, and TVL falling to approximately $32 million at the time of the shutdown announcement — are confirmed by multiple independent sources drawing on DeFiLlama primary data.
Sources checked
  • The Block (theblock.co) — independently confirmed $2B+ TVL pre-launch citing DeFiLlama; also confirmed ~$32M TVL at shutdown time citing DeFiLlama.
  • CryptoPotato — independently confirmed $2B TVL milestone from Blast's own announcement.
  • FXStreet — independently confirmed $2B+ TVL citing DeFiLlama ($2.157B on Feb 27, 2024).
  • Chaincatcher — confirmed $32M TVL at shutdown, citing data as of October 2026.
  • MoneyCheck — confirmed both figures citing DeFiLlama as primary data source.
  • DeFiLlama — primary/authoritative on-chain data source cited by all outlets for both figures.
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11 November
7:59 pm

this election was largely about the war in Iran and the economy, inflation, most specifically fuel prices

Supported

John Thune, at Senate Republican Leadership Press Conference

7:59 pm
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Why we checked itThune asserts the primary drivers of the election outcome were the war in Iran, inflation, and fuel prices — a specific causal claim about voter motivations that can be checked against polling and election analysis data
What we foundPolling in the attached sources backs both parts of Thune's description: nearly nine in ten voters in the CNBC Voter Poll called the cost of living a crucial or major factor in their vote, about three in four called the Iran war a crucial factor, and Gallup found 77% of registered voters rated the situation in Iran extremely or very important. "Most specifically fuel prices" names the part of inflation he meant, in answer to a question about the war and the cost of gas; it does not rank fuel prices above the economy or the war.
CorrectedCorrection: Originally rated Overstated. Rating changed to Supported following post-event review: "most specifically fuel prices" says which part of inflation he meant, in answer to a reporter's question about the war and the cost of gas, rather than ranking fuel prices above the economy and the war. The attached sources support the war and the economy, inflation included, as the main issues. The evidence is unchanged; the summary was rewritten to match.
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7:59 pm

The Democrats are [going to be running this place next year]

Supported

John Thune, at Senate Republican Leadership Press Conference

7:59 pm
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Why we checked itThune asserts Democrats will control the Senate in the next session, which is verifiable against election results and Senate composition
What we foundDemocrats did win control of both the Senate and the House in the November 3, 2026 midterm elections and will be running Congress beginning January 2027.
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10 November
11:00 pm

Act is promising a return to an ObegalX surplus in the next fiscal year and leaving net core Crown debt $12.4 billion lower than forecast at the end of the forecast period

Supported

nzherald.co.nz said this

11:00 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific fiscal figure that can be checked against Act's released fiscal plan and Treasury forecasts
What we foundACT's own published fiscal plan document and multiple independent outlets with original reporting confirm both claims: an OBEGALx surplus in 2027/28 (the next fiscal year) and net core Crown debt $12.4 billion lower than PREFU forecasts by 2031.
Sources checked
  • ACT Party Fiscal Plan 2026 (primary document, assets.nationbuilder.com) — directly confirms OBEGALx surplus of $79m in 2027/28 and debt $12.433b lower by 2031.
  • The Post / thepost.co.nz — independently reported the $79m OBEGALx surplus in 2028 and $12.4b lower debt from their own journalist's coverage.
  • RNZ (rnz.co.nz) — independently confirmed $12.4b less debt by 2031 via separate interview with Seymour.
  • Interest.co.nz — cited in b2bnews source list as independently verifying the fiscal plan figures.
  • The Spinoff (thespinoff.co.nz) — corroborated the $12.4b debt and earlier surplus claim with original reporting.
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11:00 pm

Genting announced plans to raise about 1.25 billion ringgit (US$306 million) through a renounceable rights issue.

Supported

scmp.com said this

11:00 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific fundraising amount and structure are verifiable against Genting's bourse filing.
What we foundThe claim is fully supported: Genting announced on October 9, 2026 a renounceable rights issue to raise RM1.25 billion (US$306 million), confirmed by its own Bursa Malaysia filing and independently reported by multiple outlets with original coverage.
Sources checked
  • Bursa Malaysia filing (via The Edge Malaysia) — Primary source — independently confirmed RM1.25 billion renounceable rights issue from official exchange filing
  • The Star (Malaysia) — Independent confirmation from official Bursa Malaysia filing, with additional detail on fund allocation
  • Bloomberg — Independent confirmation of RM1.25 billion / US$306 million renounceable rights issue
  • GGRAsia — Corroborating source citing Bursa Malaysia filing directly
  • Free Malaysia Today — Corroborating source with same figures (RM1.25 billion / US$306 million)
  • SCMP (source article) — Article under review — figures consistent with all other sources
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11:00 pm

The 'Inflation Reduction Act' cost $740 billion and recent analyses show its green-energy giveaways will cost taxpayers nearly $5 trillion by 2050.

Overstated

nypost.com said this

11:00 pm
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Why we checked itTwo specific dollar figures — the original $740 billion price tag and the $5 trillion long-term cost projection — are concrete and verifiable against CBO or other analyses.
What we foundThe '$740 billion' figure for the IRA's original cost is a recognizable shorthand but conflates revenue raised with spending authorized; the '$5 trillion by 2050' figure overstates the best available upper-bound estimate, which is $4.67 trillion — not 'nearly $5 trillion' — and comes from a single libertarian think tank's upper-bound projection, not a consensus of analyses.
Sources checked
  • Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 992 (Fisher & Loucks, March 2025) — primary source for the long-run cost estimate; upper bound is $4.67T by 2050, not '$5 trillion.'
  • Congressional Budget Office / Joint Committee on Taxation — official score of the IRA at passage; $369–$383B for energy provisions over 10 years; $891B total authorized spending.
  • U.S. Department of the Treasury (official government source) — cited '$5 trillion' as the IRA's *benefit* (reduced climate damages), not its cost.
  • Goldman Sachs — independently estimated $1.2 trillion 10-year cost; corroborates cost growth beyond CBO but well below $5T.
  • Tax Foundation — estimated ~$1.16 trillion from 2025–2034; independently confirms cost escalation.
  • SmartAsset, WBIR, Reason, AgWeb — multiple secondary outlets corroborating the '$740 billion' label at passage, though this conflates revenue with spending.
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5:01 pm

In the three months to June, household net wealth dropped by 0.3 percent, or $8.4 billion to $2.593 trillion but was still 1.9 percent higher than a year earlier.

Supported

rnz.co.nz said this

5:01 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific figures on household net wealth change — verifiable against Stats NZ national accounts data release.
What we foundThe claim is fully supported by Stats NZ's own official release and independently corroborated by multiple news outlets with original reporting from that release.
Sources checked
  • Stats NZ official publications listing (stats.govt.nz) — primary source confirming June 2026 quarter release
  • Scoop/Business Scoop Stats NZ press release — official Stats NZ key facts
  • Newswire NZ (newswire.co.nz) — independent reporting citing Stats NZ figures and Westpac commentary, confirming $8.4B drop to $2.593T and 1.9% annual gain
  • Stuff (stuff.co.nz) — independent reporting confirming 0.3% / $8.4B drop
  • RNZ (rnz.co.nz) — the original article source, confirming same figures
  • Finimize — independent secondary corroboration of $8.4B / 0.3% fall.
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