Fact Checks

Ken Rex McElroy was shot and killed in Skidmore, Missouri on July 10, 1981, while sitting in his pickup truck on Main Street with his wife Trena beside him.

Authorities and media accounts consistently describe dozens of onlookers at the shooting scene (roughly ‘20–40’ to ‘30–46’), but the exact count is not a settled fact.

Using the term "Palestinian rabbis" for rabbis in Late Antiquity is a standard scholarly convention meaning "rabbis of Roman/Byzantine Palestine" (i.e., the Land of Israel), not a claim about modern Palestinian national identity.

Calling these figures "Israel/Judea rabbis" is also historically defensible for some periods, but it is not a strict replacement for "Palestinian rabbis" because the relevant political-geographic names changed over time (Judea vs. later Roman/Byzantine Palestine).

John Healey was appointed UK Secretary of State for Defence on 5 July 2024 (Starmer government).

John Healey resigned as Secretary of State for Defence on 11 June 2026, citing disagreement with the government’s Defence Investment Plan/defence spending settlement.

Andy Burnham is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, having taken office on 20 July 2026.

The UK prime ministership is not created by statute or a single constitutional document; it exists primarily by constitutional convention, with the monarch appointing the person most likely to command the confidence of the House of Commons.

Romanian anti-organised-crime prosecutors (DIICOT) sent Andrew and Tristan Tate to trial in June 2023, while they were under house arrest, on charges including forming an organised criminal group, human trafficking (continued form) and rape (continued form).

On 31 March 2023, the Bucharest Court of Appeal replaced pre-trial detention for Andrew and Tristan Tate (and two co-defendants) with 30 days of house arrest (31 March–29 April 2023).

Elliot Page was born on February 21, 1987, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Page attended Halifax Grammar School and later graduated from Shambhala School in 2005.

Italy’s Supreme Court of Cassation definitively acquitted Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito of Meredith Kercher’s murder on March 27, 2015, ending the criminal case against them for that homicide.

On October 3, 2011, a Perugia appeals court acquitted Knox and Sollecito of murder (while leaving in place Knox’s conviction for falsely accusing Patrick Lumumba).

Lindsey Graham died on July 11, 2026, and the preliminary cause of death was an aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

On July 13, 2026, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster appointed Graham’s sister, Darline Graham, to fill the U.S. Senate vacancy until January 3, 2027.

The Falkland Islands are on the United Nations list of Non‑Self‑Governing Territories, with the UN explicitly noting a sovereignty dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom.

On 3 January 1833, British naval forces reasserted British control over the islands, replacing the flag and requiring the Argentine authorities to depart.

Sonam Wangchuk was born on 1 September 1966 near Alchi (Leh district; then Jammu & Kashmir, now Ladakh).

Wangchuk completed a B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Srinagar in 1987.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Inspector General referred findings about Elaine Chao’s potential misuse of position to federal prosecutors in December 2020, and DOJ declined to prosecute.

DOT OIG concluded it found no evidence that DOT grant awards were steered to Kentucky because Chao’s husband Mitch McConnell represented the state; it also found Kentucky did not receive a disproportionate share of DOT grants overall.

A special primary will be held on August 11, 2026, to determine the Republican nominee because Lindsey Graham died during his re-election bid.

In the June 9, 2026 primary elections, Lindsey Graham won the Republican nomination with 56.8% of the vote over Mark Lynch.