Coverage dated October 20, 2026

Fact check: Trump brings back his 2024 lie that schools are secretly sending kids to hospitals for gender surgery

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By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — In the final months of the 2024 presidential campaign, President Donald Trump told an outlandish lie that schools in parts of the US were sending children for gender surgeries without the knowledge of their parents.

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    Fact check: Trump brings back his 2024 lie that schools are secretly sending kids to hospitals for gender surgery (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — In the final months of the 2024 presidential campaign, President Donald Trump told an outlandish lie that schools in parts of the US were sending children for gender surgeries without the knowledge of their parents.

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