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This study evaluates LLM-based feature extraction for fake news detection across multiple datasets. We compare BERT-based text representations, introduce a method for extracting factual segments from news articles, and create two new datasets with fact-based features. Additionally, we explore graph-based text representations using LLMs to capture relationships within news content. By integrating these approaches, we improve fake news detection, making it more accurate and interpretable. 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