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FalseU.S. President Donald Trump proposed eliminating property taxes for people age 65 and older who have paid off their mortgages.SnopesAug 24, 2026TrueTarget removed a children's Halloween costume from its website that social media users criticized as evoking racist minstrel and blackface imagery.SnopesAug 24, 2026TrueActor Gary Sinise has taken more than 1,000 children of fallen service members to Disney theme parks free of charge.SnopesAug 24, 2026MixedActivist Marion Stokes recorded more than 300,000 hours of news footage from the 1970s to her death in 2021.SnopesAug 24, 2026FalseIn summer 2026, a 91-year-old woman was arrested for stealing heart medication for her husband from a pharmacy because they could no longer afford to pay for it.SnopesAug 24, 2026FalseTexas made marijuana possession a felony after more than 70% of voters voted to legalize it.SnopesAug 24, 2026FalseAn image authentically showed a “spider-shaped rock formation” on the surface of Mars.SnopesAug 23, 2026FalseA photograph authentically shows U.S. President Donald Trump in Moscow in 1987, when he was 41, at the invitation of Yuri Dubinin, the Soviet ambassador to the U.S.SnopesAug 23, 2026Can’t tellU.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said, "Republicans are trying to rig elections by only allowing U.S. citizens to vote."SnopesAug 22, 2026FalseFrench President Emmanuel Macron posted an image of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein kissing U.S. first lady Melania Trump on the cheek.SnopesAug 22, 2026Can’t tellPoet and author Maya Angelou said or wrote, "Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn't know before you learned it."SnopesAug 21, 2026Can’t tellSen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., once said, "Senior citizens have misused Social Security and that's why I want it to sunset."SnopesAug 21, 2026MixedIn August 2026, U.S. consumers could buy "lab-grown" eggs "cleared" by the Food and Drug Administration, and brands were secretly including the eggs in their products.SnopesAug 21, 2026TrueAn image authentically shows part of a handwritten letter from the U.S. Department of Justice's Epstein files releases alleging that U.S. President Donald Trump was involved in sex trafficking.SnopesAug 20, 2026Can’t tellIn summer 2026, insurer State Farm started distributing $5 billion in cash to its automobile insurance customers.SnopesAug 20, 2026TrueIn April 2026, ICE detained Eissa Hashemi and his wife, Maryam Tahmasebi, as well as their teenage son, because Hashemi's mother was a spokesperson for the Iranian government during the 1979 hostage crisis.SnopesAug 20, 2026MixedEvery year, an Italian town punishes the politician behind the year's worst decision by locking them in a cage and plunging them into a freezing river.SnopesAug 20, 2026FalseLemons are not a "naturally occurring" fruit as they are a manmade hybrid of a sour orange and a citron.SnopesAug 20, 2026Can’t tellU.S. President Donald Trump demanded to equip all Navy ships with sails and considered adding cannons.SnopesAug 20, 2026MixedA fashion designer is creating shirts made to confuse automated license plate readers, such as Flock cameras, in mid-2026.SnopesAug 19, 2026TrueIn August 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump said of 10-year-old Nathaniel Rai's ocean rescue, "I don't know if I'd do it. I wouldn't, probably."SnopesAug 19, 2026MixedHakeem Jeffries took more than $300,000 of PAC money from healthcare companies during the 2026 midterm election cycle before coming out against Medicare for All.SnopesAug 19, 2026FalseFlorida Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Jolly said he supports “gender-changing surgeries on kids.”Said by Byron DonaldsPolitiFactAug 19, 2026FalseIn September 1992, musician Eric Clapton invited 16-year-old Sarah Mitchell, who was deaf, onstage at a concert in Birmingham, England, and performed for her.SnopesAug 19, 2026