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FalseA summer 2026 UNICEF report "dismantled" the "lie" that there is or was a famine in Gaza.SnopesAug 19, 2026TrueCNN's Pamela Brown went aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in summer 2026.SnopesAug 19, 2026TrueIn 2012, a Twitter user posted “Stop chat gpt!!” even though ChatGPT would not be released until 2022.SnopesAug 18, 2026FalseNew York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is “requiring ID” to shop at city-run grocery stores.Said by Randy FinePolitiFactAug 18, 2026TrueA video authentically showed a Fox News graphic that falsely suggested national average gas prices fell between August 2025 and August 2026.SnopesAug 18, 2026TrueA photograph authentically shows U.S. President Donald Trump looking through the window of the Marine One helicopter with his aide Natalie Harp.SnopesAug 18, 2026Can’t tellA U.S. Secret Service agent who has served seven presidents said Donald Trump is weirder than all of them put together and provided behind-the-scenes details about what he's like in his presidential limousine.SnopesAug 18, 2026TrueIn August 2026, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump declared brass instruments a national security threat and imposed tariffs on them.SnopesAug 18, 2026FalseFormer U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers “helped to architect the legislation that kicked off the opioid epidemic.”Said by Abdul El-SayedPolitiFactAug 17, 2026FalseA screenshot authentically shows an August 2026 Truth Social post in which U.S. President Donald Trump said, "Only suckers and losers would enlist, go to sea on an aircraft carrier, and then complain and send their family nasty notes about our military. They weren't at sea long enough."SnopesAug 17, 2026Can’t tellIn August 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln to sign NDAs before they were allowed to leave the aircraft carrier.SnopesAug 17, 2026TrueAn image authentically showed South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace with tattoos on her arms.SnopesAug 17, 2026FalseIn July 2026, Muslims in Dearborn, Michigan, demanded that churches stop ringing bells on Sundays.SnopesAug 17, 2026TrueScott Yenor, chairman of a Heritage Foundation initiative, said in 2021: "Every effort must be made not to recruit women into engineering but rather to recruit and demand more of men who become engineers. Ditto for med school and the law and every trade. If every Nobel Prize winner is a man, that's not a failure."SnopesAug 16, 2026Can’t tellIn August 2026, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey unveiled a statue of Molech (also spelled Moloch), a pagan god who the Bible associates with child sacrifice, in front of the state Capitol.SnopesAug 16, 2026FalseJill Biden was a teenager working as the Biden family babysitter when she started dating then-Sen. Joe Biden.SnopesAug 16, 2026MixedA company linked to U.S. President Donald Trump began setting up an oil drilling operation in Greenland without the government's permission.SnopesAug 14, 2026FalseTexts prove Dr. Anthony Fauci, who helped lead the United States' COVID-19 response, covered up data indicating that 82% of pregnant women who received an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in their first trimester miscarried.SnopesAug 14, 2026FalseWhile in charge of Detroit’s health department, Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed ran a dog slaughterhouse and oversaw the euthanasia of 74% of the shelter dogs.SnopesAug 14, 2026MixedIn August 2026, Walmart banned influencer and comedian Damon Darling from its stores for buying other people's groceries.SnopesAug 13, 2026MixedThen-Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody transferred “$10 million in taxpayer money meant for children’s health care to a campaign fund.”Said by Alexander VindmanPolitiFactAug 13, 2026TrueIn August 2026, the Florida Chamber of Commerce paid for an advertisement in Times Square naming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani Florida's "Economic Developer of the Year."SnopesAug 13, 2026FalseA video authentically shows U.S. President Donald Trump waking himself up with a fart during a maternal healthcare announcement in the Oval Office on May 11, 2026.SnopesAug 13, 2026FalseThere is “an 82% miscarriage rate with women who got the (COVID-19 vaccine) injection in the first or second trimester.”Said by Ron JohnsonPolitiFactAug 13, 2026