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FalseAn image authentically showed U.S. President Donald Trump hiding in an airplane catering cart to be smuggled from one plane to another.SnopesAug 12, 2026TrueIn August 2026, the Trump administration paid German energy company RWE $1.2 billion to stop building wind farms.SnopesAug 12, 2026FalseWhen the measles, mumps and rubella vaccines are given together in the combined MMR vaccine, “there could be a possibility they’re quite lethal.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactAug 12, 2026FalseThere are vaccines the size of a “bottle of soda … poured into a little child’s body.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactAug 11, 2026TrueU.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., voted against or blocked measures mandating employees receive sick leave in 1993, 2015, 2020 and 2022.SnopesAug 11, 2026MixedIn August 2026, Massachusetts legalized abortion after 24 weeks of pregnancy.SnopesAug 11, 2026FalseU.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee from Michigan, said he believes America deserved the 9/11 terrorist attacks.SnopesAug 11, 2026FalseAn image authentically shows a coyote standing on its hind legs and pressing a crosswalk signaling button before crossing a road.SnopesAug 11, 2026TrueAlbert Einstein married his cousin Elsa Einstein.SnopesAug 11, 2026FalseMichigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed “openly calls for Sharia law in America.”Said by X postsPolitiFactAug 10, 2026FalseDr. Anthony Fauci co-authored a paper that found masks caused most deaths during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.SnopesAug 10, 2026Can’t tellIn 2026, hikers discovered Dead Sea Scrolls-like artifacts in a cliffside in Tennessee.SnopesAug 10, 2026FalseA secret NASA document named "Project Anchor" leaked in November 2024, revealing the agency believed the Earth would "lose gravity" for seven seconds on Aug. 12, 2026.SnopesAug 10, 2026FalsePrices are “all coming down now. The food, the groceries, it’s all coming down.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactAug 10, 2026MixedIt's dangerous to shower during a thunderstorm, and people have been killed or injured while doing so.SnopesAug 10, 2026TrueThe U.S. Army swore in four senior executives with ties to technology companies Meta, Palantir, OpenAI and Thinking Machines Lab as lieutenant colonels.SnopesAug 10, 2026MixedIn 2026, protesters “stormed” a planning and zoning meeting in Indian River County, Florida, to block the construction of a planned Muslim city.SnopesAug 10, 2026FalseA video shared online in July 2026 authentically shows a zombie attacking partygoers inside an Atlanta nightclub.SnopesAug 9, 2026FalseAn image circulating in July 2026 authentically showed surveillance footage of a gorilla named Julius screaming for help after his human caretaker collapsed.SnopesAug 9, 2026FalseVideo of an object smashing into the moon and creating a plume of dust authentically shows the Aug. 5, 2026, crash of the upper stage of a SpaceX rocket.SnopesAug 8, 2026FalseAbdul El-Sayed “believes America deserved 9/11.”Said by Mike RogersPolitiFactAug 8, 2026Mixed“Senate Bill 484 ensures that utility rates will not go up due to data centers.”Said by Byron DonaldsPolitiFactAug 8, 2026Can’t tellIn August 2026, Iran's government announced that it would only reopen the Strait of Hormuz if U.S. President Donald Trump admitted he lost the 2020 presidential election.SnopesAug 7, 2026TrueIn August 2026, the White House's official Instagram account shared Spider-Man-inspired graphics showing immigrants trapped in webs next to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.SnopesAug 7, 2026