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FalseAn image accurately shows U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dressing in emo fashion for his senior yearbook photo.SnopesJul 17, 2026Can’t tellA group of six "MAGA fans" in Louisiana started a hunger strike they vowed would continue until writer E. Jean Carroll returns U.S. President Donald Trump's $5.6 million sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit payment.SnopesJul 17, 2026TrueA 2007 photograph authentically shows a young Lionel Messi bathing Lamine Yamal when he was a baby.SnopesJul 17, 2026FalseThe United States is the only country competing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup without universal healthcare.SnopesJul 17, 2026Can’t tellIn April 2026, former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi released nude images of President Donald Trump as revenge for Trump firing her.SnopesJul 17, 2026Can’t tellU.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said, “Infertility is genetic. If your parents can’t have kids, neither can you.”SnopesJul 17, 2026TruePresident Donald Trump and U.S. Rep. Mike Collins “doubled health insurance premiums for more than a million Georgians and threw 300,000 Georgians off their insurance altogether.”Said by Jon OssoffPolitiFactJul 17, 2026TrueIn July 2026, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced testosterone screening for U.S. troops, along with replacement therapy.SnopesJul 16, 2026FalseIn July 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.SnopesJul 16, 2026FalseAn image authentically shows a golden retriever protecting a child in rubble following an earthquake in Venezuela in June 2026.SnopesJul 16, 2026FalseSleeping with the fan on and blowing at you all night is "extremely dangerous."SnopesJul 16, 2026TrueU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on vehicles equipped with "cell site simulators" (also known as "fake cell towers") that can be used to spy on phones.SnopesJul 15, 2026Can’t tellU.S. President Donald Trump said, "If Christians don't get involved in politics, politics will erase their right to be Christians."SnopesJul 15, 2026Can’t tellAuthorities arrested Lena Hale, a transgender woman working as a corrections officer at a women's prison in Lee County, Florida, for impregnating 13 female inmates.SnopesJul 15, 2026TrueAfter the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, U.S. President Donald Trump said in a July 2026 interview with Newsmax that “a certain part of [Graham's] body literally blew up."SnopesJul 15, 2026FalseA photograph authentically shows the White House turned into a messy construction site in July 2026.SnopesJul 15, 2026FalseIn 2026, Colorado passed a law banning sexually explicit content of children generated by artificial intelligence, but 17 Republicans voted against its passage.SnopesJul 15, 2026MixedThe Waze terms of use say Israeli courts and laws govern the navigation app's service and terms, the Israeli government secretly uses the app to surveil users and former Israel Defense Forces members founded the app.SnopesJul 15, 2026Can’t tellRepublican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson said in July 2026, "Every dollar we spend on senior citizens could have gone somewhere else."SnopesJul 15, 2026FalsePhotos from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool's July 2026 draining show tire tracks left by U.S. President Donald Trump's motorcade from early May.SnopesJul 14, 2026TrueIn 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump's administration cut surveillance of cyclospora, a parasite that causes an intestinal disease called cyclosporiasis, of which thousands of cases were reported across the country in 2026.SnopesJul 14, 2026FalseThe AI industry needs “more energy than the entire country produces right now … In fact some people say almost double.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactJul 14, 2026FalseA photo showing Mitch McConnell and his wife is from his 2023 hospitalization or is AI generated.Said by X postsPolitiFactJul 13, 2026Can’t tellIn spring 2026, a Florida woman was arrested for pretending to work at a Tampa Costco and giving away tequila samples to customers.SnopesJul 13, 2026