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TruePope Leo XIV presented Iran’s Ambassador Mohammad Hossein Mokhtari with the highest diplomatic honor of the Vatican in May 2026.SnopesMay 14, 2026MixedIn 2024, Australian officials reported that 323 vials containing deadly viruses, including hantavirus, went missing from a Queensland laboratory after a biosecurity breach.SnopesMay 14, 2026TrueIn a three-hour span from late May 11 to early May 12, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump posted 55 times on his Truth Social account.SnopesMay 14, 2026FalseIn 2020, “Amy Acton called off Ohio’s election at the last minute.”Said by Vivek RamaswamyPolitiFactMay 14, 2026TrueIn May 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump said, “I don't think about Americans' financial situation. I don't think about anybody."SnopesMay 13, 2026FalseAn image circulating online in May 2026 authentically shows the golden statue of U.S. President Donald Trump at Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami covered in toilet paper and garbage.SnopesMay 13, 2026FalseImágenes muestran a personas “infectadas con Hantavirus”.Said by TikTok postsPolitiFactMay 13, 2026MixedAn image authentically shows part of a White House report signed by U.S. President Donald Trump broadly targeting trans rights advocates for death.SnopesMay 13, 2026TrueDiscount retailer Dollar Tree sells cheaper versions of Girl Scout Cookies made by the same manufacturer.SnopesMay 13, 2026Can’t tellDemocratic U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu of California said, "The unreleased Epstein files show Trump raping children. That's what's being hidden. That's why the files stay sealed. That's why there are no arrests."SnopesMay 13, 2026TrueU.S. President Donald Trump said acting Attorney General Todd Blanche kept him “out of jail for years.”SnopesMay 13, 2026FalseAn image authentically shows an eagle attacking a man dressed in a furry costume for defiling a Washington, D.C., veterans memorial.SnopesMay 12, 2026TrueOn May 6, 2026, evangelical minister Mark Burns held a dedication ceremony of a golden statue of U.S. President Donald Trump at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.SnopesMay 12, 2026False“Today, there are more children sleeping in New York City’s homeless shelters than there are seats in Yankee Stadium.”Said by Christine QuinnPolitiFactMay 12, 2026True“The average IRS tax refund is up 11% compared to last year.”Said by Nicholas LangworthyPolitiFactMay 12, 2026TrueU.S. President Donald Trump once posted a Mother's Day message beginning, "Happy Mother’s Day to ALL, in particular the Mothers, Wives and Lovers of the Radical Left Fascists, Marxists, and Communists who are doing everything within their power to destroy and obliterate our once great Country."SnopesMay 11, 2026FalseA screenshot authentically shows an X post from U.S. President Donald Trump claiming Iran was "pushing massive amounts of wind" into the U.S. through "secret atmospheric corridors" to power windmills.SnopesMay 11, 2026MixedAfter Eminem mocked, or "dissed," Michael Jackson in "Just Lose It," Jackson stayed silent but later bought the rights to Eminem's "whole catalogue" so he would make money whenever Eminem performed.SnopesMay 11, 2026TrueIn 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency put birth control and abortion pills on a water contamination "watch list."SnopesMay 11, 2026MixedFormer U.S. President Barack Obama "gave" Iran $1.7 billion in cash in 2016, sending pallets of money to the country.SnopesMay 11, 2026TrueA U.S. airport sniffer dog found at least 100 pork and chicken sandwiches from 7-Eleven in Thailand in a traveler's luggage.SnopesMay 11, 2026FalseSocial Security checks have officially been renamed "federal benefit payments."SnopesMay 10, 2026FalseAn image authentically shows a sexist 1952 advertisement for Calm-a-Lot tranquilizer tablets that asked, "Is your wife getting hysterical again?"SnopesMay 10, 2026TrueRobert Morris, a former spiritual adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, was released from an Oklahoma jail in early 2026 after serving six months for sexually abusing a 12-year-old.SnopesMay 10, 2026