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TrueIn 1967, Julia Roberts' parents couldn’t afford the hospital bill for her birth, so Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King covered it.SnopesSep 8, 2026TrueAn image authentically shows Pope Leo XIV wearing Nike sneakers with his vestments.SnopesSep 8, 2026FalseA U.S. military dog named Valor was honored at the Pentagon for surviving a suicide bombing and saving 47 soldiers in 2023.SnopesSep 7, 2026TrueThe Oklahoma Department of Corrections contracted inmates to work for a call center company that handled making calls for a conservative super PAC.SnopesSep 6, 2026TrueA federal judge rule certain AI-generated child sex abuse material is protected by First Amendment.SnopesSep 6, 2026TrueTarget uses a Bluetooth device on its baskets that tracks shoppers in store.SnopesSep 5, 2026Can’t tellIn early September 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to change the name of New Mexico to "New America."SnopesSep 5, 2026MixedA meme accurately cites facts and fundraising figures in comparing prosecutors charging Lindsay Clancy with killing her three children, with Clancy receiving more than $1 million in fundraising, and the story of Emma Schols sustaining severe burns while rescuing her six children from a house fire, then receiving only $42,000 in fundraising.SnopesSep 4, 2026TrueThe late feminist activist and journalist Gloria Steinem once worked with the CIA.SnopesSep 4, 2026False“For every 38,000 ChatGPT queries, that is the same amount of water that is used in the production of a single almond in California.”Said by Sam AltmanPolitiFactSep 4, 2026TrueThe White House website has a series of arcade-style games that let players catch and deport migrants and build a border wall, among others.SnopesSep 4, 2026FalseAdding a stamp to a postage prepaid ballot will “force” the U.S. Postal Service to handle it as first-class mail instead of bulk.SnopesSep 4, 2026Can’t tellIn August 2026, Steve Clack, the mayor of Walhalla, North Dakota, sued a wind farm in the Canadian province of Manitoba, asking them to pay for using "American wind."SnopesSep 4, 2026FalseAn image authentically shows a French map from 1688 that replaced the name "Lac Ontario" with "Lac America."SnopesSep 4, 2026FalseAs cited by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a database from anti-trans group Do No Harm proves that from 2019 to 2023, more than 5,500 minors in the United States had sex change surgeries.SnopesSep 4, 2026TrueA screenshot authentically shows a post U.S. President Donald Trump made to Truth Social saying that there were "too many non-working holidays in America" that cost the country "billions of dollars" to keep businesses closed.SnopesSep 3, 2026TrueTexas state Rep. James Talarico, a Democrat, voted against SB 17, a bill meant to prevent China from buying land in Texas.SnopesSep 3, 2026Can’t tellA screenshot authentically shows a Truth Social post from U.S. President Donald Trump announcing the construction of the "Melania Canal" to connect to "Lake America," also known as Lake Ontario.SnopesSep 3, 2026MixedFormer White House chef Andre Rush said Trump is a "worker" who is always friendly to the staff.SnopesSep 3, 2026True“70, 80% of people across Florida are saying, ‘Don’t build data centers.'”Said by David JollyPolitiFactSep 3, 2026FalseWhen Sen. Susan Collins “had the chance to actually vote to stop Trump’s tariffs from driving up costs for Maine families and businesses, she voted NO.”Said by Troy JacksonPolitiFactSep 2, 2026TrueU.S. Rep. Mike Collins “is literally one of the most active crypto traders in the entire Congress, House or Senate.”Said by Jon OssoffPolitiFactSep 2, 2026FalseIn the summer of 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the removal of weeping willow trees outside the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.SnopesSep 2, 2026TrueU.S. President Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency approved the use of the pesticide trifludimoxazin, a known carcinogen and a PFAS "forever chemical."SnopesSep 2, 2026