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FalseThe vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella contains tissue from aborted fetuses, as U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. claimed in August 2026.SnopesAug 31, 2026Can’t tellAn image shared online in August 2026 authentically shows U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., with the late financier and sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.SnopesAug 30, 2026TrueIn 2016, a woman used sheep to map the Faroe Islands after Google left the islands off of Google Street View.SnopesAug 30, 2026TrueA federal judge rule certain AI-generated child sex abuse material is protected by First Amendment.SnopesAug 29, 2026Can’t tellDisney bought country singer Dolly Parton’s Dollywood theme park.SnopesAug 29, 2026TrueLake Ontario was named by Indigenous people, not after the Canadian province of Ontario.SnopesAug 28, 2026FalseCountry singer Dolly Parton's Imagination Library donated books to children in Israel.SnopesAug 28, 2026TrueCCTV footage from Aug. 26, 2026, authentically shows a deadly flood destroying the Gyirong Port, a Nepal-China border crossing.SnopesAug 28, 2026MixedNorth Carolina “processed 1,031,350 duplicate (voter) registrations.”Said by Social MediaPolitiFactAug 28, 2026MixedThe U.S. Department of Agriculture recalled 30,000 pounds of Argentine beef that the administration of President Donald Trump had imported to bring down domestic beef prices.SnopesAug 28, 2026Can’t tellDirector Ron Howard authored a letter starting, "I'm a liberal, but that doesn't mean what a lot of you apparently think it does."SnopesAug 28, 2026FalseA time-lapse video authentically shows Sen. Mitch McConnell sitting in the U.S. Senate chamber, barely moving, for 20 hours straight.SnopesAug 28, 2026FalseLa “inmigración ilegal desenfrenada” durante la administración Biden es la causa de “un brote de sarampión en ciertas partes del país”.Said by Byron DonaldsPolitiFactAug 28, 2026MixedIn August 2026, Costco removed Callaway golf products from its inventory online and in stores because of backlash over advertisement released by Callaway partner Good Good Golf that featured a man shoving a woman to the ground.SnopesAug 27, 2026False“Rampant illegal immigration” during the Biden administration is the cause of “a measles outbreak in certain parts of the country.”Said by Byron DonaldsPolitiFactAug 27, 2026FalseThe Detroit Police Department issued a warning about a “gang initiation” trend of young men stabbing women in Detroit in August 2026.SnopesAug 27, 2026Can’t tellSupreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un paid tribute to the late country music star Dolly Parton at the summit of Mount Paektu in August 2026.SnopesAug 27, 2026FalseA video authentically showed a Target ad featuring a costume that critics said evoked racist blackface and minstrel imagery.SnopesAug 27, 2026TrueU.S. President Donald Trump bought up to $500,000 in Boeing stock the same day the U.S. Navy awarded the aerospace company with an $880 million contract.SnopesAug 27, 2026TrueSinger Dolly Parton declined receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom three times, twice from U.S. President Donald Trump and once from former President Joe Biden.SnopesAug 27, 2026FalseA video features an authentic audio recording of the late country music legend Dolly Parton revealing her "final wish."SnopesAug 27, 2026MixedGirl Scouts of the USA offers "Muslim badges" that members can earn by learning the five pillars of Islam or visiting a mosque.SnopesAug 26, 2026FalseDrug overdoses decreased in Maine because the Trump administration “sealed the border.”Said by JD VancePolitiFactAug 26, 2026TrueIn late August 2026, the White House posted a "Magic Deportation Bus" graphic to social media, referencing the 1990s educational cartoon "The Magic School Bus."SnopesAug 26, 2026