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MixedIn August 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order making the burning of the American flag punishable by one year in jail.SnopesAug 28, 2025TrueA large banner of U.S. President Donald Trump was placed on the Department of Labor building in Washington, D.C., in August 2025.SnopesAug 28, 2025FalseVideos that surfaced in August 2025 accurately reported that U.S. President Donald Trump told former U.S. President Barack Obama, "Sit down, boy."SnopesAug 28, 2025TrueIn response to U.S. President Donald Trump claiming Washington, D.C., restaurants were closing due to crime, chef José Andrés wrote on X: “[It's] a flat out lie that half the restaurants have closed because of safety ... but restaurants will close because you have troops with guns and federal agents harassing people ... making people afraid to go out.”SnopesAug 28, 2025TrueA mural symbolizing North and South America working together was painted on the Mexican side of the U.S-Mexico border wall in Tijuana.SnopesAug 27, 2025TrueA chart based on legitimate research accurately showed that homophobic views declined in countries around the world from 1993 to 2024.SnopesAug 27, 2025FalseIn August 2025, social media posts and websites accurately reported Oprah Winfrey was endorsing a "pink salt trick" for weight loss.SnopesAug 27, 2025Can’t tellThe U.S. National Guard refused to deploy in Chicago, citing bone spurs.SnopesAug 27, 2025FalseIn Washington, D.C., “We always have a murder a week.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactAug 27, 2025FalseMike Holmgren, former coach of the Green Bay Packers, died in late August 2025.SnopesAug 27, 2025TrueAs of late August 2025, survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sex abuse planned to hold a news conference in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 3, 2025.SnopesAug 27, 2025Can’t tellU.S. President Donald Trump once said the Japanese came through the Panama Canal to attack Pearl Harbor in December 1941.SnopesAug 27, 2025FalseDuring a televised debate in early August 2025, U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett used quotes from the Bible to challenge U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee.SnopesAug 26, 2025TrueMiami and Tampa have each reached triple-digit temperatures only once since temperatures have been recorded.SnopesAug 26, 2025Can’t tellWhite House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said: "America cannot function if President Trump has to deal with co-equal branches of government having the ability to check his power."SnopesAug 26, 2025Can’t tellIn late August 2025, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis mobilized the state’s National Guard to pick fruit.SnopesAug 26, 2025Can’t tellEntertainment icon Oprah Winfrey took a $40 million construction grant from FEMA to rebuild a mansion after the 2023 Maui wildfires, even though her home didn't burn down.SnopesAug 26, 2025FalseIn August 2025, Cracker Barrel fired Arthur MacWaters, who headed marketing, over a company rebrand.SnopesAug 26, 2025False"If you go back to World War II, if you go back to World War I, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation."Said by JD VancePolitiFactAug 26, 2025FalseMSNBC TV host Rachel Maddow launched her own newsroom in the summer of 2025, and CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert and former MSNBC host Joy Reid joined her new venture.SnopesAug 26, 2025MixedGerman scientists developed a gel to regrow joint cartilage without surgery in August 2025.SnopesAug 25, 2025FalseThe solemn U.S. military bugle call "Taps" originated with a Union Army father finding the melody written on paper in the pocket of his deceased Confederate soldier son.SnopesAug 25, 2025FalseIn August 2025, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth publicly invested $5 million in a dog "healing sanctuary."SnopesAug 25, 2025FalseAn Aug. 23 video shows “the military’s already showing up in Chicago” before a potential National Guard deployment.Said by X postsPolitiFactAug 25, 2025