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FalseAn image authentically shows European leaders left sitting in a White House corridor before meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in August 2025.SnopesAug 21, 2025MixedWalgreens started selling Hallmark Mahogany cards, a brand of greeting cards exclusively for Black people, in or around August 2025.SnopesAug 21, 2025FalseRapper Eminem once paused a performance in Detroit to invite an audience member — Lily Tran, a former foster child — to perform "Lose Yourself" with him onstage.SnopesAug 20, 2025MixedAs of August 2025, the only known spotless giraffe in the world was living in a Tennessee zoo.SnopesAug 20, 2025FalseThe Smithsonian Institution includes “nothing about success, nothing about brightness, nothing about the future.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactAug 20, 2025TrueIn August 2025, Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier, D-Fort Worth, slept overnight in the state House chamber because Republicans mandated that no Democratic lawmakers could not leave without a "permission slip" and a police escort, conditions she refused to accept.SnopesAug 20, 2025FalseIn August 2025, Nebraska was on the verge of bankruptcy because of tariffs and labor shortages following immigration raids.SnopesAug 20, 2025FalseThe IRS confirmed that Americans would receive new stimulus checks up to $1,390 in 2025.SnopesAug 19, 2025TrueActor Christian Bale is building 12 homes in a $22 million village in Palmdale, California, that aims to keep siblings in the foster-care system together.SnopesAug 19, 2025FalseWith voting machines, "They say we're going to have the results in two weeks. With paper ballots, you have the results that night."Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactAug 19, 2025FalseIn August 2025, comedian Stephen Colbert and Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas teamed up for the launch of a new TV show.SnopesAug 19, 2025FalseThe Nobel Committee "quietly removed" Donald Trump’s name from the Nobel Peace Prize nominee list in 2025.SnopesAug 19, 2025FalseA photo authentically showed Russian President Vladimir Putin holding his nose while riding in presidential state car "The Beast" with U.S. President Donald Trump.SnopesAug 19, 2025FalseAn 11-year-old Montana girl named Patricia Harrington stopped a home invasion by shooting and killing two armed immigrants named Ralphel Resindez and Enrico Garza, and Fox News reported on the story.SnopesAug 18, 2025FalseA video authentically shows a cross catching on fire during a Mass service at St. Michael's Church in Dallas on June 15, 2025.SnopesAug 18, 2025False“We are now the only country in the world that uses mail-in voting.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactAug 18, 2025FalseA new AI feature on WhatsApp from Meta – the service's parent company – allows the company default access to all chats sent on the app unless users enable an “advanced privacy” option.SnopesAug 18, 2025FalseTrader Joe's offered people over 50 years old a gift basket for under $12 if they filled out an online form in August 2025.SnopesAug 17, 2025FalseOnline photographs show Ivan Stepanov, a Russian tourist, saving a drowning bear beneath the Tallac Bridge in South Lake Tahoe.SnopesAug 17, 2025TrueA class-action lawsuit against AT&T was authentic, and emails individuals received in August 2025 from Kroll Settlement Administration stating they could claim as much as $7,500 from the settlement were legitimate.SnopesAug 16, 2025TrueIn August 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement indicated its intent to purchase artificial intelligence technology that can scan people's eyes from several feet away to identify immigrants who are in the country illegally.SnopesAug 15, 2025FalseIn early-Victorian versions of the fairy tale of Cinderella, one nickname her step-sisters gave her was "Cinder-sl**."SnopesAug 15, 2025Can’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 15, 2025TrueA company backed by billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has produced lab-made butter using carbon.SnopesAug 15, 2025