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FalseA video authentically showed people on a shoreline fleeing a tsunami after an earthquake off the Russian coast in July 2025.SnopesJul 31, 2025FalseU.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. expressed the belief that if you leave your dishes soaking overnight the bacteria drown, leaving the dishes germ-free.SnopesJul 30, 2025FalseAn image authentically shows a rare solar halo spotted over Stonehenge in July 2025.SnopesJul 30, 2025TrueResearchers have found that some squirrels in California have started hunting and eating other animals.SnopesJul 30, 2025TrueTwo photos shared on social media authentically showed U.S. President Donald Trump with his daughter Ivanka as a child sitting on his lap.SnopesJul 30, 2025FalseThe U.S. government gave $60 million for food to Gaza in July 2025, and no other countries provided similar aid.SnopesJul 30, 2025FalseOprah Winfrey refused to open her private Maui road during July 29, 2025, tsunami warnings.Said by X postsPolitiFactJul 30, 2025True“Nearly 25 cents of every $1 spent via SNAP goes to farmers and ranchers.”Said by Francesca HongPolitiFactJul 30, 2025Mixed“We gave $60 million two weeks ago” for food aid to Gaza.Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactJul 30, 2025TrueCNN referred to a suspect in the July 28, 2025, shooting at a Manhattan office building as "possibly white."SnopesJul 30, 2025TrueU.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez challenged U.S. President Donald Trump to share his college transcript, writing on X: “You release your college transcript, I’ll release mine, and we’ll see who was the better student. Loser has to fund the Post Office.”SnopesJul 30, 2025FalseA photograph authentically shows former U.S. President Barack Obama drinking beer in Southeast Asia with convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein.SnopesJul 30, 2025TrueU.S. President Donald Trump said, "I never had the privilege of going to his [Jeffrey Epstein's] island."SnopesJul 30, 2025TrueVideo authentically shows members of an Israeli extremist group blocking humanitarian aid trucks going to Gaza in late July 2025.SnopesJul 29, 2025FalseSuspect in July 28 New York City shooting “was shouting Free Palestine and wearing a Keffiyeh.”Said by X postsPolitiFactJul 29, 2025False“There is no starvation in Gaza.”Said by Benjamin NetanyahuPolitiFactJul 29, 2025TrueKyle Langford, a declared California gubernatorial candidate, posted a picture of himself in front of the Auschwitz concentration camp with the caption, “My 0% Unemployment Plan.”SnopesJul 29, 2025TrueA video authentically shows U.S. President Donald Trump cheating at golf by violating rules while playing at his Trump Turnberry resort in Turnberry, Scotland, in late July 2025.SnopesJul 29, 2025FalseU.S. President Donald Trump made 4,725 wire transfers to the late, disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for a total of $1.1 billion.SnopesJul 29, 2025Can’t tellA screenshot authentically shows a July 24, 2025, X post by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt saying "Mary was as young as 12 when she gave birth to Jesus," and "the point being that a when a girl is 'ready' is predicated on arbitrary cultural norms."SnopesJul 29, 2025MixedIn early June 2025, Louisiana lawmakers voted "to force a 9-year-old girl to deliver her rapist's baby."SnopesJul 28, 2025FalseAs of July 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of Transportation instituted a set of standard requirements for license renewal for drivers 70 and older focused on vision, cognition and physical ability.SnopesJul 28, 2025MixedChinese scientists have developed the world's lightest "brain control" device to turn bees into remotely controlled "cyborg" drones for military surveillance and reconnaissance missions.SnopesJul 28, 2025FalseDemocrats paid Beyoncé $11 million for an endorsement.Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactJul 28, 2025