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Can’t tellIn August 2026, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey unveiled a statue of Molech (also spelled Moloch), a pagan god who the Bible associates with child sacrifice, in front of the state Capitol.SnopesAug 16, 2026FalseJill Biden was a teenager working as the Biden family babysitter when she started dating then-Sen. Joe Biden.SnopesAug 16, 2026MixedA company linked to U.S. President Donald Trump began setting up an oil drilling operation in Greenland without the government's permission.SnopesAug 14, 2026FalseTexts prove Dr. Anthony Fauci, who helped lead the United States' COVID-19 response, covered up data indicating that 82% of pregnant women who received an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in their first trimester miscarried.SnopesAug 14, 2026FalseWhile in charge of Detroit’s health department, Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed ran a dog slaughterhouse and oversaw the euthanasia of 74% of the shelter dogs.SnopesAug 14, 2026MixedIn August 2026, Walmart banned influencer and comedian Damon Darling from its stores for buying other people's groceries.SnopesAug 13, 2026MixedThen-Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody transferred “$10 million in taxpayer money meant for children’s health care to a campaign fund.”Said by Alexander VindmanPolitiFactAug 13, 2026TrueIn August 2026, the Florida Chamber of Commerce paid for an advertisement in Times Square naming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani Florida's "Economic Developer of the Year."SnopesAug 13, 2026FalseA video authentically shows U.S. President Donald Trump waking himself up with a fart during a maternal healthcare announcement in the Oval Office on May 11, 2026.SnopesAug 13, 2026FalseThere is “an 82% miscarriage rate with women who got the (COVID-19 vaccine) injection in the first or second trimester.”Said by Ron JohnsonPolitiFactAug 13, 2026FalseAn image authentically showed U.S. President Donald Trump hiding in an airplane catering cart to be smuggled from one plane to another.SnopesAug 12, 2026TrueIn August 2026, the Trump administration paid German energy company RWE $1.2 billion to stop building wind farms.SnopesAug 12, 2026FalseWhen the measles, mumps and rubella vaccines are given together in the combined MMR vaccine, “there could be a possibility they’re quite lethal.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactAug 12, 2026FalseThere are vaccines the size of a “bottle of soda … poured into a little child’s body.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactAug 11, 2026TrueU.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., voted against or blocked measures mandating employees receive sick leave in 1993, 2015, 2020 and 2022.SnopesAug 11, 2026MixedIn August 2026, Massachusetts legalized abortion after 24 weeks of pregnancy.SnopesAug 11, 2026FalseU.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee from Michigan, said he believes America deserved the 9/11 terrorist attacks.SnopesAug 11, 2026FalseAn image authentically shows a coyote standing on its hind legs and pressing a crosswalk signaling button before crossing a road.SnopesAug 11, 2026TrueAlbert Einstein married his cousin Elsa Einstein.SnopesAug 11, 2026FalseMichigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed “openly calls for Sharia law in America.”Said by X postsPolitiFactAug 10, 2026FalseDr. Anthony Fauci co-authored a paper that found masks caused most deaths during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.SnopesAug 10, 2026Can’t tellIn 2026, hikers discovered Dead Sea Scrolls-like artifacts in a cliffside in Tennessee.SnopesAug 10, 2026FalseA secret NASA document named "Project Anchor" leaked in November 2024, revealing the agency believed the Earth would "lose gravity" for seven seconds on Aug. 12, 2026.SnopesAug 10, 2026FalsePrices are “all coming down now. The food, the groceries, it’s all coming down.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactAug 10, 2026