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MixedSince the passage of the “Jon Husted-backed” HB 6, Ohioans’ residential utility rates have gone up $663 a year.Said by Sherrod BrownPolitiFactJul 20, 2026FalseA screenshot authentically shows a July 2026 Truth Social post by U.S. President Donald Trump saying that he would turn on a “GIANT FAUCET” in California to extinguish the wildfires in Canada.SnopesJul 20, 2026FalseA new Facebook rule starts "tomorrow" allowing Meta the rights to users' photos.SnopesJul 20, 2026TrueIn early 2025, the U.S. Department of Defense removed a webpage about Ira Hayes, a Marine and Pima Nation member best known for being one of the six men who raised a U.S. flag on Iwo Jima during WWII.SnopesJul 20, 2026TrueA Tennessee woman spent six months in jail after an artificial intelligence tool misidentified her as a North Dakota bank fraud suspect.SnopesJul 20, 2026FalseIn April 2026, Apple removed the names of villages in Southern Lebanon from its maps application.SnopesJul 19, 2026FalseMark Zuckerberg's data center in New Mexico "completely drained" the Rio Grande of water.SnopesJul 18, 2026Can’t tellA screenshot circulating in mid-2026 authentically showed a Truth Social post from U.S. President Donald Trump that disparaged The Beatles and called musician Paul McCartney an "ANTI-TRUMP JOKE."SnopesJul 18, 2026MixedAuthor J.K. Rowling posted an "upskirt" photo of a transgender woman named Freda Wallace on social media.SnopesJul 17, 2026FalseAn image accurately shows U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dressing in emo fashion for his senior yearbook photo.SnopesJul 17, 2026Can’t tellA group of six "MAGA fans" in Louisiana started a hunger strike they vowed would continue until writer E. Jean Carroll returns U.S. President Donald Trump's $5.6 million sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit payment.SnopesJul 17, 2026TrueA 2007 photograph authentically shows a young Lionel Messi bathing Lamine Yamal when he was a baby.SnopesJul 17, 2026FalseThe United States is the only country competing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup without universal healthcare.SnopesJul 17, 2026Can’t tellIn April 2026, former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi released nude images of President Donald Trump as revenge for Trump firing her.SnopesJul 17, 2026Can’t tellU.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said, “Infertility is genetic. If your parents can’t have kids, neither can you.”SnopesJul 17, 2026TruePresident Donald Trump and U.S. Rep. Mike Collins “doubled health insurance premiums for more than a million Georgians and threw 300,000 Georgians off their insurance altogether.”Said by Jon OssoffPolitiFactJul 17, 2026TrueIn July 2026, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced testosterone screening for U.S. troops, along with replacement therapy.SnopesJul 16, 2026FalseIn July 2026, a 91-year-old woman was arrested for stealing heart medication for her husband from a pharmacy because they could no longer afford to pay for it.SnopesJul 16, 2026FalseAn image authentically shows a golden retriever protecting a child in rubble following an earthquake in Venezuela in June 2026.SnopesJul 16, 2026FalseSleeping with the fan on and blowing at you all night is "extremely dangerous."SnopesJul 16, 2026TrueU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on vehicles equipped with "cell site simulators" (also known as "fake cell towers") that can be used to spy on phones.SnopesJul 15, 2026Can’t tellU.S. President Donald Trump said, "If Christians don't get involved in politics, politics will erase their right to be Christians."SnopesJul 15, 2026Can’t tellAuthorities arrested Lena Hale, a transgender woman working as a corrections officer at a women's prison in Lee County, Florida, for impregnating 13 female inmates.SnopesJul 15, 2026TrueAfter the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, U.S. President Donald Trump said in a July 2026 interview with Newsmax that “a certain part of [Graham's] body literally blew up."SnopesJul 15, 2026