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TrueVenezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado dedicated her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to U.S. President Donald Trump.SnopesOct 14, 2025MixedSome 274 undercover FBI agents were embedded in the crowd in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021, inciting violence that resulted in the riot at the U.S. Capitol.SnopesOct 14, 2025TrueGeorge Stephanopoulos, host of ABC’s "This Week," cut off an interview with U.S. Vice President JD Vance after Vance deflected a question about border czar Tom Homan.SnopesOct 13, 2025TrueA pair of images authentically shows the same species of anglerfish, one of which is small enough to fit in the palm of a hand.SnopesOct 13, 2025FalseSecretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered online content related to World War II nurse Ruby Bradley removed and President Donald Trump called her a loser.SnopesOct 13, 2025False“It's going to be the biggest infusion of federal dollars into rural health care in American history.”Said by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.PolitiFactOct 13, 2025FalseThe popular children’s book series “The Berenstain Bears” by Stan and Jan Berenstain was previously rendered as "The Berenstein Bears."SnopesOct 13, 2025FalseAn image being shared online in Ocotober 2025 authentically showed footwear company Crocs' new logo, featuring the silhouette of both a crocodile head and a shoe.SnopesOct 12, 2025FalseA video shared online in early October 2025 authentically showed police officers chasing after a person wearing a pickle costume.SnopesOct 12, 2025FalseA video shared online in October 2025 authentically showed an ICE agent accidentally pepper-spraying himself in the face.SnopesOct 11, 2025Can’t tellVideo shared in October 2025 authentically depicted a pregnant woman claiming her doctor had told her to leave Texas as she neared birth.SnopesOct 11, 2025Can’t tellIn October 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that directed Universal Music Group to sign his daughter-in-law Lara Trump.SnopesOct 11, 2025TrueMike Johnson, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, was dean of a law school named after Judge Paul Pressler who was later accused of sexual abuse, but the school never officially opened.SnopesOct 11, 2025TrueU.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said, "Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism."SnopesOct 11, 2025FalseDemocrats wanted $3.6 million in cooking classes and dance focus groups for "Haitian male prostitutes" as a condition for reopening the U.S. government in the fall of 2025.SnopesOct 11, 2025TrueIn October 2025, Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, said on live television that President Donald Trump has "plenary authority."SnopesOct 11, 2025FalseA video shared online in October 2025 authentically showed a protester yelling at a U.S. soldier, demanding the person's name, before being pepper-sprayed in the face as the soldier replied: “Sergeant Pepper.”SnopesOct 10, 2025FalseAn image authentically showed protesters in Portland, Oregon, dangling donuts on strings in front of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.SnopesOct 10, 2025FalseRobert Kirk, the father of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, died in September or early October 2025.SnopesOct 10, 2025Can’t tellIn October 2025, charges against former FBI director James Comey were dropped because his name was misspelled as "Homey."SnopesOct 10, 2025FalseAn image circulating online authentically depicted a toddler being zip-tied and arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).SnopesOct 10, 2025FalseAn October 2025 social media post correctly reported that researchers documented an apparent effort by a troop of chimpanzees in the Congo Basin to domesticate more than 30 penguins.SnopesOct 10, 2025MixedA federal judge approved a corporation’s plan to dump 45,000 gallons of radioactive water into the Hudson River in New York.SnopesOct 9, 2025TrueConservative nonprofit organization Turning Point USA announced an alternative 2026 Super Bowl halftime show.SnopesOct 9, 2025