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FalseIn August 2025, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth donated $12.9 million to a series of homeless support centers in his hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota.SnopesAug 14, 2025TrueCapt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger in August 2025 criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Federal Aviation Administration, saying, “We all deserve better.”SnopesAug 13, 2025MixedGerman scientists developed a gel to regrow joint cartilage without surgery in August 2025.SnopesAug 13, 2025TrueIn early July 2025, former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb said Trump was "worse than anyone in our history."SnopesAug 13, 2025Can’t tellIn 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump said to Ireland: "If you try to economically isolate Israel, you will bear consequences."SnopesAug 13, 2025FalseA screenshot authentically showed that financial news outlet Bloomberg reported that Haliey Welch, better known as the "Hawk Tuah" girl, joined the White House press office.SnopesAug 13, 2025FalseAn image authentically shows New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's senior adviser, the activist Linda Sarsour, posing next to a swastika.SnopesAug 13, 2025TrueU.S. President Donald Trump said Washington, D.C., police are "standing there, and people are spitting in their face and they're not allowed to do anything. But now they are allowed to do whatever the hell they want."SnopesAug 13, 2025FalseIn August 2025, NHL star Connor McDavid donated $12.9 million in bonuses and sponsorship earnings to establish homeless support centers in Edmonton, Alberta.SnopesAug 13, 2025TrueVideo footage authentically showed local U.K. residents blocking the motorcade of U.S. Vice President JD Vance in August 2025 with signs reading, "Fascism = Terrorism. J.D. Vance Out."SnopesAug 13, 2025FalseIn early August 2025, Aerosmith lead vocalist Steven Tyler invited an elderly woman onstage to sing at a concert.SnopesAug 12, 2025FalseMarine animal trainer Jessica Radcliffe was attacked and killed by an orca in front of a large crowd.SnopesAug 12, 2025TrueA July 2025 survey found that 47% of Republican voters said they'd still support U.S. President Donald Trump even if he were officially implicated in the late Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes.SnopesAug 12, 2025Can’t tellVideos show the legitimate net worth figures of progressive politicians before they joined the U.S. Congress compared to in 2025.SnopesAug 12, 2025FalseWashington, D.C., has 41 homicides per 100,000 people, “No. 1 that we can find anywhere in the world.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactAug 12, 2025FalseIn August 2025, MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell donated his $12.9 million bonus to fund a homeless shelter initiative in Michigan.SnopesAug 12, 2025FalseU.S. President Donald Trump fell in early August 2025, as depicted in an image showing him falling on a grassy surface.SnopesAug 12, 2025FalseStephen Colbert and his wife Evelyn McGee-Colbert quietly adopted a young girl who lost her parents in the July 2025 Texas floods.SnopesAug 12, 2025FalseIn the spring and summer of 2025, social media posts accurately claimed adding Hawaiian pink salt to a glass of lemon water favors weight loss.SnopesAug 11, 2025FalseBritain's Queen Camilla was thrown out of Buckingham Palace after King Charles III caught her cheating and stealing royal jewelry.SnopesAug 11, 2025FalseA vacuum cleaner salesman named Silas Reid killed 107 women in 11 minutes in 1942.SnopesAug 11, 2025FalseElvis Presley stopped a Sept. 15, 1975, performance to meet a dying 7-year-old boy.SnopesAug 11, 2025TrueIn 2025, indigenous Mexican runner Candelaria Rivas Ramos won the 63-kilometer "2025 Canyon Ultramarathon" in 7 hours, 34 minutes.SnopesAug 11, 2025FalseIn early August 2025, former member of The Beatles Paul McCartney visited musician Phil Collins in a hospital.SnopesAug 11, 2025