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TrueThe Medical Board of Australia suspended Dr. Jereth Kok's medical license over social media posts expressing "Christian views" that a tribunal in Victoria since found amounted to professional misconduct.SnopesJul 31, 2025FalseTech billionaire investor Bill Gates was given approval to "secretly" spray synthetic RNA on food products in the United States through a company called Terrana Biosciences.SnopesJul 31, 2025Can’t tellActor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson said, "I've seen a lot of evil in Hollywood scripts — but nothing compares to what Israel is doing in Gaza. The Israeli government and its Prime Minister Netanyahu are heartless criminals with no shred of humanity."SnopesJul 31, 2025FalseA video authentically shows late-night TV host Stephen Colbert hinting at a U.S. Senate run in his home state of South Carolina.SnopesJul 31, 2025MixedGhislaine Maxwell, a convicted sex offender and associate of the late, disgraced financier Jeffry Epstein, was moved to a low-security prison in Florida in July 2025.SnopesJul 31, 2025FalseA video shared online in July 2025 authentically depicted belugas that beached themselves in Kamchatka, Russia, a day before an 8.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the region.SnopesJul 31, 2025FalseA video authentically shows a protester holding a sign reading “Trump is a c***” behind U.S. President Donald Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a meeting in Scotland in July 2025.SnopesJul 31, 2025FalseA 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, 2025