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TrueA high school teacher in Colorado was terminated following accusations that she forced female students to kiss in class as part of a skit.SnopesJun 22, 2026MixedFormer U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt banned Muslims from immigration to the United States.SnopesJun 22, 2026FalseIn 2026, Canada criminalized the public reading or quoting of the Bible.SnopesJun 22, 2026FalseSunscreen enters the bloodstream in less than 24 hours and removes the body's natural defense against cancer by blocking vitamin D.SnopesJun 22, 2026TrueActor Sean Penn said, "President Donald Trump is an enemy of Americans, Republicans, Democrats, Independents and every new child born. An enemy of mankind. He is indeed an enemy of the state.”SnopesJun 21, 2026TrueA video authentically shows interviews with people born in the 1800s.SnopesJun 21, 2026Can’t tellIn June 2026, the actor Matthew McConaughey publicly praised U.S. President Donald Trump, saying, "I've never met anyone braver, smarter, or who cares more about America than Donald Trump. He's a great friend and an even better president."SnopesJun 21, 2026Can’t tellIn June 2026, a man named Ethan Caldwell was arrested after posing as a museum tour guide and inventing fake histories for paintings.SnopesJun 20, 2026FalseAn image authentically showed the Abraham Lincoln statue at the Lincoln Memorial wearing a traffic cone hat that Scotland fans placed on it during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.SnopesJun 20, 2026Can’t tellAn image circulating in 2026 authentically showed graffiti beneath a "Department of War" sign that said "0-1."SnopesJun 20, 2026Can’t tellAn image authentically shows U.S. President Donald Trump trying to kiss Brigitte Macron, French President Emmanuel Macron's wife, during Trump's June 2026 visit to France.SnopesJun 19, 2026TrueShortly after U.S. President Donald Trump authorized more than $14 million to repaint the bottom of Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool "American flag blue" in 2026, the paint began to peel off.SnopesJun 19, 2026FalsePolice arrested a man for urinating on the murdered high school student Austin Metcalf's grave in Texas.SnopesJun 19, 2026TrueIn 1990s Nebraska, a Ku Klux Klan leader converted to Judaism after the Jewish family he was harassing reached out to him.SnopesJun 19, 2026FalsePhotographs authentically show twins, one of whom smoked and tanned for 16 years while the other did not.SnopesJun 19, 2026Can’t tellThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security deported Iranian soccer player Mohammad Mohebi after he celebrated a goal with a "gun gesture" during his team's World Cup match against New Zealand on June 15, 2026.SnopesJun 19, 2026FalseRepublican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Collins “admitted” that President Donald Trump is in the Epstein files.Said by Jon OssoffPolitiFactJun 19, 2026MixedDuring U.S. President Donald Trump's second term, he fired the ethics watchdog who oversaw and investigated corruption in the executive branch.SnopesJun 18, 2026TrueIn June 2026, the U.S. Postal Service proposed a rule in which it would stop delivering mail ballots for states that do not give the federal government voter lists.SnopesJun 18, 2026Can’t tellIn 2026, independent online journalist Nick Shirley revealed he has evidence that former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was bribed to "switch sides" and oppose President Donald Trump.SnopesJun 18, 2026Can’t tellTwo "antifa operatives" were arrested for dumping algae into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026, just days after U.S. President Donald Trump's administration completed renovations of the landmark.SnopesJun 18, 2026FalseIn June 2026, images authentically depicted U.S. President Donald Trump standing next to tall, alien-like figures with white hair and pale skin.SnopesJun 18, 2026MixedThen-U.S. President Barack Obama "gave" Iran $1.7 billion in cash in 2016, sending pallets of money to the country.SnopesJun 18, 2026True“Today, Elon Musk, a trillionaire, pays the same amount into Social Security as someone making $184,500.”Said by Bernie SandersPolitiFactJun 18, 2026