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FalseDriscoll's strawberries are sprayed with hundreds of pesticides and have a confirmed link to cancer.SnopesJun 1, 2026Can’t tellIn May 2026, former President Bill Clinton said, "I offered Palestine all of Gaza and 97% of the West Bank, but they never really wanted a homeland for themselves. They just wanted to kill the Jews."SnopesJun 1, 2026Can’t tellU.S. President Donald Trump posted on X that he would make it illegal to "photograph or post gas prices."SnopesJun 1, 2026Can’t tellMargaret Sanger said, “Colored people are like human weeds and need to be exterminated.”SnopesMay 31, 2026FalseElias Vance, a former history teacher in Georgia, left his job after 35 years because a board labeled his Civil War syllabus “controversial.”SnopesMay 31, 2026TrueHelen Mirren said: "I saw Arabs being thrown out of their houses in Jerusalem. But it was just the extraordinary magical energy of a country just beginning to put its roots in the ground. It was an amazing time to be here."SnopesMay 30, 2026TrueA peer-reviewed philosophy paper argued it is "morally obligatory" to genetically engineer ticks to spread alpha-gal syndrome (which causes an allergy to red meat) if it means that it reduces animal suffering.SnopesMay 30, 2026Can’t tellA screenshot circulating online in late May 2026 authentically shows a Truth Social post by U.S. President Donald Trump in which he said he was ready for a cage fight with Pope Leo XIV.SnopesMay 29, 2026FalseJames Talarico, the 2026 Democratic candidate for U.S. senator for Texas, is vegan.SnopesMay 29, 2026FalseMicrosoft founder Bill Gates, whose foundation funds health research initiatives, is behind the proliferation of a tick that spreads alpha-gal syndrome, a condition that causes humans to develop a potentially life-threatening allergy to red meat and other products that contain the molecule alpha-gal.SnopesMay 29, 2026TrueThe office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican candidate for Senate in 2026, brokered a plea deal for a man accused of child sex abuse that allowed him to serve only 30 days in jail and not have to register as a sex offender.SnopesMay 29, 2026FalseU.S. President Donald Trump asked for a $573 billion railway bailout from the Canadian government, to which Canadian officials replied, "You don't get to break it and then ask us to fix it."SnopesMay 29, 2026FalseIn May 2026, historian Heather Cox Richardson unexpectedly hosted a livestream at 3 a.m. to inform viewers about a threatening text message she had received from a powerful politician.SnopesMay 29, 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.”SnopesMay 29, 2026TrueU.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said, "Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism."SnopesMay 29, 2026FalseEl presidente Donald Trump firmó una ley para aumentar el salario mínimo a $25 la hora y entra en vigor el 1 de junio.Said by TikTok postsPolitiFactMay 29, 2026FalseDemocratic Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico said the southern border should have “a giant welcome mat out front.”Said by Ken PaxtonPolitiFactMay 29, 2026MixedIn Canada, police officers can arrest a person if a psychiatrist labels the person as "insane" based solely on observing the person in a public place.SnopesMay 28, 2026FalseThieves operating in public places are using drug-filled perfume bottles to render their victims unconscious.SnopesMay 28, 2026TrueBlackRock CEO Larry Fink said trillions of dollars of ordinary people's "savings accounts and pension accounts" will be used to fund the construction of new data centers and power infrastructure.SnopesMay 28, 2026TrueDonald Trump Jr. said driving through Arlington National Cemetery reminded him of "all the sacrifices we'd have to make — giving up a huge chunk of our business and all international deals."SnopesMay 28, 2026FalseDemocratic Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico “is a vegan.”Said by Ken PaxtonPolitiFactMay 28, 2026FalseThere was no bad weather forecast when U.S. President Donald Trump moved a May 27, 2026, Cabinet meeting from Camp David to the White House citing poor weather conditions.SnopesMay 27, 2026TrueBettina Anderson, who married Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of U.S. President Donald Trump, is the daughter of Jeffrey Epstein's former banker.SnopesMay 27, 2026