Current Events in July 2025
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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
- Fact Check: Titan The Giant Dog Is AI, NOT Real According To Creator Of The Video Clip
- Fact Check: FAKE American Eagle Statement About Sydney Sweeney Ad Campaign Did NOT Originate From Company's Pages
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show July 29, 2025 Tsunami Waves Hitting California -- Clickbait Video Falsely Labelled Clips Of Other Events
- Fact Check: Video Showing Five Stranded Beluga Whales Was NOT Filmed Just Before 2025 Kamchatka Earthquake
- News: Oprah Winfrey DENIES Claims She Delayed Opening Her Private Road To Hawaiians Fleeing Tsunami Warnings
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
- Fact Check: UK's Online Safety Act Did NOT Ban 'All Criticism Of Illegal Immigration' On Social Media in July 2025
- Fact Check: Video Is NOT Authentic Courtroom Footage Of Man In Wheelchair Faking His Legs Don't Work -- It's A Repost Of A 'Life Lessons' Skit
- Fact Check: Julian Brown Did NOT Invent The Pyrolysis Method To Convert Plastic Waste Into Usable Fuel
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Authentically Show 'Head Of HOA Enforcement' Being Arrested
Monday, July 28, 2025
- Fact Check: TikTok Video Labeled "Important Prayer From Pope Leo" Is NOT Authentic
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Scottish Crowds Give Trump A Royal Welcome'
Saturday, July 26, 2025
Friday, July 25, 2025
- Fact Check: Karoline Leavitt Did NOT Post 'Mary Was As Young As 12 When She Gave Birth To Jesus' On X July 24, 2025
- Fact Check: The Viral Ozzy 'My Final Performance... Every Dime Went To Parkinson's Research' Video Is NOT Authentic
- Fact Check: Image Of Jeffrey Epstein, Melania Trump And Stephen Miller Is NOT Real Photo
- Fact Check: Video Of Rocket Launcher In Countryside Predates 2025 Conflict Between Thailand And Cambodia
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Fighter Jet Being Shot Down During Air Combat In Thailand-Cambodia Conflict
Thursday, July 24, 2025
- What We Know About Rumor American Derek Huffman Was Killed Fighting for the Russian Military
- Fact Check: AI Video Of Hulk Hogan's Death Being 'Predicted' By The Simpsons Mentions Episode He Doesn't Appear In
- Fact Check: Fake Simpsons Video Did NOT Predict Ozzy Osbourne's Death -- Published After He Died
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
- Fact Check: Andrew Yang DID Write On X That Ozzy Osbourne Was 'A True American Original'
- Fact Check: Video Of Cat Riding Leopard Does NOT Document Real-Life Scene
- Fact Check: Video Of Obama Saying Trump 'Crossed My Bottom Line' Is A FAKE Reaction To Trump's Treason Accusation
- Fact Check: Stephen Colbert and Rachel Maddow Did NOT 'Team Up' For a New Show
- Fact Check: Jerome Powell Did NOT Write a July 22 Federal Reserve Resignation Letter
- Fact Check: Video Of Female Soccer Player Lifting Red Shirt To Reveal Palestinian Flag Originated On Account With AI Content -- Several Odd Details
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Hurricane Hitting Springfield Illinois On July 20, 2025 -- Footage Shows 2024 Typhoon Hitting China
- Fact Check: Pam Bondi Did NOT Say That Epstein File Is 'Too Graphic To Release' -- Spoof Headline From Satire Page
- Fact Check: Caitlin Clark Was NOT Photographed At A 2025 WNBA All-Star Event In An 'I Deserve NBA Money' T-Shirt
- Fact Check: Authenticity Of 'Formal' Statement Attributed To Megan Byron Is UNCONFIRMED
Monday, July 21, 2025
- Fact Check: Simpsons Did NOT Predict Coldplay Kiss Cam Controversy
- Fact Check: Video Is NOT Authentic Footage Of Trump Pointing At Minor Girls With Ghislaine Maxwell -- AI 'Motionizing' Tool Turned Still Photo Into Deepfake Video
- Fact Check: Barron Trump Did NOT Announce He Is Dating Sasha Obama And She 'Will Be His One And Only Wife'
- Fact Check: Viral Image Is NOT Authentic Photo Of Chinese-Made F-7 Fighter Jet Crash Site At Medical School Campus In Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Fact Check: Statement By 'Megan Kerrigan Byron' On Facebook Was NOT Posted By Her Original, Now-Deleted, Account
- Fact Check: Trump Organization Epstein Letter Image Does NOT Match Description In Wall Street Journal -- Several Differences
Saturday, July 19, 2025
- Fact Check: Fake Matt Gaetz Screenshot About 'Momentary Lapses Of Judgement' NOT A Real Post About Epstein Files
- Fact Check: Video Game Footage Shows B-2 Bomber 'Surprised At High Altitude' By Su-35 and Su-34 -- Not Real Event
Friday, July 18, 2025
- What We Know About Claims That Jasmine 'Jassy' Witherspoon Died in Camp Mystic Floods
- Fact Check: Video Claimed To Show Woman Arrested For Growing Lettuce Is NOT Authentic Police Bodycam Footage
- Fact Check: Viral Image Is NOT Trump Drawing For Jeffrey Epstein Described By WSJ -- Artist's Recreation
- Fact Check: FAKE Statement From Astronomer CEO Andy Byron Laments How 'Private Moment Became Public' at Coldplay Concert
Thursday, July 17, 2025
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 2025 Texas Floods
- Fact Check: Viral Video Does NOT Show An Alaska Earthquake -- It's A Clickbait Mashup Of Scenes Not Shot In Alaska
- Fact Check: Donald Trump DID Post He Was Never On Epstein's Plane Or His 'Stupid' Island' -- In 2024
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show July 2025 Texas Flooding In Which '14 Childern' Were Among 'At Least 60 Dead' -- Viral Video Mixes AI Video With Clips From Non-Texas Floods
- Fact Check: Hillary Clinton Did NOT Post Photo Of Conor McGregor Under Caption Saying 'Happy Birthday To This Future President'
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
- Fact Check: Atlanta Braves Manager Brian Snitker Did NOT Adopt Orphaned Baby 'Pinky' Rescued From Texas Flood -- It's AI-Made Slop
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Man Dressed As A Girl To Hide His Identity Detained By ICE And Offered Cheeseburger -- Video Is From Brazil
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Gazans Fleeing Palestine Arriving In Sweden -- It Shows A West Bank Soccer Team Touring Europe
- Fact Check: Hugh Hefner Did NOT Say Donald Trump Was Not Allowed In The Playboy Mansion After He Found Out He Was A 'Pedophilie' -- Or Pedophile
- Fact Check: FAKE Post and Images Describe Woman Giving Birth During Texas Floods
- Fact Check: FIFA President Gianni Infantino Did NOT Attack 'Robber' Donald Trump Over Club World Cup Trophy Presentation
- Fact Check: Chelsea FC Did NOT Post Photoshopped Image Removing Trump From Trophy Raising Scene At FIFA Club World Cup Final
Monday, July 14, 2025
- Fact Check: Paige Bueckers Is NOT 0-4 Versus Caitlin Clark In College And The Pros As Of July 13, 2025-- Bueckers At UConn Beat Clark At Iowa In 2021 NCAA
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Piera Mosque In Barcelona On Fire -- 2022 Footage From Jakarta, Indonesia
- Fact Check: There Was NO Rescue Of A Texas Sheriff's Daughter By Mexican Rescue Workers During July 2025 Floods In Kerr County -- Nor By Anyone Else
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show London Southend Airport Beechcraft B200 Plane Crash
- Fact Check: ICE Did NOT Arrest Mexican Flood Rescuers in Texas -- Clip of Greg Abbott is Fake
- Fact Check: Clickbait Robert Plant Story About Texas Flood Donation Illustrated With AI-Generated Photo -- Contradictory Details
Sunday, July 13, 2025
- Fact Check: Manipulated Photo Shows Beyonce Wearing Israeli Flag And Star Of David -- Likely Edited With AI
- Fact Check: FAKE 'Sheriff Larry Leda Applying For Green Card For Mexican Rescue Team' Video Misspells Name -- No Media Reports
Saturday, July 12, 2025
- Fact Check: President Trump DID Post He Was 'Giving Serious Consideration To Taking Away' Rosie O'Donnell's Citizenship
- Fact Check: Monkee Micky Dolenz Was NOT Rushed To Hospital After Tragic Accident -- Click Bait
- Fact Check: AI Video Shows Glass Bridge Collapsing After Woman Falls And Drops Rock On It -- Created For Entertainment Purposes
Friday, July 11, 2025
- Fact Check: FBI Director Kash Patel Did NOT Release Sealed Documents Tying Hillary Clinton And Vladimir Putin To 'James Comey Scandal'
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Liberian President Joseph Boakai Attacking 'Racially Prejudiced' Trump
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows AI Mexican Soldier Saying 'We're Here to Help the People of Texas'
- Fact Check: X Engineering Did NOT Post Bookmarks Will Be Public Starting Next Week -- Fake Screenshot From Parody Account
Thursday, July 10, 2025
- Fact Check: Barack Obama Did NOT Spend 310 Days In The White House Running The Country In 2024
- Fact Check: Satirist's 2,343-Character 'CREEP JEFFREY EPSTEIN' Rant Is NOT An Actual Trump Truth Social Post -- Truth Social Limits Posts To 500 Characters
- Fact Check: Viral Quote Does NOT Accurately Represent Elizabeth Warren's Words About Mollie Tibbetts
- Fact Check: Image Claiming Kamala Harris Got 68M Votes Does NOT Correctly Represent 2024 Election Results
- Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Ask Americans to 'Focus on Mexicans and Flooding' Instead of the 'Epstein Files'
- Fact Check: FAKE Persona 'Brad T. Faciti' (BadFaithAct) Posted About Forgiving Trump 'Even If He Rapes Women and Children'
- Fact Check: Fake 'ICE Agents Quitting In Droves' Headline NOT Published By Sky News -- Satirical Meme
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
- Fact Check: 2023 Video Could NOT Show A Celebration Of Release Of Israeli Soldiers Detained In 2024 Detention Center Rape Case -- Video Shows An Unrelated Party
- Fact Check: Texas City Did NOT Require Residents To Sign 'Israel Loyalty Pledge' To Get 2025 Flood Relief Funds
- Fact Check: Italy Did NOT Withdraw From The Paris Climate Agreement, As Of July 9, 2025
- Fact Check: Staged Video Shows Cop Attempting To Arrest Black Judge In Courtroom -- Actors On A Set
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
- Fact Check: Kansas City Chiefs Coach Andy Reid Did NOT Announce He Will Cover Funeral Expenses For Families Of Texas Flood Victims
- Fact Check: Video Clips Do NOT Show ICE Capturing or 'Removing' Undocumented Foster Children For Deportation -- Scenes Include A Prank And Non-Immigration Detention Of Juvenile Suspects
- Fact Check: Ohio State Football Coach Ryan Day Did NOT Donate More Than $3.5 Million To Flood Victims In Texas
- Fact Check: FAKE Story About Coco Gauff Donating $3 Million For Texas Flood Victims Makes Up Quotes
- Fact Check: Jelly Roll Did NOT Release a New Song Called 'Angels Don't Pack Their Bags' As a Tribute to Texas Flood Victims
- Fact Check: Eric Clapton Did NOT Announce He Would Pay Funeral Expenses for Texas Flood Victims
Monday, July 7, 2025
- Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Eminem Donated $50 Million 'For Texas Flood Victims', 'Joined Rescue Efforts'
- Fact Check: Story About Mississippi Food Stamps Hacker Arrested In Hinds County In Early July 2025 Is NOT Real
- Fact Check: Tom Brady Did NOT Announce $50 Million Donation to Help Texas Flood Recovery
- Fact Check: Rep. Jasmine Crockett Did NOT Announce She'll Personally Donate $25 Million To Victims Of Texas Floods -- One Of Several Fake Celebrity Announcements By Clickbait Site
- Fact Check: Jelly Roll Did NOT Announce $50 Million Donation to Help Texas Flood Recovery
- Fact Check: Fake Axon Bodycam Video Does NOT Capture A Real Cop Arresting A 'Crazy Karen' For Shooting And Keying A Tesla
- Fact Check: George Strait Did NOT Announce $3.5 Million Donation to Help Texas Flood Recovery
Friday, July 4, 2025
Thursday, July 3, 2025
- Fact Check: Old Video Screencap Shows White House 'Turned All Red' -- 2022 Event For Gun Violence Awareness
- Fact Check: Video Game Footage Does NOT Show Actual Downing Of Israeli Plane -- Footage NOT Released by Iran
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
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