Current Events in August 2026

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Monday, August 31, 2026

• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Post Threat To Close New York's 9/11 Memorial Because He Was Not Allowed To Speak
• Fact Check: Trump DID Make Post On Truth Social About Kharg Island Using An AI-Generated Video
• Fact Check: FAKE Trump Post Announces 'Melania Canal' To Bypass Welland Canal -- It Originated From A Satire Account
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real Ukrainian Soldier Crying And Begging For Help On The Way To Front Lines
• Fact Check: Suspect In Canadian Church Fire Is NOT A Palestinian Muslim Migrant -- He Is From The Community
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Post 'Our Military Eats The Best' With AI-Generated Mess Hall Picture
• Fact Check: Three Men Were NOT Responsible For Kidnapping 163 Missing Children In Florida -- Each Faced Charges Involving Individual Victims

Sunday, August 30, 2026

• Fact Check: Fox News Did NOT Report Canada Blocking Ships Over 'Lake America' At Welland Canal

Friday, August 28, 2026

• Fact Check: Staged Video Shows Women Acting Dead -- Misrepresented As Flood Victims In Nepal And Assam, India
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Nepal Flood Rescue Of People Trapped In Mud -- It Is From The Congo In 2023
• Fact Check: FAKE Before And After Images Of Nepal Flood Damage -- Made With OpenAI Tools
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Nepal Bridge Collapsing Into Floodwaters -- It Is AI-Generated

Thursday, August 27, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Video Claiming To Show Nepal Flooding Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: Video Of Elephant Rescuing Man Does NOT Show Nepal Floods -- It Was Published With India Locator Weeks Earlier
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Does NOT Show F-16 Causing Nepal Floods -- First Clip Has Been Online Since May 2026 With AI Watermark

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Lion Reuniting With Caretaker Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: FAKE Image Of Dad Dressed In Wife's Clothes To Pick Up Son From School -- It Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: FAKE Letter From The London Borough Of Bexley Asked Locals To Keep Daughters, Dogs Indoors

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

• Fact Check: Marco Rubio Did NOT Refuse To Protect Tom Hanks From Greek 'Impropriety' Investigation -- It Is Satire
• Fact Check: REAL Photo Shows 'Minneapolis Spider-Man' Winding Up To Punch Jake Lang At Protest
• Fact Check: FAKE Image Shows Spider-Man Punching Jake Lang At A Minneapolis Protest -- It Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: FAKE McLaren Stunt Video Showing Car Crash Is NOT Real -- Made With AI

Monday, August 24, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Celine Dion Saying She Drinks The Blood Of Children
• Fact Check: FAKE Clips Of UK Police Tackling Scooter Thieves Were Made With AI

Friday, August 21, 2026

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Trash Dumping In River -- Final Ritual Immersion Of Idol For The Hindu Ganesh Chaturthi Festival
• Fact Check: La Repubblica Did NOT Report French Politician And Le Pen Rival Édouard Philippe Bought Villa In Sicily For 15 Million Euros
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Nancy Mace Dancing And Grimacing In Sexy Black Dress
• Fact Check: Videos Do NOT Show Migrant Toppling Cross Or Burning Church In Ceuta, Spain -- Separate Incidents, Different Countries

Thursday, August 20, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Story Of Woman Herding Goats Through Walmart While Drinking Margaritas From A Jug Is A Meme
• Fact Check: Süddeutsche Zeitung Did NOT Accuse Sven Schulze Of Imprisonment, Abuse Of Afghan Minors
• Fact Check: FAKE Daily Express Video Reports Andy Burnham Plans To Bring 4,000 Migrants From Ceuta Into UK
• Fact Check: Drop In Dan Bilzerian Vote Tally Is NOT Evidence Of Cheating On Behalf Of Randy Fine -- It Was Caused By Display Error

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

• Fact Check: Census Bureau 'Beginning Analysis' Did NOT Find Over 24,000 Potential Noncitizens Voting In 2020 Election Affected Outcome
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Migrants From Morocco Trying To Cross Into Spanish Ceuta In August 2026

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

• What We Know About Ring Video Showing Man Looking Through Mailbox While Holding Campaign Flyer for Rep. Randy Fine
• Fact Check: White House DID Post Map Showing Strait of Hormuz Is New U.S. Territory -- Also on Truth Social

Monday, August 17, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Trump Post Referred to Servicemembers At USS Lincoln As 'Suckers And Losers'
• Fact Check: BBC DID Report That USDA Listed Wakanda As Trade Partner -- But The Mistake Was An Accident From 2019
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows AOC Saying 'The Fruit Or The Color?' When Asked To Spell 'Orange'
• Fact Check: Tom Homan Did NOT Say Rama Duwaji Had Threatened To Have Him 'Disappear' If He Is In New York City -- Duwaji Did NOT Say That At All

Friday, August 14, 2026

• Fact Check: Video Misrepresents Hassan Piker Quoting Comment Saying America Should Resume Lynching Black People -- Was Denouncing It
• Fact Check: Euronews Did NOT Publish Report Saying Ukrainian Gunman Shot Dead 3 NATO Soldiers in Latvia -- Did NOT Happen
• Fact Check: Sophie Cunningham Did NOT Say She Was Considering Retirement After DiJonai Carrington Controversy
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Migrant Eating Rat In Europe -- Scene Is From South Africa

Thursday, August 13, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Athletes With Medals Flipping The Bird To President Trump's Back During Patriot Games
• Fact Check: FAKE Image Shows AOC In Revealing Sports Bra -- Original Has High-Neck, Full Coverage

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

• Fact Check: Video Of Father Punching Stalker Is NOT Real -- It Came From A Thai Skit Channel

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

• Fact Check: Studies Do NOT Show an 81% or 82% Miscarriage Rate in Women Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in First Trimester

Monday, August 10, 2026

• Fact Check: ALTERED Audio Added Sound Of Fart To White House Event Featuring Trump
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows DiJonai Carrington Saying Sophie Cunningham Should Be Charged With Assault For Trying To Pull Off Her Wig
• Fact Check: AI-Enhanced Photo Shows Moment When Fauci's Wife Flipped The Bird At Photographer
• Fact Check: Photos Show Abdul El-Sayed Played High School Football -- Actor Dean Cain Had Doubted That
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Say That Joe Biden 'Destroyed Our Country' And That 'Now Cancer Is Destroying Him'

Friday, August 7, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Video REPLACED African Migrant's Original Words -- He Did NOT Discuss Money, Home, English Women
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT File Emergency Motion To 'Stop His Own Lawsuit Against BBC' -- He Is Trying To Shield His Finances
• Fact Check: Viral Images Are NOT Photos Or Screenshots Showing Real Face Of Warsaw Attack Suspect

Thursday, August 6, 2026

• Fact Check: NO Evidence Abdul El-Sayed 'Celebrated 9/11' -- He Said 'I Don't Think 9/11 Was Justified'

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Karoline Leavitt, Usha Vance, Katie Miller Holding Babies as President, Melania Trump Look On
• Fact Check: No Evidence August 3, 2026, Louisville Procession Was To Bring Mitch McConnell's Corpse To Coroner's Office -- It Was For Deceased Officer
• Fact Check: FAKE 689,235.43 EUR Receipt From Le Club 55 In St. Tropez Was Generated By AI

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

• Fact Check: NO Surgeon Named 'François Faivre' Died In Paris In June 2026 Or Ever -- Claim Comes From Recycled, AI-Made Falsification
• Fact Check: Jason R. Day Is NOT Real Artist, Impersonator Who Vanished In 2012 -- He Is AI-Generated Wikipedia Spoof of Professor Jason Arday
• Fact Check: Suspected Spokane Arsonist Aaron F. Farinacci Is NOT A Registered Republican Voter -- Washington Voters Do NOT Choose Party Affiliation When Registering
• Fact Check: 'Christian Men's Gym' Did NOT Have 3 Men Caught 'Violating Leviticus' In Locker Room After Banning Women For 'Lust-Free Workouts'

Monday, August 3, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Image NOT From Reuters Shows Moroccan Officer Throwing Rocks At Migrant Returning From Ceuta
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Of Woman With Prominent Nose Waving At Migrants In Spanish Ceuta Is AI
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Of Sophie Cunningham, Caitlin Clark Wearing 'XX-XY Athletics' T-Shirts Was Made With AI
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Suspect Climbing On SUV To Taunt Police During LA Car Chase
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Zohran Mamdani Not Applauding At Funeral Of Staff Sgt. Angel Rampersad -- Originally Had AI Disclaimer