Sofia Ahmed

USAID didn’t pay celebrities millions to visit Ukraine As President Donald Trump moves to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development by putting nearly all its sta

Elon Musk and Donald Trump Jr. reshared a viral video this week of what looked like an E! News report saying USAID paid Hollywood actors millions to visit Ukraine. An E! News spokesperson told PolitiFact the video is inauthentic. Read the full story here: www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...

Photo doesn’t show Natalie Rupnow as a boy After a teenager opened fire on a Madison, Wisconsin, Christian school classroom Dec. 16, some social media users spread

Social media users spread the unsubstantiated claim that Wisconsin school shooting suspect Natalie Rupnow was transgender using a 2003 yearbook photo. Experts say there is no evidence of rising violence among the LGBTQ+ community, despite social media claims.

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Prewar data falsely used to show rise in Gaza population Human rights nonprofit Amnesty International released a Dec. 5 report that found Israel is committing genocide in the Ga

Social media users shared a CIA World Factbook statistic estimating Gaza's population would grow by 2% in 2024 to deny claims that Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip. But that data was estimated prior to Oct. 7, 2023. Read the full fact-check here: www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...