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Elections
Yes, the RNC can recruit and train poll workers who handle ballots
Elections
RNC can train ballot handlers for 2024 election
Co-chair Lara Trump announced plans to recruit thousands of poll watchers and workers to assure Republican voters can trust election integrity.
Social Security
No, Social Security recipients won’t get a bonus payment in May
Supplemental Security Income recipients will get a second payment in May. But it’s an advance for June – not a bonus payment.
Israel-Hamas War
Viral video claiming to show actors staging in Rafah is actually from a Palestinian TV show
Viral posts imply actors are creating staged scenes from the Israel-Hamas war in Rafah. But the video is from a TV set, posted weeks before the events in Rafah.
Israel-Hamas War
A viral video claiming to show Rafah actors staging scenes is from a Palestinian TV show
Viral posts imply actors are creating staged scenes from the Israel-Hamas war in Rafah. But the video is from a TV set, posted weeks before the events in Rafah.
National
Yes, child marriage is legal in 38 states
Viral social media posts that claim child marriage is legal in 38 states are actually true. Most of those states only allow it in limited circumstances.
Student Loans
No, taxes are not going up to pay for student loan forgiveness
President Biden’s student debt relief plan does not raise taxes to pay for it, which is something only Congress can do. Here's how it could impact taxpayers.
Holidays
Why is Mother's Day celebrated on different dates around the world?
Many countries celebrate their moms on different days than in the U.S.
VERIFY
Yes, gas prices go down during election season -- but it has more to do with demand than politics
“It's 0% about the election. If you put the election in the spring, gas prices would almost always be going up," said Patrick De Haan of GasBuddy.
Ukraine
No, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre didn’t say the U.S. and Ukraine fought together in WWII
A manipulated clip of a White House press briefing has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times on social media. The audio is fake.
Government
No, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre didn’t say the U.S. and Ukraine fought together in WWII
A manipulated clip of a White House press briefing has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times on social media. The audio is fake.
Health
VERIFYING how a parasitic worm can get into your brain
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly said a worm got into his brain and “ate a portion of it” before the worm died. Here’s what we can VERIFY about “brain worms.”
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