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President Donald Trump, center right, meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center left, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, seated from second right, and Vice President JD Vance listen at the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Mystyslav Chernov)

Audio of a BBC reporter making a snide comment about the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting is fake

President Donald Trump holds they key to unlock the new FIFA Club World Cup trophy, presented by FIFA President Gianni Infantino, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 7, 2025. (Pool via AP)

Trump didn’t say he became president because the 2024 election was ‘rigged’

The flag of the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, flies in front of the USAID office in Washington, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

No, USAID didn’t ‘subsidize’ CNN and MSNBC hosts’ salaries

Elon Musk flashes his t-shirt that reads "DOGE" to the media as he walks on South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Is Elon Musk’s DOGE ‘very popular’? That’s not what the polls say

Robert Kennedy Jr., center, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Health and Human Services Department, walks between meetings with senators on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

RFK Jr. questions antidepressants for kids. What do we actually know about SSRIs?

President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

13 fact checks of President Donald Trump’s address to Congress

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