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Karoline Leavitt is stepping down. Here are 25 claims we've investigated about her
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has announced she will be stepping down from her role at the end of August to spend time with her family.
Reporter Taija PerryCook rounded up 25 of the claims we've unpacked about Leavitt, including:
Did Leavitt say the Iran war "would be over" if "Trump had better intelligence"?
Did Leavitt say there would be "shots fired" before the White House correspondents' dinner shooting?
Did the U.S. government allocate $50M to send condoms to Gaza, as Leavitt claimed?
Was a Bloomberg report about the "Hawk Tuah" girl joining the White House press office as Leavitt's assistant real?
Is this image of Trump hiding in plane catering cart authentic?
The image spread following a New York Times report that Trump used an airplane catering container to secretly transfer from one plane to another.
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Did Trump admin pay German energy company RWE $1.2B to stop building offshore wind farms?
The administration has already paid several other energy companies to drop in-development offshore wind projects.
Did Florida Chamber of Commerce pay for Times Square billboard mocking Mamdani?
The chamber allegedly purchased an advertisement referring to the New York City mayor as Florida's "economic developer of the year."
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed didn't say he believes America deserved 9/11. Here's who did
El-Sayed's Republican opponent, Mike Rogers, spread the claim on social media.
Staff pick
Did 'Harry Potter' fans force energy project's relocation to avoid Dobby's grave?
Social media users claimed "Harry Potter" fans forced the diversion of an energy project so it wouldn't interfere with the fictional grave of Dobby, a character from the series.
Reporter Joey Esposito unpacked how a podcast appearance by the CEO and founder of the company behind the project caused the rumor to spread online.
