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From a rumor Melania Trump was an escort before meeting Trump at a Ghislaine Maxwell party to a claim Biden put a $25 million bounty on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, these headlines generated the most buzz over the past week.

Breaking down rumor Melania was an escort before meeting Trump at Ghislaine Maxwell party

The rumor that Melania Trump escorted before meeting her now-husband has been spreading for almost a decade.

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Did Hakeem Jeffries attempt to contact Venezuela’s Maduro prior to his capture? Not so fast

According to users’ social media posts, Newsmax reported about the House minority leader’s alleged attempt to reach the Venezuelan president.

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Unpacking claim Kamala Harris said Venezuela ‘is a country, but we don’t live there, so it’s not our country’

The former vice president supposedly added, “And when we go there, we are in another country.”

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Did Biden put $25M bounty on Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro? Here are the facts

Trump’s first administration offered a $15 million reward for any information on Maduro in 2020. Biden’s State Department increased it.

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Did Erika Kirk lose her children in custody battle? No evidence claim’s true

Kirk had two kids with her late husband, conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.

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