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Couric's alleged open letter to the president called his rhetoric "disgusting."

McKellen recounted how the pair met 50 years ago as "ambitious young actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company."

Israel has received the most foreign assistance from the U.S. out of any country in the world since World War II, totaling hundreds of billions of dollars. These massive sums have come under the microscope amid conflicts in the Middle East, sparking claims about which political parties are behind the aid money.

A graphic shared on Facebook claims that Democratic presidents have given more financial assistance to Israel than Republicans. But does the claim hold up under scrutiny?

In our latest investigation for members, reporter Laerke Christen untangled decades of data to map out how the aid money has flowed under both parties.