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Does photo show Trump standing behind curtain after White House correspondents' dinner shooting?

Social media users have claimed a photo authentically shows Trump watching the evacuation of the Washington Hilton’s International Ballroom from behind a stage curtain during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner shooting.

Users claimed the photo proved the Trump administration staged the shooting. Senior reporter Jordan Liles checked multiple videos of the same moment to find the truth.

Did US enter Iran war 'at the request of' Israel? We reviewed the evidence

Government officials have justified the U.S. entering the war in several ways.

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Inspecting claim Trump admin displayed Australian flag on White House office building for King Charles III visit

The image was from 2019, but Washington, D.C.’s local transportation department did mistakenly place some Australian flags on a street outside of the White House a few days before Charles' arrival.

Did conservative influencer Jack Posobiec post '86 46' on X?

The post resurfaced after the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey. Posobiec said his 2022 post referenced impeaching, not killing or injuring, Biden.

Did every US hospital receive secret DOD letter suspending pharma contracts?

Social media posts claimed the Department of Defense ordered hospitals to replace medicine with "Quantum Medical Systems."

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The Trump administration is shaking up Forest Service. We broke down what's changing

A claim spread online that the Trump administration ordered the dismantling of the Forest Service, the government agency in charge of managing the country's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands.

The Forest Service will continue to exist but will undergo a comprehensive restructuring. Reporter Jack Izzo spoke with the Forest Service's associate chief to unpack the current state of the agency and what its reorganization will look like.

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