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The sun sets behind destroyed buildings in the northern Gaza Strip near the Israel-Gaza border, southern Israel, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

FACT FOCUS: Posts misrepresent report to falsely claim nearly 400,000 Palestinians are missing

Harvard published no such study. This estimate misrepresents a map included in a report by a professor at Israel’s Ben Gurion University that shows the distance between new aid distribution compounds in Gaza and three main populations centers.

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the Fordo enrichment facility in Iran on Jan. 24, 2025. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

Fact Focus: US and Israeli strikes on Iran nuclear sites pose limited radiation risks

Anita de Lange, left, and her son, Hansie de Lange, tidy up at the Witkruis Monument, near Polokwane, South Africa, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mogomotsi Magome)

A hillside of white crosses fuels a misleading story about South Africa’s farm killings

Protesters prepare to launch projectiles during protests over the Trump administration's immigration raids in Los Angeles, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

FACT FOCUS: A Craigslist ad is not proof of paid protesters in LA. It was posted as a prank

A plane flies over Oakland Alameda Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Unsubstantiated ‘chemtrail’ conspiracy theories lead to legislation proposed in US statehouses

Fact Focus: US and Israeli strikes on Iran nuclear sites pose limited radiation risks

The U.N.'s atomic watchdog and other experts say radiological contamination is likely inside a key uranium enrichment site at Natanz that was badly damaged by Israel and then hit by U.S. strikes early Sunday.

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A look at Al Udeid Air Base, the US military site that Iran attacked

How the US bombarded Iran’s nuclear sites without detection

Students cheer during Harvard University's commencement ceremonies, Thursday, May 29, 2025 in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

FACT FOCUS: Trump’s claims about remedial math at Harvard don’t add up

Hannah Liu, 26, of Washington, holds up a sign in support of birthright citizenship, Thursday, May 15, 2025, outside of the Supreme Court in Washington. "This is enshrined in the Constitution. My parents are Chinese immigrants," says Liu. "They came here on temporary visas so I derive my citizenship through birthright." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

FACT FOCUS: Trump claims the US is the only country with birthright citizenship. It’s not

President Donald Trump, with Dr. Mehmet Oz, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, left, and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., right, holds an executive order related to drug prices, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

FACT FOCUS: Trump blames other countries for high US drug prices. Experts say it’s not their fault

Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives and greets U.S. President Donald Trump prior to a meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (Adrian Wyld /The Canadian Press via AP)

FACT FOCUS: Trump claims the US subsidizes Canada. Experts say the numbers don’t add up

President Donald Trump speaks on his first 100 days at Macomb County Community College Sports Expo Center, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Warren, Mich. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

FACT FOCUS: Trump touts his accomplishments at 100 days but at times falls short on the facts

U.S. military members attend to patients as part of a program with Panama's Health Ministry, in Sardinilla, Panama, Thursday, March 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

FACT FOCUS: Trump credited with rising military recruitment. Growth started before his reelection

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference on the Autism report by the CDC at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

FACT FOCUS: Examining RFK Jr.'s claims about measles, autism and diet as head of HHS

Shipping containers are seen at Port Jersey, Friday, April 18, 2025, in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

FACT FOCUS: Trump exaggerates revenue from tariffs

The Jeffrey Energy Center coal-fired power plant operates near Emmett, Kan., Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

FACT FOCUS: Trump misrepresents facts about coal as he signs executive orders to boost its use

Flags brought by supporters wave in the breeze before President Donald Trump arrives at the Trump International Golf Club, Friday, April 4, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

FACT FOCUS: Warren Buffett did not praise Trump’s recent economic policies

President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Miami International Airport, Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

FACT FOCUS: Democratic leaders’ challenge to Trump’s election executive order misrepresented online

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Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts speaks at the University of Nebraska Lincoln, in Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

FACT FOCUS: Posts falsely claim federal judiciary members are in secret club, undermining Trump

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

FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made by Trump during his address to Congress

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky gives a press conference in Kyiv, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (Tetiana Dzhafarova/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump says Ukraine started the war that’s killing its citizens. What are the facts?

A Social Security card is displayed Oct. 12, 2021, in Tigard, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Tens of millions of dead people aren’t getting Social Security checks, despite Trump and Musk claims

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Baltimore Field Officer director Matt Elliston listens during a briefing, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

FACT FOCUS: No foul play suspected in ICE van fire in Philadelphia

Migrant, Cesar Anibal Bonilla Estrada, 54, from Ecuador, center, checks his phone during dinner time at the migrant shelter on Randall's Island, on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)

FACT FOCUS: FEMA funding to New York City to assist migrants is misrepresented

A bouquet of white flowers placed outside the headquarters of the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, is pictured, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Claims about USAID funding are spreading online. Many are not based on facts

President Donald Trump attends the National Prayer Breakfast at Washington Hilton, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump promotes misleading claims about federal government’s media subscriptions