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1 week ago | winnmediaskn.com | Madison Czopek |Politi Fact

Five years after Floyd’s killing, false claims of overdose fuel calls for Trump to pardon the police officers involved. By Five years ago on May 25, 2020, a white police officer in the United States killed George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, during an arrest. A bystander’s video showed officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck for about nine minutes in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as Floyd pleaded that he couldn’t breathe.

2 weeks ago | pbs.org | Grace Abels |Politi Fact

This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. Following Israel’s 11-week blockade of aid into Gaza, aid organizations and governments began sounding the alarm that food supplies were running out. Urging that more aid be allowed in, United Nations Under-Secretary-General Tom Fletcher told BBC Radio on May 20, “There are 14,000 babies that will die in the next 48 hours unless we can reach them,” and he said aid trucks included baby food.

2 weeks ago | share.google | Amy Sherman |Politi Fact

This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. President Donald Trump recently allowed 59 white Afrikaner farmers to resettle in the U.S. as refugees, saying they are losing their land in South Africa and are targets of genocide. READ MORE: Trump suspended the refugee program. Why is he inviting white South Africans to find a new home in the U.S.? When a reporter asked May 12 why he created an expedited path for Afrikaners, Trump said, “Because they’re being killed.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Amy Sherman |Politi Fact

2 hours agoTrump ambushes South Africa's president with video footage in Oval OfficeIn a shocking moment during President Trump's meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday, Trump requested that videos be …1 hour agoWatch moment Trump confronts South Africa's president with videoIn an extraordinary Oval Office meeting, Trump pressed Cyril Ramaphosa on widely discredited claims of a white genocide in South Africa.

3 weeks ago | pbs.org | Maria Ramirez Uribe |Politi Fact

This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. Former FBI Director James Comey is under investigation after posting a photo of seashells on the beach spelling out “8647.”“Cool shell formation on my beach walk,” Comey said May 15. The post caused an uproar among allies of President Donald Trump, the 47th president, who said Comey’s use of “86” was an incitement of violence against the president.