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Checking the Facts: False claim US issued alert about Olympic threats | Fact check

There is no evidence the CIA or the U.S. Embassy in France issued an alert to U.S. citizens to avoid the Paris Metro during the 2024 Summer Olympics. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 

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Checking the Facts

Thu Jun 20 2024

 
Line 6 metro arriving at Charles de Gaulle Etoile station and crowd of people waiting on the platform in Paris, France on 7 June 2024. (Photo by Antoine Boureau / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP) (Photo by ANTOINE BOUREAU/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

There is no evidence the CIA or the U.S. Embassy in France issued an alert to U.S. citizens to avoid the Paris Metro during the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Seen is the hair bun of MSG Janina Simmons, U.S. Army Ranger, as she stands near Fort Bliss Military Installation, in El Paso, Texas, Thursday, February 24, 2022. Simmons made history as the first black female soldier to pass U.S. Army Ranger School.    First Black Female Soldier To Pass U S Army Ranger School
 

Women must register for draft? Bill not signed into law | Fact check

Though a Senate committee approved a bill that would require women to register for the Selective Service the bill is still far from becoming law.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy attends the plenary session during the Summit on peace in Ukraine, in Stansstad near Lucerne, Switzerland, June 16, 2024. ALESSANDRO DELLA VALLE/Pool via REUTERS
 

Meloni didn't say Russia will be forced to surrender | Fact check

The post misquotes Meloni. She said Ukraine would have been forced to surrender if it hadn't received help from the international community.

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No, Jorge Ramos is not pitching debt elimination program | Fact check

The voice of Univision anchor Jorge Ramos is fabricated in a video promoting an equally unreal debt elimination program.

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No, Jorge Ramos no promueve programa de eliminación de deudas | Hechos

La voz del presentador de Univisión Jorge Ramos ha sido falsificada en un vídeo que promociona un programa de eliminación de deudas igualmente falso.

Jun 6, 2022; Washington, DC, USA; A pro-abortion rights protester chains himself to the security fence in front of the United States Supreme Court on Monday, June 6, 2022. Mandatory Credit: Jack Gruber-USA TODAY
 

High black fencing around SCOTUS? No, that's from 2022 | Fact check

The video shows the fence constructed in 2022 in response to protests of the Supreme Court's leaked draft opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade.

The US Army marches in the 2023 New York City Veterans Day parade on Nov. 11, 2023.
 

Men 18-25 not being drafted; bill is misrepresented | Fact check

The bill would automatically register men ages 18-25 for the Selective Service. Men in this age group are already legally required to register.

President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden appear in the first Presidential debate in the Sheila and Eric Samson Pavilion at the Cleveland Clinic, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in Cleveland.    News First 2020 Pesidential Debate
 

Biden and Trump will both stand during June 27 debate | Fact check

A spokesperson from Biden's campaign and one from CNN, which is hosting the first presidential debate, both said the claim is false.

The Internal Revenue Service building is seen in Washington, DC, in February 2, 2024. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
 

False claim IRS is giving children $300 a month in 2024 | Fact check

The program mentioned in the social media posts was part of the American Rescue Plan and ended in 2021.

Former Georgia election worker Wandrea ArShaye Moss is sworn in during the fourth hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC, on June 21, 2022. (Photo by MICHAEL REYNOLDS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MICHAEL REYNOLDS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
 

Former Georgia poll worker not arrested for election fraud | Fact check

The woman Jesse Watters referenced in his broadcast is Wanda Geter-Pataky. Social media users confused her with Wandrea Shaye Moss from Georgia.

 

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