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PolitiFact says: The Bangladeshi population has long included communities of people who identify as "third-gender." Since 2018, U.S. foreign aid has gone to local nongovernmental organizations that work with the LGBTQ+ community.
FactCheck.org says: The agency was abolished in May. Its report cited by Haley was about three years old and the fact that it was still available on the website doesn’t necessarily mean that it reflects the agency’s current goals.
Washington Post says: This is an invented dispute
PolitiFact says: California provides some benefits to people in the country illegally, but not unemployment benefits. A bill that would approve this is in the state legislature. However, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a similar bill last year.
FactCheck.org says: The law signed by DeSantis required online vendors to directly charge sales taxes to consumers. It did not create a new tax.
PolitiFact says: Even if leaders decided they wanted to block Americans’ everyday purchases this way — and there’s no indication they do — current law would not allow it. Privacy-concerns Americans would likely balk, too.
PolitiFact says: Florida had a great month for jobs, but his comparison of state and federal figures is more complicated than he lets on. It's also common for monthly numbers to jump around a lot; the previous month was much smaller.
PolitiFact says: DeSantis signed an online sales tax bill that requires consumers to pay the tax even if the seller doesn’t have a store in Florida. But they were supposed to already pay it, and other states passed similar bills.