Mia Penner
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Mia is an intern at PolitiFact. She attends Duke University, where she is majoring in public policy studies and pursuing joint minors in economics and journalism and media. She currently serves as the audience engagement chair for The Duke Chronicle, where she previously worked as an editor-at-large and an associate news editor. She also writes stories for The 9th Street Journal.
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Latest Fact-Checks by Mia Penner
- The proof is in the pudding: Elon Musk isn’t suspending users who post food pics on X November 20, 2024
- Claims that Sephora donated to the Trump campaign are made up November 14, 2024
- No, New Yorkers didn’t erect an anti-Trump sign outside Madison Square Garden during his rally October 29, 2024
- Script is safe: Your ballot won’t be disqualified if an election official writes on it October 23, 2024
- No, a FEMA helicopter didn’t deliberately blow away hurricane relief supplies in North Carolina October 16, 2024
- Hurricane Milton devastated Florida, but these videos don’t show that October 15, 2024
- Claim that Netflix stock fell after it donated to Harris campaign is satire July 30, 2024
- Fact-checking the July 23 claim that Trump said he would not debate Kamala Harris July 24, 2024
- Former President Jimmy Carter is still alive despite viral, fake death announcement July 23, 2024
- Vice President Kamala Harris correct that Project 2025 would end Head Start July 23, 2024
Latest Stories by Mia Penner
- Fact-check: Is replacing Joe Biden on the ticket ‘unlawful’? Election law experts say it’s not July 22, 2024
- United Facts of America: Experts say facts alone won’t bridge the partisan divide September 27, 2022
- Would Tom Hanks have qualified for a coronavirus test in the US? March 12, 2020
- Fact-checking Donald Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address February 5, 2020
- What we know about Shadow, Acronym and the Iowa caucuses February 4, 2020
- A new look for the PolitiFact website February 2, 2020
- PolitiFact answers the Senate’s impeachment questions January 31, 2020
- In Context: Donald Trump tells Christians they ‘won’t have to vote anymore’ July 29, 2024
- RNC 2024 Day 2: Fact-checking Kari Lake, Nikki Haley’s claims on Biden’s immigration record July 17, 2024