Press secretary Leavitt makes false claim about Gaza condom funding

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt falsely claimed at her first briefing that the Biden administration had sent $50 million in US foreign aid to purchase condoms for Gaza, citing an unverified social media post as her source. Fact-checkers at AP, Reuters, and PolitiFact immediately rated the claim false; the funding had been authorized for general humanitarian aid, not contraceptives. The incident spotlighted questions about standards for factual accuracy in official government communications.