Fox News claimed Hasan Piker and CodePink's Medea Benjamin were subpoenaed over a Cuba trip, but the report appears false and looks like an attempt to scare critics of Trump's Cuba policy.

• Fox News reported Piker and Benjamin were subpoenaed for staying at a banned Cuban hotel and breaking US sanctions.
• Both say they have not been subpoenaed, and they stayed at a Spanish-owned hotel that is legal under US rules.
• The trip included humanitarian aid and journalism, both of which are legal exceptions for travel to Cuba.
• Right-wing influencer Nick Shirley actually did stay at a sanctioned Cuban government hotel and broadcast from it, but faces no investigation.
• Ryan Grim says the goal is to scare people away from showing what US sanctions are doing to ordinary Cubans, as Trump and Rubio push toward possible military action like in Venezuela.

Outlook: Expect more pressure on left-wing voices covering Cuba as the Trump administration moves closer to confrontation with the island.