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Latest Fact-Checks In DOGE

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 9, 2025 a Truth Social post:
“DOGE halts yearly payment of $2.5 million to Barack Obama for ‘royalties linked to Obamacare.’”
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • November 10, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on February 8, 2025 a TikTok post:
People can get student debt “erased” by filing Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act complaints because the Department of Government Efficiency accessed federal student loan databases.
False
By Claire Cranford • March 27, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 21, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Elon Musk said “Tesla is finished” and needs “drastic changes immediately.”
False
By Claire Cranford • March 26, 2025
Elon Musk
Elon Musk
stated on February 28, 2025 an interview with podcaster Joe Rogan:
“Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 13, 2025 Facebook posts:
DOGE found former first lady Michelle Obama “has been receiving a monthly $122,000 payment from the (General Services Administration) since 2009.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • March 17, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 7, 2025 a post on Facebook:
The Department of Government Efficiency “found a $6 million grant awarded to Whoopi Goldberg to ‘promote diversity on The View.’”
False
By Madison Czopek • March 14, 2025
Larry Kudlow
Larry Kudlow
stated on March 4, 2025 on-air remarks:
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is “polling very well. It’s very popular.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 6, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 26, 2025 social media posts:
“DOGE stopped an annual payment to Barack Obama for $2.6 million for ‘royalties associated with Obamacare.’”
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • March 5, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 22, 2025 Facebook posts:
“DOGE discovers Louisiana man with 34 different names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. He was collecting $1,168,646 in (Social Security) per year.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • February 28, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 23, 2025 a post:
It’s “official” that President Donald Trump is signing an “order from Elon Musk giving taxpayers who have filed their 2024 tax returns a stimulus check for $5,000.”
False
By Sara Swann • February 26, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 23, 2025 a Facebook post:
Elon Musk “contracted a helicopter and the first DOGE payments are being” dispersed in California.
Pants on Fire!
By Jeff Cercone • February 24, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 7, 2025 a post:
“US Debt Clock” numbers prove “DOGE has saved taxpayers $64 billion dollars in just 17 days.”
False
By Sara Swann • February 21, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 20, 2025 a Facebook post:
Video shows White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt saying Americans can get $4,800 subsidy because Department of Government Efficiency cuts found “extra money.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • February 21, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on February 16, 2025 a post:
“Elon Musk just ordered all federal workers to be tested for drugs and those that fail have 30 days to retest clean or be fired.”
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • February 20, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on February 15, 2025 a photo:
“The NFL admits to canceling Elon's DOGE Super Bowl ads.”
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • February 18, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 14, 2025 social media posts:
“DOGE subcommittee discovered $2.7 trillion in improper” Medicaid and Medicare payments to people overseas.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • February 18, 2025
Elon Musk
Elon Musk
stated on February 10, 2025 an X post:
“FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants… That money is meant for American disaster relief.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 14, 2025
Mario Nawfal
Mario Nawfal
stated on February 9, 2025 an X post:
Former USAID Administrator Samantha Power’s net worth “skyrocketed” from $6.7 million to $30 million in three years.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • February 14, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 10, 2025 a Fox News interview:
The United States is “last in education out of 40 states … but we're number one in cost per pupil."
False
By Caleb McCullough • February 13, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 8, 2025 Facebook posts:
Elon Musk spent $40 million to buy five Super Bowl Commercial ads to promote DOGE.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • February 13, 2025
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