Latest Fact-Checks In Federal Budget

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 13, 2026 a speech in Detroit
"If we stop this fraud, this massive fraud, we're going to have a balanced budget."
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By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 12, 2025 an X post
“My tariffs … are helping to slash the deficit this year by more than 25%.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 14, 2025
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on October 30, 2025 a press conference
The federal government “decided to shut down the SNAP machines, so that they can’t be used.”
False
By Amy Sherman • November 3, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on October 28, 2025 X posts
The majority of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients are not U.S. citizens.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • November 3, 2025
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 2, 2025 an X post
Democrats shut down the government because they want “health care for illegal aliens and funding for free abortions.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • October 8, 2025
stated on July 20, 2025 an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation"
Tariffs are “going to pay off our deficit.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2025
Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson
stated on May 25, 2025 a "Face the Nation" episode
“We are not cutting” the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • May 29, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 20, 2025 remarks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol
In the House bill, “we’re not changing Medicaid,” only cutting “waste, fraud and abuse.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 22, 2025
Karoline Leavitt
Karoline Leavitt
stated on May 19, 2025 a White House press briefing
President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill “does not add to the deficit.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2025
Harriet Hageman
Harriet Hageman
stated on March 16, 2025 a podcast interview
The federal Education Department has a “budget of about $280 billion a year. Less than 25% goes to educating our students.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 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
Laura Loomer
Laura Loomer
stated on February 24, 2025 an X post
U.S. Agency for International Development subsidized CNN and MSNBC hosts’ salaries.
False
March 7, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 4, 2025 an address to a joint session of Congress
The Trump administration identified $1.9 billion in federal dollars going to a “decarbonization of homes” group Stacey Abrams “headed up.”
False
By Madison Czopek • March 5, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 19, 2025 a Facebook post
“Stacey Abrams stole $2 BILLION from taxpayers.”
False
By Caleb McCullough • February 26, 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
February 18, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on February 16, 2025 an X post
The federal workforce grew from 2.1 to 3 million under President Joe Biden, “a 46% increase since Biden took office.”
False
By Caleb McCullough • February 18, 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
Karoline Leavitt
Karoline Leavitt
stated on January 28, 2025 a press conference
“DOGE and OMB also found that there was about to be $50 million taxpayer dollars that went out the door to fund condoms in Gaza.”
False
By Caleb McCullough, Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 30, 2025
Department of Government Efficiency
Department of Government Efficiency
stated on December 18, 2024 an X post
Spending plan to prevent a government shutdown includes “a pay increase for members of Congress from $174,000 to $243,000 per year.”
False
By Madison Czopek • December 19, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on April 21, 2024 a post on X
“Congress prohibits the NIH from researching the cause of mass shootings.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2024
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