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Latest Fact-Checks In Congress

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Social Media
Social Media
stated on May 25, 2025 social media posts:
The Republican tax and spending bill will let President Donald Trump “delay or cancel elections — legally.”
False
By Amy Sherman • May 28, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on May 21, 2025 X posts:
Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., started singing during a May 20 CNN interview.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • May 23, 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
Robert Reich
Robert Reich
stated on May 13, 2025 an X post:
While serving in Congress, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy “voted against upgrading air traffic control systems.”
Mostly False
By Loreben Tuquero • May 21, 2025
Markwayne Mullin
Markwayne Mullin
stated on March 25, 2025 a video on X:
“Hillary Clinton was sending classified documents that were stamped TS or TSSCI.”
False
By Madison Czopek • March 28, 2025
Kevin O'Leary
Kevin O'Leary
stated on February 24, 2025 an interview on CNN:
“We've never audited government for 100 years.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on February 11, 2025 a post:
Rep. Nancy Pelosi has a $223,000 salary and a $202 million net worth. Sen. Mitch McConnell has a $200,000 salary and a $95 million net worth. Sen. Chuck Schumer has a $210,000 salary and a $75 million net worth. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a $285,000 salary and a $67 million net worth.
Mostly False
By Sara Swann • 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
Brian Mast
Brian Mast
stated on February 2, 2025 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
From the U.S. Agency for International Development funding, “10 to 30 cents on the dollar is what actually goes to aid.”
False
By Amy Sherman • February 5, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 1, 2025 a Facebook post:
Ukrainian officials released list of “kickbacks” given to 18 U.S. politicians.
Pants on Fire!
By Jeff Cercone • February 4, 2025
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 29, 2025 a Senate confirmation hearing:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “made $2.5 million off suing one of the entities that (he would be regulating) and plans to keep getting a take of every lawsuit in the future.”
Half-True
By Sara Swann • January 30, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 27, 2024 a U.S. Supreme Court brief:
On banning TikTok
Full Flop
By Amy Sherman, Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Samantha Putterman • January 16, 2025
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 2, 2025 a statement to the media:
H-1B guest workers are “being employed as dog trainers, massage therapists, cooks, and English teachers.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • January 9, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 7, 2025 a press conference:
“They’re still counting the (2024 election) vote in some areas.”
False
By Amy Sherman • January 7, 2025
Sara Jacobs
Sara Jacobs
stated on December 18, 2024 an X post:
Government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 “cost our economy billions of dollars each.”
True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • December 19, 2024
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
Social Media
Social Media
stated on December 7, 2024 posts:
“Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was set to testify against Nancy Pelosi for insider trading.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • December 10, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 3, 2024 a video:
A “no-strings-attached $1,000 stimulus” check has been approved for “every U.S. resident” ahead of Donald Trump’s presidency.”
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • December 10, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on November 24, 2024 a Threads post:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said “if every member of Congress had to resign for doing what Matt Gaetz has been accused of, Democrats would have a supermajority.’"
False
By Jeff Cercone • November 27, 2024
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