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Latest Fact-Checks In Federal Budget

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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
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
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
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
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
Patty Murray
Patty Murray
stated on February 20, 2025 a Senate floor speech
“The single biggest driver of our national debt since 2001 has been Republican tax cuts.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 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
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 3, 2025 in a letter to Congress
On support for U.S. Agency for International Development
Full Flop
By Amy Sherman, Claire Cranford, Louis Jacobson • February 7, 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
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
Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson
stated on December 5, 2024 remarks to reporters
About 1% of federal employees are “actually working in the office.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • December 11, 2024
WinSenate
WinSenate
stated on October 24, 2024 a Facebook ad
“Kari Lake is threatening Social Security and Medicare.”
Half-True
By Mia Osmonbekov • November 4, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 30, 2024 an event in Atlanta
"Donald Trump intends to cut Social Security."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 4, 2024 a post on TikTok
Donald Trump’s plan is “cutting Social Security for you.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 21, 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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 16, 2024 a rally in Vandalia, Ohio
"Your Social Security will be destroyed by the people coming in. There's too many of them. It's not sustainable."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2024
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