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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Social Media
Social Media
stated on July 6, 2025 a TikTok video:
The Trump administration “has defunded not only the National Weather Service but also what’s known as NOAA.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Ella Moore, Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2025
Hakeem Jeffries
Hakeem Jeffries
stated on July 2, 2025 a House floor speech:
President Donald Trump’s tax law has “tax breaks for billionaires, permanent; tax breaks for everybody else, expire.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 29, 2025 an interview on Fox News' 'Sunday Morning Futures':
The One Big Beautiful Bill will deliver the promise of “no tax on Social Security.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero • June 30, 2025
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on June 24, 2025 an X post:
“If every one of the 340 million people in America paid a new $35 copay to visit the doctor, that still wouldn’t be enough to cover how much Meta would get from just one tax break in Donald Trump's ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’"
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 24, 2025 a White House fact sheet:
If the “Big Beautiful Bill” passes, "hardworking Americans and families will see an average increase in take-home pay of OVER $10,000 per year."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 26, 2025
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on June 10, 2025 posts on X:
California has lower homicide rates than Alabama, Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 5, 2025 a Truth Social post:
If the “Big, Beautiful” tax and spending bill doesn’t pass, “there will be a 68% tax increase.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2025
Liz Oyer
Liz Oyer
stated on April 30, 2025 a TikTok post:
“President Trump has granted pardons that have wiped out over $1 billion in debts owed by wealthy Americans who have committed fraud and broken the law.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2025
Russell Vought
Russell Vought
stated on June 1, 2025 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
“One out of every $5 or $6 in Medicaid (payments) is improper.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 4, 2025
U.S. Energy Department
U.S. Energy Department
stated on May 25, 2025 an X post:
“U.S. retail gasoline prices heading into Memorial Day weekend: 20 year low.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 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
Scott Bessent
Scott Bessent
stated on May 18, 2025 remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“Gasoline prices have collapsed under President Trump."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2025
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on May 12, 2025 a post on X:
“Republicans just unveiled their ‘big, beautiful bill,’ which will take Medicaid & health insurance away from 13.7 million Americans.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2025 an event in the White House:
Declining cargo traffic at U.S. ports “means we lose less money. … When you say it's slowed down, that's a good thing.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 11, 2025 a Truth Social post:
Under a new executive order, prescription drug prices will be reduced “almost immediately.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 14, 2025
Hakeem Jeffries
Hakeem Jeffries
stated on May 8, 2025 a press conference:
“About 20% of households with veterans rely upon” the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2025 an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press":
“We have now close to $10 trillion” in investments. “We’re talking about essentially two months.”
False
By Louis Jacobson, Madison Czopek • May 8, 2025
Eric Swalwell
Eric Swalwell
stated on April 30, 2025 a post on X:
"Republicans just voted in the House Judiciary Committee to allow Trump to DEPORT U.S. citizens to a foreign country."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 6, 2025
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on April 27, 2025 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
“It's estimated” that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will mean “American families would have to pay about $4,000 more a year.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 5, 2025
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