Sorting Out the Facts on ‘Waste and Abuse’ at USAID
As President Donald Trump's administration targets the U.S. Agency for International Development for closure or major ...
USAID paid $44K to Politico, not over $8M as White House claimed. It was for subscriptions
U.S. President Donald Trump, the White House press secretary and DOGE Director Elon Musk promoted misleading statements about USAID and Politico.
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Fact check: Did White House pay Politico?
The money the White House refers to covered the entire federal government’s subscriptions to the news outlet's services, ...
6 Inaccurate Claims Trump Has Used to Justify His Flurry of Orders
The president was wrong about birthright citizenship around the world, the Paris climate agreement and federal funding for ...
Fact check: Trump repeats lie that champion Olympic women’s boxers ‘transitioned’
Before signing an executive order Wednesday to try to ban transgender women from competing in women’s sports in schools and ...
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Fact Check: Did Helene bill take money from western North Carolina?
Before leaving the governor's office, Roy Cooper stated in media interviews that Republican state legislators passed a bill ...
Fact check: Post falsely claims serial killer, wife at large after killing 3 officers
The post misidentifies the people in the photos, who were arrested years apart in different countries. Police called the post ...
Fabricated poll spurs baseless claims Philippines ex-leader Duterte 'losing support' in stronghold city
A Philippine polling organisation dismissed claims on social media that it found former president Rodrigo Duterte and his ...
Trump appointee said 'competent white men' must be in charge for 'things to work'
U.S. State Department hire Darren Beattie wrote on X: "Competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work.
Fact Check: No Seventh Circuit judge ruled Biden pardons unconstitutional
Posts saying that a Judge Joseph Barron on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled pardons granted ...
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Fact check: Canada makes up just 0.2% of US border fentanyl seizures
Federal statistics show US border authorities seized 21,889 pounds of fentanyl in the 2024 fiscal year. Of that amount, 43 pounds were seized at the Canadian border — about 0.2% — compared with 21,148 ...
FACT CHECK: No, John Fetterman Is Not Switching Parties
A post shared on Facebook claims Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman is purportedly switching his political affiliation to the Republican Party. Verdict: False Fetterman denied the claim ...