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Rumor loss of 3 fighter jets in Iran operation cancels out alleged DOGE savings doesn't add up

Written by: Joey Esposito

March 4, 2026

Even if the claim wasn't labeled as satire, the cost of three fighter jets is far less than the ...

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GOP lawmakers say feds spent about $250M on transgender animal testing. That's misleading

Written by: Jack Izzo

Feb. 27, 2026

The claim originated from reports published by the conservative-led nonprofit White Coat Waste, ...

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Does Bernie Sanders owe $1.6M in back taxes? Here's the truth

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

Dec. 31, 2025

The rumor stemmed from a website with a history of making up stories for shares and comments.

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Rumor DOGE found Bernie Sanders owes $1.6M in unpaid taxes amounts to fiction

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

Dec. 27, 2025

A satirical post took aim at the progressive U.S. senator, and many people seemed to believe it.

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No evidence DOGE stopped alleged $2.6M annual 'Obamacare' royalty payments to Obama

Written by: Taija PerryCook

Nov. 11, 2025

Trump rehashed the rumor from early 2025, but it’s just as fake as when we first reviewed the claim.

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Trump's NWS cuts were blamed for Texas flood deaths. Here are the facts

Written by: Jack Izzo

July 17, 2025

By all accounts, forecasters provided adequate warning — the problem was communicating the dange ...

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Rescue workers wearing yellow jackets, red hats and red helmets navigate the flooded Guadalupe River in Texas in a black boat

Did Trump's National Weather Service staffing cuts hurt Texas flood response? What we know

Written by: Jack Izzo

July 9, 2025

The most dangerous weather emergencies are the ones that happen overnight.

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Breaking down rumor of Trump $5K stimulus checks

Written by: Megan Loe

June 8, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump has floated the idea of sending "DOGE Dividend" checks to some Ameri ...

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Breaking down claims Stephen Miller's wife, Katie, left him for Elon Musk

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

June 8, 2025

Reports that Katie Miller left DOGE to work for Musk led the internet to speculate she had left ...

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Unpacking rumor that Stephen Miller's wife, Katie, left him for Elon Musk

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

June 2, 2025

Katie Miller's reported departure from DOGE to work for Musk had the internet speculating that s ...

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A blue sign shaped like a heart that says "Medicaid" hangs from a person's walker outside the U.S. Capitol building.

Did DOGE, RFK Jr. find 8M fraudulently enrolled in Medicaid? Not exactly

Written by: Rae Deng

May 30, 2025

It's more accurate to say that about 8 million people may lose Medicaid coverage if the "One Big ...

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A white man wearing a dark suit jacket and shirt waves while looking at a camera. Several people stand behind him.

Musk said he's leaving the White House. Here's what we do (and don't) know about the departure

Written by: Caroline Wazer

May 29, 2025

In an X post, the tech billionaire announced his "scheduled time as a Special Government Employe ...

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Two white men wearing dark outfits smile at each other.

25 rumors involving Musk as he leaves Trump administration

Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine

May 29, 2025

The tech billionaire said that his "scheduled time as a Special Government Employee" had ended.

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On the left, a white man, Elon Musk, wearing a red baseball cap that says "TRUMP WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING" holds his clasped hands up to his mouth. On the right, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a white man, smiles at the camera.

Clarifying claim that DOGE, RFK Jr. found 8M people fraudulently on Medicaid

Written by: Rae Deng

May 23, 2025

The numbers appeared tied to estimates on the number of people who may be cut from Medicaid unde ...

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Trump admin cut weather service staff in Kentucky, where tornadoes killed 19. But there's more to the story

Written by: Jack Izzo

May 20, 2025

Residents did receive advance warning of the tornado before it hit.

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A Black baby sleeps on its back in a bassinet with no blankets. A Black woman lays in a nearby bed, watching the baby.

Former NIH official says Trump admin cut government's 'Safe to Sleep' team that helped reduce infant deaths

Written by: Rae Deng

May 7, 2025

The National Institutes of Health said no final decisions had been made about the program's future.

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DOGE rumor claiming Cuban, Gates, Buffett were implicated in Biden Treasury 'pay-for-play scandal' is not true

Written by: Jordan Liles

May 7, 2025

The story about billionaires Mark Cuban, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett originated on a Facebook ...

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What we know about Tesla's alleged plan to replace Elon Musk as CEO

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

May 1, 2025

Since early 2025, Musk has been spending a lot of time in Washington, D.C., as the public face o ...

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A poll claims that 81% of people that participated support DOGE reducing government waste and fraud. Below is an image of a white man wearing a gold chain and sunglasses in front of a sign that says D.O.G.E.

Claims that 81% of people approve of DOGE stem from unreliable online poll

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

April 21, 2025

Elon Musk posted a poll on X asking whether people approved of the Department of Government Effi ...

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No evidence US Institute of Peace funded 'multiple terrorist organizations'

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

April 18, 2025

"Any government institution is most likely to be the opposite of its name," Elon Musk, the publi ...

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