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Yes, Musk repost misleadingly claimed 'Stalin, Mao and Hitler didn't murder millions of people'

Written by: Jordan Liles

March 17, 2025

Musk reposted the thought on X in March 2025 and later removed it.

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15 rumors we've investigated about Tesla

Written by: Caroline Wazer

March 17, 2025

From fatality rates to a Roadster in space, we've looked into a range of claims about the Americ ...

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Every DOGE rumor we've fact-checked so far

Written by: Taija PerryCook

March 15, 2025

Removing the mystery, story by story.

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Here's what to know about the claim DOGE is closing 47 Social Security offices

Written by: Amelia Clarke

March 15, 2025

The claim surfaced after Trump tasked DOGE with shrinking the size of the federal workforce.

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Musk reposted post that said, 'Stalin, Mao and Hitler didn't murder millions of people'

Written by: Jordan Liles

March 14, 2025

The post, originally shared by another user, read, "Stalin, Mao and Hitler didn’t murder million ...

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No evidence Trump compared Musk to 'Isaac Neutron' instead of Isaac Newton

Written by: Amelia Clarke

March 14, 2025

Almost 1,000 TikTok videos have lip-synched or reacted to audio purportedly capturing Trump maki ...

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It's unclear how much DOGE tried to cut Social Security phone services

Written by: Jack Izzo

March 14, 2025

Following a report from The Washington Post, the SSA did announce one small restriction to phone ...

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Unpacking claim that photo shows Hitler helping wealthy donor sell car

Written by: Jordan Liles

March 14, 2025

Users drew comparisons between the May 1938 photo and pictures of U.S. President Donald Trump su ...

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Musk has not said he wants to cut Social Security benefits — but his actions may affect the program

Written by: Rae Deng

March 14, 2025

Elon Musk said he wants to cut "waste and fraud" from the federal benefits program — but his eff ...

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Yes, Musk left South Africa in part to avoid compulsory military service

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

March 13, 2025

Musk claimed he left the country in part because he didn't want to join the army of an apartheid ...

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From clockwise, images show a white man wearing a black and white tuxedo, that same man wearing a blue suit taking a photo with an elderly white woman and a house with a yellow arrow edited onto the image pointing to it.

Watch out for this story about Musk once saving the home of an elderly woman

Written by: Joey Esposito

March 13, 2025

The woman whose photograph is featured in the story was “Scotland’s oldest woman” and died in 2015.

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'Defund the poor' post attributed to Musk is fake

Written by: Jordan Liles

March 12, 2025

Elon Musk, the public face of the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, purportedly ...

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What to know about rumor claiming DOGE staff have taxpayer-funded 6-figure salaries

Written by: Jack Izzo

March 11, 2025

A report from Wired claimed some DOGE staffers make close to $200,000 per year.

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What we know about claims DOGE found $312M in business loans to children

Written by: Jordan Liles

March 11, 2025

Elon Musk, the public face of the Department of Government Efficiency, posted a raised-eyebrow e ...

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No, Bill Gates didn't announce $333M bid to purchase X from Musk

Written by: Jordan Liles

March 10, 2025

The rumor followed a similar false claim, in which Amazon founder Jeff Bezos also purportedly bi ...

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No, Robert De Niro didn't sue Elon Musk for $100M after alleged Oscars 'ban'

Written by: Jordan Liles

March 10, 2025

The story about the actor and the tech billionaire circulated on Bluesky, Facebook, Threads and ...

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Yes, Musk said 'The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.' Here's context

Written by: Caroline Wazer

March 10, 2025

The X owner delivered the quote during a Feb. 28, 2025, episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience" po ...

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DOGE said it canceled a nearly $1M grant for alpaca farming in Peru. Here's what we know

Written by: Laerke Christensen

March 6, 2025

A spokesperson for the Inter-American Foundation said the foundation had paid out almost all of ...

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Trump, a white man with blonde hair and a dark tan wearing a suit stands behind a podium, pointing to the right. Behind him, two white men -- Vice President JD Vance and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson -- in suits stand and clap.

Debunking Trump's claim that millions of people over age 100 are collecting Social Security checks

Written by: Jack Izzo Rae Deng

March 6, 2025

"Government databases list 4.7 million Social Security members from people aged 100 to 109," U.S ...

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What to know about $2.7 trillion in 'improper' Medicare, Medicaid payments allegedly sent overseas

Written by: Amelia Clarke

March 5, 2025

Trump government efficiency adviser Elon Musk called the alleged payments "the biggest fraud ope ...

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