3 People 12416 Fact-checks 4644 Articles People (3) Kevin Downing Never Back Down PAC Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials Fact-checks (12416) Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2025 in a post: It’s “official” that President Donald Trump is signing an “order from Elon Musk giving taxpayers who have filed their 2024 tax returns a stimulus check for $5,000.” By Sara Swann• February 26, 2025 Threads posts stated on February 15, 2025 in a photo: “The NFL admits to canceling Elon's DOGE Super Bowl ads.” By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• February 18, 2025 Social Media stated on February 07, 2025 in a post: “US Debt Clock” numbers prove “DOGE has saved taxpayers $64 billion dollars in just 17 days.” By Sara Swann• February 21, 2025 Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2025 in a Facebook post: Elon Musk “contracted a helicopter and the first DOGE payments are being” dispersed in California. By Jeff Cercone• February 24, 2025 Larry Kudlow stated on March 04, 2025 in on-air remarks: Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is “polling very well. It’s very popular.” By Louis Jacobson• March 6, 2025 Kevin O'Leary stated on February 24, 2025 in an interview on CNN: “We've never audited government for 100 years.” By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• February 26, 2025 Facebook posts stated on March 07, 2025 in a post on Facebook: The Department of Government Efficiency “found a $6 million grant awarded to Whoopi Goldberg to ‘promote diversity on The View.’” By Madison Czopek• March 14, 2025 Sara Jacobs stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post: Government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 “cost our economy billions of dollars each.” By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• December 19, 2024 Facebook posts stated on March 13, 2025 in Facebook posts: DOGE found former first lady Michelle Obama “has been receiving a monthly $122,000 payment from the (General Services Administration) since 2009.” By Loreben Tuquero• March 17, 2025 Viral image stated on March 31, 2025 in a Facebook post: Says Elon Musk wrote on X, “The DOGE team has discovered tens of millions of dollars spent on golf by a single government official.” By Ciara O'Rourke• April 4, 2025 Facebook posts stated on February 22, 2025 in Facebook posts: “DOGE discovers Louisiana man with 34 different names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. He was collecting $1,168,646 in (Social Security) per year.” By Loreben Tuquero• February 28, 2025 Donald Trump stated on November 09, 2025 in a Truth Social post: “DOGE halts yearly payment of $2.5 million to Barack Obama for ‘royalties linked to Obamacare.’” By Loreben Tuquero• November 10, 2025 Threads posts stated on February 16, 2025 in a post: “Elon Musk just ordered all federal workers to be tested for drugs and those that fail have 30 days to retest clean or be fired.” By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• February 20, 2025 Social Media stated on February 14, 2025 in social media posts: “DOGE subcommittee discovered $2.7 trillion in improper” Medicaid and Medicare payments to people overseas. By Sofia Ahmed• February 18, 2025 Social Media stated on February 26, 2025 in social media posts: “DOGE stopped an annual payment to Barack Obama for $2.6 million for ‘royalties associated with Obamacare.’” By Loreben Tuquero• March 5, 2025 X posts stated on August 30, 2021 in on social media: “Near Morgantown, WV, a Moderna shipment truck crashed, hazmat dispatched, airspace shut down and now apparently Emergency Response is claiming the Department of Defense took it over.” By Duncan Slade• September 2, 2021 TikTok posts stated on February 08, 2025 in a TikTok post: People can get student debt “erased” by filing Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act complaints because the Department of Government Efficiency accessed federal student loan databases. By Claire Cranford• March 27, 2025 Facebook posts stated on February 08, 2025 in Facebook posts: Elon Musk spent $40 million to buy five Super Bowl Commercial ads to promote DOGE. By Sofia Ahmed• February 13, 2025 Facebook posts stated on February 20, 2025 in a Facebook post: Video shows White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt saying Americans can get $4,800 subsidy because Department of Government Efficiency cuts found “extra money.” By Jeff Cercone• February 21, 2025 Rachel Maddow stated on February 17, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show": "When the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport needed to stop its earthquake spike a few years ago, they temporarily shut down the wells that were injecting fracking fluid into the ground ... (and) those earthquakes stopped." By Jon Greenberg• February 19, 2014 Articles (4644) Do Elon Musk and DOGE have power to cut spending, close agencies? By Louis Jacobson• February 7, 2025 Why claims that DOGE ended a lease on Obama’s Chicago presidential library are misleading By Jeff Cercone• March 7, 2025 Trump and Musk’s public attacks on each other add to questions about DOGE’s accomplishments, future By Madison Czopek, Amy Sherman• June 5, 2025 DOGE touts billions in canceled government contracts. Where are the numbers coming from? By Caleb McCullough• February 21, 2025 Fact-checking Donald Trump as DOGE adviser Elon Musk leaves White House By Madison Czopek, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• May 30, 2025 Trump, Musk claim government 'fraud' without showing proof. How common is federal fraud, abuse? By Claire Cranford, Amy Sherman• February 13, 2025 Is Donald Trump keeping his promises on immigration, tariffs and DOGE? By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• March 3, 2025 Ask PolitiFact: Does Joe Biden's asylum order ‘shut down’ the border? By Sara Swann• June 7, 2024 Shutdown myths find home on social media By Jon Greenberg, Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman• October 7, 2013 It’s a wrap! Here are PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2025 By Maria Briceño• December 29, 2025 Live: Fact-checking President Donald Trump's first 100 days of his second term By PolitiFact Staff • April 29, 2025 Legal experts say Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency raises questions about ethics and secrecy By Loreben Tuquero• April 17, 2025 Sen. Chris Murphy said ‘the border never closes.’ What does that mean? By Samantha Putterman• February 7, 2024 Ask PolitiFact: Can Joe Biden ‘shut down the border’ on his own? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 2, 2024 Was Rubio 'never ... in favor of shutting down the government'? By Louis Jacobson• October 23, 2013 Was Rubio 'never ... in favor of shutting down the government'? By Louis Jacobson• October 23, 2013 Fact-checking Donald Trump's 100-day rally in Warren, Michigan By Madison Czopek, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• April 30, 2025 Do Texas restaurants often shortchange on barbecue by the pound? Records suggest not. By W. Gardner Selby• May 25, 2017 Claims about Politico, ‘DEI musical’ and USAID spending distort the facts By Caleb McCullough• February 7, 2025 Fact-checking President Donald Trump’s address to joint session of Congress By PolitiFact Staff • March 5, 2025
Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2025 in a post: It’s “official” that President Donald Trump is signing an “order from Elon Musk giving taxpayers who have filed their 2024 tax returns a stimulus check for $5,000.” By Sara Swann• February 26, 2025 Threads posts stated on February 15, 2025 in a photo: “The NFL admits to canceling Elon's DOGE Super Bowl ads.” By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• February 18, 2025 Social Media stated on February 07, 2025 in a post: “US Debt Clock” numbers prove “DOGE has saved taxpayers $64 billion dollars in just 17 days.” By Sara Swann• February 21, 2025 Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2025 in a Facebook post: Elon Musk “contracted a helicopter and the first DOGE payments are being” dispersed in California. By Jeff Cercone• February 24, 2025 Larry Kudlow stated on March 04, 2025 in on-air remarks: Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is “polling very well. It’s very popular.” By Louis Jacobson• March 6, 2025 Kevin O'Leary stated on February 24, 2025 in an interview on CNN: “We've never audited government for 100 years.” By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• February 26, 2025 Facebook posts stated on March 07, 2025 in a post on Facebook: The Department of Government Efficiency “found a $6 million grant awarded to Whoopi Goldberg to ‘promote diversity on The View.’” By Madison Czopek• March 14, 2025 Sara Jacobs stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post: Government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 “cost our economy billions of dollars each.” By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• December 19, 2024 Facebook posts stated on March 13, 2025 in Facebook posts: DOGE found former first lady Michelle Obama “has been receiving a monthly $122,000 payment from the (General Services Administration) since 2009.” By Loreben Tuquero• March 17, 2025 Viral image stated on March 31, 2025 in a Facebook post: Says Elon Musk wrote on X, “The DOGE team has discovered tens of millions of dollars spent on golf by a single government official.” By Ciara O'Rourke• April 4, 2025 Facebook posts stated on February 22, 2025 in Facebook posts: “DOGE discovers Louisiana man with 34 different names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. He was collecting $1,168,646 in (Social Security) per year.” By Loreben Tuquero• February 28, 2025 Donald Trump stated on November 09, 2025 in a Truth Social post: “DOGE halts yearly payment of $2.5 million to Barack Obama for ‘royalties linked to Obamacare.’” By Loreben Tuquero• November 10, 2025 Threads posts stated on February 16, 2025 in a post: “Elon Musk just ordered all federal workers to be tested for drugs and those that fail have 30 days to retest clean or be fired.” By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• February 20, 2025 Social Media stated on February 14, 2025 in social media posts: “DOGE subcommittee discovered $2.7 trillion in improper” Medicaid and Medicare payments to people overseas. By Sofia Ahmed• February 18, 2025 Social Media stated on February 26, 2025 in social media posts: “DOGE stopped an annual payment to Barack Obama for $2.6 million for ‘royalties associated with Obamacare.’” By Loreben Tuquero• March 5, 2025 X posts stated on August 30, 2021 in on social media: “Near Morgantown, WV, a Moderna shipment truck crashed, hazmat dispatched, airspace shut down and now apparently Emergency Response is claiming the Department of Defense took it over.” By Duncan Slade• September 2, 2021 TikTok posts stated on February 08, 2025 in a TikTok post: People can get student debt “erased” by filing Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act complaints because the Department of Government Efficiency accessed federal student loan databases. By Claire Cranford• March 27, 2025 Facebook posts stated on February 08, 2025 in Facebook posts: Elon Musk spent $40 million to buy five Super Bowl Commercial ads to promote DOGE. By Sofia Ahmed• February 13, 2025 Facebook posts stated on February 20, 2025 in a Facebook post: Video shows White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt saying Americans can get $4,800 subsidy because Department of Government Efficiency cuts found “extra money.” By Jeff Cercone• February 21, 2025 Rachel Maddow stated on February 17, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show": "When the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport needed to stop its earthquake spike a few years ago, they temporarily shut down the wells that were injecting fracking fluid into the ground ... (and) those earthquakes stopped." By Jon Greenberg• February 19, 2014
Do Elon Musk and DOGE have power to cut spending, close agencies? By Louis Jacobson• February 7, 2025 Why claims that DOGE ended a lease on Obama’s Chicago presidential library are misleading By Jeff Cercone• March 7, 2025 Trump and Musk’s public attacks on each other add to questions about DOGE’s accomplishments, future By Madison Czopek, Amy Sherman• June 5, 2025 DOGE touts billions in canceled government contracts. Where are the numbers coming from? By Caleb McCullough• February 21, 2025 Fact-checking Donald Trump as DOGE adviser Elon Musk leaves White House By Madison Czopek, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• May 30, 2025 Trump, Musk claim government 'fraud' without showing proof. How common is federal fraud, abuse? By Claire Cranford, Amy Sherman• February 13, 2025 Is Donald Trump keeping his promises on immigration, tariffs and DOGE? By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• March 3, 2025 Ask PolitiFact: Does Joe Biden's asylum order ‘shut down’ the border? By Sara Swann• June 7, 2024 Shutdown myths find home on social media By Jon Greenberg, Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman• October 7, 2013 It’s a wrap! Here are PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2025 By Maria Briceño• December 29, 2025 Live: Fact-checking President Donald Trump's first 100 days of his second term By PolitiFact Staff • April 29, 2025 Legal experts say Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency raises questions about ethics and secrecy By Loreben Tuquero• April 17, 2025 Sen. Chris Murphy said ‘the border never closes.’ What does that mean? By Samantha Putterman• February 7, 2024 Ask PolitiFact: Can Joe Biden ‘shut down the border’ on his own? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 2, 2024 Was Rubio 'never ... in favor of shutting down the government'? By Louis Jacobson• October 23, 2013 Was Rubio 'never ... in favor of shutting down the government'? By Louis Jacobson• October 23, 2013 Fact-checking Donald Trump's 100-day rally in Warren, Michigan By Madison Czopek, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• April 30, 2025 Do Texas restaurants often shortchange on barbecue by the pound? Records suggest not. By W. Gardner Selby• May 25, 2017 Claims about Politico, ‘DEI musical’ and USAID spending distort the facts By Caleb McCullough• February 7, 2025 Fact-checking President Donald Trump’s address to joint session of Congress By PolitiFact Staff • March 5, 2025
