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Search results for "Mayor Mamdani closed a historic leftover budget deficit"

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Fact-checks (10775)

Elon Musk stated on November 04, 2025 in an X post:
“The New York City ballot form is a scam” because “mayoral candidates appear twice.”
By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2025
Donald Trump stated on June 25, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a communist.
By Ella Moore, Amy Sherman• June 26, 2025
Nancy Mace stated on November 06, 2025 in a fundraising email:
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani “is bringing Sharia law to America.”
By Louis Jacobson• November 7, 2025
X posts stated on January 31, 2026 in an X post:
Images show New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani as a child with his mother, Mira Nair, and Jeffrey Epstein.
By Maria Briceño• February 2, 2026
Kasim Reed stated on September 23, 2012 in an interview:
Says "you cannot implement Paul Ryan’s plan without allowing for any increases in revenue."
By Eric Stirgus• September 28, 2012
Sam Sutton stated on March 11, 2026 in a rally:
From January 2025 to January 2026, “hate crimes in New York City increased by 152%”
By Emma Gavazzi• May 5, 2026
Katie Britt stated on March 19, 2026 in a press conference:
“You can't shovel snow in New York City without an ID.”
By Amy Sherman• March 20, 2026
X posts stated on November 02, 2025 in an X post:
New York state has "no ID requirement" to vote, and people could lie about their address and "vote in multiple precincts."
By Maria Briceño• November 4, 2025
Rudy Giuliani stated on July 01, 2007 in "Innovators in Action" magazine:
"The $2.3-billion budget deficit I inherited when I came into office became a $2.9-billion surplus."
By Neil Skene• November 21, 2007
Mike Pence stated on December 08, 2009 in a speech on the House floor:
"To use money from the TARP fund in the manner that is being discussed by the White House and congressional Democrats would be a violation of the law."
By Robert Farley• December 8, 2009
Angel Taveras stated on May 12, 2014 in a fundraising letter:
I turned "a $110 million deficit into a $1.6 million surplus for our city."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• May 25, 2014
Rick Scott stated on August 10, 2011 in an interview:
"I started with a $3.7 billion budget deficit. Now we are projecting a $1.2 billion surplus."
By Amy Sherman• August 18, 2011
Bob McDonnell stated on March 26, 2011 in a speech.:
"When I took office last year we faced historic budget deficits of $6 billion here in Virginia.  And we closed those deficits by cutting spending."
By Warren Fiske• April 9, 2011
Tim Kaine stated on December 07, 2011 in in a debate:
George Allen and his colleagues in the Senate "turned the biggest surplus in the history of the United States into the biggest deficit in the history of the United States."
By Sean Gorman• May 15, 2012
Barack Obama stated on January 12, 2016 in the State of the Union address:
We have cut "our deficits by almost three-quarters."
By Louis Jacobson• January 13, 2016
Kamala Harris stated on March 08, 2019 in a tweet:
Says Trump administration is "raiding money" from military service member pensions to pay for the border wall.
By Chris Nichols• March 28, 2019
Scott Rigell stated on February 14, 2011 in a press release.:
The United states is "borrowing more than 40 cents of every dollar we spend."
By Jacob Geiger• February 17, 2011
Barack Obama stated on February 22, 2011 in a speech in Cleveland, Ohio:
The president’s proposed budget "will help reduce the deficit by $400 billion over the next decade to the lowest level since Dwight Eisenhower was president."
By Louis Jacobson• February 22, 2011
Barack Obama stated on January 25, 2011 in the State of the Union address:
"We are living with a legacy of deficit-spending that began almost a decade ago."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 26, 2011
Donald Trump stated on January 13, 2026 in a speech in Detroit:
"If we stop this fraud, this massive fraud, we're going to have a balanced budget."
By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• January 13, 2026

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In Context: Zohran Mamdani’s use of phrase ‘seizing the means of production.’ What’s it mean?

By Amy Sherman• July 3, 2025

Can the US government strip Zohran Mamdani of his citizenship?

By Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 7, 2025

Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ interview: Fact-checking his statements on nuclear weapons, Mamdani, ICE

By Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• November 3, 2025

Mayor Bob Buckhorn's $765.4M budget delivers two Promises Kept

By Richard Danielson• September 22, 2011

Can the U.S. government revoke your citizenship? What to know about denaturalization

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 14, 2025

The deficit has fallen under Joe Biden. It’s still higher than before the pandemic.

By Louis Jacobson• March 5, 2024

McDonnell-Axelrod dust-up beats up a few facts

By Warren Fiske• May 3, 2011

Fact-checking the new Crossroads GPS ad

By Sean Gorman• May 21, 2012

Looking for some truth about the federal budget

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• November 15, 2010

A quick look at the latest Allen-Kaine debate

By Sean Gorman, Nancy Madsen• October 9, 2012

Sorting out the facts on the Republican budget blueprint

By Robert Farley• April 15, 2011

The UW System's "slush fund" -- $1 billion, $207 million or what?

By Tom Kertscher• April 24, 2013

Fact checking "Decision Points"

By Louis Jacobson• November 29, 2010

Fact-checking the Democratic debate in Miami, night 1

By PolitiFact Staff • June 27, 2019

Who made Big Apple sweeter?

By Neil Skene• November 21, 2007

Debating the deficit

By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 6, 2013

Truth-O-Meter gets education on education

By Willoughby Mariano• July 17, 2011

The Democrats’ overstated claim that the Inflation Reduction Act curbs debt, inflation

By Louis Jacobson• August 19, 2022

Debt vs. deficit: What’s the difference?

By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 27, 2014

Warren vs. Buttigieg: Why they were fighting about campaign finance and a wine cave at the debate

By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde• December 20, 2019