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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
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
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
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 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
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
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 March 21, 2025 in a Facebook post:
“Elon Musk exposes hidden $20K roof grant. Congress approved it."
By Jeff Cercone• March 28, 2025
Elon Musk stated on February 10, 2025 in an X post:
“FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants… That money is meant for American disaster relief.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 14, 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
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
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
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 June 04, 2019 in a Facebook post:
A Florida millionaire was arrested after admitting to burying more than 700 bodies on his property.
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 25, 2019
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
Young Conservatives stated on September 08, 2017 in an Internet post:
"Mass voter fraud just discovered, to the amount that could void Hillary’s victory In New Hampshire."
By Louis Jacobson, Manuela Tobias• September 15, 2017
Conservative Beaver stated on January 10, 2021 in an article:
Says Pope Francis “was arrested Saturday in connection with an 80-count indictment of charges including possession of child pornography, human trafficking, incest, possession of drug paraphernalia and felony fraud.”
By Noah Y. Kim• January 11, 2021
Facebook posts stated on October 27, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"Matt Gaetz has had numerous DUIs and his dad got him off each time. He was part of a company that had to pay 75 million in hospice fraud. They stole from dying people."
By Amy Sherman• November 1, 2019
Viral image stated on June 06, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says a viral photo shows Susan B. Anthony being "beaten and arrested for trying to vote" in 1872.
By Samantha Putterman• June 12, 2019
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

Articles (1214)

Can House Republicans cut $880 billion without slashing Medicaid? It’s likely impossible.

By Madison Czopek, Amy Sherman• March 11, 2025

DOGE touts billions in canceled government contracts. Where are the numbers coming from?

By Caleb McCullough• February 21, 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

Trump, Musk claim government 'fraud' without showing proof. How common is federal fraud, abuse?

By Claire Cranford, Amy Sherman• February 13, 2025

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

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 14, 2025

Live: Fact-checking President Donald Trump's first 100 days of his second term

By PolitiFact Staff • April 29, 2025

Do Elon Musk and DOGE have power to cut spending, close agencies?

By Louis Jacobson• February 7, 2025

Fact-checking Donald Trump as DOGE adviser Elon Musk leaves White House

By Madison Czopek, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• May 30, 2025

Why claims that DOGE ended a lease on Obama’s Chicago presidential library are misleading

By Jeff Cercone• March 7, 2025

Fact-checking Trump’s whopper-laden interview with Maria Bartiromo

By Bill McCarthy, Amy Sherman• November 30, 2020

Fact-checking false claims about the 2020 election

By Daniel Funke• November 20, 2020

Legal experts say Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency raises questions about ethics and secrecy

By Loreben Tuquero• April 17, 2025

Fact-checking Donald Trump's 100-day rally in Warren, Michigan

By Madison Czopek, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• April 30, 2025

Fact-checking President Donald Trump’s address to joint session of Congress

By PolitiFact Staff • March 5, 2025

Musk no prueba que millones de centenarios reciben pagos fraudulentamente del Seguro Social

By Maria Briceño, Madison Czopek, Amy Sherman• February 25, 2025

Republicans attack Republicans in Georgia, hoping to keep GOP control of the U.S. Senate

By Tom Kertscher• November 10, 2020

Is Donald Trump keeping his promises on immigration, tariffs and DOGE?

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• March 3, 2025

The most outlandish, Pants On Fire! claims we fact-checked in 2017

By Chris Nichols, Kathryn Palmer• December 27, 2017

Is Donald Trump in the Jeffrey Epstein files? What to know after social media fight with Elon Musk

By Amy Sherman• June 6, 2025

Did the NC elections board 'decline to comply' with ICE request? Here are the facts.

By Paul Specht• February 5, 2019