How ‘mandatory’ is mandatory spending?  Mandatory spending programs run on autopilot until Congress passes a rule change and the president signs it into law. So they are a bit more protected than ...
There is no evidence to support this claim. The posts pointed to USDebtClock.org, but the website provided no source or explanation for its "DOGE Clock" counter with a rapidly increasing ...
Delta Air Lines owns Endeavor Air, which operated Flight 4819 that crashed in Toronto. According to a Delta Air statement, the flight’s crew was not all female.
Ronald Gunia, a retired longtime director in the Social Security Administration Office of Inspector General who worked on the 2015 and 2023 reports, said that incomplete data can increase chances for ...
As rank-and-file members of Congress, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., each receive a salary of $174,000. As the Senate minority leader, ...
After a Delta Air Lines plane crashed and flipped upside down at Toronto Pearson International Airport Feb. 17, some social media users incorrectly identified the pilot. "This is Jonathan Simpson, the ...
When he wasn’t waving a bureaucracy chainsaw at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Elon Musk revived false campaign rhetoric about former President Joe Biden trying t ...
A Facebook video claiming the Trump administration is offering Americans a $4,800 subsidy because of federal cuts is altered from a real social media video of White House Press Secretary Karoline ...
The DOGE website’s estimated savings includes workforce reductions and other changes that aren’t detailed. The webpage listed about 1,100 contracts the department says it has terminated, as of Feb. 20 ...
PolitiFact contacted the video’s creator, Thomas Burke, for comment. He named two specific DEI initiatives he said benefited him and Vance: programs to increase veteran enrollment and retention ...
As Tesla sales drop, did an announcement from CEO and billionaire Elon Musk further shrink his potential buyers? "Elon Musk announced that he will not sell Tesla Cybertruck to any ...
Trump’s relationship with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy publicly soured as Trump called Zelenskyy a "dictator" and said he "started" the country’s war with Russia, a claim we rated Pants on ...