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stated on February 25, 2025 in social media posts
[U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s vineyard received $14 million in U.S. Agency for International Development funds for “experimental farming.”](/factchecks/2025/mar/07/social-media/nancy-pelosi-didnt-get-14-million-in-usaid-funding/)
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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.’”](/factchecks/2025/mar/05/social-media/old-claim-about-obamacare-royalties-resurfaces-wit/)
[X posts](/personalities/tweets/ "X posts")
stated on March 4, 2025 in X posts
[President Donald Trump posted on X that “If the Dow drops 1,000 points in two days the President should be impeached immediately.”](/factchecks/2025/mar/05/tweets/no-trump-didnt-post-that-the-president-should-be-i/)
[Social Media](/personalities/social-media/ "Social Media")
stated on February 15, 2025 in social media posts
[Elon Musk posted on X that billionaires are “tired of subsidizing” public services.](/factchecks/2025/mar/04/social-media/no-elon-musk-didnt-say-billionaires-are-tired-of-s/)
[Facebook posts](/personalities/facebook-posts/ "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.”](/factchecks/2025/feb/28/facebook-posts/did-doge-discover-a-louisiana-man-with-34-social-s/)
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stated on February 25, 2025 in a Threads post
[“The Texas measles outbreak is pure propaganda” because media outlets used stock images.](/factchecks/2025/feb/28/threads-posts/stock-photos-in-news-reports-dont-mean-texas-measl/)
[Laura Loomer](/personalities/laura-loomer/ "Laura Loomer")
stated on February 24, 2025 in an X post
[U.S. Agency for International Development subsidized CNN and MSNBC hosts’ salaries.](/factchecks/2025/mar/07/laura-loomer/no-usaid-didnt-subsidize-cnn-and-msnbc-hosts-salar/)
[Larry Kudlow](/personalities/larry-kudlow/ "Larry Kudlow")
stated on March 4, 2025 in on-air remarks
[Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is “polling very well. It’s very popular.”](/factchecks/2025/mar/06/larry-kudlow/is-elon-musks-doge-very-popular-thats-not-what-the/)
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stated on March 4, 2025 in an address to a joint session of Congress
[The Trump administration identified $1.9 billion in federal dollars going to a “decarbonization of homes” group Stacey Abrams “headed up.”](/factchecks/2025/mar/05/donald-trump/fact-checking-trumps-claim-that-a-group-headed-up/)
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stated on January 19, 2025 in TV interview
[“After the referendum, Milwaukee Public Schools has a larger tax levy than the City of Milwaukee.”](/factchecks/2025/mar/03/cavalier-johnson/mps-does-indeed-have-a-larger-tax-levy-than-the-ci/)
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stated on February 19, 2025 in News conference
[“90% of the (school) districts in Wisconsin already have a policy” banning cellphones during class time.](/factchecks/2025/feb/28/joel-kitchens/do-90-of-wisconsin-school-districts-ban-cellphones/)
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stated on February 24, 2025 in an interview on CNN
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[Why claims that DOGE ended a lease on Obama’s Chicago presidential library are misleading](/article/2025/mar/07/why-claims-that-doge-ended-a-lease-on-obamas-chica/ "Why claims that DOGE ended a lease on Obama’s Chicago presidential library are misleading")
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[Verificando el discurso del presidente Donald Trump ante el Congreso](/article/2025/mar/05/verificando-el-discurso-del-presidente-donald-trum/ "Verificando el discurso del presidente Donald Trump ante el Congreso")
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[RFK Jr. has targeted antidepressants for kids. How do SSRIs work?](/article/2025/mar/05/rfk-jr-has-targeted-antidepressants-for-kids-how-d/ "RFK Jr. has targeted antidepressants for kids. How do SSRIs work?")
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[US Rep. Steil labeled Dane County a ‘sanctuary city,’ but it’s complicated](/article/2025/mar/05/us-rep-steil-labeled-dane-county-a-sanctuary-city/ "US Rep. Steil labeled Dane County a ‘sanctuary city,’ but it’s complicated")
[Social Media](/personalities/social-media/ "Social Media")
stated on March 5, 2025 in in social media posts
["Apple quietly removed International Women’s Day from their calendar app.”](/factchecks/2025/mar/07/social-media/apple-didnt-remove-international-womens-day-from-i/)
[Social Media](/personalities/social-media/ "Social Media")
stated on February 25, 2025 in social media posts
[U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s vineyard received $14 million in U.S. Agency for International Development funds for “experimental farming.”](/factchecks/2025/mar/07/social-media/nancy-pelosi-didnt-get-14-million-in-usaid-funding/)
[Social Media](/personalities/social-media/ "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.’”](/factchecks/2025/mar/05/social-media/old-claim-about-obamacare-royalties-resurfaces-wit/)
[X posts](/personalities/tweets/ "X posts")
stated on March 4, 2025 in X posts
[President Donald Trump posted on X that “If the Dow drops 1,000 points in two days the President should be impeached immediately.”](/factchecks/2025/mar/05/tweets/no-trump-didnt-post-that-the-president-should-be-i/)
[Social Media](/personalities/social-media/ "Social Media")
stated on February 15, 2025 in social media posts
[Elon Musk posted on X that billionaires are “tired of subsidizing” public services.](/factchecks/2025/mar/04/social-media/no-elon-musk-didnt-say-billionaires-are-tired-of-s/)
[Facebook posts](/personalities/facebook-posts/ "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.”](/factchecks/2025/feb/28/facebook-posts/did-doge-discover-a-louisiana-man-with-34-social-s/)
[Donald Trump](/personalities/donald-trump/ "Trump’s executive order threatens access to gender-affirming care, but doesn’t ‘outlaw’ it.")
[Outlaw gender-related surgery for minors](/truth-o-meter/promises/maga-meter-tracking-donald-trumps-2024-promises/promise/1667/sign-legislation-outlawing-gender-related-surgery/)
[Donald Trump](/personalities/donald-trump/ "Trump administration policy orders removal of transgender service members, but faces legal challenge")
[Reinstate the military's transgender ban](/truth-o-meter/promises/maga-meter-tracking-donald-trumps-2024-promises/promise/1669/reinstate-the-transgender-ban-in-the-military/)
[Donald Trump](/personalities/donald-trump/ "Reciprocal tariff policy is in the planning stage")
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