RFK Jr. questions antidepressants for kids. What do we actually know about SSRIs? A new federal review puts kids’ psychiatric meds under scrutiny, but experts say RFK Jr.’s claims about SSRIs are misleading and unsupported March 7, 2025 Natalie Eilbert
13 fact checks of President Donald Trump’s address to Congress Trump made false claims about Social Security fraud, immigration, money sent to Ukraine, the Paris accord and more March 5, 2025 PolitiFact
Live fact checks of President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress Trump will speak to Congress at 9 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday. Follow along with our live fact-checking. March 4, 2025 PolitiFact
No, vaccines did not cause the Gaines County, Texas, measles case spike Dozens of children have contracted measles in the state’s largest outbreak in 33 years. Online, some are blaming vaccines for the disease’s spread. March 3, 2025 Loreben Tuquero
No US government audits for the last 100 years? Here’s why ‘Shark Tank’ star Kevin O’Leary is wrong For decades, inspectors general have audited the federal government. The Government Accountability Office has been doing it for more than a century. February 28, 2025 Louis Jacobson
Trump spreads falsehoods about voting while pushing new rules in speech to governors Trump has a long history of falsehoods about voting, and his efforts to raise doubt about results has led to election worker threats February 27, 2025 Amy Sherman
Are there more plane crashes this year? Federal data says no. Although plane crash news is alarming, data shows commercial flight accidents are rare, and the recent number of aviation incidents isn’t unusual February 26, 2025 Loreben Tuquero
How does the US spend taxpayer money? What to know as DOGE and Elon Musk look for cuts As Musk and his critics toss around statistics, here are some points to know about how the government spends $6.8 trillion taxpayer money February 25, 2025 Louis Jacobson
DOGE touts billions in canceled government contracts. Where are its numbers coming from? DOGE claims $55B in savings, but its ‘wall of receipts’ totals $8.6B — just 0.1% of last year’s federal budget February 24, 2025 Caleb McCullough
DOGE didn’t ‘discover’ $2.7 trillion in improper payments in Medicare and Medicaid overseas The nonpartisan US Government Accountability Office did, in March 2024, and the estimate includes all federal agencies since 2003 February 20, 2025 Sofia Ahmed
FEMA did not use disaster relief money to house immigrants in New York luxury hotels New York City does not house migrants in luxury hotel rooms. In 2024, it spent an average of $156 per night per hotel room. February 19, 2025 Maria Ramirez Uribe
Are 150-year-old Americans receiving Social Security checks, as Elon Musk said? The explanation for apparent 150-year-olds receiving checks could relate to arcane coding practices, experts said February 18, 2025 Louis Jacobson
Trump, Musk claim government ‘fraud’ without showing proof. How common is federal fraud, abuse? The projects the White House points to are largely ones that the administration disagrees with ideologically, such as DEI and climate change February 17, 2025 Claire Cranford
5 misleading claims from Trump’s executive order on trans youth health care Trump called to end ‘reliance on junk science.’ But the order itself included claims that clash with leading medical research and practice. February 7, 2025 Grace Abels
Does as little as 10% of USAID go to help people in need? What that claim gets wrong A report said that just 12.1% of USAID’s 2024 funding went to small local groups — but that’s just one piece of the agency’s overall aid February 6, 2025 Amy Sherman
