The Senate Democrats’ reconciliation bill “will strip $300 billion from Medicare.”
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PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, the IRS won’t take out $846.3 million in taxes from the $1.34 billion Mega Millions jackpot
"Congratulations to the IRS on winning the $846.3 million Mega Millions Jackpot.”
Full Fact→ The government has not awarded a £70 billion net zero contract to a small Cornish company
A public body consortium has chosen the company to provide a procurement service.
Full Fact→ Would Liz Truss’s plans for regional pay boards have saved £8.8 billion?
We look at the detail of the Conservative leadership candidate’s proposals for public sector pay, which she has now dropped after criticism.
Snopes→ US to Plant 1 Billion Trees As Climate Change Kills Forests
Destructive fires in recent years that burned too hot for forests to regrow naturally have far outpaced the government's capacity to plant new trees.
Snopes→ UN Projects World Population Will Reach 8 Billion on Nov. 15
The United Nations estimates that the world’s population will reach 8 billion on Nov. 15 and that India will replace China as the world’s most populous nation next year.
Snopes→ No, the World Population Hasn’t Reached 8 Billion People (Yet)
But we are gradually inching toward the milestone.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claim suggests billions should go to SWAT in schools. But there’s more to consider
With the $53 billion spent in Ukraine aid, the U.S. “could pay five SWAT members $80,000 each and have them at EVERY school front door.”
Full Fact→ £37 billion was the two-year budget for NHS Test and Trace, not how much was spent
Posts on Facebook which have been shared hundreds of times have questioned where the £37 billion allocated for the running of the NHS Test and Trace scheme was spent. One post, which is a screenshot of a tweet, states: “Tories explain
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘The Amount Elon Musk Just Paid for Twitter ($44 Billion) is Nearly Equal to Biden’s Proposed Climate Budget ($44.9 Billion)’
On April 27 2022, an Imgur user shared a screenshot of a viral tweet claiming the amount of money Elon Musk would purportedly pay in order to acquire Twitter was nearly equal to funds allocated in the Biden administration’s proposed climate budge
Washington Post→ Does Russia sell nearly $1 billion in uranium to the U.S. a year?
Despite sanctions imposed on Russia for the invasion of Ukraine, it still sells lots of uranium for nuclear energy -- but the precise number for its U.S. business is maddeningly difficult to determine.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘This Fukang Meteorite is 4.5 Billion Years Old’
The journey of a rare type of meteorite to Earth has continued online, albeit with the details fudged over time. In this case, the Fukang Meteorite (named after the Chinese town where it was discovered) has become a recurring meme online. In many itera
Snopes→ Tesla CEO Elon Musk Offers to Buy Twitter for $43 Billion
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter, saying the social media platform he has criticized for not living up to free speech principles needs to be transformed as a private company.
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Twitter post wasn’t serious about Elon Musk using $3 billion to give every American family $100,000
“With the money Elon Musk spent to buy Twitter shares, he could have given every American family $100,000 and still had enough left over to cancel all student debt.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Website Claiming Disney Shareholders Panicked After $2.4 Billion In Losses In One Day Is Satiric
Did Disney shareholders panic after $2.4 billion in losses in a single day? No, that's not true: The website the claim appeared on specializes in satire and comes with this warning in its "About Us" section: "Everything on this website is
Poynter→ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and billionaire philanthropist George Soros are not cousins
A viral Facebook post falsely says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and billionaire philanthropist George Soros are related by birth — one in a series of baseless claims about links between the two. […] The post Ukrainian President Vol
Snopes→ Artifacts Seized from U.S. Billionaire Returned to Israel
Prosecutors announced the repatriation of $5 million worth of looted antiquities seized from billionaire hedge fund manager Michael Steinhardt to Israel.
Full Fact→ Viral tweet on wealth tax generating £250 billion for NHS is misleading
Trade unionist Howard Beckett has claimed that a 0.05% wealth tax on financial transactions would raise £250 billion per year, in a tweet shared thousands of times. Mr Beckett, who is Assistant General Secretary for the Unite union, says that in
Logically→ There is a secret multi-billion dollar market for adrenochrome.
The myth surrounding adrenochrome is part of an anti-semitic conspiracy theory. It has not basis in fact.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – There’s no evidence Americans pay $155 billion each year to cover the cost of illegal immigration
American citizens “pay $155 billion annually to make sure illegal immigrants are taken care of better than American citizens”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It’s NOT Real: 1927 News Article ‘Showing America Was Sold To 5 Billionaires’
Is a 1927 news article saying that America was sold to five billionaires real? No, that's not true: This is a photo of a fake headline from a book published by The Onion, a website whose disclaimer says their content is "satirized." The c
PolitiFact→ Beto O'Rourke – Economic impact of Medicaid expansion may be more than $100 billion
"Expanding Medicaid, which if we had done at the beginning of the Abbott administration, would have brought in $100 billion to this state's economy."
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Pfizer did not report $37 billion in profit for its latest quarter
Pfizer made $37 billion in profit in its last quarter.
PolitiFact→ Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC – Progressive group wrong, Trump didn’t cut Social Security benefits by $3 billion
“Trump cut Social Security benefits by over $3 billion.”
Logically→ Pfizer made a $24.1 billion profit in the third quarter of 2021.
Pfizer did indeed make a $24.1 billion profit in the third quarter of 2021. However, only 60 percent of its profits came from vaccines.
Logically→ Americans spend an estimated $6 billion annually on Halloween.
Consumer expense on Halloween-related items is expected to reach a record of $10.14 billion in 2015, increasing from spending $6.9 billion in 2015.
Full Fact→ England hasn’t ‘kept’ £450 billion of Scottish taxes since 2001
A post on Facebook claims that since 2001, Scotland has sent £900 billion in tax to “Westminster” but only received £447.5 billion in return, meaning that Scotland subsidises England. It doesn’t. What this post fails to in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Cut HBCU Funding By $30 Billion — But Congress DID Make Cuts To Biden’s HBCU Funding Proposals
Did President Joe Biden cut funding for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) by $30 billion? No, that's not true: The Biden administration originally proposed more than $90 billion in funding for HBCUs, tribal colleges and
Washington Post→ Pompeo repeats ‘zombie’ claim that Obama gave Iran $150 billion
This is a falsehood that won't die -- and it's especially dismaying the former top U.S. diplomat repeats it on television.
Full Fact→ The government did not give £37 billion to Serco
A screenshot claiming that Serco “magically disappeared” £37 billion has been shared on Facebook over 300 times. This appears to be a reference to the £37 billion budget for the first two years of the NHS Test and Trace programm
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Forces Did NOT Leave Behind $85 Billion Worth Of Weaponry And Equipment In Afghanistan
Did the U.S. leave $85 billion worth of weaponry and equipment in Afghanistan after U.S. forces left the country? No, that's not true: The figure more closely reflects the cost of total security funding -- ranging from training to counter
Washington Post→ No, the Taliban did not seize $83 billion of U.S. weapons
Former president Donald Trump and right-leaning social media accounts keep wrongly claiming that the Taliban seized more than $80 billion in U.S. military equipment.
Snopes→ Billions Spent on Afghan Army Ultimately Benefited Taliban
A U.S. defense official confirmed the Taliban’s sudden accumulation of U.S.-supplied Afghan equipment is enormous.
Full Fact→ NHS Test and Trace cost £13.5 billion in its first year
A photo on Facebook claiming that “Westminster’s “Track & Trace” system” is costing £37 billion, and building the Channel Tunnel only cost £12 billion, has gone viral on Facebook. How much has Test an
Snopes→ Billionaire Richard Branson Reaches Space in His Own Ship
Branson and five crewmates reached an altitude of about 53 miles over the New Mexico desert.
Snopes→ US Trade Deficit Increases to $71.2 Billion in May
The Commerce Department reported Friday that the deficit rose 3.1% from the revised April deficit of $69.1 billion.
Snopes→ Did Rihanna’s Criticism Cause Snapchat Stock to Drop By $10 Billion?
A meme exaggerated events from 2018.
Snopes→ FAA Says US Airports Will Get $8 Billion in Pandemic Relief
The COVID-19 pandemic caused a steep drop in air travel and a loss of revenue that airports expect from airlines and passengers.
Snopes→ Did American Airlines Receive Billions in Federal Aid Then Lay Off 30,000 Employees?
A tweet attempted to raise the alarm on the airline's alleged pay discrepancies for rank-and-file workers.
Logically→ Cristiano Ronaldo’s Coca-Cola snub during his press conference resulted in a $4 billion drop in its market value.
The stock value of Coca-Cola plummeted as the entire U.S. stock market showed a similar trend on that day and is not related to Ronaldo's press meet.