Can a House committee cut $880 billion without slashing Medicaid? Experts say that’s impossible. But the cuts are not a done deal.
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Internet Archive→ Live: Public Affairs Events : CSPAN3 : March 10, 2025 2:00pm-3:30pm EDT
Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews..This item belongs to: movies/TV-CSPAN3.This item has files of the following types: Captions Align JSON, Closed Caption Text, Item Tile, JSON, MPEG1, Metadata, SubRip, TV Clips JSO
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Satirical Post About ‘Gender Critical Feminists’ In ‘Serious Altercation’ In Public Bathroom Goes Viral Again — Transgender Fight NOT Real
Did a story about two "gender critical feminists" being treated in hospital after a "serious altercation" in a public bathroom originate as real news? No, that's not true: A satire account made it up as a joke and claimed it happened beca
The Dispatch→ Republicans Want to Change the Culture. Can They?
History shows that culture resists legislation.
The Dispatch→ Republicans Rethink Town Halls in the Era of DOGE
GOP lawmakers blame progressive activists for rowdy district meetings in reaction to government cuts.
PolitiFact→ Social Media – No, Elon Musk didn’t say billionaires are tired of ‘subsidizing everyone else’s’ public services
Elon Musk posted on X that billionaires are “tired of subsidizing” public services.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Satire Story Says Nonprofit Group Wants To Buy Each Black Man In America An AR-15 Rifle To Scare Republicans
Is there an actual Portland, Oregon, nonprofit group named "Unpull the Trigger" that plans to buy each Black man in America an AR-15 rifle to scare Republicans into supporting gun control? No, that's not true: The story appeared on an X a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Zelenskyy Met With Democrats And Several Republicans Right Before White House Oval Office Meeting On February 28, 2025
Did Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet with a group of Democrats right before heading into the White House Oval Office meeting about the mineral deal on February 28, 2025? No, that's not true: Social media photos show Republican
The Dispatch→ The Once and Future Debate Over Public Broadcasting
Grousing over liberal bias in public media isn’t new, but the FCC and Congress are applying fresh scrutiny.
PolitiFact→ Pete Buttigieg – Did Republicans propose increasing bank fees, as Buttigieg said? There’s more to the story
“I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation… to increase your bank fees."
PolitiFact→ Patty Murray – Is Sen. Patty Murray right that Republican tax cuts are the biggest federal debt driver since 2001?
“The single biggest driver of our national debt since 2001 has been Republican tax cuts.”
Internet Archive→ Pres. Trump Speaks at Republican Governors Dinner : CSPAN : February 20, 2025 7:32pm-8:14pm EST
[LIVE] President Trump delivers remarks at the Republican Governors Association Meeting dinner in Washington, DC. Sponsor: White House.This item belongs to: movies/TV-CSPAN.This item has files of the following types: Captions Align JSON, Closed Caption
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Public Record That Trump Banned Use Of Word ‘Felon’ In White House As Of February 14, 2025
Is there a public record of a memo showing President Donald Trump prohibited the use of the word "felon" "inside the White House or on White House grounds" as of February 14, 2025? No, that's not true: The White House couldn't confirm the
The Dispatch→ DOGE Could Doom Republicans in Virginia’s Upcoming Gubernatorial Race
‘There’s no bigger bread-and-butter issue than a job.’
The Dispatch→ The Republicans’ Underwhelming Budget
A plan to cut $1.1 trillion over 10 years would likely add $3.3 trillion in deficits.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Trump Signed Executive Order Setting Two-Year Deadline For Residents To Leave Public Housing As Of February 12, 2025
Did President Donald Trump sign an executive order giving public housing residents a two-year deadline to move? No, that's not true: There is no such executive order posted on the White House website as of February 12, 2025. A search of T
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Public Record Colin Powell Said ‘Lazy Immigrants’ Quote
Is former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell accurately credited with a "lazy immigrants" quote often shared on social media? No, that's not true: The quote was first published on social media in 2019 by a user on X who acknowledged hav
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ed Sheeran Did NOT Perform For IDF Soldiers To Show Support For Israel — Performance Was ‘A Large Scale Public Concert’
Did singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran perform for wounded soldiers of the Israeli Defense Forces to show support for Israel? No, that's not true: Sheeran denied this rumor in a now-deleted Instagram story. He stated a charity organization boug
The Dispatch→ Publicans and Privateers
The big business-government divide is more complicated than you think.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Musk Did NOT Publicly Donate $10 Million To Help J6 Families ‘Jump-Start Their Lives’ As Of January 28, 2025
Did Elon Musk publicly donate $10 million to help the families of January 6 participants "jump-start their lives," as a post on Facebook claimed? No, that's not true: The post was published by a page affiliated with America's Last Line of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Article Does NOT Prove WEF ‘Demanded’ That General Public Get ‘Mass-Vaccinated’ Twice A Year With mRNA
Does an article prove that the World Economic Forum "demanded" that the general public be "mass-vaccinated" twice a year with "long-acting mRNA injections"? No, that's not true: The organization told Lead Stories this was "entirely false.
PolitiFact→ X posts – Claim Republicans support impeaching President Donald Trump came from fake news account
“The U.S. Senate has the votes to remove Trump from office if the House votes to impeach.”
Full Fact→ No, Donald Trump did not say Republicans were the ‘dumbest group of voters’
The fake quote, which has been online since at least 2015, has been recirculating as Mr Trump begins his second term as president.
The Dispatch→ No, Trump Did Not Win by the ‘Biggest Margin of Any Republican Presidential Candidate’
A claim by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is false.
PolitiFact→ Robin Vos – Wisconsin Republicans say voter ID laws are supported by 70% to 80% of the public
Voter ID "is supported, if you look at any poll, by 70 to 80% of the public."
The Dispatch→ ‘Clever’ Trump Executive Order Shrouds DOGE From Public Scrutiny
Situating the new department in an existing agency enables it to avoid Freedom of Information Act requests.
The Dispatch→ Congressional Republicans Giving Trump Time to Make a TikTok Deal
Most think he’s following the ‘spirit of the law’ intended to sever Chinese ownership.
PolitiFact→ Republican leaders want to put conditions on California wildfire aid. Is there precedent for that?
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and other congressional Republicans have said they want changes that they haven’t specified in California’s policies tied to federal wildfire disaster aid. Here’s how federal disaster help has historically been
PolitiFact→ Here’s what we know about L.A. fire department’s DEI efforts, which Republicans have attacked
Documents show diversity, inclusion and equity initiatives comprise a minuscule portion of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s budget, but Republicans on social media have blamed them for what they say is a flawed response to wildfires.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Launch Public Campaign To Cancel ‘The View’ As of January 9, 2025
Did Elon Musk start a public campaign in early January 2025 to cancel "The View"? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no confirmation that Musk posted what was attributed to him. No media organizations indexed by Google News reported
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: LA Fire Department Did NOT Ask Public For Help In Fighting Wildfires On January 7, 2025
Did the Los Angeles Fire Department ask "anyone with firefighting experience" to assist in fighting wildfires in the area on January 7, 2025? No, that's not true: The department said it is "NOT requesting assistance from the public" in a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Republicans CANNOT Be Forced To Confirm Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez As VP To Ensure Trump Becomes President
Is there a scenario in which Congressional Republicans can be forced to vote for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as vice president so President-elect Donald Trump can be sworn in as president? No, that's not true: Even if President Joe Bide
FactCheck.org→ Republicans Wrongly Tie New Orleans Attack to Illegal Immigration; Suspect Was a Citizen
Federal law enforcement officials have identified an Army veteran, who was born in the United States, as the sole person responsible for the Jan. 1 terrorist attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people and injured many more. But some Republican politi
The Dispatch→ Trump’s Threat of a Republican Primary
Will the president-elect be successful in keeping GOP lawmakers in line?
The Dispatch→ A New (MAGA) Republican Establishment Rises
A loyal network of activists is ready to pressure GOP lawmakers to rubber-stamp Donald Trump’s agenda.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mitch McConnell’s Head Was NOT Bandaged After Fall At Senate Republican Lunch In December 2024 — Old Clip Was Edited
Does an authentic video show Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell in December 2024 with a large white bandage around his head, standing mute at a lectern, when a woman asks if his head is "OK after that fall"? No, that's not true: An
Full Fact→ Why uncertainty about immigration statistics is proving challenging for public understanding
The latest release of figures on net migration from the ONS received widespread coverage. However, a crucial detail about the uncertainty of the figures was largely ignored...
The Dispatch→ With an Eye on 2026, Republicans Weigh Support for Patel
Trump’s controversial choice to take over as FBI director puts swing-state legislators in a bind.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Walmart Did NOT Donate $3.5 Million To Trump, Republicans While Ignoring Democrats
Did Walmart donate $3.5 million to President-elect Donald Trump and Republican campaigns while giving nothing to Democrats ahead of the 2024 election? No, that's not true: Walmart's political donations come from an employee-funded politic
PolitiFact→ What does a small majority mean for House Republicans? 3 things to know
As the final House races’ results fall into place, it appears Republicans will win a slim House majority. Could Democrats take it back from untimely deaths, illnesses or resignations?