Did Oprah Winfrey announce she is ending her talk show and moving to Italy, saying "I can't live in the U.S. for the next four years and breathe the same air as Elon Musk" as online article claimed? No, that's not true: There is no eviden
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: USAID Did NOT Place A Real Ad Saying ‘Help Eliminate Elon’ On Washington, DC, Street
Did USAID place a real ad reading "Help Eliminate Elon" on a street in Washington, D.C., in February 2025? No, that's not true: Capital Bikeshare, the owner of the bike stand ad box, stopped selling ads in April 2024, according to the per
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Pay For A Super Bowl Ad That Claimed USAID Spent $2 Million On German Llama Racing — No Such Ad Aired
Did Elon Musk pay for an ad that aired during the Super Bowl that claimed the U.S. Agency for International Development spent $2 million on German llama racing and other nonsensical spending? No, that's not true: No ads aired during the S
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Malia Obama Quote About Getting $2.3M From USAID Originated On Satirical Facebook Page
Did Malia Obama say she "deserved every penny of the $2.3 million she got from USAID" and was this payment reported by a news website or public official? No, that's not true: The quote about the USAID payment originated on a satirical Fac
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Bill Gates didn’t say defunding USAID would cause a “mystery illness”
Bill Gates said, “Defunding USAID will bring about another mystery illness across the world.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Mexican President Said ‘Shame on Trump,’ Warned US Not To Build Border Wall
Did Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum address President Donald Trump in a speech about "7 billion consumers ready to replace" their American products and vacations with non-American ones? No, that's not true: Lead Stories could not find
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Sign Has Apology To ‘White People’ For Self-Checkout Closure ‘Due To Dishonesty’ — Original Said ‘Honest People’
Is a picture of a sign that said "Due to Dishonesty self-checkout is CLOSED. Sorry to all the white people" real? No, that's not true: The original picture of a sign taken at a Dollar General store said "Sorry to all the honest people." E
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Reporter Katherine Long Who Broke DOGE Employee Resignation Story Did NOT Work For USAID When Article Was Published
Did Katherine Long, the reporter who broke a news story about the resignation of a DOGE employee work for USAID when the story was published in February 2025? No, that's not true: The reporter in question was previously employed by an org
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Screenshot Shows Trump Post Claiming Chiefs ‘Focused on DEI Nonsense’ and Eagles Got ‘USAID Money Flowing’ — No Such Post
Did President Donald Trump react to the Super Bowl in a post on Truth Social saying that the Chiefs were "too focused on DEI nonsense" and the Eagles got "USAID money flowing in like water"? No, that's not true: Images of such a post circ
FactCheck.org→ Sorting Out the Facts on ‘Waste and Abuse’ at USAID
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. As President Donald Trump’s administration targets the U.S. Agency for International Development for closure or major downsizing, the White House and social media posts have h
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show USAID Money Found At Zelenskyy’s House — Shows 2007 Mexico Drug Bust
Does a photo of stacks of banknotes sitting in a room or basement show USAID money found in the house of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy? No, that's not true: The photo has been online since 2007 and shows money discovered in a dr
New York Times→ Fact-Checking Claims About USAID Funding
Trump administration officials have misled about how the aid agency is spending its funding, in an effort to cite widespread “waste.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Elon Musk reposted a comment that said he “toppled” the USAID. He didn’t originally post it
“Elon Musk officially cancelled USAID and fired all the staff. In his words, ‘we just toppled one of the biggest globalist terror organizations in history.’”
PolitiFact→ Social Media – No, this graphic isn’t proof that USAID paid Chelsea Clinton $84 million
Graphic shows that the U.S. Agency for International Development paid Chelsea Clinton $84 million.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, USAID didn’t pay Hollywood actors millions of dollars to visit Ukraine
An E! News report said USAID paid millions of dollars to sponsor American celebrity visits to Ukraine.
PolitiFact→ Marco Rubio – Marco Rubio supported USAID as a senator. As secretary of state, he backs gutting it.
On support for U.S. Agency for International Development
PolitiFact→ Trump ordered a hiring freeze. Did it include air traffic controllers as Rep. Jasmine Crockett said?
The White House said its federal hiring freeze never included air traffic controllers. But before the Jan. 29 helicopter and jet crash, the controllers union and some lawmakers said it was unclear whether the freeze affected them.
PolitiFact→ Claims about Politico, ‘DEI musical’ and USAID spending distort the facts
Republicans say USAID programs are emblematic of federal waste, highlighting Politico Pro subscriptions and DEI-focused theatre productions. But some of these claims misrepresent the facts about funding sources or what was funded.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Call USAID ‘One Of The Biggest Globalist Terror Organizations In History’
Did Elon Musk say that the U.S. Agency for International Development is "one of the biggest globalist terror organizations in history"? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that he publicly said that. However, Musk did call the organ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: E! News Did NOT Report Ben Stiller, Angelina Jolie, Sean Penn And Other Celebrities Were Paid By USAID To Visit Ukraine
Did E! News report USAID paid celebrities like Ben Stiller, Angelina Jolie, Sean Penn, Orlando Bloom or Jean-Claude Van Damme millions of dollars to visit President Zelenskyy in Ukraine? No, that's not true: E! News told Lead Stories the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: USAID Did NOT Fund That Jeffrey Epstein — Different Guy
Did USAID fund financier and noted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein via the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc.? No, that's not true: A screenshot circulating online on social media actually lists "Jeffrey E Epstein," a different person who is
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Say ‘Defunding USAID Will Bring About Another Mystery Illness Across The World. MILLIONS WILL DIE’
Did Bill Gates say that "defunding USAID will bring about another mystery illness across the world. Millions will die" during a TV appearance in February 2025? No, that's not true: Gates did not say that in the clip posted on X with that
The Dispatch→ Claims That Politico Received USAID Funds Are False
The media company has sold subscriptions to various government agencies.
PolitiFact→ Brian Mast – Does as little as 10% of USAID go to help people in need? What that claim gets wrong
From the U.S. Agency for International Development funding, “10 to 30 cents on the dollar is what actually goes to aid.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: USAID Did NOT Spend Over $8 Million On Politico, LLC
Did USAID spend over $8 million on Politico, LLC, as social media posts imply? No, that's not true: The government spending database only shows $44,000 in two transactions. Both were subscriptions, not grants. The claim appeared in a post
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
The Dispatch→ Trump Administration Threatens USAID
The aid agency’s future is uncertain amid mixed signals from the president and Elon Musk.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Edited Photo Shows ‘Rapists Welcome’ And ‘Stand Up For Rapists’ Signs — Originals Said ‘Refugees Welcome’ And ‘Stand Up To Racism’
Does a genuine photo show protesters in London holding up signs that say "Rapists Welcome" and "Stand Up For Rapists"? No, that's not true: Digital forensics tools show the photo has been digitally altered. Photos showing similar, non-edi
Full Fact→ No evidence Donald Trump’s mother said he’d be a ‘disaster’ in politics
The quote has been circulating on social media since at least 2019 and has been debunked several times.
PolitiFact→ ‘I never said it:’ RFK Jr. downplays past statements during Senate confirmation hearing
“I never said it” was a refrain during Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first Senate confirmation hearing. The HHS secretary nominee downplayed and denied his past statements. Here are six examples.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Rebutting rumors, Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman said he’s not changing caucuses
John Fetterman is leaving the Democratic Party.
PolitiFact→ X posts – Posts falsely claim Elon Musk said MAGA will ‘succeed’ where Nazi Germany ‘failed’
Elon Musk posted on X that the MAGA movement will “succeed in all the ways Nazi Germany failed to.”
Full Fact→ Has the OECD said the UK is on track to become the ‘fastest growing economy in Europe’?
Culture secretary Lisa Nandy claimed the OECD is “confident” this is the case, but it actually projects several European countries will have higher growth than the UK in 2025 and 2026.
PolitiFact→ Grok AI – Grok said Biden rescinded a Medal of Freedom from ‘Trump’s campaign manager.’ That’s Pants on Fire!
President Joe Biden rescinded a Medal of Freedom given to Trump’s “campaign manager, Bradley Birkenfeld, in 2021.”
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Congress certified Trump’s 2024 win. The next day, he falsely said votes were still being counted.
“They’re still counting the (2024 election) vote in some areas.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Oprah Winfrey Said She Is Leaving US Over 2024 Presidential Election Results
Did Oprah Winfrey say she was leaving the U.S. in response to the 2024 presidential election results as a social media post claimed? No, that's not true: She was still in the U.S. hosting a podcast event at her California home after this
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Trump Said ‘I’m Naturally Selfish’
Did Donald Trump say, "I'm naturally selfish, and the idea of representing the interests of others is alien to me"? No, that's not true: The statement is part of a supposed 1990 quote attributed to Trump that has been on social media sinc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Jason Momoa Said He Is Leaving US Over 2024 Presidential Election Results
Did actor Jason Momoa say, "I can't stay here," implying he was leaving the U.S. in response to the 2024 U.S. presidential election results? No, that's not true: A social media post attributing those words to Momoa had no credible evidenc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Hillary Clinton Said, As Of December 2, 2024, She Would Leave US If Rumored "Epstein Client List" Was Released
Did Hillary Clinton say that she would leave the U.S. if a rumored Jeffrey Epstein client list was released? No, that's not true: As of December 2, 2024, there is no record of Hillary Clinton having made such an announcement on her social
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Comcast Announcement Said NOTHING About ‘Putting MSNBC Up For Sale’ As Standalone Asset As Of November 25, 2024
Did Comcast announce in November 2024 that it was selling MSNBC? No, that's not true: According to the corporation's press release and other news reports, Comcast only announced moving some of its assets, including MSNBC, into a separate