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Poynter→ A claim vastly overstates the government’s spending on TSA’s gender-neutral screening technology
A man recording a video while in line at the airport Transportation Security Administration checkpoint had another agenda besides flying. In the video posted Jan. 19 on Facebook that’s been viewed nearly […] The post A claim vastly overstates
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – U.S. spending in Afghanistan dwarfs aid to Ukraine
The amount the U.S. has spent in Ukraine is “double the U.S. expenditure for its own war in Afghanistan.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claim vastly overstates government’s spending on TSA’s gender-neutral screening technology
The Transportation Security Administration spent “a couple hundred million dollars” on gender-neutral screening technology.
Washington Post→ McCarthy puts a spin on spending math to justify debt limit fight
The House speaker relied on numbers that don’t tell the full story of what happened — and how the GOP-controlled Congress boosted spending.
PolitiFact→ Kevin McCarthy – Is Kevin McCarthy right that GOP didn’t raise discretionary spending? It hinges on the metric used
“When the Republicans were in power the last time for eight years, do you know how much discretionary spending increased in those eight years? Zero.”
The Dispatch→ The GOP’s Spending Fight Is More About Fighting Than Spending
Incoming House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (right) argues with members of the Freedom Caucus, including Rep. Bob Good, Rep. Matt Gaetz, and Rep. Matt Rosendale during votes for speaker of the House. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.)These new defic
The Dispatch→ How Republicans Can Get Serious on Spending
Kevin McCarthy speaks at a House GOP leadership press conference on government funding. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency /Getty Images.)When it comes to cuts, less is actually more.The post How Republicans Can Get Serious on Spending appeared fir
PolitiFact→ William Barclay – Comparison between spending in New York and California is missing context
California has twice the population of New York, but spends $260 billion, while New York spends $220 billion.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Is NOT Seriously Blaming Elton John For ‘Spending Taxpayer Money To Fight AIDS’ In This Clip — It’s A Joke
Did President Joe Biden blame Elton John for the U.S. spending taxpayer money to "fight AIDS"? No, that's not true: There is missing context to this video. A transcript of this event shows that Biden is praising John. Both the audience an
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump’s baseless claim about 2020 election fraud and suspending the Constitution
“The revelation of massive & widespread fraud & deception” in the 2020 election “allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.”
Full Fact→ Big spending list on Test and Trace and furlough loss needs context
£37 billion was the budget for the first two years, but less was actually spent and the furlough fraud figure is out of date and includes losses from other Covid-19 payment schemes.
Full Fact→ ‘Wanted’ poster missing context on Test and Trace spending
£37 billion was the budget for Test and Trace, not the spend.
PolitiFact→ Citizens for Sanity – Ad comparing spending on Ukraine, US children is ridiculously wrong
President Joe Biden and Democrats "send a fortune to Ukraine but nothing for our children."
PolitiFact→ Dan Bongino – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation not spending $200 million on digital IDs
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $200 million for digital IDs as part of a shift toward a “totalitarian society.”
PolitiFact→ State spending, school funding, abortion: fact-checking Iowa’s gubernatorial debate
State spending, school funding, abortion: fact-checking Iowa’s gubernatorial debate.
Logically→ Justin Trudeau is spending over $100 million of taxpayers’ money to promote Klaus Schwab’s agenda of enslaving people.
The pilot project has not taken off, and the budgeted amount of $105.3 million has not been spent.
PolitiFact→ National Republican Senatorial Committee – Democratic bill didn’t 'slash' Medicare spending. It would get the same drugs, cheaper
Sen. Raphael Warnock "voted with Biden to slash Medicare spending.”
Full Fact→ Health secretary’s claim on health spending fact checked
Dr Thérèse Coffey said health and social care account for 40% of government day-to-day spending. That’s only true if you don’t count spending on things like pensions.
Truth or Fiction?→ DCCC Spending Half a Million Dollars to Meddle in GOP Primary?
In late July 2022, posts on social media asserted that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) allocated “nearly half a million dollars to air ads boosting Donald Trump-endorsed John Gibbs over Rep. Peter Meijer (R-Mich.), who vot
FactCheck.org→ Stimulus Spending a Factor, But Far From Whole Story on Inflation
Economists cite several reasons for high inflation in the United States, starting with the unprecedented circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic. But TV ads in midterm races across the country blame one culprit: stimulus spending by President Jo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: World Economic Forum Will NOT ‘Freeze Bank Accounts’ Of Meat Eaters To "Educate Them" — Doconomy Does NOT Enforce Consumer Spending Limit
Will the World Economic Forum (WEF) "freeze" the "bank accounts of "meat eaters to 'educate them,'" and does the Doconomy credit card refuse to let a consumer buy items when they are "deemed to be a net polluter"? No, neither are true: Th
Full Fact→ Health spending isn’t set to account for almost half of all taxes
Figures quoted by LBC presenter Nick Ferrari didn’t take account of the total amount of public spending.
FactCheck.org→ Examining Uvalde’s Police Spending
For the fiscal year ending in September, spending on police is expected to account for 37% of general fund expenditures in the city of Uvalde, Texas. But police spending is projected to make up about 17% of the city’s total operating expenditures
FactCheck.org→ Spending Bill Includes Pay Raise for Staffers, Not Members of Congress
Quick Take President Joe Biden signed a $1.5 trillion bill that funds the federal government and provides assistance to Ukraine. Social media posts misrepresent the bill by implying Congress members gave themselves a 21% pay raise. The bill increases H
Full Fact→ £24bn in extra defence spending will be spread over four years
“Asked whether he supported an overall increase in spending, Mr Wallace insisted that he had already secured £24 billion of additional defence funding” Sunday Telegraph, 6 March 2022. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has claimed the gov
PolitiFact→ Sean Spicer – No, The White House isn’t spending $30 million on crack pipes. Here’s what’s really going on
The Biden administration “is spending $30 million on crack pipes.”
Washington Post→ Manchin’s ‘historic context’ for spending is using the wrong metric
The West Virginia senator is using inflation-adjusted dollars to compare Biden's agenda but the more appropriate measure is percentage of GDP.
Full Fact→ Health doesn’t account for 40% of day-to-day public spending
“Incredibly, 40 per cent of all day-to-day spending by the State now goes to the health sector.” Daily Mail, 17 November 2021. The Daily Mail has claimed that “incredibly” 40% of day-to-day state spending goes to the health sec
Full Fact→ Was the Chancellor right on the Budget increasing departmental spending by the most this century?
“Today's budget increases total departmental spending over this Parliament by £150 billion. That’s the largest increase this century, with spending growing by 3.8% a year in real terms.” Rishi Sunak, 27 October 2021. During his
Washington Post→ Biden’s claim that his spending plan ‘costs zero dollars’
Biden promises to pass a deficit-neutral plan but he's already in the hole because of the infrastructure bill.
Full Fact→ Scottish taxes don’t subsidise English spending
A post on Facebook claims that income tax and tax raised on whisky sales in Scotland go “straight to England” to be spent on its priorities, and that Scotland subsidises England. This is not true. Firsty, the figures given for tax rev
Full Fact→ No, health won’t account for 40% of all public spending
“Health and social care will devour 40pc of all public spending by next year.” Daily Telegraph, 8 September 2021. “As a result of the latest changes, health is likely to account for 44 per cent of all public spending by 2025, up fro
PolitiFact→ Terry McAuliffe – McAuliffe claim about record education spending is flawed
“Under Terry McAuliffe (there was a) record investment in education.”
Snopes→ Biden Wants Spending to Boost Economy, GOP to Block Vote
President Joe Biden said that his infrastructure and families agenda must be passed to sustain the economic momentum of his first six months in office, aiming to set the tone for a crucial week of congressional negotiations on the two bills.
Full Fact→ Boris Johnson was broadly right about aid spending
Under this government, we’ve spent more [on overseas aid], and we continue to spend more than Labour ever did. Boris Johnson, 9 June 2021. On Wednesday, the Prime Minister said that this government has spent more on aid than Labour governments d
Washington Post→ Rep. Omar’s off-kilter comparison of defense and health-care spending
The Minnesota Democrat suggested more was being spent on the military than health-care. But actually, it's the opposite.
Snopes→ Does US Rank No. 1 in Incarceration, Gas Consumption, Military Spending?
"We're number one" isn't always a point of pride.
Full Fact→ Everything you need to know about the Home Office’s ‘eyebrow’ spending
A number of posts on Facebook have made claims about Home Office payments to a company called “Beautiful Brows Limited”, in light of an article from Byline Times. The article looked at expenses paid for on the Home Office’s procuremen
Snopes→ Is Biden Spending $86 Million for Hotels To House Migrant Families?
After readers asked, we contacted the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to investigate the claim.