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Claim about GSA paying Michelle Obama originated from satire
Did the Department of Government Efficiency find that the federal agency tasked with managing government facilities has been paying former first lady Michelle Obama monthly since 2009? Several Facebook posts made that claim: “DOGE found this little gem while doing a general audit of the (General Services Administration), the agency that acts as the country’s…
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Posts Make Unsupported Claims About Origin of Texas Measles Outbreak
SciCheck Digest The measles vaccine uses a weakened virus that’s never been shown to spread to others. Samples from the outbreak in Texas also show that a wild-type virus is responsible. Yet, social media posts have falsely claimed that the outbreak is due to a vaccine strain. Without evidence, other posts have blamed immigrants crossing…
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Full-Time Employment Increased Under Biden, Contrary to Rick Scott’s Claim
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. As we reported in January, President Donald Trump inherited a resilient economy experiencing continued growth in jobs, including an increase in full-time workers. But Republican Sen. Rick Scott recently painted a much different picture, calling the pre-Trump economy “crappy” and falsely claiming that full-time employment…
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Is Trump right that Biden’s pardons are void? No
President Donald Trump claimed some of former President Joe Biden’s pardons are invalid because Biden used an autopen. “The ‘Pardons’ that Sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, and many others, are hereby declared VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT, because of the fact that they were done…
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Texas measles outbreak surges to at least 400 cases
The measles outbreak in Texas has reached 400 cases, the state announced Friday, an increase of more than 20 percent since the last update on Tuesday. Officials have said the numbers are likely an undercount. Nearly all of the cases are in unvaccinated individuals or in individuals whose vaccination status is unknown, according to the…
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Sanders endorses Democrat in contested Florida special House race
Progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) endorsed Democrat Josh Weil in the special election for Florida’s 6th Congressional District, marking one of Weil’s biggest endorsements to date. “Josh Weil is a working class father of two and a middle school teacher who knows what it’s like to live paycheck to paycheck. Unlike his opponent, he does…
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Judge blocks Trump administration from dismantling CFPB
A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from effectively dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an early target of Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson barred the administration from stopping work and firing employees at the CFPB and ordered the reinstatement of previously…
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Majority of voters, plurality of GOP say Hegseth should resign: Poll
A majority of Americans, including the largest share of Republican voters, say in a new survey that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should resign after the revelation that he shared details of a forthcoming U.S. airstrike in an unsecured Signal group chat whose members included The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief. The J.L. Partners-Daily Mail national poll, which was…
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FCC chair launches investigation into Disney over DEI
FCC Chair Brendan Carr is opening an investigation into Disney over potential violations of the FCC’s equal employment opportunity regulations through the company’s efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion.
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What Rep. Khanna calls Medicare ‘cuts’ was expiration date
U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., posted a TikTok video Feb. 20 saying he had “breaking news” about the fate of Medicare coverage for telehealth visits, which allow patients to see health care providers remotely from their homes. “Breaking news: The Trump Administration just announced that Medicare will stop covering telehealth starting April 1,” Khanna said. “We…
