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Analyses published in mid–late 2025 estimate that the Trump family has taken in billions while in the presidency — the New Yorker’s tally (reported elsewhere) and follow-ups put the figure around $3.4...
The claim that with the available analyses: DOGE publicly claims $160 billion in savings, while independent group calculations place direct and indirect costs in the same ballpark or higher, but all e...
Available reporting shows multiple actions by the Trump administration that reduced NIH funding flows — including a cap on “indirect” (F&A) costs at 15%, terminations or pauses of many grants, and wit...
The claim that "Doge stops royalty payments to Obama for 2.5 million for Obama care" is false: the story originated at a satirical website and has been debunked repeatedly by mainstream fact-checkers....
DOGE has been granted or sought broad access to multiple federal data systems and has helped centralize immigration-related datasets, and officials and watchdogs report that ICE is seeking to use some...
DOGE’s public claims of having “uncovered” vast fraud across the federal government do not hold up to independent review: major items on DOGE’s “wall of receipts” were removed after errors were expose...
Elon Musk gave at least hundreds of millions to pro‑Trump efforts in 2024–25 — filings and reporting put the total at $250M+ and other outlets report totals near $281M . Musk and his DOGE team promise...
POLITICO and NPR verified DOGE’s claimed contract-cancellation savings by matching the department’s public listings to independent federal procurement records and agency documentation, and by flagging...
Claims that the Obama administration accepted payments or “royalties” for using President Obama’s likeness in promoting the Affordable Care Act originated in satire and have been repeatedly debunked b...
Available reporting shows documented instances where noncitizens have been issued Social Security numbers (SSNs) through lawful programs such as Enumeration Beyond Entry (EBE), and separate reporting ...
Available reporting shows major disagreement about the size and distribution of public spending tied to unauthorized immigration in 2024: some advocacy groups and congressional committees cite figures...
Claims that DOGE (the cryptocurrency or an entity named DOGE) “targeted government payments to Barack Obama in November 2024,” including a specific claim that it blocked or stopped $2.6 million in sup...
The original user question asked for the "top 10 searches in factually recently" and how those sources were obtained; available materials do supply any list of top searches. Instead, the provided docu...