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Multiple fact-checks and contemporaneous reporting show the Obama White House did not spend anywhere near the viral figures of $300–$376 million to create a basketball court; the South Lawn court was ...
George W. Bush did not secretly siphon cash out of Social Security and spend it directly on the Iraq War; by law surplus payroll receipts were invested in special Treasury bonds and the Treasury used ...
Available sources do not provide a single, universally accepted count of “mass shootings” between Donald Trump’s inauguration (Jan 20, 2017) and Jan 20, 2021; different organizations and outlets use d...
Congress authorized a comprehensive White House infrastructure modernization that began around 2010 and was carried out while Barack Obama was president; reporting places the project’s estimated scope...
Available reporting shows President Obama did not build a standalone new basketball facility at the White House; he converted the pre‑existing South Lawn tennis court to also serve as a basketball cou...
Public reporting around an alleged $376 million White House renovation under Barack Obama is inconsistent: some outlets describe a multi-year institutional modernization tied to the Obama years and ci...
Claims that President Obama oversaw a $376 million White House renovation are rooted in conflated reporting about infrastructure work during his tenure; available reporting indicates the Obama-era mod...
Available reporting shows a large, congressionally authorized White House “modernization” project beginning around 2010 is commonly tied to the Obama years and has been reported in some outlets with a...
Estimates for former central bank chiefs vary widely across outlets: Ben Bernanke’s reported net worth ranges roughly from $2 million to $10 million in different profiles (examples: $2M, $3M, $5M, $5–...
There are public visitor-record disclosures from the Obama White House that were posted online as part of a transparency effort , and multiple reporting threads note that the existing White House tenn...
Claims that President Barack Obama spent hundreds of millions on a White House basketball court are false or unsupported: reporting and fact-checks say Obama adapted an existing tennis court for dual ...
The available reporting shows no single, publicly disclosed total for what the Obama family or their affiliates spent on White House redecoration; instead, . Coverage over time emphasizes that the Oba...