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Residents remove belongings from a flood-affected house in Trishuli Bazaar, Nuwakot district, Nepal, on August 31, 2026.

DOGE cuts to USAID halted program that built flood early-warning system in Nepal?

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Laerke Christensen
Aug. 31, 2026 It was unclear whether such a system could have saved lives when glacial floodwaters swept away ...
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Joe Morale, a white man with black-framed glasses, gestures as he speaks. Behind him is a screen with the image of clouds gathering into a hurricane and a slide with text that reads "FEDERAL GOV'T CUTS FIRST WEATHER: Central & South Florida Nat'l Weather Service is 19-39% understaffed; 17% reduction in weather balloon launches across the United States; Degraded forecast accuracy."

Did Florida weatherman say he feared he could no longer predict hurricanes because of funding cuts?

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 31, 2026 South Florida meteorologist John Morales expressed the sentiment — but not in 2026, as posts sug ...
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This image shows an artistic, colorful depiction of cut wires over a transparent pattern of whistles and the DOGE logo.

DOGE whistleblower's brake line was cut after Musk posted about him on X: Timeline of what we know

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Taija PerryCook
June 15, 2026 A police report confirms someone vandalized Dan Berulis’ car a day after Musk shared his identit ...
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New World Screwworm flies surround the DOGE logo.

Did DOGE cuts cause screwworm outbreak in US? We investigated

Written by:
Laerke Christensen
June 12, 2026 DOGE's cuts to USAID may have affected international programs that combat the screwworm parasite.
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Rumor loss of 3 fighter jets in Iran operation cancels out alleged DOGE savings doesn't add up

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Joey Esposito
March 4, 2026 Even if the claim wasn't labeled as satire, the cost of three fighter jets is far less than the ...
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An gloved hand holds an white-furred, albino rat.

GOP lawmakers say feds spent about $250M on transgender animal testing. That's misleading

Written by:
Jack Izzo
Feb. 27, 2026 The claim originated from reports published by the conservative-led nonprofit White Coat Waste, ...
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Does Bernie Sanders owe $1.6M in back taxes? Here's the truth

Written by:
Anna Rascouët-Paz
Dec. 31, 2025 The rumor stemmed from a website with a history of making up stories for shares and comments.
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Rumor DOGE found Bernie Sanders owes $1.6M in unpaid taxes amounts to fiction

Written by:
Anna Rascouët-Paz
Dec. 27, 2025 A satirical post took aim at the progressive U.S. senator, and many people seemed to believe it.
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No evidence DOGE stopped alleged $2.6M annual 'Obamacare' royalty payments to Obama

Written by:
Taija PerryCook
Nov. 11, 2025 Trump rehashed the rumor from early 2025, but it’s just as fake as when we first reviewed the claim.
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Trump's NWS cuts were blamed for Texas flood deaths. Here are the facts

Written by:
Jack Izzo
July 17, 2025 By all accounts, forecasters provided adequate warning — the problem was communicating the dange ...
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Rescue workers wearing yellow jackets, red hats and red helmets navigate the flooded Guadalupe River in Texas in a black boat

Did Trump's National Weather Service staffing cuts hurt Texas flood response? What we know

Written by:
Jack Izzo
July 9, 2025 The most dangerous weather emergencies are the ones that happen overnight.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Breaking down rumor of Trump $5K stimulus checks

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Megan Loe
June 8, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump has floated the idea of sending "DOGE Dividend" checks to some Ameri ...
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Breaking down claims Stephen Miller's wife, Katie, left him for Elon Musk

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
June 8, 2025 Reports that Katie Miller left DOGE to work for Musk led the internet to speculate she had left ...
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Unpacking rumor that Stephen Miller's wife, Katie, left him for Elon Musk

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
June 2, 2025 Katie Miller's reported departure from DOGE to work for Musk had the internet speculating that s ...
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A blue sign shaped like a heart that says "Medicaid" hangs from a person's walker outside the U.S. Capitol building.

Did DOGE, RFK Jr. find 8M fraudulently enrolled in Medicaid? Not exactly

Written by:
Rae Deng
May 30, 2025 It's more accurate to say that about 8 million people may lose Medicaid coverage if the "One Big ...
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A white man wearing a dark suit jacket and shirt waves while looking at a camera. Several people stand behind him.

Musk said he's leaving the White House. Here's what we do (and don't) know about the departure

Written by:
Caroline Wazer
May 29, 2025 In an X post, the tech billionaire announced his "scheduled time as a Special Government Employe ...
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Two white men wearing dark outfits smile at each other.

25 rumors involving Musk as he leaves Trump administration

Written by:
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
May 29, 2025 The tech billionaire said that his "scheduled time as a Special Government Employee" had ended.
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On the left, a white man, Elon Musk, wearing a red baseball cap that says "TRUMP WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING" holds his clasped hands up to his mouth. On the right, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a white man, smiles at the camera.

Clarifying claim that DOGE, RFK Jr. found 8M people fraudulently on Medicaid

Written by:
Rae Deng
May 23, 2025 The numbers appeared tied to estimates on the number of people who may be cut from Medicaid unde ...
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Trump admin cut weather service staff in Kentucky, where tornadoes killed 19. But there's more to the story

Written by:
Jack Izzo
May 20, 2025 Residents did receive advance warning of the tornado before it hit.
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A Black baby sleeps on its back in a bassinet with no blankets. A Black woman lays in a nearby bed, watching the baby.

Former NIH official says Trump admin cut government's 'Safe to Sleep' team that helped reduce infant deaths

Written by:
Rae Deng
May 7, 2025 The National Institutes of Health said no final decisions had been made about the program's future.
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