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USDA grant funded research into all-natural menstrual products, not trans menstrual cycles

Austin American-Statesman 22 Mar 2025
Brooke Rollins. Statement. A $600,000 federal grant went to study “menstrual cycles in transgender men.” ... The latest example comes from U.S ... "CANCELLED ... The U.S ... The center offered no additional comment to PolitiFact ... PolitiFact's ruling ... Our sources.
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RFK Jr. says measles infection may have benefits, but there’s no conclusive evidence

Austin American-Statesman 21 Mar 2025
The Health and Human Services Department did not respond to a PolitiFact email seeking clarity ... The 2013 study’s lead author, Peter Tennant, told PolitiFact it was "hypothesis generating" rather than proof of anything.
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Does less than 25% of Education Department spending go to students? No

Austin American-Statesman 21 Mar 2025
Harriet Hageman. Statement. The federal Education Department has a “budget of about $280 billion a year. Less than 25% goes to educating our students.”. In a March 16 podcast interview, Rep ... The department handles a lot of money ... PolitiFact's ruling.
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Karoline Leavitt passes Jen Psaki's entire PolitiFact's 'fact-check' number in two months

Fox News 18 Mar 2025
On Thursday, PolitiFact issued Leavitt her latest ...
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Sen. Rick Scott wrong that full-time jobs dropped under former President Joe Biden

Austin American-Statesman 16 Mar 2025
... with work schedules than both full-time workers and people working part-time for economic reasons," Lonnie Golden, a Penn State University economist, told PolitiFact last year ... PolitiFact's ruling.
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Karoline Leavitt says tariffs are ‘a tax cut.’ Economists say they aren’t.

Austin American-Statesman 15 Mar 2025
Statement ... Primarily relying on tariffs to generate federal revenue "is simply substituting a higher and inefficient consumption tax for a lower income tax, and both of those moves are regressive," Irwin told PolitiFact.Argument 2 ... PolitiFact's ruling.
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Did the cost of buying a home double under Joe Biden, as JD Vance said?

Austin American-Statesman 14 Mar 2025
EJ Antoni, one of the Heritage article’s co-authors, told PolitiFact that historically, interest rates and home prices have moved in opposite directions, with the fluctuations tending to cancel out ... PolitiFact's ruling.
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Can Republicans cut $880 billion without slashing Medicaid? It’s likely impossible.

Alternet 14 Mar 2025
The prospect of deep Medicaid cuts has become a flashpoint in Congress, with leaders of both parties accusing their counterparts of lying. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said Feb ... “I can’t say it any other way. Republicans are lying ... Rep ... Sen ... .
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Can House Republicans cut $880 billion without slashing Medicaid? It’s likely impossible.

Austin American-Statesman 12 Mar 2025
The prospect of deep Medicaid cuts has become a flashpoint in Congress, with leaders of both parties accusing their counterparts of lying. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Feb ... "I can't say it any other way. Republicans are lying ... H.
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No, USAID didn’t ‘subsidize’ CNN and MSNBC hosts’ salaries

Austin American-Statesman 11 Mar 2025
Discovery spokesperson told PolitiFact the company currently has a contract with the governments to supply programming to U.S ... MSNBC spokesperson Hollie Tracz told PolitiFact that Loomer’s claim is "blatantly inaccurate."
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Is Elon Musk’s DOGE 'very popular'? That’s not what the polls say.

Austin American-Statesman 09 Mar 2025
In a statement to PolitiFact provided through Fox News, Kudlow said he was referring to a Harvard-Harris poll taken Feb ... doing, while less than 20% of Democrats answered similarly.PolitiFact's ruling.
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Fact-checking Trump’s claim that a group ‘headed up’ by Stacey Abrams received $2 billion

Austin American-Statesman 07 Mar 2025
Her spokesperson, Joshua Karp, told PolitiFact that Abrams did not have a role at Power Forward Communities beyond her position at Rewiring America ... PolitiFact's ruling ... PolitiFact Contributing Writer ...
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Stacey Abrams invokes Musk in rebuking Trump allegations

The Hill 05 Mar 2025
That committee, he claimed, was headed up by Abrams ... "Have you ever heard of her?” ... PolitiFact also deemed a version of the claim — that Abrams “stole $2 billion from taxpayers” — as “false.”.
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Is Donald Trump keeping his promises on immigration, tariffs and DOGE?

Austin American-Statesman 04 Mar 2025
By the numbers, President Donald Trump has been very busy; he signed more than 70 executive orders in about six weeks ... PolitiFact’s MAGA-Meter offers context and updates on 75 of Trump’s campaign promises ... The available signals are mixed ... 20) ... 22) ... U.S.
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Are there more plane accidents happening this year? That’s not what federal data show.

Austin American-Statesman 03 Mar 2025
Jeff Guzzetti, aviation safety consultant and former NTSB air safety investigator, told PolitiFact the public is increasingly aware of plane crashes because of "recent commercial air carrier accidents which have killed or injured paying passengers.".

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