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dicho el Enero 13, 2026 en a speech in Detroit

"If we stop this fraud, this massive fraud, we're going to have a balanced budget."

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dicho el Noviembre 12, 2025 en an X post

“My tariffs … are helping to slash the deficit this year by more than 25%.”

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dicho el Octubre 30, 2025 en a press conference

The federal government “decided to shut down the SNAP machines, so that they can’t be used.”

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dicho el Octubre 28, 2025 en X posts

The majority of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients are not U.S. citizens.

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dicho el Octubre 22, 2025 en social media posts

Walmart will close to in-store shoppers and allow only online orders and curbside pickup starting Nov. 1 because of an expected Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding lapse.

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dicho el Octubre 8, 2025 en an X post

“Trump’s budget called for a $300 (million) cut” to the Women, Infants and Children program.

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dicho el Octubre 2, 2025 en an X post

Democrats shut down the government because they want “health care for illegal aliens and funding for free abortions.”

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dicho el Septiembre 28, 2025 en an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"

People with insurance through the Affordable Care Act will see a “75% increase in premiums starting Nov. 1” if enhanced subsidies are not extended, including “twice as much in the rural areas.”

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dicho el Septiembre 29, 2025 en The People's Cabinet podcast

“If the government shuts down, members of Congress still get paid. The janitors never get paid.”

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Hakeem Jeffries

dicho el Septiembre 24, 2025 en remarks to reporters

"Republicans have effectively ended medical research in the United States of America."

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Katherine Clark

dicho el Septiembre 12, 2025 en a post on X

“Republicans are spiking health insurance premiums by 75% for everyday Americans” if they don’t extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies.

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dicho el Julio 20, 2025 en an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation"

Tariffs are “going to pay off our deficit.”

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dicho el Julio 14, 2025 en a podcast interview

“California provides $83.1 billion more than we receive from the federal government. Texas? Receives $71.1 billion more than they provide to the federal government. 71% of the U.S. GDP comes from blue counties.”

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dicho el Julio 8, 2025 en Pod Save America

“ICE will now become the country’s largest federal law enforcement agency, bigger than the FBI, bigger than the DEA.”

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dicho el Junio 1, 2025 en an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"

“One out of every $5 or $6 in Medicaid (payments) is improper.”

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dicho el Mayo 25, 2025 en a "Face the Nation" episode

“We are not cutting” the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

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dicho el Mayo 20, 2025 en remarks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol

In the House bill, “we’re not changing Medicaid,” only cutting “waste, fraud and abuse.”

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Karoline Leavitt

dicho el Mayo 19, 2025 en a White House press briefing

President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill “does not add to the deficit.”

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dicho el Marzo 21, 2025 en a television interview

“If we don’t pass the tax bill by the end of the year, we will have the largest tax increase in American history.”

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Harriet Hageman

dicho el Marzo 16, 2025 en a podcast interview

The federal Education Department has a “budget of about $280 billion a year. Less than 25% goes to educating our students.”

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Fact-checking Donald Trump’s economic speech in Michigan

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s economic speech in Michigan

Por PolitiFact Staff • Enero 13, 2026

Trump sees a future without federal income taxes, but the tariff math doesn’t add up

Trump sees a future without federal income taxes, but the tariff math doesn’t add up

Por Louis Jacobson • Diciembre 3, 2025

Trump propone pagos de $2,000 a todos los estadounidenses. ¿Es posible?

Trump propone pagos de $2,000 a todos los estadounidenses. ¿Es posible?

Por Louis Jacobson • Noviembre 12, 2025

Fact-checking Democrats’ talking points about Affordable Care Act subsidies

Fact-checking Democrats’ talking points about Affordable Care Act subsidies

Por Amy Sherman • Noviembre 11, 2025

Can Trump create $2,000 tariff dividends, 50-year mortgages or direct health care payments?

Can Trump create $2,000 tariff dividends, 50-year mortgages or direct health care payments?

Por Louis Jacobson • Noviembre 11, 2025

Trump proposed $2,000 payments for Americans from tariff dividends. Would that work?

Trump proposed $2,000 payments for Americans from tariff dividends. Would that work?

Por Louis Jacobson • Noviembre 10, 2025

Ask PolitiFact: How much could the federal shutdown cost?

Ask PolitiFact: How much could the federal shutdown cost?

Por Louis Jacobson • Octubre 31, 2025

Who gets food stamps? Viral chart misleads about SNAP recipients' race, ethnicity

Who gets food stamps? Viral chart misleads about SNAP recipients' race, ethnicity

Por Loreben Tuquero • Octubre 27, 2025

Food stamps: Facts to know as millions on SNAP face losing benefits during shutdown

Food stamps: Facts to know as millions on SNAP face losing benefits during shutdown

Por Amy Sherman • Octubre 23, 2025

Fact-checking Trump Cabinet meeting during shutdown, National Guard deployments

Fact-checking Trump Cabinet meeting during shutdown, National Guard deployments

Por PolitiFact Staff • Octubre 9, 2025

Fact-checking political talking points about the 2025 government shutdown

Fact-checking political talking points about the 2025 government shutdown

Por Louis Jacobson • Octubre 1, 2025

Trump has defied norms on executive power. What actions could he take amid a government shutdown?

Trump has defied norms on executive power. What actions could he take amid a government shutdown?

Por Amy Sherman • Septiembre 25, 2025

PolitiFact answers reader questions about the Big Beautiful Bill

PolitiFact answers reader questions about the Big Beautiful Bill

Por Louis Jacobson • Julio 16, 2025

Ask PolitiFact: How will the Republican megabill affect Social Security’s future solvency?

Ask PolitiFact: How will the Republican megabill affect Social Security’s future solvency?

Por Louis Jacobson • Julio 3, 2025

Trump and Musk’s public attacks on each other add to questions about DOGE’s accomplishments, future

Trump and Musk’s public attacks on each other add to questions about DOGE’s accomplishments, future

Por Madison Czopek • Junio 5, 2025

The facts behind the 19 programs President Donald Trump described as ‘waste’

The facts behind the 19 programs President Donald Trump described as ‘waste’

Por Grace Abels • Marzo 12, 2025

Elon Musk claims ‘massive' Social Security fraud. How much money is actually lost to fraud, waste?

Elon Musk claims ‘massive' Social Security fraud. How much money is actually lost to fraud, waste?

Por Louis Jacobson • Marzo 12, 2025

How does the US spend taxpayer money? What to know as DOGE, Elon Musk look for cuts

How does the US spend taxpayer money? What to know as DOGE, Elon Musk look for cuts

Por Louis Jacobson • Febrero 24, 2025

DOGE touts billions in canceled government contracts. Where are the numbers coming from?

DOGE touts billions in canceled government contracts. Where are the numbers coming from?

Por Caleb McCullough • Febrero 21, 2025

Are 150-year-old Americans receiving Social Security checks, as Elon Musk said?

Are 150-year-old Americans receiving Social Security checks, as Elon Musk said?

Por Louis Jacobson • Febrero 17, 2025

Latest promises about Federal Budget

Cut off federal funding for NPR

Create a "government efficiency commission" to find fraud, improper payments

Provide record-breaking military funding

Challenge limits on the president’s ability to cut federal spending

Cut the federal budget every year

Repeal Hyde Amendment

Restore federal funding for Planned Parenthood

Help state and local governments prevent budget shortfalls

End the defense sequester

Make no cuts to Social Security

Make no cuts to Medicaid

Add additional federal investment of $20 billion toward School Choice

Load more promises about Federal Budget