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factcheck.org | Lori Robertson
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In his first speech since leaving office, former President Joe Biden criticized the Trump administration’s staffing cuts and other changes at the Social Security Administration, but he made several misleading claims in the process. Biden made the misleading claim that during his presidency some Republicans “wanted to let Social Security expire every five years … unless reauthorized by the Congress.” A 2022 proposal from Sen.
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2 weeks ago | 
factcheck.org | Lori Robertson
Q: Is it true the rumor that all Social Security beneficiaries will have to go to a location to verify their identity to receive their monthly check? A: The Social Security Administration had announced new policies on identity verification that would have required those applying for retirement and survivor benefits for the first time to verify their identity either online or in person at a field office. Phone verification wasn’t going to be an option any longer.
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2 weeks ago | 
factcheck.org | Lori Robertson
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Abrupt changes in staffing and some procedures at the Social Security Administration, coupled with false and misleading claims about widespread fraud, have prompted heated criticism from Democrats, with some statements leaving the wrong impression that benefits are being cut.
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1 month ago | 
factcheck.org | Robert Farley |D'Angelo Gore |Ben Cohen |Alan Jaffe |Jessica McDonald |Catalina Jaramillo | +2 more
In his first address to a joint session of Congress in his second term, President Donald Trump distorted the facts on fraud, immigration, aid to Ukraine, the economy, autism and more.
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1 month ago | 
msn.com | Lori Robertson
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1 month ago | 
factcheck.org | Lori Robertson
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Democrats and Republicans are accusing one another of “lying” about what a House Republican budget resolution means for Medicaid, and both sides have made misleading or speculative comments. There’s little doubt the health care program would face cuts under the plan — and it would have to if Medicare cuts are off limits.
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2 months ago | 
yubanet.com | Lori Robertson |Robert Farley
After U.S. and Russian officials met in Saudi Arabia to discuss an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, President Donald Trump made several false and misleading statements about the conflict and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump falsely claimed that Ukraine had “started” the war with Russia, saying the country could have made a “deal.” Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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2 months ago | 
factcheck.org | Lori Robertson |Robert Farley
After U.S. and Russian officials met in Saudi Arabia to discuss an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, President Donald Trump made several false and misleading statements about the conflict and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump falsely claimed that Ukraine had “started” the war with Russia, saying the country could have made a “deal.” Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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2 months ago | 
nbclosangeles.com | Lori Robertson
In several court cases, federal judges have temporarily blocked the Trump administration from broadly cutting or freezing federal spending. President Donald Trump claimed that the judges "want to try and stop us from looking for corruption" and "hold us back from finding all of this fraud." But the court orders don't stop investigations into corruption or fraud.
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2 months ago | 
factcheck.org | Lori Robertson
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In several court cases, federal judges have temporarily blocked the Trump administration from broadly cutting or freezing federal spending. President Donald Trump claimed that the judges “want to try and stop us from looking for corruption” and “hold us back from finding all of this fraud.” But the court orders don’t stop investigations into corruption or fraud.
