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Did the U.S. Really Spend $7 Trillion on Middle Eastern Wars?
Read moreIn a roundtable in Minnesota yesterday, President Donald Trump claimed "we have $7 trillion in the Middle East", a rephrasing of his previous claims...
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Does the Rescissions Bill Cut $15 Billion in Spending?
Read moreThe President recently updated and revised his request to rescind some spending, removing some cuts from the proposal and clarifying others. The...
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Does the Rescissions Bill Undermine Children's Health Care?
Read moreMany have criticized President Trump's $15 billion rescission package for cutting the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). For instance, a...
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Is CBO "Always Wrong" Because It Doesn't Understand Growth?
Read moreIn dismissing projected trillion-dollar deficits, National Economic Council director Larry Kudlow recently claimed that one should "never believe the...
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Factchecking the Senate Budget Committee Hearing with CBO
Read moreAt least two claims in Wednesday's Senate Budget Committee hearing with Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Keith Hall merit fact checking...
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Did the Last Farm Bill Really Save $100 Billion?
Read moreThe 2014 farm bill is set to expire on September 30, at which point lawmakers will need to renew and perhaps reform farm subsidy and nutrition...
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Does the President's Budget Slash Social Security and Medicare?
Read moreSeveral lawmakers have claimed that President Trump's latest budget would " slash," " gut," and " devastate" Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid...
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Post-State of the Union Fact Check Roundup
Read moreThe President's first State of the Union address included several claims related to the recently passed tax legislation, including a few repeat claims...
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Can Tax Reform Generate 0.4% Additional Growth?
Read moreWell-crafted tax reform would improve economic growth. While pro-growth tax reform can generate some revenue to the Treasury from the added growth, as...
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Checking the Facts on the Steve Forbes-Maya MacGuineas Tax Discussion
Read moreOn Mornings With Maria, publisher and former presidential candidate Steve Forbes made several claims about tax cuts and economic growth during a...
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Is President Trump's Tax Cut the Largest in History Yet?
Read morePresident Trump has often stated that his proposed tax cut will be the largest in history. We previously found his $5.5 trillion framework in April...
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Have Stock Market Gains Reduced the National Debt?
Read moreOn Fox News last night, President Trump claimed the growth in the stock market has reduced the national debt. It has not. The two measures are not...