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The White House’s wildly inaccurate claims about USAID spending
Eleven out of 12 claims about the agency’s work are misleading, wrong or lack context.
USAID paid $44K to Politico, not over $8M as White House claimed. It was for subscriptions
U.S. President Donald Trump, the White House press secretary and DOGE Director Elon Musk promoted misleading statements about USAID and Politico.
White House move to dismantle USAID sets off showdown with Democrats
Congressional Democrats are protesting President Donald Trump’s efforts to shutter a federal humanitarian aid agency, calling the move illegal as Republicans give the new administration leeway. Democrats attempted to enter the closed headquarters of the U.
Fact check: Did White House pay Politico?
The money the White House refers to covered the entire federal government’s subscriptions to the news outlet's services, namely Politico Pro.
Fact check: The White House’s wildly inaccurate claims about USAID spending
The news release then listed 12 examples, plucked from the websites of right-wing media. But the numbers cited – as low as $32,000 – hardly justify the claim that these are “massive
White House claims about USAID ripped apart by fact-checker: 'Only one claim was accurate'
Donald Trump's administration used nearly a dozen false or misleading claims to justify the dismantling of the nation's primary vehicle for delivering foreign aid, according to a new fact check. The White House this week issued a statement titled,
Fact-checking USAID spending as Trump administration guts agency
CBS News Confirmed is fact-checking some of the money spent by USAID around the world. Olivia Rinaldi breaks down the findings as President Trump's administration works to reshape the agency.
Trump's USAID cuts threaten women's empowerment program championed by daughter Ivanka
Lillian Achom stood with President Trump as he backed her women's development work - work she says is threatened by his USAID cut.
Former USAID official Mark Moyar says ‘corruption’ at agency ‘subverted’ Trump White House
Former USAID official Mark Moyar details his experience dealing with 'corruption' and instances of government waste on ...
Bill Gates defends USAID’s work after meeting with Trump and White House chief of staff
Billionaire Bill Gates, a philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft, said he met with President Donald Trump at the White ...
Sorting Out the Facts on ‘Waste and Abuse’ at USAID
As President Donald Trump's administration targets the U.S. Agency for International Development for closure or major ...
Trump’s USAID Shutdown Alarms Republican Allies
While GOP lawmakers complained about the agency’s “woke” excesses, they also see it as crucial to American soft power.
Elon Musk Baselessly Claims USAID Was ‘Money Laundering’ For Left-Wing Organizations: The Biggest DOGE Hoaxes Spread On X
False claims about the United States Agency for International Development’s spending have gone viral on social media, ...
Trump calls USAID a 'tremendous fraud.' His wife and daughter promoted its work
In 2019 then-President Trump signed a memorandum launching a new "Women's Global Development and Prosperity" Initiative aimed ...
Panicked USAID Workers Grapple with Defunding of Humanitarian Efforts: 'People Will Starve, Babies Will Die' (Exclusive)
Abandoned, without a job and with an uncertain return home — that’s the scenario for a multitude of overseas staff doing the ...