“Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is “polling very well. It’s very popular.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
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“The Department of Government Efficiency has “found hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Unsupported
FactCheck.org says: The most recent update on DOGE’s website from March 2 reports that the department has only created an estimated $105 billion in savings thus far. Although Trump ticked off several examples of what he called “appalling w…
“Spending plan to prevent a government shutdown includes “a pay increase for members of Congress from $174,000 to $243,000 per year.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: On X, the incoming Department of Government Efficiency said the proposed continuing resolution would raise congressional salaries 40% to $243,000. The proposal included a 3.8% bump.