Digging into claim that Obama created DOGE and Trump just renamed it
Elon Musk, the public face of the Department of Government Efficiency, shared a claim that said the initiative has roots in ...
DOGE says it’s closing Hoffman Estates’ Obama Presidential Library site, but federal officials had already announced lease ending
Federal officials who run the temporary facility said in mid-2024 that they planned to exit the lease and move the Barack ...
No, DOGE didn’t unearth $40 million in secret payments to Obama
Conservatives across the internet are parroting the false claim that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) ...
Posts Spread False Claim About DOGE Halting Supposed Obamacare ‘Royalties’
Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency have been tasked by President Donald Trump with slashing federal ...
Musk takes a swipe at Obama, MAGA rejoices, but the joke’s on them
MAGA enthusiasts hailed news from Elon Musk that the Department of Government Efficiency had terminated the lease at the Barack Obama Presidential Library site. But it appears to be nothing more than ...
No, DOGE didn't stop supposed $2.6M annual 'Obamacare' royalty payments to Obama
A rumor that the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) stopped an annual payment of $2.6 million to former President Barack Obama is circulating online. For example, ...
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Satire about US DOGE blocking $39m Obama payment tricks users
An Instagram post has shared the claim about DOGE blocking a payment to Mr Obama as if it were authentic without any satire ...
Elon Musk overhauled the Obama-era Digital Services agency and turned it into DOGE. Ex- employees say it betrays the original mission
The U.S. Digital Service was created in 2014 to bring digital best practices to the federal government. In its new ...
Claims of 'royalties' paid to former president Obama stem from satire
Amid a massive push by the Trump administration to root out improper and wasteful government spending, social media claims ...
Dems confront a new DOGE reality: It might be more popular than they thought.
Publicly, Democrats are practically salivating at the made-for-midterms message that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk seemed to give them with the chaos of the federal cuts backed by the ...