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Claim only 6% of federal employees appear in person is false
Official data says 54% of federal employees are required to work on-site full time, and only about 10% are fully remote. We ...
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What’s affected if the federal government shuts down? What we can VERIFY
Will airports and post offices remain open? We VERIFY what would be impacted during a partial government shutdown.
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No, the speaker of the House doesn’t have to be a member of Congress
Sen. Rand Paul floated the idea that Elon Musk could be House speaker. If nominated and voted in, any American citizen, ...
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No, a government shutdown would not stop or delay Social Security payments
Several VERIFY readers asked if they’ll still receive their Social Security checks in the event of a government shutdown.
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No, the proposed Congressional stopgap bill doesn't give lawmakers a 40% pay raise
It's true that the proposed spending bill would give lawmakers a salary increase, but the actual raise would be 3.8%, ...
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No, the original Congressional stopgap bill didn’t allocate $3B for an NFL stadium
The bill, introduced on Dec. 17, handed over control of the RFK Stadium site from the federal government to D.C., but it didn ...
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Yes, humans can get the H5N1 bird flu
California declared a state of emergency after dozens of cases were reported there since April. But the CDC says the risk to the public remains low.