On net interest surpassing defense spending
The claim that federal net interest outlays now exceed defense spending was substantiated against Treasury and CBO records.
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The claim that federal net interest outlays now exceed defense spending was substantiated against Treasury and CBO records.
The stated 97 percent efficacy figure for the two-dose MMR schedule was substantiated against CDC and peer-reviewed sources.
The budget figure was substantiated; the ridership claim attached to it was not, and required a qualification the original statement omitted.
A claim of 500,000 manufacturing jobs added in a single year was not supported by any qualifying source within the cycle, and none was offered on request.
A widely repeated claim that metabolism slows sharply after thirty rested on a common misunderstanding, not a factual assertion; the record was corrected without a verdict against the subject.
A confident description of Senate procedure conflated two distinct rules; the correction was procedural, not a verdict against the subject.