As President Trump and Elon Musk cut federal programs, they often equate political and policy differences with corruption.

Speaking to a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump made a number of claims about what he described as wasteful federal spending — including the assertion that $20 ...

the nonprofit behind "Sesame Street," between July 2021 and June 2027 to produce Ahlan Simsim Iraq, the early childhood development program. A Sesame Workshop spokesperson said via email that the ...

When I was approached in 1994 by Lewis Bernstein of the Children’s Television Workshop to participate in a joint Israeli-Palestinian production of Sesame Street, I was reluctant. I argued then, as I ...

In his first annual address to Congress since retaking the White House, Donald Trump claimed his administration had saved ...

However, the claim appears to conflate a kids' TV show featuring "Sesame Street" characters and broadcast in Arabic across numerous countries, including Iraq, with a USAID-funded educational project ...

Trump listed all of the spending his Department of Government Efficiency had discovered that he considered wasteful, including "$20 million for the Arab 'Sesame Street' in the Middle East." ...

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The best was rating one comment not as “Mostly False,” but “Partially True.” Possibly showing the worst response was Glenn ...