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** The Whoppers of 2025
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Every December, we review our work for the year and decide on a list of "whoppers" -- the most egregious falsehoods and deceptions. This year's list includes 11 main claims.

Since he entered politics, President Donald Trump has been a regular on our whoppers compilations, and this year is no different. Our list includes:
* In a falsehood-filled press conference in September, Trump, along with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., touted an unproven link between autism and taking Tylenol during pregnancy.
* Trump wrongly said he “inherited the worst inflation in the history of our country.”
* He falsely reprimanded Ukraine, saying, “You should have never started” the war with Russia.
* In firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Trump claimed without evidence that low job growth figures were “phony” or “rigged.”
* Kennedy pushed cod liver oil and unproven therapeutics for treating measles during an outbreak in Texas. Cod liver oil would need to be consumed in a potentially dangerous amount to get the vitamin A dosage used for measles.
* Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, dismissed a news report that a government intelligence assessment concluded the Venezuelan government was not directing the migration of members of the Tren de Aragua gang to the U.S. A redacted copy of the intelligence memo later corroborated the news story.
* Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed that he received “total exoneration” in an investigative report by the Defense Department’s Office of Inspector General regarding a Signal group chat about a military attack in Yemen. But the report contradicted that assessment.

For more on these and the other whoppers of 2025, read our full story ([link removed]) .
HOW WE KNOW
When Trump said that because of the tax cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act "many families will be saving between $11,000 and $20,000 a year," we consulted the Tax Policy Center, which provides analyses of the impact of such legislation. TPC found that the average 2025 tax cut from the legislation is $800. Only those in the top 1% of households would see an average tax decrease of the amount Trump claimed. Read more: "FactChecking Trump’s Rapid-Fire Prime-Time Address ([link removed]) . ([link removed]) "
IN THE NEWS
Enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies will expire on Dec. 31. House Republicans passed ([link removed]) a health care bill this week, without an extension of those much-debated subsidies. But the issue will still be taken up by the House in January. That's because four Republicans joined with Democrats in signing a discharge petition ([link removed]) to force a vote on extending the subsidies for three years. For more on the subsidies and who benefits, see our story: "Competing Claims on Who Benefits from ACA Subsidies ([link removed]) ."
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
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