Sen. Rand Paul says raising the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour will cost nearly 4 million people their jobs, citing the Congressional Budget Office. CBO’s median estimate is 1.3 million in 2025.
Stories by D'Angelo Gore
Staff Writer, FactCheck.org
FactChecking Biden’s Inaugural Address
FactChecking Trump’s Farewell Remarks
What President Biden Inherits
Road to a Second Impeachment
FactChecking the Electoral College Debate
Trump’s Falsehood-Filled ‘Save America’ Rally
Cherry-Picked Pay-Raise Attacks on Perdue
False Claim About Biden’s Win Probability
Facebook posts have repeated a false claim about a “one in a quadrillion” chance that President-elect Joe Biden received more votes than President Donald Trump in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Experts told us the claim misuses a questionable statistical analysis that made implausible assumptions about the 2020 election.