Coverage on May 29 centred on this account: A viral claim that the US Treasury declared the federal government insolvent was debunked by FactCheck.org which confirmed the government’s liabilities exceed assets but this has been the case for decades.
Fact-checkers compared viral posts against geolocated imagery and official logs.
According to accounts published May 29, factCheck.org which confirmed the government’s liabilities exceed assets but this has been the case for decades.
Institutions and individuals identified in source material include Treasury. Verification teams compared the claim with primary documents and official logs. No additional independently verified facts beyond the summary and cited sources were available at publication time.
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