Fact-checking Martin O’Malley’s claim that Bernie Sanders sought primary challenger to Obama By Linda Qiu November 10, 2015 "When President Obama was running for re-election … Senator Sanders was trying to find someone to primary him." Read More
Fact-checking Ben Carson’s defense of his West Point scholarship story By Linda Qiu November 8, 2015 "Go look on the West Point website and you’ll see those specific words, ‘full scholarship to West Point.’ So even though it is, you know,… Read More
Donald Trump’s false claim that his tax plan wouldn’t increase the deficit By Linda Qiu November 5, 2015 Says his plan would cut taxes without increasing the deficit. Read More
Does Ben Carson’s tithe-based tax plan lead to a $1 trillion hole? By Linda Qiu November 4, 2015 Says his tax plan wouldn't leave the federal government with a $1.1 trillion hole. Read More
Donald Trump’s fracked-up claim on shale’s economic impact in Ohio By Linda Qiu November 2, 2015 Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich "got lucky with a thing called fracking," which "is why Ohio is doing well." Read More
Fiorina defends her GOP debate remarks, claims U.S. has ‘record numbers of people living in poverty By Linda Qiu November 1, 2015 "We have record numbers of people living in poverty." Read More
When attacked for missed votes, Marco Rubio calls out Barack Obama and John Kerry for missing votes By Amy Sherman , Linda Qiu October 29, 2015 In 2008, then-Sen. Barack Obama "missed 60 or 70 percent of his votes." In 2004, John Kerry missed "close to 60 to 70 percent" and… Read More
Trump: Obamacare health care premiums ‘going up 35, 45, 55 percent’ By Linda Qiu October 25, 2015 Because of Obamacare "people’s premiums ... are going up 35, 45, 55 percent." Read More
O’Malley: Hillary Clinton doesn’t want to reinstate Glass-Steagall By Linda Qiu October 22, 2015 Says Hillary Clinton "couldn't bring herself to say we need to separate commercial banking and speculative banking, namely reinstating Glass-Steagall." Read More
Trump: Bernie Sanders wants to tax ‘you people’ at 90 percent By Linda Qiu October 20, 2015 Says Bernie Sanders is going to "tax you people at 90 percent." Read More
Hillary Clinton: Bernie Sanders voted against Brady bill five times By Linda Qiu October 14, 2015 "Sen. Sanders did vote five times against the Brady bill." Read More
Understanding the Freedom Caucus divide with House Republicans By Linda Qiu October 11, 2015 Says Republican Rep. Charlie Dent wants to kick the Freedom Caucus out of the Republican conference "for voting our conscience." Read More