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Alabama Chief Justice: Opposition to gay marriage in Alabama hasn’t changed since 2006 state ban

By Steve Contorno

February 13, 2015

Alabamians "haven’t changed their opinion" on same-sex marriage since voting to ban it in 2006.

Alcee Hastings’ Texas dildo claim doesn’t hold up

By Amy Sherman , Steve Contorno

February 9, 2015

One Texas city "has a law that says that women can only have six dildos."

Nationwide Super Bowl ad claims accidents are the leading cause of death among children

By Steve Contorno

February 2, 2015

"The No. 1 cause of childhood deaths is preventable accidents."

Rand Paul says Earned Income Tax Credit has 25 percent fraud rate that costs up to $30 billion

By Steve Contorno

January 30, 2015

"When you look at the earned income tax credit, it has about a 25 percent fraud rate. We're looking at $20 billion to $30 billion."

Barack Obama says America ‘is stopping’ Islamic State’s progress in Iraq and Syria

By Steve Contorno

January 27, 2015

"In Iraq and Syria, American leadership, including our military power, is stopping (the Islamic State’s) advance."

Obama says automakers have paid back all the loans it got from his admin ‘and more’

By Steve Contorno

January 22, 2015

"The auto companies have now repaid taxpayers every dime and more of what my administration invested in."

Barack Obama says United States only developed country without paid maternity leave

By Steve Contorno

January 21, 2015

The United States is "the only advanced country on Earth" that doesn’t guarantee "paid maternity leave to our workers."

Rand Paul says most people receive disability for back pain, anxiety

By Steve Contorno

January 16, 2015

"Over half the people on disability are either anxious or their back hurts."

Marco Rubio in new book: People on welfare ‘lose more in benefits than they would earn in salary’

By Steve Contorno

January 14, 2015

"If people work and make more money, they lose more in benefits than they would earn in salary."

Marco Rubio says Castros, not embargo, reason Cubans don’t have Internet

By Lauren Carroll , Steve Contorno

December 19, 2014

"The reason why Cubans don't have access to 21st century telecommunications — like smart phones, like access to the Internet — is because it is…

Peter King says Senate CIA report found detainees were not killed, did not suffer ‘lasting injuries’

By Steve Contorno

December 15, 2014

"Nobody suffered any lasting injuries" from the CIA interrogation program.

Is America younger than its economic rivals due to immigration?

By Steve Contorno

December 9, 2014

"We are younger than our competitors, and this is entirely because of immigration."

Latest Fact Checks By Steve Contorno

Alabama Chief Justice: Opposition to gay marriage in Alabama hasn’t changed since 2006 state ban

Alcee Hastings’ Texas dildo claim doesn’t hold up

Nationwide Super Bowl ad claims accidents are the leading cause of death among children

Rand Paul says Earned Income Tax Credit has 25 percent fraud rate that costs up to $30 billion

Barack Obama says America ‘is stopping’ Islamic State’s progress in Iraq and Syria

Obama says automakers have paid back all the loans it got from his admin ‘and more’

Barack Obama says United States only developed country without paid maternity leave

Rand Paul says most people receive disability for back pain, anxiety

Marco Rubio in new book: People on welfare ‘lose more in benefits than they would earn in salary’

Marco Rubio says Castros, not embargo, reason Cubans don’t have Internet

Peter King says Senate CIA report found detainees were not killed, did not suffer ‘lasting injuries’

Is America younger than its economic rivals due to immigration?