Latest Stories By Angie Drobnic Holan

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Crossroads GPS ad targets Barbara Boxer

October 4, 2010

Yes, California seniors should be worried -- about misleading campaign commercials.

Obama exaggerates his record on campaign promises

September 30, 2010

He says he's kept 70 percent of his promises. But our Obameter says the number is much lower.

Checking in on tough campaign promises

September 16, 2010

No one said the presidency was easy! We report the latest on closing Guantanamo, stopping extreme rendition, enforcing paygo rules, and ending the abuse of supplemental war budgets.

Fact-checking Austan Goolsbee

September 14, 2010

The new head of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers answers questions on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour" -- and makes his debut with the Truth-O-Meter.

Obama, back in campaign mode, jabs at GOP

September 9, 2010

With Democrats facing tough 2010 midterm elections, Obama attacks Republicans in two speeches.

Mailbag: ‘Glenn Beck rules, PolitiFact drools.’

September 3, 2010

Readers sound off on our latest fact-checks about the New York City mosque, government spending and Glenn Beck.

Democratic exaggerations about “privatizing Social Security”

September 2, 2010

The Democratic talking point that Republicans want to "privatize Social Security" has been a potent attack since 2005, when it helped defeat a proposal from President Bush. Now Democrats are using it against Republican candidates.

Why do so many people think Obama is a Muslim?

August 26, 2010

President Barack Obama has declared himself a Christian. He has worshipped in Christian churches, prayed with Christian ministers, and recounted how he knelt beneath a cross and felt God's spirit.

And yet, a surprising number of Americans keep telling pollsters they believe he's a Muslim.

The Pew Research Center last week reported that 18 percent of Americans believe Obama is a Muslim, up from 11 percent in March 2009. A Time magazine poll also released last week found even more -- 24 percent -- said he was a Muslim.

Obama keeps his promise on getting combat troops out of Iraq

August 20, 2010

Plans for Iraq unfold much as Obama described during the 2008 campaign.

Mailbag: ‘If I could marry a website, I’d be Mrs. PolitiFact.com’

August 15, 2010

For our latest Mailbag, we sample the feedback from e-mail and Twitter. One reader calls us a "socialist propaganda machine." Another wants to marry us.

Fact-checking ‘This Week with Christiane Amanpour’

August 10, 2010

We look into statements from the Sunday morning news shows.

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