We fact-checked what the candidates had to say about trade, Common Core and more Thursday at the University of Miami.
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Fact-checking the Democratic debate in Miami
Fact-Check-A-Thon calls out misleading TV ads in 2016 primaries
We fact-checked what the candidates had to say about trade, Common Core and more Thursday at the University of Miami.
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Fact-checking the Democratic debate in Miami
Fact-Check-A-Thon calls out misleading TV ads in 2016 primaries
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders debated the economy, Wall Street and other domestic issues on Sunday night.
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Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders met in Milwaukee Thursday night. See how their claims rated on PolitiFact's Truth-O-Meter.
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The two remaining Democrats running for president, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, debated one-on-one ahead of the New Hampshire primary. How'd they do on the Truth-O-Meter?
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The three remaining Democratic candidates for president debated Sunday night in South Carolina. See how they performed on the Truth-O-Meter.
We review several of Obama's claims from his seventh and final State of the Union address, as well as Gov. Nikki Haley's Republican response.
Four years ago today -- June 25, 2010 -- PolitiFact Rhode Island published its first Truth-O-Meter rulings.
Political discourse in the state hasn't been the same since.
We constantly see politicians and other public figures hesitating when they speak, expressing concern that they will be fact-checked. It has made some -- but not all -- take more care in the facts they present to support their arguments, improving the level of political discourse in the state.
Click on "more" to see how our rulings break down.
It's time once again for a peek into the PolitiFact Rhode Island's mailbag to look at some of the reactions we've gotten from readers to recent fact checks.
What piqued the interest of PolitiFact Rhode Island readers last month? According to our website data, they were interested in whether the poorest states are Red states, if today's young adults are fit for military service, and the degree to which cancer-causing chemicals are present in marijuana smoke.
During a panel discussion on gun violence at the annual meeting of the Rhode Island Public Health Association, U.S. Rep. James Langevin startled the crowd when he declared that 1 percent of gun dealers nationally are responsible for selling 60 percent of the weapons used in crimes.
His Oct. 21 comment took us aback as well. Only a tiny fraction of gun dealers have provided the weapons for most gun-related crimes in the United States?
We decided to check.
The push for tougher gun control legislation continues in the General Assembly Tuesday, April 9, as state officials hold a news conference at the State House to promote a package of bills covering such issues as background checks, firearms safety, weapons sales and modifying penalties for existing gun laws.