Latest Stories By Catharine Richert

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Pants on Fire, from both the right and the left

Pundits on opposite sides of the political spectrum set the meter ablaze!

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Sen. Mary Landrieu on the Truth-O-Meter

The Louisiana senator has been speaking out on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. We put two of her claims to the Truth-O-Meter.

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Did Hayworth challenge push McCain to flip on amnesty?

Arizona senatorial candidate J.D. Hayworth claims his challenge to Sen. John McCain in the Republican primary prompted McCain to change his position on amensty for illegal immigrants.

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Obama flip flop on oil drilling? Not so fast.

Some think President Obama's move to expand offshore drilling is a change of position, but we find more to the story.

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Doing the math on the new student loan law

We look at a claim about a new law on student loans and how it will affect students.

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Deem and pass explained

We delve into the arcane procedures that Congressional Democrats want to use for health care reform.

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Chain e-mail evolves to Facebook updates

We check out a chain Facebook status update on President Obama and whether he gave a puny raise to the military. PLEASE RE-POST THIS!!!

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Democrats’ health care bill: Job killer or job creator?

We sort through the numbers and find conflicting evidence when it comes to jobs.

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Fact-checking O’Reilly’s interview of Jon Stewart

The Daily Show host is grilled in the "No Spin Zone." We check a couple of the facts.

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Palin says transparency meeting was behind closed doors

We examine Sarah Palin's claim that Vice President Biden met with the transparency board behind closed doors.

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