Latest Stories By Jon Greenberg

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Of Dreamers and drug mules: Rep. King on the DREAM Act

July 26, 2013

U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, recently said the DREAM Act would help more drug runners than valedictorians. We sift through the scanty evidence on his claim.

Who got nominees faster? Obama or Bush?

July 19, 2013

We fact-check a claim from Mitch McConnell about how the Senate has handled presidential nominations over the years.

Are Americans being ‘targeted’ for surveillance?

July 2, 2013

Comments from President Barack Obama and leaker Edward Snowden about "targeting" seemed at odds. So we took a deep dive into the legal issues behind what the word means.

Auditing the latest claims about the IRS

June 7, 2013

People are talking about the Internal Revenue Service and its targeting of tea party groups. We factcheck two recent statements.

Checking the facts on China

October 27, 2012

Both sides have used China as a villain in the 2012 campaign. We've put their claims to the Truth-O-Meter

PolitiFact and PolitiFact Georgia are checking statements made by the presidential challengers, who have less than two weeks until Election Day.

We will be updating our online site -- www.politifact.com/georgia/ -- as more fact checks are completed. Readers can comment on our Truth-O-Meter rulings at: www.facebook.com/politifact.georgia?fref=ts. They can follow us on Twitter at PolitiFactGA.

Twisting the truth on windmills, pensions and prostitutes

October 26, 2012

Both sides have used China as a villain in the 2012 campaign. We've put their claims to the Truth-O-Meter.

PolitiFact’s guide to Mitt Romney and abortion

October 19, 2012

We review what Mitt Romney has said about Roe vs. Wade, personhood, the Human Life Amendment, Planned Parenthood, federal funding and contraception.

Sorting out the truth on the attack in Libya

October 18, 2012

We fact-check claims by Mitt Romney and Joe Biden about the fatal attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.

PAC’s newspaper ad makes multiple false claims about Obama

September 27, 2012

The ad from the Government is Not God PAC has run in papers in Ohio and Florida. We put its claims to the Truth-O-Meter.

Go to our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/politifact.georgia) for full versions of these and other fact-checks. Readers can comment on our rulings at the FaceBook site. Or find us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/politifactga).

We update that page with new fact-checks throughout the news cycle.

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