Latest Stories By Julie Kliegman

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Has Marco Rubio backtracked on climate change?

May 14, 2014

Even as he prepares for a potential run at the presidency, Rubio remains steadfast in his opposition to the scientifically proven link between human activity and the planet's changing climate. We reviewed a record of his comments on the issue.

Did the Koch brothers run an Alaskan oil refinery into the ground?

April 21, 2014

Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, claimed in a TV ad that the billionaire Koch brothers ran a North Pole, Alaska, refinery into the ground. The full story is more complicated.

Adding up the numbers on the Affordable Care Act

April 8, 2014

There's been a lot of debate lately about how many people are covered under the federal health care law, also known as Obamacare. We fact-checked claims recently from President Barack Obama and Florida's U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio.

We put Rick Scott’s 2014 State of the State address to the Truth-O-Meter

March 4, 2014

The governor talked about tax cuts, jobs and education in his fourth session-opening speech. PolitiFact Florida went over some of his statements to see whether what he said was telling the whole story.

Bridgegate: Were Fort Lee students ‘children of Buono voters’?

January 10, 2014

As news linked New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's office to the George Washington Bridge lane closures in Fort Lee, we wondered about a text message then-Port Authority employee David Wildstein sent.

Bridgegate: Were Fort Lee students ‘children of Buono voters’?

January 10, 2014

As news linked New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's office to the George Washington Bridge lane closures in Fort Lee, we wondered about a text message then-Port Authority employee David Wildstein sent.

Fact-checking claims about the ‘polar vortex’

January 8, 2014

The cold isn't stopping people from making some eye-popping claims about world weather patterns.

The Truth-O-Meter takes on the polar vortex

January 7, 2014

We fact-check Rush Limbaugh on whether the polar vortex is a media creation and claims from Twitter that the United States has been colder than Mars in recent days.

Fact-checking guns: A year-end report

December 30, 2013

In 2013, the aftermath of events like the Newtown, Conn., school shooting and the death of Trayvon Martin in Florida put a national spotlight on the guns debate.

Dueling ads in Arkansas Senate race turn to Medicare

November 20, 2013

We fact-check two ads from the 2014 contest between U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor and U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton.

Americans for Prosperity campaign ads take on Obamacare

November 11, 2013

We’ve seen a pattern of the group using Democrats’ favorable positions on President Barack Obama’s health care reform law as a lynchpin for their 2014 midterm election attacks.

More misinformation about health care

October 25, 2013

We found mangled facts from a Facebook meme, a U.S. senator and radio talk show host Sean Hannity.

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