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Jobs fact-checks for Labor Day

September 7, 2015

On this Labor Day, we’re taking a look back at some of our recent fact-checks about the labor market and employment statistics.

Fact-checking the Dick Cheney-John Kerry faceoff on ‘Morning Joe’

September 4, 2015

On the same day the Iran nuclear deal received the backing from the make-or-break 34th senator, the former vice president and the current secretary of state discussed the agreement in back-to-back interviews. Here we check a claim by each of them.

Fact-checking the Dick Cheney-John Kerry faceoff on ‘Morning Joe’

September 4, 2015

On the same day the Iran nuclear deal received the backing from the make-or-break 34th senator, the former vice president and the current secretary of state discussed the agreement in back-to-back interviews. Here we check a claim by each of them.

Mailbag: ‘You are better than this, PolitiFact’

August 18, 2015

We look at reader concerns, comments and compliments from recent weeks.

Anatomy of a talking point: the smallest Navy since 1917

August 3, 2015

We look into the history and evolution of a talking point -- the claim that the U.S. Navy has fewer ships now than it has at any time since World War I.
 

Fact-checking Donald Trump, Rick Perry ahead of the first GOP debate

August 2, 2015

Donald Trump leads the field of Republican presidential candidates coming into the Aug. 6 Fox News debate, prompting several of his competitors to fire up their attacks in Sunday show interviews. 

Fact-checking the Aug. 2 news shows

August 2, 2015

GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump phoned in four interviews as other Republicans in the presidential race turned up their attacks. 

A closer look at an anti-Hillary Clinton meme

July 31, 2015

A reader asked us to check out a social-media meme critical of Hillary Clinton, so we did. Most of what it says isn't very accurate.

A closer look at an old Bernie Sanders talking point

July 24, 2015

Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders recently revived one of his old talking points about middle-class income stagnation. Sanders doesn't make the claim anymore, but it was interesting enough for us to take a deeper look at whether it's accurate.

Are illegal immigrants bringing ‘tremendous’ disease across the border, as Trump says? Unlikely

July 23, 2015

Donald Trump claimed that "tremendous infectious disease" is coming across the border. Experts said it’s a dubious claim.

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