Latest Stories By Louis Jacobson

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Is Obama spending 30 times more on climate change research than weather forecasting?

A freshman lawmaker said he’s ready to accept President Barack Obama’s "apology" for spending 30 times as much on climate-change research as on weather forecasting and warning. Are his numbers right?

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Were two-thirds of groups targeted by IRS not conservative?

PolitiFact Texas has checked a claim by an advocacy group that the IRS didn't primarily target conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. But the claim didn't hold up.

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Mailbag: ‘I find your analysis quite flawed’

The political world has been focused on scandalmania in Washington. Our readers have, too.

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Unpacking court packing

Republican lawmakers accuse President Barack Obama of trying to "pack" the court -- a phrase that invokes the 1937 proposal by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to increase the size of the Supreme Court by as many as five justices.

Is there substance to the charge? We turned to American history in search of answers.

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As the IRS sits in the hot seat, we check tax facts

We looked at two claims -- one by a Republican lawmaker, one by a Democratic lawmaker -- that go to the heart of whether the IRS is too fearsome, or not doing enough

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As the IRS sits in the hot seat, we check tax facts

We looked at two claims -- one by a Republican lawmaker, one by a Democratic lawmaker -- that go to the heart of whether the IRS is too fearsome, or not doing enough.

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Fact-checking Michele Bachmann on the IRS and the health care law

Bachmann's statements get a Mostly False, a False and a Pants on Fire!

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Fact-checking claims about the attacks in Benghazi

The deaths of four Americans at a diplomatic outpost in Libya have fueled a war of words between Republicans in Congress and President Barack Obama. We compare the rhetoric with the facts.

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Fact-checking claims about the attacks in Benghazi

The deaths of four Americans at a diplomatic outpost in Libya have fueled a war of words between Republicans in Congress and President Barack Obama. We compare the rhetoric with the facts.

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Did crime plummet after U.S. let guns into national parks?

We debunk the claim that rapes, murders, robberies and assaults dropped 85 percent after guns were allowed in the national parks.

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Is a new study of Medicaid a game changer?

Opponents of expanding Medicaid have questioned whether the insurance program for the poor actually works. Here, we look at a new landmark study on health outcomes for people on Medicaid. The results were surprising.

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Is a new study of Medicaid a game changer?

A few weeks ago, we rated a claim by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, that "expanding Medicaid will worsen health care options for the most vulnerable among us in Texas." Then, this week, a landmark study was published that addresses some of the same questions. Would it have changed our False rating for Cruz? We take a fresh look.

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