Mitt Romney, a possible Republican presidential candidate, drew derision when he wrote in an op-ed that we're currently in "peacetime." But despite military action in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya, the distinctions betwen wartime and peacetime are no longer what they once were.
We gave a Pants on Fire rating to a Democratic ad that attacked the Republicans over proposed changes to Medicare. Many readers disagreed with our ruling and offered a wide variety of analogies involving the postal service, chickens and eagles to poke holes in our logic.
Major changes to Medicare in a proposal from Rep. Paul Ryan prompt some falsehoods from Democrats and pundits.
Since it's Tax Day, the deadline to file 2010 tax returns, we thought we'd hit you with a couple tax-related fact checks.
In an April 13, 2011, speech at George Washington University, President Barack Obama laid out his vision for America's fiscal future. He threw around a lot of numbers, and we were there to check.
We put President Barack Obama and one of his potential challengers in 2012, Newt Gingrich, to the Flip-O-Meter to gauge the consistency of their views on military action in Libya.
On Sean Hannity's show, Karl Rove said it had never happened. But we uncovered lots of examples over the last century, starting with the Boxer Rebellion.
Rules changes instituted by Republicans when they took control of Congress in January were one thing. How have they played out?
We put President Barack Obama and one of his potential challengers in 2012, Newt Gingrich, to the Flip-O-Meter to gauge the consistency of their views on military action in Libya.
As airstrikes target Libya, we look at how rare it is for Arab nations to join an alliance against a fellow Arab leader.
In a nod to Tea Party supporters, House Republican leaders promised to require constitutional justifications with every bill. We check to see if the promise has been kept.
The former Arkansas governor says it's a "statistical reality that most single moms are very poor, under-educated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death." We check the facts.