Latest Stories By Martha M. Hamilton

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Romney campaign blames Obama for women’s economic distress

Romney ratchets up the rhetoric to blame the president. But we find two claims are Mostly False.

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The veep-stakes

With the question of who will be at the top of the Republican presidential ticket looking more and more settled, attention is turning to the No. 2 spot. Who will be the vice presidential pick?

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Their eyes are on November

President Barack Obama and likely Republican nominee Mitt Romney used dueling speeches to newspaper executives to preview the general election campaign.

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Rick Santorum’s inaccurate streak on the Truth-O-Meter

In recent months Rick Santorum has received a higher percentage of PolitiFact ratings of Mostly False, False and Pants on Fire.

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A look at some familiar campaign attack ads

With primary voting Tuesday in Wisconsin, Maryland and D.C., attack ads are dominating the airwaves. We revisit some familiar claims.

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The flood of falsehoods about the health care law

As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to review President Barack Obama's health care law, we review the falsehoods that simply won't stop.

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Southern strategies

With attention focused on Tuesday's Alabama and Mississippi primaries, Romney, Santorum and Gingrich are making their final pitches.

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Fact-checking the Huntsman-Gingrich debate

It may not be remembered as long as the Lincoln-Douglas debates on which it was modeled, but we found some interesting claims to check.

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Fact-checking the Iowa Republican debate

The Republican candidates discussed the economy, immigration -- and a $10,000 bet. We put some of their claims to the Truth-O-Meter.

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Checking Gingrich that Dodd-Frank is destroying community banks

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says community banks "are being destroyed" by the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul bill passed by Congress in 2010. We check the facts.

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