Latest Stories By Molly Moorhead

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Digging deeper on gun background check legislation

Votes on gun background checks are being turned into TV ads around the country. We look more closely at the details behind the amendments fueling the debate.

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Mailbag, Facebook edition: ‘Stick to the definition of investigation’

Readers sound off on our latest checks about discrimination protection for gay people, the attacks in Benghazi, court-martialing Christian soldiers, and categorizing injury by turkey.

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TV ad uses gun votes as ammunition

Marco Rubio's political action committee launches a TV ad defending Kelly Ayotte's votes on gun background checks. We check the accuracy.

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The Senate takes up immigration

Senators begin marking up proposed immigration legislation. We cut through what's true and what's not in the debate.

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The Senate takes up immigration

Senators begin marking up proposed immigration legislation. We cut through what's true and what's not in the debate.

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A summary of the Manchin-Toomey gun proposal

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said he intends to pursue gun legislation that would have passed the first time if people had simply read the amendment. So what exactly does it say?

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Fact-checking reactions to gun proposal’s failure

The Senate voted Wednesday against an amendment to expand background checks. Supporters were crushed; opponents satisfied. We put their reactions to the Truth-O-Meter.

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Sen. Marco Rubio is in the news and on the Meter

We fact-check statements by the Florida senator on immigration and Ché Guevara.

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Sorting the facts on Jay-Z and Beyonce’s Cuba jaunt

The celebrity couple drew crowds in Havana and questions back home.

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What is ‘a pathway to citizenship’?

As the Senate gets ready to consider immigration reform, we talk to policy experts about what's up for debate in the final legislation.

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It’s Bloomberg vs. LaPierre on gun claims

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the NRA's Wayne LaPierre made back-to-back appearances this week on Meet the Press. We checked their facts.

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Wacky spending, even under the sequester?

We look at claims that the government still funds goofy projects like fantasy football and research on duck penises. But not all of these claims are accurate.

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