Latest Stories By Molly Moorhead

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Digging deeper on gun background check legislation

June 3, 2013

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.

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

May 17, 2013

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.

TV ad uses gun votes as ammunition

May 16, 2013

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

The Senate takes up immigration

May 9, 2013

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

The Senate takes up immigration

May 9, 2013

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

A summary of the Manchin-Toomey gun proposal

April 30, 2013

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?

Fact-checking reactions to gun proposal’s failure

April 18, 2013

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.

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

April 17, 2013

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

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

April 12, 2013

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

What is ‘a pathway to citizenship’?

April 2, 2013

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

It’s Bloomberg vs. LaPierre on gun claims

March 27, 2013

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.

Wacky spending, even under the sequester?

March 22, 2013

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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