Did New York’s John Faso break his promise to a woman with cancer?
Congressman John Faso promised to protect a woman's health care. Whether he kept the promise is a source of political attacks.
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Abuse-of-office claim in Ohio’s Chabot-Pureval race raises intrigue
Did Aftab Pureval abuse his office, as a Steve Chabot ad says, or was he just a new-style serving the public?
UPDATE: Ad says Calif. candidate Gil Cisneros demanded sex for campaign cash. Here’s what we know
A super PAC used a claim against Gil Cisneros knowing it is unsubstantiated.
Will recess appointment handcuff consumer cop?
Whether appropriately bold or outrageous, President Barack Obama stirred up the dust when he used a recess appointment to make former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray the nation’s consumer financial cop.
We were intrigued by an argument put forth by Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio: that Obama might have limited Cordray’s ability to do his full job because of the way he put the Ohioan in the director’s chair.
But sorting the issue out on the Truth-O-Meter proved to be a challenge.
PolitiFact Ohio celebrates a year of the Truth-O-Meter
We're celebrating one year of PolitiFact Ohio.
We launched July 25, 2010. Since then we've posted Truth-O-Meter ratings on more 200 statements, including some surprising truths and some real whoppers.
Groups stretching the truth to get your vote
With millions of ad dollars flowing into Ohio from outside groups — groups that do not coordinate their spending with the candidates, or at least may not legally — the claims are flying like wild pitches. PolitiFact Ohio and others are increasingly blowing the referee's whistle on the distortions.
Yet the sponsors of the ads continue unabated, convinced, apparently, that the truth, or the whole truth, doesn't win elections.
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