Ron Paul’s convention
Who needs a convention? Ron Paul did fine without, touching off waves of we're-with-ya chants in his Sunday speech to supporters -- also touching on two claims we’ve previously checked.
Latest Stories By W. Gardner Selby
John Carter’s claim about board intruding between doctors and patients
Texas U.S. Rep. John Carter lofted a flawed claim about a federal board intruding between you and your doctor.
Austin volunteer’s research holds up
When we inquired, a volunteer researcher redid his earlier look at whether Austin is the largest U.S. city that elects no City Council members from geographic districts. His work held up.
Paul Begala says his Romney claim ties to New York Times’ blog post
After we published our check of a Paul Begala claim about Mitt Romney, Begala told us he had leaned on a New York Times news blog post. Our Mostly False rating stands.
Tracking federal debt change, Truman into Obama
Our check of a claim about increases in the federal debt under George W. Bush led us to a breakdown covering every president from Harry S Truman into Barack Obama's tenure.
Cruz, Sadler, the Truth-O-Meter
Cruz and Sadler, November foes, have each met the Texas Truth-O-Meter.
Texas fact checks to take to the polls
Heading into the Texas primary runoffs, we’ve stacked up about a dozen related fact-checks. Meantime, a Sarah Palin check is in the works.
Checking facts before the Texas primary runoffs
The word "criminal" has popped up in recent, checked candidate or campaign group statements. And for fiscal wonks, there’s a whopping Truth-O-Metered sales tax claim.
We invite you to read our latest items before the Texas primary runoffs.
Checking claims about “cocaine constable” and his “incarcerated” challenger
A Travis County runoff features competing the-other-guy-was-a-crook claims.
Public debt changes, president by president
A Democrat's claim about debt under George W. Bush led us to learning how much the public debt changed under every past president, starting with Truman.
Calling Dewhurst a moderate
A group that favors Cruz says the major Texas newspapers call Dewhurst a moderate. That's Mostly False.
Dewhurst and Cruz tread familiar claims in U.S. Senate debate
In Dallas, Republicans Cruz and Dewhurst duked it out in advance of their July 31 Republican primary runoff election. We tracked some tough, familiar claims. Did you hear a fresh, untested sally?