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Fact-checking Mike Bloomberg’s response to redlining attack

February 27, 2020

Mike Bloomberg said he was on the record against redlining during the financial crisis. We looked back at his record.

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A contested convention? The Democrats’ delegate system, explained

February 27, 2020

How does the Democrats’ delegate system work? We asked experts to explain the process and produced the following Q&A.

Ad Watch: Fact-checking Joe Biden’s claim that Bernie Sanders thought about challenging Barack Obama

February 26, 2020

Heading into the South Carolina primary — a crucial contest for former Vice President Joe Biden — his campaign targeted the race’s delegate frontrunner, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. in a television ad.

Free-for-all: Fact-checking the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate

February 26, 2020

To all the policy wonks tuning into the start of Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate looking for robust discussions of Medicare for All, income inequality or criminal justice policy, sorry.

Live fact-checking the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate

February 26, 2020

PolitiFact is live fact-checking the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate.

Explaining Amy Klobuchar’s role in the newly investigated conviction of Myon Burrell

February 24, 2020

Amy Klobuchar has faced questions on the campaign trail over her role in the conviction of a Minnesota man who, according to a recent Associated Press investigation, may have been wrongfully convicted.

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The health of presidential candidates: How much do we know?

February 24, 2020

With the oldest crop ever of presidential candidates, their vital signs are becoming a talking point.

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What we know about Mike Bloomberg and nondisclosure agreements

February 21, 2020

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren stood next to Bloomberg on the debate stage in Las Vegas. It made her pointed questioning of him on whether his workplace was hostile for women all the more intense.

Nondisclosure agreements, commonly called NDAs, are legally binding contracts that prevent parties from disclosing information. PolitiFact is not privy to those agreements, so we don’t know exactly what they detail. Still, we wanted to give readers an overview of the allegations made against Bloomberg and his company, Bloomberg, L.P. based on available news reports.

The fastest-growing, and fastest-declining, jobs in the US

February 21, 2020

What are the fastest-growing and fastest-declining jobs in the United States?

Bloomberg on the defensive, fact-checking the Las Vegas Democratic debate

February 20, 2020

Democratic candidates piled on the attacks against Mike Bloomberg in his debate stage debut, from his past comments on the practice of "redlining," New York City's stop-and-frisk policy and the minimum wage. 

Live fact-checking the Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas

February 20, 2020

The top candidates assembled in Las Vegas for the first presidential primary debate featuring Mike Bloomberg. 

Mike Bloomberg’s record on stop and frisk

February 19, 2020

Mike Bloomberg’s rise as a presidential contender has pushed one controversial New York policy to the forefront of attacks in the Democratic primary: stop and frisk.

We put together this guide for understanding Bloomberg’s defenses on the policy, as well as the attacks.

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