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Ted Cruz closes a TV ad his campaign debuted today with conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh heard saying Cruz is the choice for president and "the closest in our lifetimes we have ever been to Ronald Reagan."

But don’t assume El Rushbo endorsed Cruz over everyone. Cruz’s commercial leaves out qualifying words from Limbaugh--and that Limbaugh quickly praised Marco Rubio... But there's also an earlier instance of Limbaugh linking Cruz and Reagan.

Ted Cruz’s Truth-O-Meter report card.

Marco Rubio’s Truth-O-Meter report card.

Rush Limbaugh’s Truth-O-Meter report card.

Republicans say President Barack Obama shouldn't nominate anyone to replace Justice Antonin Scalia because of an 80-year precedent. We examine this talking point.

Also: Did Cruz gin up Iowa voter histories?

Republicans say President Barack Obama shouldn't nominate anyone to replace Justice Antonin Scalia because of an 80-year precedent. We examine this talking point.

A Ted Cruz ad assailed by Donald Trump and defended by Cruz leaves out factual details--some old, others relatively new.

Key: Trump, once strongly "pro-choice," subsequently shifted his position on abortion rights.

George W. Bush, the president and former Texas governor who this week made a pitch for his brother, Jeb, in South Carolina, was president when the Truth-O-Meter debuted in 2007.

PolitiFact reporters focused on contenders to succeed him, though the second President Bush's administration often came up in fact checks of others. We look back...

Early voting in Texas launches Tuesday Feb. 16. Wondering where to vote?

See presidential campaign fact checks here.

Sorting through myths and overstatements about El Niño and the end of the California drought.

Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders blame Michigan's Republican governor, Rick Snyder, for the lead poisoning of children in Flint, Mich. Investigations are under way, but we've taken an interim look at who holds responsibility for the city's water crisis.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe says, "In Virginia history, in the last 24 years, there has not been one instance of an individual with a concealed carry (permit) who has come into Virginia and harmed a Virginian." But the statistics don't exist.

Republicans on Sunday said President Barack Obama should let his successor pick the replacement for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. To do so, they said, follows convention.

But is that really so?

The GOP field moves to South Carolina ahead of the Palmetto State's Feb. 20 primary.

Side by side. See how the remaining Republicans perform on PolitiFact's Truth-O-Meter. 

The Dems. Looking back at Thursday's Democratic debate.

Foreigners giving birth are on the rise in Florida, but skipping out on the bill is not a trend.

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders met in Milwaukee Thursday night. See how their claims rated on PolitiFact's Truth-O-Meter.
 

NEW! What did Hillary Clinton tell the families of people who lost their lives in Benghazi?

SIDE BY SIDE. Compare Sanders and Clinton on the Truth-O-Meter.