Is Ted Cruz, born in Canada, eligible to run for president? (Updated)
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The scorecards so far
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Fact-checking Patrick Murphy, Democratic hopeful to succeed Marco Rubio
By Amy Sherman
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The Treasure Coast congressman who ousted GOP firebrand Allen West wants to run for Senate in 2016.
PunditFact fact-checks the March 22 news shows
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Fact-checking the March 22 news shows
Israel's ambassador to the Unites States told NBC's Chuck Todd that Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not flip-flop on a two-state solution.
Ted Cruz and the Truth-O-Meter Already Hot
Ted Cruz, the lively Texas senator, is declared his candidacy for president Monday. (Ahem, he tweeted his plans before he spoke.)
Win or lose in that endeavor, the Houston lawyer already has a Truth-O-Meter record drawing lots of online attention. See his ratings through today below. Dig into some of his "greatest hits" in our story starting here. Or gander at a PolitiFact look into his eligibility to run for president (Cruz was born in Canada) here.
It's TRUE: Cruz is the longest-serving solicitor general of Texas in history.
500 Truth-O-Meter rulings — and counting
By Tim Murphy
March 22, 2015
PolitiFact Rhode Island marks a milestone today -- our 500th Truth-O-Meter ruling.
When The Providence Journal began our partnership with PolitiFact.com in June 2010, few in Rhode Island had heard of the organization, and few other news organizations had formal fact-checking operations.
More than four years later, PolitiFact has become a verb in the Ocean State, as in "I’d better be careful what I say or they might ‘PolitiFact’ me.