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Fact-checking the April 27 news shows

April 27, 2014

Pundits spun a Supreme Court decision about affirmative action and talk about Elizabeth Warren into claims about income inequality. 

UPDATED: Keeping the record straight

April 25, 2014

We didn’t judge an entire David Dewhurst TV commercial as Pants on Fire. Separately, KERA-TV in Dallas objected to the Dewhurst campaign using video featuring one of its reporters.

Elizabeth Warren tops Sunday guest list, will she run in 2016?

April 25, 2014

Elizabeth Warren insists she isn't running for president in 2016, but we've heard that talk plenty before. How will she answer the question Sunday on ABC's This Week?

What’s Hillary Clinton said lately? Not much that merits a fact-check

April 25, 2014

Hillary Clinton has given a series of speeches in recent months full of personal reminiscences and warm declarations, but we haven’t found much to put to our Truth-O-Meter.

Fact-checking Rick Scott vs. Charlie Crist in the battle for Florida governor

April 24, 2014

It's only April, but PolitiFact Florida has fact-checked many claims about Obamacare, education and jobs from Republican Gov. Rick Scott and Democratic frontrunner former Gov. Charlie Crist. There's more to come; the general election isn't until November.

Jason Conger and Monica Wehby tangle over Obamacare

April 23, 2014

The two Republican U.S. Senate hopefuls are competing to see who likes the new health-care law the least

In air wars with Koch brothers, are Dems fighting Falses with Falses?

April 23, 2014

Democrats have been critical of the accuracy of Americans for Prosperity ads this election cycle. But do they fare any better?

Dan Patrick touts Dewhurst’s Pants on Fire

April 23, 2014

In a fresh video ad, Dan Patrick touts a Pants on Fire bestowed on a David Dewhurst claim.

7 things pundits got wrong about health care

April 22, 2014

We've checked seven statements from pundits about the health care law in the past 30 days. No one said anything close to true.

Marco Rubio says Snowden revelations ‘most damaging’ in U.S. history. What do historians say?

April 22, 2014

Florida's junior senator  said it's the worst case of spying ever. Experts we talked to said it's up for debate, but there are others that could be considered as significant.

Rubio calls Snowden scandal ‘most damaging’ espionage case in U.S. history. Is it?

April 22, 2014

The Florida senator and potential presidential candidate said it's the worst case of spying ever. Experts we talked to said it's up for debate, but there are others that could be considered as significant.

Did the Koch brothers run an Alaskan oil refinery into the ground?

April 21, 2014

Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, claimed in a TV ad that the billionaire Koch brothers ran a North Pole, Alaska, refinery into the ground. The full story is more complicated.

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