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Residency rules revisited

January 29, 2014

A judge has thrown out Milwaukee's residency rule, which for 75 years required city employees to live within the city limits. That renewed debate about claims on the merits of the rule.

Should public employees be able to live where they want? Should they be required to live and pay taxes in the city that employs them? A roundup of our past ratings on the issue.

Revisiting George W. Bush’s DUI arrest

January 29, 2014

Conservative pundit Ann Coulter recently brought up the story of George W. Bush's DUI arrest to draw a distinction between Fox News and MSNBC.

Top 10 most fact-checked people on the Truth-O-Meter

January 29, 2014

Curious about who -- other than President Barack Obama -- has been fact-checked on the Truth-O-Meter most often? We were, too. So we created a list.

On eve of the State of the Union address, a look at income inequality

January 28, 2014

Income inequality is an issue that PolitiFact has analyzed frequently since we started fact-checking political claims in 2007. So as President Barack Obama prepares to focus on income inequality in the State of the Union address, we thought it was a good time to review some of these claims, from both sides.

Fact-checking Obama’s 2014 State of the Union

January 28, 2014

We've checked Obama's State of the Union facts on wages, climate change, energy policy and our economic competition with China, as well as claims from reponses.

Got any questions about the candidates’ answers?

January 28, 2014

The Republican candidates for lieutenant governor faced questions on border security, abortion, education and other key topics in Monday night’s debate hosted by KERA-TV, Channel 13 in Dallas. Read on for the facts on claims they’ve made before -- and tell us what piqued your interest.

Fact-checking the attack ads in Pinellas’ CD 13 race

January 27, 2014

New campaign ads dig into the professional backgrounds of David Jolly and Alex Sink.

Mobile Truth-O-Meter, now just 99 cents

January 27, 2014

Our app for your phone or tablet is now just 99 cents for a limited time on iTunesAmazon and Google Play. That’s a buck off the regular price, so buy now!

Let me rephrase that

January 27, 2014

In his State of the State speech, Gov. Scott Walker revised some of the claims he made in the past that had been rated on the Truth-O-Meter.

We review what he said then and what he's saying now.

The 500 fact-checks of President Barack Obama

January 27, 2014

It was 2007 when a young senator from Illinois arrived on the national scene and launched a campaign for president. By coincidence, that’s the same year PolitiFact launched. We’ve been fact-checking the man who became President Barack Obama ever since. Recently we published our 500th fact-check on Obama.

Fact-checking McConnell, Cruz on the Sunday shows

January 26, 2014

Sens. Mitch McConnell and Ted Cruz talked about President Barack Obama's upcoming State of the Union address.

Fact-checking the Jan. 26 Sunday shows

January 26, 2014

The most interesting claims Sunday came from a pair of Republican senators.

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