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How many people have been saved from poverty by unemployment insurance?

January 14, 2014

President Barack Obama marshaled a statistic on his Facebook page to show the value of long-term unemploymet benefits. But how accurate is it?

How MSNBC and Fox News covered Chris Christie’s ‘Bridgegate’

January 14, 2014

PunditFact reviewed minute-by-minute breakdowns of Monday's programming to see how MSNBC, Fox News and CNN played coverage of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

Kathleen Peters, David Jolly attack each other in bid to fill Bill Young’s seat

January 13, 2014

Republican primary candidates have stretched the truth in their race to the U.S. House.

Fact-checking the Jan. 12 news shows

January 12, 2014

The Sunday shows continued the coverage of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and "bridgegate."

PunditFact fact-checks the Sunday Jan. 2 shows

January 12, 2014

The Sunday shows continued the coverage of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and "bridgegate."

U.S. Census Bureau survey must be filled out by law, but…

January 12, 2014

"Your response is required by law," the U.S. Census Bureau says on mailings about the 2014 American Community Survey.

That’s correct, except...

Bridgegate: Were Fort Lee students ‘children of Buono voters’?

January 10, 2014

As news linked New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's office to the George Washington Bridge lane closures in Fort Lee, we wondered about a text message then-Port Authority employee David Wildstein sent.

What’s coming up on the Sunday talk shows

January 10, 2014

Look for much discussion about New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, poverty in America and foreign policy setbacks for President Obama.

Bridgegate: Were Fort Lee students ‘children of Buono voters’?

January 10, 2014

As news linked New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's office to the George Washington Bridge lane closures in Fort Lee, we wondered about a text message then-Port Authority employee David Wildstein sent.

The story behind Rand Paul’s son, Medicaid and Kentucky’s marketplace

January 9, 2014

We can't fully explain why Paul's son was enrolled in Medicaid if he wasn't eligible. We suspect it gets complicated when parents buy insurance in one state and a child buys insurance in another.

Eddie Lucio: 40 percent of McAllen constituents obese

January 9, 2014

How often does a lawmaker say too many constituents are too fat? Eddie Lucio dared.

McDonnell sums up his term

January 9, 2014

PolitiFact Virginia takes quick look at Gov. Bob McDonnell's last address to the General Assembly.  

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