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Turning it over to readers

May 13, 2013

We hear regularly from PolitiFact Wisconsin readers, so we decided it's time to give them some space.

Here's the debut of our Mailbag.

PolitiFact expands to Australia

May 12, 2013

The Truth-O-Meter is now down under. The launch of PolitiFact Australia marks our first international venture and a big step for the global fact-checking movement.

Looking for the truth on attacks in Benghazi

May 10, 2013

With some information still classified, we look at some basic facts of Sept. 11, 2012, and this week’s congressional testimony.

Is Ted Cruz constitutionally eligible to be president?

May 10, 2013

Rising Republican star Ted Cruz, the junior senator from Texas, is being looked at as a potential presidential contender. But some question whether Cruz, who was born in Canada, could become the chief executive because of the Constitution’s requirement that the president be a "natural born citizen." PolitiFact Ohio dug in.

Did crime plummet after U.S. let guns into national parks?

May 10, 2013

We debunk the claim that rapes, murders, robberies and assaults dropped 85 percent after guns were allowed in the national parks.

Obama, Perry, Hinojosa and jobs, jobs, jobs

May 9, 2013

Barack Obama came and went. Rick Perry and a leader of Texas Democrats took the occasion to loft jobs-related claims--now fact-checked.

Is Ted Cruz eligible under the Constitution to become president?

May 9, 2013

Rising Republican star Ted Cruz, the junior senator from Texas, is being looked at as a potential presidential contender. But some question whether Cruz, who was born in Canada, could become the chief executive because of the Constitution’s requirement that the president be a "natural born citizen." We look at the legal issues.

The Senate takes up immigration

May 9, 2013

Senators begin marking up proposed immigration legislation. We cut through what's true and what's not in the debate.

PolitiFact Florida wins Green Eyeshade Award for online politics reporting

May 9, 2013

The winning entry included fact-checks of the 2012 U.S. Senate race and Florida's state government.

The Senate takes up immigration

May 9, 2013

Senators begin marking up proposed immigration legislation. We cut through what's true and what's not in the debate.

In Context: Hillary Clinton’s ‘What difference does it make’ comment

May 8, 2013

With the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, back in the news, we take an In Context look at what Hillary Clinton said about the attack back in January. Benghazi is the subject of another congressional hearing today.

Top 10 PolitiFact checks of claims by, and about, Barack Obama as he hies to Texas

May 8, 2013

What better way to welcome Obama to Central Texas than walking through the most popular PolitiFact fact checks of, or about, him this year--plus they include a 2012 check of Romney.

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