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When it comes to voting, Virginia is early to rise and early to bed

January 31, 2013

Virginia polls open at 6 a.m. and close at 7 p.m.  The Old Dominion is among 20 states with a 13-hour voting window. Only seven state have a longer voting day.
 

Fact-checking Dianne Feinstein on assault weapons and police deaths

January 29, 2013

We examine the claim that 1 in 5 police shooting deaths are committed with assault weapons.

Rick Perry fulfills, achieves compromises on 54 percent of his campaign promises

January 28, 2013

The Texas governor has fulfilled, or compromised on, more than half the promises he made winning re-election.

Federal spending on old and young, by the numbers

January 28, 2013

In his inaugural address, President Obama said we should not have to choose "between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the generation that will build its future." We look at current numbers on federal spending.

A look at how Saxby Chambliss has done on the Truth-O-Meter

January 25, 2013

Saxby Chambliss, Georgia’s senior U.S. senator, surprised the political world Friday when he announced he’s not running for a third term in 2014, despite recent claims he was ready to take on any and all challengers.

The decision has several politicians and officeholders considering whether to run for the seat. In the meantime, PolitiFact Georgia thought we’d look back at how Chambliss has fared on our Truth-O-Meter.

Doggett v. Cornyn

January 25, 2013

Lloyd Doggett drew a Half True bead on John Cornyn’s mention of partly shutting down the government.
 

Fact-checking claims on guns and gun violence

January 24, 2013

When it comes to guns and gun violence, the rhetoric includes both fact and fiction.

Fact-checking claims on guns and gun violence

January 24, 2013

When it comes to guns and gun violence, the rhetoric includes both fact and fiction.

Austin mayor’s watery claim

January 22, 2013

Lee Leffingwell’s claim about water quality proved iffy.

 

An outbreak of truth

January 22, 2013

Our Truth Index shows we've been giving more True and Mostly True ratings since the end of the 2012 campaign. But with the debate over gun control heating up, the index has dipped into negative territory again.

Obama praised, criticized in fact-checks on the Truth-O-Meter

January 21, 2013

As President Barack Obama takes the stage for his ceremonial inauguration, we’re revisiting claims made about the president by chain e-mails and politicians in the Garden State

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