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Julián Castro’s national moment

September 4, 2012

Four years ago, he bounced around Denver in relative obscurity. Tonight he’s got the coast-to-coast speaking slot that helped elevate a who’s-he state senator named Obama in 2004.

Break the email chain of fools

September 1, 2012

Like bacteria, chain emails can lie dormant for years, then pop up to spread again. Texas readers have alerted us to some circulating now, addressing tax on home sales, Medicare payments and an "unprecedented" Obama executive order. Inoculate yourself!

A scorecard on President Obama’s campaign promises

September 1, 2012

On the eve of the Democratic convention in Charlotte, we review our Obameter to see how Obama has fared on his 508 promises from the 2008 campaign.

The lists: Barack Obama’s Top 10 Broken and Kept promises

September 1, 2012

On the eve of the Democratic National Convention, we check in on our Obameter to look at Obama's campaign promises.

Mitt Romney’s big night, plus a Texas teacher

August 31, 2012

On the last night of the Republican National Convention, Mitt Romney accepted the party's presidential nomination -- and a Texas educator saluted specialized academies.

Convention speakers throw verbal jabs at Obama

August 31, 2012

President Barack Obama quipped that Republicans have said some "wonderful" things about him during this week’s national convention in Tampa.

Speakers contrasted the president’s record to GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s. Others claimed Obama has never worked in business and doesn’t want farm kids to do basic chores.

PolitiFact looked at those claims and others.

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Read summaries of some of our latest checks below. Look for a roundup of our fact-checks of Romney’s speech in Saturday’s newspaper.

At the GOP convention, the story of Mitt Romney

August 31, 2012

On the third night of the Republican National Convention, speakers and videos tell the story of the presidential nominee.

GOP convention: Fact checking the Ryan speech

August 30, 2012

Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan earned high marks for style and tone, but tripped up on the facts while hammering President Obama on several familiar campaign issues.

Here's our roundup of Ryan speech fact checks.

Ryan and the Simpson-Bowles Commission: the full story

August 30, 2012

In his speech accepting the vice presidential nomination, Paul Ryan blamed President Barack Obama for the failure of a presidentially appointed debt commission. But that ignored Ryan's own role.

Senator Marco Rubio on the Truth-O-Meter

August 30, 2012

As we await Rubio's remarks at the Republican National Convention, we review our fact-checks of the Florida senator.

Checking Paul Ryan and more at the Republican National Convention

August 30, 2012

We're fact-checking the second full night of speeches at the Republican National Convention.

Fact-checking Gov. Chris Christie on health care

August 30, 2012

PolitiFact New Jersey digs into two claims about the nation's health care system that Gov. Chris Christie made during his keynote speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.

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