Has cost of 2010 federal health care law doubled?
U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz tweeted a claim racing through Republican circles: that new projections show the 2010 federal health care law’s cost has doubled. False, says the Truth-O-Meter.
U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz tweeted a claim racing through Republican circles: that new projections show the 2010 federal health care law’s cost has doubled. False, says the Truth-O-Meter.
Blaming the president for high gasoline prices is a time-honored tradition. Never mind the facts -- that demand in China and the strength of the dollar are causing price spikes -- it's easier to blame the White House.
Romney aide Eric Fehrnstrom stirred up a fuss with his Etch A Sketch metaphor about the campaign strategy for the general election. Here's the full exchange from his comments on CNN's Starting Point with Soledad O'Brien.
As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to review President Barack Obama's health care law, we review the falsehoods that simply won't stop.
A San Antonio federal judge’s "kumbaya" order reminded us we’d checked a claim about him by Newt Gingrich.
To help you get ready for next week's Supreme Court arguments on the health care law, we will be publishing some helpful guides and summaries. For our first installment, we're re-publishing our fiendishly difficult quiz to see if you know the difference between RomneyCare and ObamaCare.
Rush Limbaugh’s mischaracterizations of a law student made waves, prompting some critics to say that comedian Bill Maher’s descriptions of Sarah Palin and others were made in a similarly rebukable vein.
Mostly True handed down for abortion claim, Half True for tax increase claim.
PolitiFact Florida finds an exclusive television home in Tampa Bay.
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Conservatives are trying to paint liberal comedian Bill Maher as the same kind of public relations hazard for Democrats that Rush Limbaugh has become for Republicans.
Limbaugh ignited a firestorm when he called a Georgetown law student a "slut" and "prostitute" after she testified in Congress about health insurance and birth control. (To see her complete comments, read "In Context:
In Context: Sandra Fluke on contraceptives and women's health.")
Essentially, Limbaugh used misogynistic terms to attack a woman whose political view he opposes.
Conservatives point out that at least one politician's daughter has not been off-limits to Maher.
How similar are Maher’s and Limbaugh’s comments? We thought this would be a good subject for PolitiFact’s "In Context" series, where we publish controversial statements in their original context.
The Obama campaign has released The Road We've Traveled, a 17-minute film directed by Davis Guggenheim that includes many claims about the president's accomplishments. Over the next few days, we'll be putting the film to the Truth-O-Meter.
China may be on the other side of the globe from Ohio, but it plays a central role in the worldview of U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, who regularly denounces its trade practices.
The Niles Democrat had another chance to vent recently when The House of Representatives passed a bill to overturn a court decision that interfered with federal government’s ability to impose countervailing duties on Chinese goods.
"Ohio has lost close to 100,000 jobs due to unfair trade practices by China," Ryan said.
We checked it out.