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How many are helped by deal on payroll tax cut?

February 16, 2012

Per a congressional deal on extending the payroll tax cut, many say 160 million workers stand to benefit. In an earlier fact-check, we learned that those workers hail from about 122 million households.

Understanding the USF budget battle

February 16, 2012

Were the proposed cuts to University of South Florida fair or not? We explain how both sides did their math.

Primary preview: Checking Romney on unemployment

February 15, 2012

The multi-state primary day, Super Tuesday, is less than a month away. Ohio is one of the key states voting that day, so we're spotlighting statements from the GOP presidential candidates.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said recently that newly elected President Obama told America that if Congress approved the stimulus plan he would hold unemployment below 8 percent.

It's a common claim that voters are likely to hear again, so we looked into it.

Checking pro-Romney group’s new campaign ad

February 15, 2012

You’ve heard the bashing. Now see the commercial.

On Wednesday, Pro-Mitt Romney super PAC Restore Our Future was slated to unveil ads in Georgia arguing that rival Newt Gingrich is too risky a pick for GOP presidential nominee.  Primary day is March 6.

We’ve seen it, and it has all the hallmarks of your typical attack ad. Unflattering images, menacing music, and dire claims.

Claims that PolitiFact National and other fact-checking outlets happen to have vetted.
 

Is ‘Glee’ right about the growth of Spanish?

February 14, 2012

We throw a cold Slushie on a factual claim by a character on the show who says the Census Bureau believes a majority of Americans will speak Spanish as their first language by 2030.

John Boehner and the state of the economy

February 14, 2012

A persistent talking point used by House Speaker John Boehner and other Republicans is that President Barack Obama’s policies have actually made it worse.

We took on the challenge of trying to gauge whether the economy is really worse today than when Obama took office.

Ted Cruz re-defends a flamed claim

February 14, 2012

In an email blast and blog post, Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Ted Cruz of Texas takes issue with our recent flame-kissed rating of his ridiculous claim that an opponent has a record of promoting an income tax.

Fact-checking CPAC

February 14, 2012

Marco Rubio, Rick Scott and other Floridians attended the Conservative Political Action Conference recently. We checked their facts. 

Truth-O-Meter’s weekend rulings check Christie, Kyrillos claims

February 14, 2012

Gov. Chris Christie's fumble on Rutgers football graduation rates earns a False; state Sen. Joseph Kyrillos gets a Half True on a claim about U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez and the national deficits.

The perfect last-minute Valentine’s Day gift

February 13, 2012

What’s more heart-melting than your very own Pants on Fire button? Give your loved one the PolitiFact Mobile App. Nothing says true love like the Truth-O-Meter!

Readers criticize ruling on graduation rates of Rutgers University’s football team

February 13, 2012

PolitiFact New Jersey handed Gov. Chris Christie a False for saying that under coach Greg Schiano, "Rutgers had the best graduation rate of any Division I football program in America."

Gingrich versus Biery

February 13, 2012

Newt Gingrich excoriated a Texas judge’s warning about his order related to prayer during a high-school graduation ceremony. Did Gingrich recap the judge’s position accurately?

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