The National Republican Congressional Committee says big spending by congressional Democrats, including U.S. Reps. Ruben Hinojosa and Henry Cuellar of Texas, pushed the nation’s debt to the limit.
PolitiFact Ohio poked into that.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney officially announced his presidential campaign Thursday. We've done one fact check so far -- about his claim that "we are only inches away from ceasing to be a free market economy." We found it Pants on Fire.
Mike Haridopolos is facing heat for differing positions on whether he'd support what's known as the "Ryan Plan." What's so controversial about the plan? PolitiFact Florida gives you a primer.
Have you seen the NRCC attack in Ohio? It's just like the ones in Georgia, Virginia, Wisconsin, Oregon . . .
It's been a busy few weeks for PolitiFact. Here's what our readers had to say about what we did, and how well we did it.
Did Obama really break with U.S. policy and call on Israel to return to its 1967 borders?
No.
We've debuted regular appearances on a Dallas public affairs TV show and Austin’s KUT-FM.
We've expanded our promise meters to the local level. Today, PolitiFact Florida unveils the Buck-O-Meter, tracking the promises of Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn.
With the entry of former pizza CEO and talk show host Herman Cain into the 2012 presidential race, our fair state now boasts two presidential prospects.
This means PolitiFact Georgia has the pleasure of checking both of them.
Newt Gingrich, whose campaign offices are in Buckhead, earned a True on health care. Cain scored a Mostly True on his claim about food stamp use and False on a gaffe about the U.S. Constitution.
Not to ignore national politics, we gave U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi a Pants on Fire for a chart she posted about the national debt. Her Republican counterpart, U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, earned a Mostly True for a statement he made on U.S. coal to the Atlanta Press Club.
Run, Georgia, run!
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The Buck-O-Meter will track new Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn’s performance on each of his campaign promises — we’ve identified 33 so far.
PolitiFact Florida reporter Aaron Sharockman explains two recent Truth-O-Meter rulings to Bay News 9's Al Ruechel.
The Texas governor said Friday he'll consider running for president. That's contrary to a campaign promise that he would not. So PolitiFact Texas moves the Perry-O-Meter needle on that promise to Stalled.