On the border — and sometimes over the line
As President Barack Obama goes to the U.S.-Mexico border to talk immigration policy and border security, we review some of our major fact-checks on those issues.
As President Barack Obama goes to the U.S.-Mexico border to talk immigration policy and border security, we review some of our major fact-checks on those issues.
"Not often am I ashamed to live in Virginia," the email said. "Between you, Gov. McDonnell and Eric Cantor, I am ready to move out."
President Barack Obama made some testable claims during Tuesday's immigration policy speech in El Paso. But PolitiFact has previously checked numerous border-related statements.
With Newt Gingrich's hat hovering in the air above the ring, we decided to look at his record on the Truth-O-Meter.
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, bellied up to a Half True claim in the first pre-2012 GOP presidential debate last week. In our fact checks, we rated a pair of other Texans’ statements Pants on Fire.
To the Flashback...
Truthiness was in critical condition at PolitiFact Georgia last week.
Our team published three fact checks in a row on health care. The first from presidential hopeful Herman Cain on CT scans flat-lined. One by U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia on Internal Revenue Service agents and the health care overhaul was DOA.
Another by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius about hospital care survived and is in good condition.
Even on issues outside of health care, truthiness looked at least a little bit puny. A claim by Donald Trump that the U.S. no longer builds bridges needed major surgery, as did a statement by MARTA’s chairman that the transit system is getting safer.
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We're fact-checking several claims the Texas Republican made during Thursday's presidential debate in South Carolina. Check back to see how he fared on the Truth-O-Meter.
A state senator says he's okay with making it difficult to vote. "Do you read the stories about the people in Africa? The people in the desert, who literally walk two and three hundred miles so they can have the opportunity to do what we do ..." Say what?
The performance of Georgia's own Herman Cain during last night’s Republican presidential debate is sending political opinionators buzzing.
After the debate, Fox News aired discussion between veteran political consultant and pollster Frank Luntz and a focus group.
Members said that before last night, they didn’t know much about Cain. Afterwards, most of them loved him.
Luntz was bowled over.
"Something very special happened this evening," he concluded.
Rick Scott's first legislative session is ending without much movement on some of his biggest campaign promises. No big corporate income tax rate cut. No Arizona-style immigration law. A compromise on employee pension contributions. But are there silver linings for Florida's new governor?
The South Carolina debate was missing several of the most prominent candidates, but there were still plenty of facts to check.
We're introducing Beyond the Truth-O-Meter, a new feature that links to work by FactCheck.org, the Washington Post and other fact-checkers.