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Obama’s Katrina Promises

September 1, 2009

Obama made 17 campaign promises related to Hurricane Katrina rebuilding the Gulf Coast. We assess his progress.

Summertime blues

August 31, 2009

We check Newt Gingrich's claim on Obama's poll standings and find the former House speaker is right that only two presidents had lower approval ratings.

Books: ‘Policy and Evidence in a Partisan Age: The Great Disconnect’

August 31, 2009

A book by Paul Gary Wyckoff

Rush claims Obama ‘wants to mandate circumcision’

August 27, 2009

We examine the latest claim from the talk show host and find he's ridiculously wrong.

‘Public plan’ for health care draws more distortions

August 26, 2009

Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite sends out a taxpayer-funded mailing on health reform. We put it to the Truth-O-Meter.

‘Rationing’ and other scare words in health debate

August 25, 2009

Opponents of the health care reform bills in Congress have unleashed a slew of scare words into the debate.

Obama wrong again about obesity savings

August 24, 2009

The president repeats a falsehood that we debunked in the campaign.

The truth, 1,000 times

August 21, 2009

PolitiFact celebrates two milestones: our 1,000th Truth-O-Meter item and our 2nd birthday.

A second opinion on death totals for the uninsured

August 20, 2009

We revisit our July ruling on a claim by Rep. Bill Pascrell and find another study contradicts his claim.

We add the public option to the Obameter

August 19, 2009

The public option is hot now, but during the campaign it was rarely discussed.

Pregnancy a ‘pre-existing condition’? Yes, for some

August 18, 2009

The AMA president says insurers in the individual market call pregnancy a pre-existing condition. He's right.

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