Latest Stories

Showing 8509-8520 of 8699 items
Was McCain born in the USA?
May 12, 2008

The senator's birth overseas in a military zone raises a vexing question about whether he's eligible to be president. Since the issue rests on legal opinions, we'll explain the arguments but skip the Truth-O-Meter.

A terrorist endorsement for Obama?
By Bill Adair May 9, 2008

John McCain says Hamas has endorsed Barack Obama. We find it's not an official endorsement, but it's certainly effusive praise.

Candidates get back to health
By Adriel Bettelheim, Janet Zink May 8, 2008

Sen. John McCain's new health care plan brings the issue back in focus for the presidential candidates. We check three new claims.

By request: keeping count
By Bill Adair May 8, 2008

We've made a few improvements to PolitiFact. For the first time, we're providing a tally of our ratings for each candidate and group.

Polled position: gas taxes and supercars
By Angie Drobnic Holan May 6, 2008

The gas tax won't save you much and supercars will have to wait. Why can't there be an easy answer for sticker shock at the pump?

Even missionaries botch their facts
May 2, 2008

The latest scurrilous e-mail about Barack Obama has real-live authors, Christian missionaries in Africa, but they're no better with the truth than anonymous bloggers.

McCain steps in on Wright
April 30, 2008

McCain chastises the North Carolina GOP for political ads that use the Rev. Jeremiah Wright; then McCain weighs in other Wright statements.

Capital gains taxes demystified
By Angie Drobnic Holan April 29, 2008

McCain gets it half right on capital gains taxes while debate moderators pin down Clinton and Obama on where they stand.

A lesson in cherry-picking
By Shawn Zeller April 28, 2008

Voting records make senators east targets for attack ads, and nobody knows it better than Sen. John McCain. The DNC is only doing what George W. Bush did back in 2000.

Wright not Clinton’s spiritual adviser
April 25, 2008

The Rev. Wright was one of more than 100 religious leaders invited to a prayer breakfast at the White House in 1998, but there's no indication he provided the Clintons any spiritual counseling.

Gas taxes, on holiday
By Bill Adair April 24, 2008

The RNC is right that Obama once supported a gas tax "holiday," but a video glosses over some key details.

Showing 8509-8520 of 8699 items