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We fact-checked one of Amy Klobuchar’s stump speeches. Here’s what we found.

We fact-checked one of Elizabeth Warren’s stump speeches. Here’s what we found.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont Independent running for the Demcratic presidential nomination for the second time, has perfected his campaign stump speech: Railing against the establishment and promising dramatic government intervention, Sanders wields dozens of familiar talking points again and again. In a Mason City speech, Sanders offered versions of more than a dozen specific claims we’ve checked before.

We fact-checked a Joe Biden speech in Iowa. Here’s what we found about his statements on Medicare for All, carbon emissions and President Barack Obama’s record.

 We fact-checked a typical Pete Buttigieg speech. Here’s what we found.

One of the most popular false news websites on Facebook has republished dozens of stories from a notorious American satirist. It’s part of a network of spam sites.

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg uses health care as a key message in his Democratic presidential primary run. 

Sen. Bernie Sanders and his campaign have attacked Joe Biden over his record on Social Security. We explain the key parts of their arguments.

President Donald Trump has put together a TV-ready defense team stacked with high-profile attorneys for his Senate impeachment trial. Some members have spent a lot of time in the spotlight.

SB 50, one the most debated California housing bills in years, resurfaced this month and so did some exaggerated claims about how it would affect the state’s affordable housing crisis. PolitiFact California examined those arguments to separate fact from fiction about this controversial bill.

After a weeks-long delay, the process of impeaching and removing President Donald Trump is moving forward again. On Jan. 15, the House voted to formally send to the Senate the impeachment articles that had passed the House in mid-December. So what happens now? That depends heavily on precedent from prior impeachment trials, though some wild cards could be in store. Here’s a rundown of what to expect as the Senate trial gets under way.

The Iranian Quds Force general helped arm and tran Iraqi militias that attacked American soldiers.