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Ad Watch: Democratic PAC distorts Brat’s record on seniors’ health

September 20, 2018

The ad accuses Rep. Dave Brat of selling out seniors for corporate campaign donations. But the evidence put forth by the House Majority PAC is contrived.

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UPDATE: Ad says Calif. candidate Gil Cisneros demanded sex for campaign cash. Here’s what we know

September 19, 2018

A super PAC used a claim against Gil Cisneros knowing it is unsubstantiated.

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In the governor’s race, what to know about the TV ads on the teacher who viewed porn at school case

September 17, 2018

Sorting out what happened and how Tony Evers responded.

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Medicare in 5 charts: A 2018 midterm report

September 11, 2018

Republicans used to talk a lot about reining in Medicare spending. Now, not so much. We look at the shift and help you sort out the wrinkles on Washington's very, very big health insurance program for the elderly and the disabled.

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Fact-checking Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation hearings

September 7, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, is facing a tough confirmation hearing in the Senate. Here is the factual context behind the most contentious moments.

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PolitiFact adding coverage of pivotal U.S. House races

September 7, 2018

PolitiFact is bolstering its coverage of pivotal 2018 U.S. House races to help sort out fact from fiction on the campaign trail.

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WCVE News 88.9FM to re-establish PolitiFact Virginia

September 7, 2018

WCVE News 88.9FM brings political fact-checking back to Virginia.

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Does ICE Have Unlimited Authority To Make Courthouse Arrests?

September 4, 2018

How much legal authority does ICE have to make arrests at local courthouses? PolitiFact California explored that topic with  experts on immigration law following the recent ICE arrest of an undocumented man inside a local Sacramento courtroom.

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Fact-checking Donald Trump’s rally for Mike Braun in Evansville, Indiana

August 31, 2018

President Donald Trump presented a familiar array of falsehoods in his rally in Evansville, Ind., for Mike Braun, a Republican state senator and businessman running for U.S. Senate.

Sen. John McCain fought to clean up money in politics. Are we better off today?

August 31, 2018

John McCain made campaign finance reform one of his signature issues as he ran for president in 2000, promising to restore faith in public politics. His years-long crusade led to the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, championed alongside his Democratic colleague, former Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin.

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Fact-checking Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman

August 30, 2018

BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee’s latest film, tells the tale of a black detective in the Colorado Springs Police Department who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan between 1978 and 1979. We fact-checked what's real and what's not.

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