Latest Stories By Becky Bowers

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Fact-checking immigration

As the debate over immigration legislation continues, our fact-checks examine fertility, elections, the media and immigration history.

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Fact-checking immigration

As the debate over immigration legislation continues, our fact-checks examine fertility, elections, the media and immigration history.

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Do rapes result in fewer pregnancies than consensual intercourse? A review of the research

House debate on an abortion bill raised the issue of how often rapes result in pregnancy.

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Scandal-o-rama!

Claims about the IRS and the controversy over Benghazi have kept the Truth-O-Meter busy.

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Fact-checking claims about the attacks in Benghazi

The deaths of four Americans at a diplomatic outpost in Libya have fueled a war of words between Republicans in Congress and President Barack Obama. We compare the rhetoric with the facts.

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Fact-checking claims about the attacks in Benghazi

The deaths of four Americans at a diplomatic outpost in Libya have fueled a war of words between Republicans in Congress and President Barack Obama. We compare the rhetoric with the facts.

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Looking for the truth on attacks in Benghazi

With some information still classified, we look at some basic facts of Sept. 11, 2012, and this week’s congressional testimony.

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Is the Pentagon court-martialing Christian soliders?

Some blogs are pushing a story that the military will court-martial soldiers who hold the Christian faith. We sort out the facts.

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Fact-checking President Obama’s press conference

President Obama spoke with reporters on the 100-day mark for his second term. We checked the facts.

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Fact-checking President Obama’s press conference

President Obama spoke with reporters on the 100-day mark for his second term. We checked the facts. 

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Special report: Examining the state of gun research

Firearms research has been a battleground for advocacy groups for nearly 20 years, complicating fact-checking and making basic data on guns and gun violence hard to come by. The scarcity of gun research, though, may be coming to an end.

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