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A closer look at the Anderson Cooper-Pam Bondi face-off

By Louis Jacobson June 16, 2016

An interview in Orlando between CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi on June 14 has gone viral, due to Cooper’s aggressive questioning about her record on gay and lesbian issues. It also sparked a charges and counter-charges from Cooper and Bondi. We investigate them here.

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Documents support Dan Patrick claim he didn’t post tweet to blame Orlando shooting victims

By W. Gardner Selby June 16, 2016

Newly revealed documents support Dan Patrick’s declaration that the "reaps what you sow" Biblical verse he posted online the morning of the Orlando tragedy wasn’t calculated to blame victims at the gay night club.

 

It looks like Patrick’s campaign-funded social media team created and scheduled the tweet three days before.

 

Read Austin American-Statesman reporter Jonathan Tilove’s extensive update here.

 

See Dan Patrick's Truth-O-Meter report card.

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The 10 biggest falsehoods from the year of Trump

By Lauren Carroll June 16, 2016

One year ago today, Donald Trump descended a gilded escalator into a historic presidential campaign. He continues to make inaccurate statements, and we have spent the past year trying to keep up.

 

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In Context: Did Donald Trump suggest Barack Obama has terrorist sympathies?

By Lauren Carroll June 15, 2016

Donald Trump revoked the Washington Post’s press credentials after the newspaper ran an online article titled, "Donald Trump suggests President Obama was involved with Orlando shooting." Trump's comments, in context.

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Obama vs. Trump on the phrase ‘radical Islam’

By Linda Qiu June 14, 2016

Donald Trump said President Obama should resign for not using the words. Obama hit back, saying using the words is "not a strategy." We delve into this war over words.

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Donald Trump says hundreds of migrants and their children have been implicated in U.S. terrorism

By Lauren Carroll June 14, 2016

Given the best information we have at our disposal today, Trump’s claim is potentially accurate but draws a questionable conclusion.

 

Analysis: Dan Patrick ‘reaps what you sow’ tweet wasn’t posted to blame Orlando shooting victims

By W. Gardner Selby June 13, 2016

Did Dan Patrick quote a Biblical verse as the Orlando tragedy came to light? Yes.

 

Did Patrick say a man "reaps what you sow" to blame the victims at the gay night club? Not so, a reporter concludes.

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7 things to know about guns and gun violence after Orlando

By Linda Qiu June 13, 2016

The largest mass shooting in U.S. history is certain to spur more discussion about the balance between gun rights and gun restrictions. Here are some of the key points about guns that have been made over the years.

 

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7 things to know about guns and gun violence after Orlando

By Linda Qiu June 12, 2016

The largest mass shooting in U.S. history is certain to spur more discussion about the balance between gun rights and gun restrictions. Here are some of the key points about guns that have been made over the years.

 

The facts about gay men and blood donation in Orlando

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Live from the 3rd global fact-checking conference

By Aaron Sharockman June 9, 2016

PolitiFact is joining more than 100 worldwide fact-checkers for two days of talks in Buenos Aires. Follow along.

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Donald Trump’s racial comments about Hispanic judge in Trump University case

June 8, 2016

In Context: What exactly the presumptive GOP presidential nominee said about Gonzalo Curiel being Mexican that has drawn so much condemnation from both the left and right.

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