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What have Milwaukee’s mayor and county executive promised you?

May 3, 2016

We're asking your help to track promises made by Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele during their 2016 re-election campaigns.

Our top 5 fact-checks for April 2016

By Lauren Carroll May 2, 2016

Our five most-popular fact-checks in April were all about the Democratic presidential candidates.

PolitiFact Florida Top 5 in April 2016

By Amy Sherman May 2, 2016

A spat between a Starbucks heckler and Gov. Rick Scott led our fact-checks in April

 

Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s top adviser, and his ties to pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine

By Aleksandra Kharchenko May 2, 2016

Paul Manafort, the adviser hired by Donald Trump to add stability and institutional know-how to Trump’s often scattershot presidential campaign, has long and deep reported ties to pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine. With the help of a visiting Ukranian journalist, we explore Manafort's connections to the Eastern European country.

PolitiFact’s fact-checks of the week

By Aaron Sharockman May 1, 2016

PolitiFact looks at claims made by Hillary Clinton and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.

Ted Cruz targets Donald Trump in CA GOP convention speech. Some claims miss, others on target

By Chris Nichols April 30, 2016

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz took aim at Donald Trump, including on the New York billionaire's foreign policy stance, during his Saturday speech at the California Republican Party Convention. From our initial look, Cruz missed the target a few times, but also scored some hits.

Fact-checking claims by Donald Trump & John Kasich at the CA GOP convention

By Chris Nichols April 30, 2016

A social media look back at Friday's questionable claims and some protest scenes from the first day at the California Republican Party Convention. Tweets are from @CAPolitiFact and @CapRadioNews.

 

 

Jolly and Grayson tackle King James, Planned Parenthood at open debate

By Joshua Gillin April 28, 2016

The Republican and Democrat congressmen ignore their primary opponents to face each other as they vie for Marco Rubio’s Senate seat.

So you want to move to Canada, eh?

By Lauren Carroll April 28, 2016

If ___________ becomes president, I’m moving to ___________! The refrain comes up every four years, no matter who’s running.

Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina & John Kasich to headline CA GOP convention

By Chris Nichols April 28, 2016

PolitiFact California will be fact-checking claims made by presidential candidates Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and John Kasich at the California Republican Party Convention this week. Follow us @CAPolitiFact for live tweets from the event. 

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