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Impossible to check: John Fetterman’s claim that sanctuary cities are safer

By Cassie Owens February 29, 2016

"Sanctuary cities — again statistically — makes everybody safer, makes everybody better," U.S. Senate Candidate John Fetterman said in a West Chester University College Democrats meeting. But there's no set legal definition for "sanctuary city," and it only gets more complicated from there.

John Oliver slams Trump, cites PolitiFact

By Linda Qiu February 29, 2016

In a scathing takedown of Republican frontrunenr Donald Trump, HBO host John references PolitiFact's 2015 Lie of the Year, which we awarded to Trump. 

Help us keep the candidates honest

By Aaron Sharockman February 27, 2016

We’re working with a group called Beacon to raise funds to fact-check the 2016 campaign. If contributors give $15,000, Beacon will match those donations dollar for dollar. And we’ll be able to hire an extra fact-checker to analyze claims about immigration during the 2016 campaign.

Help PolitiFact hire a reporter to fact-check the immigration debate

By Aaron Sharockman February 25, 2016

We’re working with a group called Beacon to raise funds to fact-check the 2016 campaign. If contributors give $15,000, Beacon will match those donations dollar for dollar. And we’ll be able to hire an extra fact-checker to analyze claims about immigration during the 2016 campaign.

Follow live! Fact-checking the Texas GOP debate

Is Bernie Sanders a Democrat?

By Linda Qiu February 23, 2016

Bernie Sanders says he's a Democrat. He also says he's an independent. We take a look at the mechanics of party identification. 

Reports: Ted Cruz aide asked to leave campaign after publicly acknowledging error

By W. Gardner Selby February 22, 2016

A day after Cruz spokesman Rick Tyler acknowledged his error in quoting Marco Rubio on the Bible, he’s reportedly asked to move on.


Here’s a look at what Tyler admitted.

 

Donald Trump was in New York, not Chicago, on 9/11, contrary to 2004 Time story

By Louis Jacobson February 22, 2016

Some corners of the Internet have been bubbling with the discovery of a 2004 Time magazine article that placed Donald Trump in Chicago on 9/11, rather than New York City, as he's said on the campaign trail. Turns out Trump was right and Time was wrong.
 

Fact-checking the Feb. 21 Sunday shows

By Jon Greenberg, Linda Qiu February 21, 2016

The day after the South Carolina primary, Donald Trump celebrated his resounding victory and defended himself against charge of flip-flopping.

 

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