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Readying for final GOP debate of 2015

By April Hunt December 14, 2015

The top nine candidates for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination take to the stage Tuesday for the last debate of 2015.

Before the contest airs at 8:30 p.m. on CNN, catch up here with the most recent-fact checks on candidate claims.

PolitiFact partnering with NBC News for 2016 election

By Aaron Sharockman December 13, 2015

PolitiFact will fact-check statements made on "Meet the Press" following each Sunday’s show, beginning today, and will contribute insight and analysis across all NBC News platforms and MSNBC.

Donald Trump proposes banning Muslims from coming to the U.S. But that’s not what Jimmy Carter did

By Louis Jacobson December 11, 2015

Jimmy Carter's actions during the Iran hostage crisis have some significant differences with what Donald Trump is proposing.

 

It’s Election Day(s) for Lie of the Year

By April Hunt December 11, 2015

It’s that time again, to pick PolitiFact’s "winner" for Lie of the Year for 2015 and the coveted Readers' Choice award that counts your vote.

Lie of the Year 2015: Readers’ Choice

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Aaron Sharockman December 10, 2015

PolitiFact will soon announce our Lie of the Year -- the most significant falsehood of 2015, as chosen by our editors and reporters. We're also inviting readers to vote for the Readers' Choice award.

Ted Cruz’s boys showering with girls claim False, but transgender student rights are unsettled

By W. Gardner Selby December 9, 2015

Texan Ted Cruz was incorrect, we concluded, when he said the federal government has been trying to force schools to let boys shower with little girls.

 

But it’s also the case that how an anti-discrimination law applies to transgender students continues to be debated and fought out in court.

Reader mailbag: Jeb Bush’s ‘statement is logically ‘false,’ the opposite of true!’

By Amy Sherman December 9, 2015

PolitiFact readers sound off on our fact-checks of statements by Jeb Bush about refugees and President Barack Obama about fish swimming in Miami streets

 

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