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Road to the pundit Final Four

March 19, 2014

There's a bracket for everything, right? So here's a bracket we created featuring 16 pundits.

A guide to the developments in Ukraine

March 19, 2014

Want to learn more about what's happening in Ukraine? Read up on our recent fact-checks.

Napolitano, Stewart debate the Civil War

March 19, 2014

In proof that the past is never settled business, Daily Show host Jon Stewart and Judge Andrew Napolitano of Fox News threw down last week over whether the Civil War needed to happen.We fact-checked several of their claims.

The battle over early voting access: How many votes are really at stake?

March 19, 2014

Political scientists don't see a dramatic difference in overall voter turnout when early voting is expanded or limited, but there's emerging evidence that African-American turnout falls when the chance to vote early is reduced.

Is Texas the most reliably Republican big state? You bet your Georgia peaches

March 18, 2014

Larry Sabato’s claim made us wonder if Texas is the most populous reliably Republican state.

You can bet your Georgia peaches.

Fact-checking claims about the millennial generation

March 18, 2014

Millenials are now aged 18 to 33, and they can vote. Recent fact-checks show not every claim about them is accurate, though.

Fact-checking the Sunday March 16 shows

March 16, 2014

Guests on the Sunday shows used polling information to back up their points. We decided to dive into the crosstabs.

Fact-checking the March 16 Sunday shows

March 16, 2014

Guests on the Sunday shows used polling information to back up their points. We decided to dive into the crosstabs.

Is healthcare.gov working ‘great’ now?

March 14, 2014

President Barack Obama has said it is, but we decided to dig deeper to see how the website performs for consumers, health insurance companies and state officials.

In Context: Were Paul Ryan’s poverty comments a ‘thinly veiled racial attack’?

March 14, 2014

The backlash to comments U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan made about poverty and inner-city residents suggested that the former vice-presidential candidate had been bigoted.

Was what he said, as U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee called it, a "thinly veiled racial attack"?

March 16 shows to talk latest news on Ukraine, missing Malaysian plane

March 14, 2014

The Sunday shows bring in top-ranking members of Congress and experts in national security and transportation to dissect the week's biggest news stories abroad. PunditFact will be watching and listening for facts to check. Follow our coverage on Twitter.

Fact-checking Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse on climate change

March 13, 2014

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., joined other Democrats on the Senate floor this week to stay up all nigh tand talk about climate change. Whitehouse actually gives weekly speeches about climate change, and PolitiFact Rhode Island has been fact-checking him.

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