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A $50 million question

January 9, 2014

Democrat Mary Burke has emphasized one particular business accomplishment in contrasting herself with Republican Gov. Scott Walker.

So far, she has offered no hard evidence to prove or refute it.

Fact-checking claims about the ‘polar vortex’

January 8, 2014

The cold isn't stopping people from making some eye-popping claims about world weather patterns.

Who is the No. 2 owner of Fox News, and what did he say

January 8, 2014

A Facebook meme says the No. 2 owner of Fox News is a man named Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who says a "strong American government is not good for us." We wanted to dig deeper.

The Truth-O-Meter takes on the polar vortex

January 7, 2014

We fact-check Rush Limbaugh on whether the polar vortex is a media creation and claims from Twitter that the United States has been colder than Mars in recent days.

Mailbag: ‘Quit being fanatic left-wing hacks’

January 7, 2014

We’re hacks twice over, according to reader blasts. It’s time to open our mailbag.

Chain emails claim this picture’s ‘worth $678 million’

January 6, 2014

Texas readers asked us about chain emails on the contract to build Healthcare.gov going to a company linked to a Princeton classmate of Michelle Obama. FactCheck.org and Snopes.com have taken a hard look at several claims in such emails they received.

Was CGI Federal given a no-bid contract to build Healthcare.gov?

PunditFact fact-checks Romney, the Sunday shows

January 5, 2014

Mitt Romney talked about the Sochi games, an MSNBC controversy and Obamacare during an interview on Fox News Sunday.

Fact-checking the Sunday Jan. 5 news shows

January 5, 2014

Mitt Romney talked about the Sochi games, an MSNBC controversy and Obamacare during an interview on Fox News Sunday.

PolitiFact Florida’s Top 10 fact-checks of 2013

January 3, 2014

Fact-checks about Trayvon Martin, Obamacare and the federal government shutdown were among PolitiFact Florida’s most read items in 2013.

Previewing the Sunday Jan. 5 news shows

January 3, 2014

The political conversation turns to Sochi this Sunday.

Fact-checking health care: a year-end report

January 3, 2014

The launch of healthcare.gov and the continuing debate about the health care law gave us a lot to fact-check in 2013.

Our December High Five: Walker again tops the list

January 3, 2014

For the second month in a row, Gov. Scott Walker dominated the attention of PolitiFact Wisconsin readers.

In December 2013, four of the five PolitiFact Wisconsin articles that got the most page-views were articles about Walker. His new book, "Unintimidated," gave us plenty to examine.

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