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Comparing the Great Recession and the Great Depression

September 19, 2013

In an interview on ABC's This Week, President Barack Obama suggested that the economy he inherited may have been worse than the one during the Great Depression. There's some evidence to support that, but a lot that doesn't.

Perry, O’Malley spar over whose economy rocks more

September 18, 2013

The governors of Texas and Maryland traded factual claims on CNN’s Crossfire.

No, Warren Buffett didn’t say Obamacare should be scrapped

September 17, 2013

A media hubbub over Warren Buffett's purported rejection of President Barack Obama's health care law was based on an interview that ran three and a half years ago, before Congress even passed the law.

Checking Chris Christie = Rick Perry and Texas unemployment

September 17, 2013

A New Jersey Democratic proclaims Christie and Perry to be similar in bad ways.

And did Texas unemployment surge more than two percentage points during Perry’s governorship?

Getting rid of chemical weapons: How it works

September 16, 2013

The U.S.-Russian agreement to rid Syria of chemical weapons sets an ambitious schedule. We talked with weapons experts about how to verify that deadly materials actually get destroyed.

Democrats who supported Syria action rewrite history on Iraq war

September 16, 2013

Secretary of State John Kerry and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., trounced on history as they supported President Obama’s moves against Syria.

Mailbag: ‘I regard this fact-check as a total failure … Get your act together’

September 13, 2013

Readers let us know what they think about recent fact-checks on marijuana, the "stand your ground" law,  immigration and other topics.

Has Russia vetoed even simple U.N. press releases about Syria?

September 13, 2013

That’s probably true. But independently confirming it is another matter.

Noncitizen voter purge makes a comeback in Florida

September 12, 2013

Gov. Rick Scott's administration is at again, looking to purge noncitizens from the voter rolls. Charlie Crist, now a Democrat, cries foul, but he doesn't have his numbers right.

Would a U.S. strike in Syria violate international law?

September 12, 2013

President Barack Obama wanted Congress to back to airstrikes against Syria. But even with congressional approval, would a strike be legal under international law? We review the evidence.

In Context: Scott Walker’s critiques of the Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign

September 12, 2013

Might Gov. Scott Walker's blunt critiques of the Romney campaign come back to haunt his nascent presidential aspirations for 2016?

With our In Context feature, we review the record but will let you decide.

It’s iffy that 500 Republicans daily move to Texas

September 11, 2013

A Republican leader said 500 Republicans a day move to Texas. His reasoning starts from confidential voter lists.

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