Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., sees a pattern by which U.S. officials investigate potential terrorists, then back off, only to discover that they were terrorists after all. How accurate is that description?
David Dewhurst says Texas school systems lose 45 days to state-imposed tests. We did not find a firm factual basis for his figure.
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Governor and 4-year-old boy discuss cartoons at Branchburg town hall meeting
The Senate voted Wednesday against an amendment to expand background checks. Supporters were crushed; opponents satisfied. We put their reactions to the Truth-O-Meter.
We fact-check statements by the Florida senator on immigration and Ché Guevara.
What's in the Democratic gun bill pending in the Senate? An email claims it's a national gun registry. We check the facts.
You never know what you’ll hear on the Texas House floor. So it shouldn’t have been a surprise when a legislator said government props up a show glorifying cheating spouses.
As the U.S. Senate moves to take up gun legislation, we fact-check the most interesting and oft-repeated claims from both sides of the debate.
The celebrity couple drew crowds in Havana and questions back home.
After we gave a rating of False to Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for saying that "expanding Medicaid will worsen health care options for the most vulnerable," his office came back with a different argument to back up his claim. We analyze the new evidence here.
PolitiFact in Washington took a longer look at a Ted Cruz claim about Medicaid expansion--and stuck with its original False rating.