Julián Castro’s national moment
Four years ago, he bounced around Denver in relative obscurity. Tonight he’s got the coast-to-coast speaking slot that helped elevate a who’s-he state senator named Obama in 2004.
Four years ago, he bounced around Denver in relative obscurity. Tonight he’s got the coast-to-coast speaking slot that helped elevate a who’s-he state senator named Obama in 2004.
Like bacteria, chain emails can lie dormant for years, then pop up to spread again. Texas readers have alerted us to some circulating now, addressing tax on home sales, Medicare payments and an "unprecedented" Obama executive order. Inoculate yourself!
On the eve of the Democratic convention in Charlotte, we review our Obameter to see how Obama has fared on his 508 promises from the 2008 campaign.
On the eve of the Democratic National Convention, we check in on our Obameter to look at Obama's campaign promises.
On the last night of the Republican National Convention, Mitt Romney accepted the party's presidential nomination -- and a Texas educator saluted specialized academies.
President Barack Obama quipped that Republicans have said some "wonderful" things about him during this week’s national convention in Tampa.
Speakers contrasted the president’s record to GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s. Others claimed Obama has never worked in business and doesn’t want farm kids to do basic chores.
PolitiFact looked at those claims and others.
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Read summaries of some of our latest checks below. Look for a roundup of our fact-checks of Romney’s speech in Saturday’s newspaper.
On the third night of the Republican National Convention, speakers and videos tell the story of the presidential nominee.
Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan earned high marks for style and tone, but tripped up on the facts while hammering President Obama on several familiar campaign issues.
Here's our roundup of Ryan speech fact checks.
In his speech accepting the vice presidential nomination, Paul Ryan blamed President Barack Obama for the failure of a presidentially appointed debt commission. But that ignored Ryan's own role.
As we await Rubio's remarks at the Republican National Convention, we review our fact-checks of the Florida senator.
We're fact-checking the second full night of speeches at the Republican National Convention.
PolitiFact New Jersey digs into two claims about the nation's health care system that Gov. Chris Christie made during his keynote speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.