Ron Paul’s convention
Who needs a convention? Ron Paul did fine without, touching off waves of we're-with-ya chants in his Sunday speech to supporters -- also touching on two claims we’ve previously checked.
Who needs a convention? Ron Paul did fine without, touching off waves of we're-with-ya chants in his Sunday speech to supporters -- also touching on two claims we’ve previously checked.
PolitiFact and PolitiFact Georgia will be using the Truth-O-Meter to rate statements made by politicians and power brokers at the Republican and Democratic conventions. To kick off the GOP convention, we review the "GOP Pledge-O-Meter," which tracks promises made by Republicans during the 2010 midterm election cycle.
Has a "Jersey comeback" really begun? Gov. Chris Christie says he won't utter those words in his keynote address, but the governor will nonetheless tout his record in the state, including his stewardship of the economy. Here's a scorecard with just the facts.
On the eve of the Republican National Convention, we check in on the House GOP and their 2010 campaign promises.
There's a lot of claims going around about Medicare on the campaign trail. We sort out the truth.
Democrats have deployed this modified attack line in congressional races around the country. But is it more accurate?
The Obama and Romney campaigns are engaged in a fierce battle of connect the dots.
Faced with incomplete and sometimes skimpy details to attack their opponents, the campaigns are making some overly generous assumptions and -- sometimes -- drawing some wildly inaccurate conclusions.
Here are some of our recent fact-checks on campaign ads that try to connect the dots:
Texas U.S. Rep. John Carter lofted a flawed claim about a federal board intruding between you and your doctor.
Our new app, underwritten by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, will help you resolve dinner-table disputes and test your knowledge of the facts in American politics. It's available now for iPhones and Android devices.
PolitiFact New Jersey recaps our weekend fact-checks on Gov. Chris Christie and the National Republican Congressional Committee
On "The Today Show," we discussed recent campaign ads from Mitt Romney and Barack Obama.
Seems like just yesterday that the big Republican talking point was that Obamacare cuts $500 billion from Medicare. Now, it's $700 billion.
That's the number -- $716 billion to be precise -- that's gotten tossed around this week.