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In Context: ‘The private sector is doing fine’

June 8, 2012

Mitt Romney pounced on a comment that President Barack Obama made at a news conference that "the private sector is doing fine." Here's the statement in context.

PolitiFact: Double dipping in the local sheriff’s race

June 8, 2012

Former Pinellas sheriff Everett Rice is having to defend claims that he would become a double dipper.

Perry, Dewhurst and Barack Obama on the links

June 8, 2012

Rick Perry echoes a Dewhurst claim about Obama's golf outings.

No, that’s not what the Truth-O-Meter said

June 7, 2012

As the campaign heats up, candidates and political groups are incorrectly describing our ratings. We put their claims about the Truth-O-Meter to the Truth-O-Meter.

No, that’s not what the Truth-O-Meter said

June 7, 2012

As the campaign heats up, candidates and political groups are incorrectly describing our ratings. We put their claims about the Truth-O-Meter to the Truth-O-Meter.

Checking Florida voting claims

June 7, 2012

Recent attempts by Florida’s Republican leaders to eliminate election fraud have generated legal action, lots of disapproval from Democrats and lots of fact-check fodder.

Paul Krugman, Texas and Truth-O-Meter

June 7, 2012

Paul Krugman, in Austin to keynote an awards ceremony, is a Nobel-winning economist and columnist. He also has a mixed record, leaning to True, on the Truth-O-Meter.

In Context: Bill Clinton on extending tax cuts

June 6, 2012

The former president's comments about extending the Bush tax cuts have stirred up a fuss. Here's what he said, in context.

Low wattage claims

June 6, 2012

The House approved two amendments Tuesday night to repeal a Bush-era law on light bulbs  Here's a compilation of our many fact-checks on the light bulb law and what it would really do.

Romney, in Texas, and Obama job records

June 6, 2012

As presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney swung through Texas, PoiltiFact looked into claims by Romney and Barack Obama about creating jobs.

Bill Pascrell soundly defeats Steve Rothman in House primary

June 6, 2012

Pascrell beat Rothman by more than 20 points for the Democratic nomination in the 9th Congressional District

The battle over job growth in Massachusetts

June 5, 2012

The Obama and Romney campaigns have been sparring over the former Massachusetts' governor's job creation record. We sift through the data.

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