We do not dispute that precautions should be taken when mercury is released. But there’s a big difference between mercury beads spilling from a broken glass thermometer and the amount released from a shattered CFL light bulb. Marshall, in his statements, glosses over this key distinction.
Count Memphis's perennial 9th Congressional District Republican candidate, Charlotte Bergmann, among those Republicans targeting the Environmental Protection Agency for overreach in how it enforces of the nation's laws aimed at protecting the environment.
A statement on her website claims the EPA has been making arrests and cosing small businesses over what she characterizes as nonsense enforcement "to anyone but the EPA."
We thought we would take a closer look.
Super Tuesday, the multi-state primary day, is less than a month away. Ohio is one of the key states, so we're spotlighting statements from the GOP candidates.
Rick Santorum said recently that he warned in 2006 of a meltdown in the housing market. We took a look.
While unveiling his spending plan proposal for the next fiscal year, Gov. Christie repeated a few claims PolitiFact New Jersey previously put to the Truth-O-Meter.
Presidential hopeful from Texas says rival former senator from Pennsylvania doubled the size of the U.S. Education Department. No single lawmaker could do that, we figure. Besides, the department's budget did not double when Republicans dominated.
PolitiFact New Jersey debunked claims over the weekend from U.S. Rep. Steve Rothman and New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney
We celebrate with comments from readers and fellow citizens on our latest Truth-O-Meter rulings.
In honor of Washington’s Birthday, we’re throwing the spotlight on our current leader’s record for truth-telling. President Barack Obama, PolitiFact's most fact-checked politician, has faced the Truth-O-Meter more than 340 times.
In a much-aired advertisement, MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell forcefully says critics called the GI Bill welfare. That’s not quite so.
We delve into criticism that we missed the facts with our Mostly True rating on the claim that 98 percent of Catholic women have used contraception.
We fact-check two statistics from the governor's speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference last weekend.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce jumped into congressional races with a barrage of ads this month, focusing on the economy, jobs and taxes. But they all had issues with the truth.