Fact-checking Solyndra
If you're interested in the Solyndra story, take a look at these fact checks.
If you're interested in the Solyndra story, take a look at these fact checks.
Readers weighed in after we reviewed a statement from Sen. Rob Portman on the costs of Medicare.
Portman had described the program as unsustainable, and said a couple retiring today will get $3 in benefits for every $1 they paid into the program.
That sparked a number of questions. Here's some answers.
Truth-O-Meter covers the full rulings spectrum with a False and True for 2 GOP lawmakers.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says community banks "are being destroyed" by the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul bill passed by Congress in 2010. We check the facts.
Readers are frequently very good writers--so good, it hurts.
We’re shaking out the mailbag again.
A new 30-second television ad by Texas Gov. Rick Perry makes that claim, and we inspect.
A new 30-second television ad by Texas Gov. Rick Perry makes that claim, and we inspect.
The company's unique solar cells once attracted private investors. Now taxpayers could lose millions. We check the facts.
The company's unique solar cells once attracted private investors. Now taxpayers could lose millions. We check the facts.
As the debate over Rhode Island’s pension crisis intensified in recent months, PolitiFact Rhode Island was paying close attention to what public figures were saying about it. More often than not, we found misstatements, misinterpretations and outright falsehoods.
We examined 11 statements related to pensions, dating to August 2010. The Truth-O-Meter scorecard: one True, one Mostly True, two Half True, three Mostly Falses and four Falses.
As a service for readers –– and the legislators who will vote on the pension overhaul legislation Thursday –– we’ve assembled all our pension-related rulings. Here’s what you need to know about COLAs, hybrid plans, annuity charts, life expectancy and more.
Assemblyman John Wisniewski, chairman of the New Jersey Democratic Party, wrote a letter to The Star-Ledger, taking "vehement exception" to PolitiFact New Jersey's "False" ruling on his comments about Gov. Chris Christie
Anticipating a new round of promises in next year's presidential election, we're updating the Obameter, our award-winning feature that tracks President Obama's campaign promises.