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$16 muffins — or incomplete invoices?

October 5, 2011

We examine the federal government's alleged purchase of $16 muffins. It's Mostly False.

Santorum links Perry, Obama and binational health insurance

October 5, 2011

At the last Republican presidential debate, Rick Santorum said Rick Perry talked about binational health insurance for Texas and Mexico in 2001 — and threw Barack Obama into his claim.

Did Perry advocate binational health plans?

Yes he Cain?

October 5, 2011

Who would have thought that presidential long shot Herman Cain would become the sweetheart of the Republican field?

On Friday, the Georgian appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Sunday, he was on ABC’s "This Week" with Christiane Amanpour. Monday he hobnobbed with developer Donald Trump. He even gabbed with the ladies of The View.  

His new memoir "This is Herman Cain! My Journey to the White House" cracked Amazon’s top 10 list.

This political Cinderella tale might not be a fantasy. A CBS poll released Tuesday shows Cain tied with front runner former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney for first place.  Support for the political newbie more than tripled to 17 percent of likely Republican voters in only two weeks. Other polls have also placed him at or near the top of the race. 

How Rick Scott counts to 700,000 jobs

October 5, 2011

Candidate Rick Scott offered one explanation of the 700,000 private-sector jobs he'd create. Now governor, Scott is saying something different. PolitiFact Florida analyzes his statements on the Flip-O-Meter

Put PolitiFact to work for you

October 4, 2011

Elections are coming Nov. 8. If you come across a political claim that raises your eyebrows, or sounds too good or too bad to be true, let us know. We’d be interested in researching it for you and putting it to the Truth-O-Meter.
 

Chris Christie versus the Truth-O-Meter

October 4, 2011

With Gov. Chris Christie's announcement that he would not run for president, PolitiFact New Jersey recaps the governor's history against the Truth-O-Meter.
 

David Dewhurst as chupacabra?

October 4, 2011

Likening David Dewhurst to the mythical chupacabra, Ted Cruz says the lieutenant governor skipped nine U.S. Senate forums after announcing his candidacy in July. Really?

A look at the Thompson file

October 4, 2011

Republican Tommy Thompson is making his U.S. Senate bid official -- even if it seems like he's been running for months.

Here's a look at how he has fared so far on the Truth-O-Meter.

PolitiFact News Service puts the Truth-O-Meter in print

October 4, 2011

We're launching a print syndication service that offers our fact-checking work to newspapers for their print editions.

Putting Chris Christie to the test on job creation

October 3, 2011

As Chris Christie ponders entering the Republican presidential race, his critics have already begun attacking his record in office. Here we take up two claims about job creation on his watch in New Jersey.

PolitiFact’s report card on Herman Cain

October 3, 2011

Herman Cain, the Republican presidential candidate who took issue this weekend with Rick Perry's trips to a hunting camp near a rock with a black slur on it, has been checked by PolitiFact 13 times.

Cain has earned two Mostly True ratings, three Half True, one Mostly False, five False and two Pants on Fires.

Putting Chris Christie to the test on job creation

October 3, 2011

As Chris Christie ponders entering the Republican presidential race, his critics have already begun attacking his record in office. Here we take up two claims about job creation on his watch in New Jersey.

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