Latest Stories By Louis Jacobson

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PolitiFact fact-checks the Jan. 24 shows

Meet the Press host Chuck Todd grills Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders about their chances in the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 1.

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Fact-checking the Jan. 17 news shows

On the Sunday shows, presidential candidates reacted with vehemence to the weekend's news of Iran releasing American hostages as the two countries implemented a major nuclear agreement.

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Fact-checking Barack Obama’s 2016 State of the Union address

We review several of Obama's claims from his seventh and final State of the Union address, as well as Gov. Nikki Haley's Republican response.

 

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New video or not, Clinton claim about ISIS using Trump in video is still False

With the emergence of a new terrorist-recruiting video featuring Donald Trump, many readers urged us to change our rating of a Hillary Clinton claim that we had rated False. But we are sticking with False.

 
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Donald Trump responds to Lie of the Year, says he’s ‘been proven right’

Hours after seeing his campaign statements named the 2015 Lie of the Year, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump took aim at PolitiFact, calling us a "totally left-wing group."

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Why Trump’s Muslim ban isn’t like Jimmy Carter’s actions on Iranians

Contrary to some opinion-writers, Jimmy Carter's actions during the Iran hostage crisis have some significant differences with what Donald Trump is proposing.

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