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Health care promises resolved

March 26, 2010

With the new health care reform bill now signed into law, we take a look at how that affects some of the key health care promises President Barack Obama made during the campaign.

Biggest tax increase or biggest tax cut?

March 25, 2010

We umpire the debate between pundit Joe Scarborough and Sen. Dick Durbin.

A new chapter begins on health care

March 24, 2010

No, the debate didn't end with Sunday's vote or Monday's signing ceremony. We keep putting the claims to the Truth-O-Meter.

Deciphering the Stupak executive order

March 23, 2010

We look into the executive order that the president said he will sign on abortion and health care.

Top 5 lies about health care

March 19, 2010

We look at five persistent talking points that don't have much to them.

Top 10 facts to know about health care reform

March 18, 2010

We boil down more than a year's worth of reporting and research to 10 important points.

Deem and pass explained

March 17, 2010

We delve into the arcane procedures that Congressional Democrats want to use for health care reform.

New health care attack ad sets the meter on fire

March 16, 2010

We debunk a misleading ad that claims health care reform means no more breast cancer screenings for women at risk.

Fact-checking the new Mitt Romney book “No Apology”

March 15, 2010

Republican Mitt Romney lays out his ideas for America in his new book. We check the facts.

Fox News pumps up the ‘Texas textbook war’

March 12, 2010

Coverage on the Fox News Channel says Texas officials are planning to eliminate references to Christmas and the Constitution from school textbooks. PolitiFact Texas finds the claim Pants-on-Fire wrong. 

Chain e-mail evolves to Facebook updates

March 11, 2010

We check out a chain Facebook status update on President Obama and whether he gave a puny raise to the military. PLEASE RE-POST THIS!!!

Parsing abortion in the health care bills

March 9, 2010

We continue our fact-checking on health care reform and abortion, this time looking at the latest versions of legislation.

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