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Fact-checking Obama and Republicans at GOP retreat

January 29, 2010

At a Republican retreat, the president says he'd like to see "any independent fact-checker out there" examine claims by the GOP and himself. We accept the challenge.

Checking the GOP response to the State of the Union

January 28, 2010

Republicans offered some rebuttals to President Obama's State of the Union address. We check their facts.

Fact-checking Obama’s State of the Union speech

January 28, 2010

President Barack Obama delivers his first State of the Union address, and the Republicans deliver a rebuttal. We check the facts.

Obama overstates impact of Supreme Court decision

January 26, 2010

The president says the decision allows foreign corporations to spend unlimited amounts in U.S. political efforts. But the court didn't say that.

Tweets from the right: GOP leads in social media

January 25, 2010

We find John Boehner is right: In the House, Republicans have the lead on Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.

More filibusters, yes, but not as many as Biden says

January 22, 2010

The vice president overstates how often filibusters are used.

A chain e-mail that keeps going and going

January 21, 2010

A chain e-mail written by a former attorney challenges the constitutionality of Democratic health care bills. We explore the arguments and debunk a couple of its claims.

A year later, still plenty of partisanship

January 19, 2010

Obama promised to "turn the page on the ugly partisanship" of Washington. But after a year in office, it's still ugly.

President Obama vs. the Truth-O-Meter

January 18, 2010

We examine how the new president has fared on the Truth-O-Meter in his first year in office.

Rating Obama’s promises at the 1-year mark

January 15, 2010

One year into the Obama presidency, we explore how his campaign promises have fared on our Obameter.

Announcing PolitiFact Texas!

January 13, 2010

We launch our first state site in a partnership with the Austin American-Statesman.

A Promise Broken on a budget offset

January 12, 2010

Candidate Obama promised to offset the cost of his national service plan with tax law changes and savings from the Iraq war. But he hasn't done so.

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