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Now on YouTube: Our Guide to Fact-Checking

June 29, 2009

PolitiFact's video is part of the new YouTube Reporters' Center, a collection of how-to guides for journalists.

Bachmann earns two more Pants on Fires

June 26, 2009

Since January, the Minnesota congresswoman is 0 for 5 on our Truth-O-Meter. Her latest ratings involve two ridiculously false statements about the Census.

Your guide to the cap-and-trade estimates

June 25, 2009

As Congress considers a cap-and-trade plan, supporters and opponents are citing a dizzying array of cost estimates. We delve into the numbers to see what they really say.

Keith Olbermann and the ‘top secret’ Tweet

June 24, 2009

Political commentator Keith Olbermann says Rep. Pete Hoekstra's Tweets blew the cover on a "top-secret mission to Iraq." He Tweeted all right. But was the mission top secret?

Does the war bill shortchange the war?

June 23, 2009

A Georgia congressman contends the war spending bill has more for the IMF than for the wars. We investigate.

Hannity junkyard scheme is a clunker

June 22, 2009

Sean Hannity says it's possible to game the system with the used car program. We examine the facts to see if it's possible.

Mailbag: The ‘Cars, SARS, and Bars Czar’

June 19, 2009

Readers let us know what they think about our latest Truth-O-Meter rulings and give us a few ideas to improve our meters. One suggests a new ruling on the Obameter: Atoned.

Counting the departures from Gitmo

June 18, 2009

Rep. Steny Hoyer says 500 detainees were released from the detention center under President Bush. He's right about the number, but we have a quibble with his wording.

More Peace Corps?

June 17, 2009

Obama's budget doesn't reflect his promise to double the Peace Corps. But Corps supporters are hopeful Congress will increase funding anyway.

Pumping up the polls for Obama

June 16, 2009

A new ad for Obama's health care plan says 62 percent support a public plan, but that's not the case.

Obama silent on Defense of Marriage Act

June 15, 2009

Gay rights groups say the effort to repeal the law has stalled and they're unhappy the Obama administration is defending the law in court.

The Czar Administration

June 12, 2009

Sen. John McCain contends President Barack Obama has more czars than the Romanovs did in Russia. We take a stab at counting the Obama czars and then dig into the history books to see if McCain is right.

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