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McCain’s drilling won’t dent gas prices

June 19, 2008

McCain cites today's high gas prices in his pitch for more offshore drilling. But even experts who support the drilling say it won't reduce prices any time soon.

Is Obama a liberal?

June 16, 2008

McCain and other Republicans cite a National Journal rating to claim that Obama is the Senate's No. 1 liberal. But other measurements tell a different story.

Obama’s birth certificate (Really!)

June 13, 2008

For months we've been asking for a birth certificate to sort out rumors about Obama's real name. Confirmed by the state of Hawaii, here it is.

You call that a tax increase?

June 11, 2008

Taxes are scheduled to go up in 2011 when the Bush tax cuts expire. If the next president lets that happen, is he raising taxes?

E-mails twist context of Obama’s memoir

June 10, 2008

Anonymous e-mailers make hay, getting quotes wrong or out of context. We give you the skinny in case Dreams from My Father isn't in your beach bag.

Rate the Truth-O-Meter

June 10, 2008

This week, PolitiFact is featured on NewsTrust, a Web site that allows you to rate news coverage.

McCain’s nuclear argument

June 9, 2008

Sen. John McCain is a staunch proponent of nuclear power, saying it's key to reducing America's dependence on foreign oil and fossil fuels.

With friends like these…..

June 5, 2008

Fidel Castro tempered his criticism of Sen. Barack Obama with a few kind words, which thrilled Florida Republicans a bit too much.

Escaping Bush’s gravitational pull

June 4, 2008

An unpopular president and two candidates from the Senate create a host of strange-bedfellow problems in this presidential race.

Clinton vs. the Truth-O-Meter

June 3, 2008

In this column, PolitiFact editor Bill Adair traces the Clinton campaign through our Truth-O-Meter rulings. The turning point was Bosnia.

Obama skips public financing

June 1, 2008

Obama once said his contributor network was akin to public financing. We said....

Digging up dirt on Michelle Obama

May 30, 2008

E-mailers go after Sen. Barack Obama by digging into his wife's college years. They take Michelle Obama's senior thesis and add their own fabrication.

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