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Fact-checking Hillary Clinton’s ‘dead broke’ comment and her new memoir

June 11, 2014

So far, the rollout of Hillary Clinton's new book has proven more controversial than the book itself, as she's drawn criticism for saying her family left the White House in 2001 "dead broke." PolitiFact looked into that claim.

Fact-checking Hillary Clinton’s ‘dead broke’ comment and her book

June 10, 2014

So far, the rollout of Hillary Clinton's new book has proven more controversial than the book itself, as she's drawn criticism for saying her family left the White House in 2001 "dead broke." We fact-checked that claim.

Will the U.S. have to close Guantanamo once the Afghanistan War is over?

June 6, 2014

There's good reason to believe that Guantanamo will remain open past the end of hostilities in Afghanistan. But beyond that, much about international law's impact on the prison camp is murky.

Did Bergdahl serve the U.S. ‘with honor and distinction’?

June 4, 2014

On ABC's This Week, National Security Adviser Susan Rice said that former Taliban captive Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl "served the United States with honor and distinction," a remark that drew criticism from fellow soldiers who faulted the circumstances of his disappearance. Is Rice's accolade valid?

Our top 5 fact-check reports for May 2014

June 3, 2014

Fact-checks about Benghazi, taxes, Obamacare and the economy got the most eyeballs last month.

PunditFact fact-checks claims about VA wait lists

May 23, 2014

Allegations of secret wait lists for veterans seeking care at VA facilities has got the pundits talking. In some cases, their points don't match up with the facts.

Fact-checking claims about the VA wait lists

May 21, 2014

Allegations about secret wait lists and delays for veterans seeking care at VA facilities around the country have begun to reverberate in Washington.

GOP candidates battle for Senate nod in North Carolina

May 5, 2014

The Republican primary to take on Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., is taking place Tuesday. Here's a rundown of our fact-checking of the high-profile, high-dollar race.

Mailbag: ‘Everyone fails this fact-check’

April 17, 2014

It's time again to look at what readers have been saying, good and bad, about our recent fact-checks.

Mailbag: ‘You guys are really being finicky’

February 20, 2014

Another in our regular installment of reader feedback in all its glory.

Sorting out the numbers on jobs, workers and the federal health care law

February 5, 2014

A report from the widely respected Congressional Budget Office has stoked debate about how the federal health care law will affect the workforce.

On eve of the State of the Union address, a look at income inequality

January 28, 2014

Income inequality is an issue that PolitiFact has analyzed frequently since we started fact-checking political claims in 2007. So as President Barack Obama prepares to focus on income inequality in the State of the Union address, we thought it was a good time to review some of these claims, from both sides.

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