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Stimulus still paying for Obama’s promises

The economic stimulus remains a lightning rod for Republican attacks, but it keeps paying dividends for the president.

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Winner announced in predict-our-10,000th contest

We invited readers to predict our 10,000th Truth-O-Meter item. The winning entries featured Donald Trump and (President) Ron Paul.

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In Context: Romney aide’s comments on the Etch A Sketch

Romney aide Eric Fehrnstrom stirred up a fuss with his Etch A Sketch metaphor about the campaign strategy for the general election. Here's the full exchange from his comments on CNN's Starting Point with Soledad O'Brien.

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Fact-checking the Obama campaign film

The Obama campaign has released The Road We've Traveled, a 17-minute film directed by Davis Guggenheim that includes many claims about the president's accomplishments. Over the next few days, we'll be putting the film to the Truth-O-Meter.

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Hey, Super Tuesday states! Send us your suggestions!

If you live in a Super Tuesday state, send us examples of campaign ads, mailings or robocalls that you think we should fact-check.

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In Context: Santorum on church and state

In an interview on ABC's This Week, the former senator explained his disagreement with John F. Kennedy's 1960 speech about religion.

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A contest for our 5,000th: Predict our 10,000th

We've hit a milestone -- our 5,000th Truth-O-Meter fact-check. We're having a contest for the most creative predictions of our 10,000th. Winners get PolitiFact merchandise!

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5,000!

We've reached a milestone: our 5,000th Truth-O-Meter article! To celebrate, we're reviewing our most popular fact-checks of the past five years and the share of True, False and Pants on Fires.

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Fact-checking the Arizona presidential debate

The 20th episode of our favorite show had some familiar claims and some new ones. We put them to the Truth-O-Meter.

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