Latest Stories By Louis Jacobson

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Did Obama, Gingrich flip-flop on Libya?

We put President Barack Obama and one of his potential challengers in 2012, Newt Gingrich, to the Flip-O-Meter to gauge the consistency of their views on military action in Libya.

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Have U.S. troops ever been under foreign control?

On Sean Hannity's show, Karl Rove said it had never happened. But we uncovered lots of examples over the last century, starting with the Boxer Rebellion.

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GOP moving the needle on Pledge-O-Meter

Rules changes instituted by Republicans when they took control of Congress in January were one thing. How have they played out?

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Did Obama, Gingrich Flip-Flop on Libya?

We put President Barack Obama and one of his potential challengers in 2012, Newt Gingrich, to the Flip-O-Meter to gauge the consistency of their views on military action in Libya.

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Arab alliance against Gadhafi: How unusual?

As airstrikes target Libya, we look at how rare it is for Arab nations to join an alliance against a fellow Arab leader.

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Checking on the GOP’s constitutional promise

In a nod to Tea Party supporters, House Republican leaders promised to require constitutional justifications with every bill. We check to see if the promise has been kept.

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The Truth-O-Meter on Huckabee’s claims about single mothers

The former Arkansas governor says it's a "statistical reality that most single moms are very poor, under-educated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death." We check the facts.

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Bachmann’s $105 billion charge: Was the funding secret?

Tea Party favorite Michele Bachmann made a startling charge on "Meet the Press" -- that the Democratic-backed health care law included $105 billion in "secret" spending. Was she right?

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When should Supreme Court justices recuse themselves?

Rep. Anthony Weiner and Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly jousted whether Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas should recuse himself from a case on the health care law. We talk with experts to get the facts.

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Chain e-mail on Gabrielle Giffords doesn’t hold up

Did she really say that the military should stab or club the enemy "in order to minimize the carbon output"? Only in a satirist's mind.

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Let the budget battling begin

The release of President Barack Obama's proposed budget this week has kicked off a back-and-forth over fiscal policy. We start by looking at a claim by the president that  within a couple years, the U.S. will "not be adding more to the national debt."

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Fact-checking Doonesbury

In Sunday's strip, Mark Slackmeyer made a claim about gun deaths. We put it to the Truth-O-Meter.

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