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Fact-checking Florida's special election for the U.S. House

Fact-checking Florida's special election for the U.S. House

By Joshua Gillin • March 10, 2014
Fact-checking the March 9 news shows

Fact-checking the March 9 news shows

By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 9, 2014
Deep mysteries of the Medicaid expansion

Deep mysteries of the Medicaid expansion

By Steve Contorno • March 7, 2014
A fact-checker’s guide to the events in Ukraine

A fact-checker’s guide to the events in Ukraine

By Aaron Sharockman • March 5, 2014
PolitiFact’s Top 5 reports for February

PolitiFact’s Top 5 reports for February

By Steve Contorno • March 5, 2014
PolitiFact Texas fact-checks the Texas primary contests

PolitiFact Texas fact-checks the Texas primary contests

By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 3, 2014
Ukraine the talk of the Sunday news shows

Ukraine the talk of the Sunday news shows

By Aaron Sharockman • March 2, 2014
GOP reacts to Ted Nugent comments

GOP reacts to Ted Nugent comments

By Jon Greenberg • February 28, 2014
Debt vs. deficit: What’s the difference?

Debt vs. deficit: What’s the difference?

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 27, 2014
Advocacy group stirs Michigan senate race with ad featuring leukemia patient

Advocacy group stirs Michigan senate race with ad featuring leukemia patient

By Steve Contorno • February 26, 2014
PolitiFact Wisconsin looks at 5 key pieces of Scott Walker's record

PolitiFact Wisconsin looks at 5 key pieces of Scott Walker's record

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 25, 2014
PunditFact fact-checks the Feb. 23 news shows

PunditFact fact-checks the Feb. 23 news shows

By Aaron Sharockman • February 23, 2014
2014 campaign rhetoric is off and running

2014 campaign rhetoric is off and running

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 21, 2014
Mailbag: 'You guys are really being finicky'

Mailbag: 'You guys are really being finicky'

By Louis Jacobson • February 20, 2014
Taking a break for the PolitiFact Palooza

Taking a break for the PolitiFact Palooza

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 17, 2014
PunditFact fact-checks the Sunday Feb. 16 news shows

PunditFact fact-checks the Sunday Feb. 16 news shows

By Aaron Sharockman • February 16, 2014
Attack ad on Obamacare revives talking points old and new

Attack ad on Obamacare revives talking points old and new

By Steve Contorno • February 14, 2014
Does an Americans for Prosperity ad about a woman with lupus tell the whole story?

Does an Americans for Prosperity ad about a woman with lupus tell the whole story?

By Steve Contorno • February 13, 2014
The federal health care law and volunteer firefighters

The federal health care law and volunteer firefighters

By Steve Contorno • February 11, 2014
Fact-checking the Sunday Feb. 9 news shows

Fact-checking the Sunday Feb. 9 news shows

By Aaron Sharockman • February 9, 2014