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Rick Perry's False claim about prayer and Christmas

Rick Perry's False claim about prayer and Christmas

By Bill Adair • December 10, 2011
Is Jon Stewart right that Congress often worked on Christmas?

Is Jon Stewart right that Congress often worked on Christmas?

By Bill Adair • December 9, 2011
Polls close Friday for PolitiFact's Lie of the Year

Polls close Friday for PolitiFact's Lie of the Year

By Bill Adair • December 8, 2011
Checking Newt Gingrich's jabs about jobs

Checking Newt Gingrich's jabs about jobs

By Louis Jacobson • December 7, 2011
Fact-checking the Chamber of Commerce

Fact-checking the Chamber of Commerce

By Bill Adair • December 6, 2011
Finalists announced for 2011 Lie of the Year

Finalists announced for 2011 Lie of the Year

By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 2, 2011
Is Newt right? Food stamps can take you to Hawaii?

Is Newt right? Food stamps can take you to Hawaii?

By Louis Jacobson • December 1, 2011
Checking the RNC ad 'welcoming' Obama to Scranton

Checking the RNC ad 'welcoming' Obama to Scranton

By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2011
Checking more claims from the DNC ad that says Romney flip-flopped

Checking more claims from the DNC ad that says Romney flip-flopped

By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 28, 2011
Pat Boone earns his first Pants on Fire

Pat Boone earns his first Pants on Fire

By Sabrina Eaton • November 25, 2011
Fact-checking the CNN-think tank debate

Fact-checking the CNN-think tank debate

By Bill Adair • November 23, 2011
Checking Gingrich that Dodd-Frank is destroying community banks

Checking Gingrich that Dodd-Frank is destroying community banks

By Jon Greenberg • November 21, 2011
Did President Obama call Americans lazy?

Did President Obama call Americans lazy?

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 17, 2011
Fact-checking Solyndra

Fact-checking Solyndra

By Becky Bowers • November 17, 2011
Updating the Obameter

Updating the Obameter

By Martha M. Hamilton • November 16, 2011
Checking Ron Paul and Barack Obama on torture

Checking Ron Paul and Barack Obama on torture

By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2011
Will administrators soon outnumber professors?

Will administrators soon outnumber professors?

By Martha M. Hamilton • November 14, 2011
There's more to television than just debates

There's more to television than just debates

By Martha M. Hamilton • November 11, 2011
After the debate, fresh facts to check

After the debate, fresh facts to check

By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2011
Fact-checking the Republican debate in Michigan

Fact-checking the Republican debate in Michigan

By Becky Bowers • November 10, 2011