Recent stories featuring Barack Obama

Obama announces support for gay marriage:

With the president's announcement, PolitiFact New Jersey revisits fact checks on gay marriage

The PolitiFact guide to Medicare attack lines:

Barack Obama has slashed Medicare by $500 billion. Mitt Romney and House Republicans want to end Medicare. And a new board is going to ration care so Washington can waste more money. 

Believe any of that? You shouldn’t. 

But it’s what the political ads likely will be saying between now and Election Day in November.

We have some advice for voters sorting out the claims: Believe nothing you hear in a 30-second TV ad.

Americans for Prosperity's traffic light claim:

Is stimulus money paying for traffic lights on Chinese streets?

That's a claim made by Americans for Prosperity in a TV ad running in Ohio and seven other states.

The ad blames President Barack Obama for sending stimulus money overseas while Americans are out of work. The claim about traffic lights is the third one we've checked out.
 

Fact-checking candidate Barack Obama:

With the GOP nomination battle settled, the general election campaign is well under way. Here, we take a look at recent fact-checks of statements by President Barack Obama and his campaign.

Barack Obama debuts stump speech:

President Barack Obama held his first official campaign rallies in Columbus, Ohio, and Richmond, Va., on Saturday. He repeated several claims that PolitiFact has rated before and made new ones that PolitiFact will rate in the coming weeks.