Top 10 PolitiFact checks of claims by, and about, Barack Obama as he hies to Texas

What better way to welcome Obama to Central Texas than walking through the most popular PolitiFact fact checks of, or about, him this year--plus they include a 2012 check of Romney.

By W. Gardner Selby :: Published on Wednesday, May 8th, 2013 at 06:00 a.m.

Fact-checking claims on guns and gun violence

When it comes to guns and gun violence, the rhetoric includes both fact and fiction.

By Becky Bowers :: Published on Thursday, January 24th, 2013 at 12:07 p.m.

PolitiFact's oddest fact-checks of 2012

The Truth-O-Meter has a sense of humor (we swear) so we occasionally do light-hearted or downright odd fact-checks. Here are some of the more unusual fact-checks we did in 2012.

By Bill Adair, Becky Bowers :: Published on Wednesday, December 26th, 2012 at 06:00 a.m.

Fact-checks on gun control and gun violence

The shooting in Newtown, Conn., that killed 26 people has reopened a national debate about gun control. As it unfolds, you might hear some familiar claims. Here's our roundup.

By Becky Bowers :: Published on Thursday, December 20th, 2012 at 12:13 p.m.

Fact-checks on gun control and gun violence

The shooting in Newtown, Conn., that killed 26 people has reopened a national debate about gun control. As it unfolds, you might hear some familiar claims. Here's our roundup.

By Becky Bowers :: Published on Wednesday, December 19th, 2012 at 05:19 p.m.

How does U.S. gun violence compare?

In the wake of the Aurora shootings, we fact-check some claims about gun violence in the United States.

By Louis Jacobson :: Published on Monday, July 23rd, 2012 at 05:22 p.m.

Stretching the truth (again!) on health care

We put new claims about the health care law to the Truth-O-Meter and find more exaggerations and falsehoods.

By Bill Adair :: Published on Monday, July 9th, 2012 at 04:20 p.m.

'Illegal Alien Facts' vs. the Truth-O-Meter

A widely circulated Facebook post makes some claims about illegal immigrants. We put several of them to the Truth-O-Meter.  

By Louis Jacobson :: Published on Wednesday, June 20th, 2012 at 05:40 p.m.

Michigan lawmaker sparks furor with one word: vagina

The word is rarely used in legislative discourse. Now it's what everybody's talking about.

By Molly Moorhead :: Published on Tuesday, June 19th, 2012 at 05:38 p.m.

Lots of heat (and some light) on Obama's spending

Our fact-check on a Facebook claim that President Barack Obama isn't as big a spender as many people think drew lots of support from Obama backers and a barrage of criticism from opponents. We recap the debate.

By Louis Jacobson :: Published on Friday, May 25th, 2012 at 10:51 a.m.

Pants on Fire, Half True rulings issued on weekend Truth-O-Meter claims

Claims about a gas boycott, impact of no income tax on job growth reviewed.

By Caryn Shinske :: Published on Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 at 07:30 a.m.

A Facebook post with data too good to check

An Internet post claims that Republicans in Congress have offered "zero" bills on "job creation." But as it turns out, that's because the non-partisan congressional office that labels bills isn't using a category called "job creation."

By Louis Jacobson :: Published on Tuesday, October 25th, 2011 at 11:47 a.m.