PolitiFact's 5 most-viewed fact checks from January
The State of the Union address -- and Joni Ernst's Republican response -- were some of the biggest draws in January for PolitiFact readers.
Rand Paul's file
Republican from Kentucky
Rand Paul is a U.S. senator from Kentucky. A physician by trade, Paul defeated Democrat Jack Conway in 2010 for the seat formerly held by Sen. Jim Bunning.
Paul's statements by ruling
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- Mostly True7 (%)(7)
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Recent statements involving Rand Paul
25 percent is error, not fraud, rate
It's much, much less
The Ebola scare continues
But not your traditional origami
Correlation does not equal causation
Recent stories featuring Rand Paul
Rand Paul on 'walking, talking' children who end up with 'profound mental disorders after vaccines'
We take a look at the facts and evidence behind a recent statement by Sen. Rand Paul about children who "wound up with profound mental disorders" after vaccines.
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And the top-read Virginia Truth-O-Meter from 2014 is...
State Sen. George Barker's statement that uncompsensated care costs went down 30 percent in states that, unlike Virginia, expanded Medicaid. Here's our review of that claim and four others that generated the most interest in 2014.
Some politicians spoke the truth in 2014
We published lots of Falses and Pants on Fires this year, but here's a hat-tip to a sampling of claims that earned a full True rating.
Rand Paul on the Truth-O-Meter
We've recently fact-checked statements by or about Rand Paul, the Republican senator from Kentucky and a possible 2016 contender.
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