Deputy PolitiFact editor; PolitiFact Florida editor
Angie Drobnic Holan is deputy editor of PolitiFact and the editor of PolitiFact Florida. She previously was a reporter and researcher and was a member of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the 2008 election. She has been with the Tampa Bay Times since 2005.
The latest Truth-O-Meter items from Angie Drobnic Holan
"We have a tax code that allows groups to use their political operations within the tax code, under the guise of a charity, to use undisclosed millions of dollars to do political campaigns."
The IRS is going to be "in charge" of "a huge national database" on health care that will include Americans’ "personal, intimate, most close-to-the-vest-secrets."
The IRS is "going to be in charge of our health care."
"The IRS will have the ability potentially" to deny or delay health care.
"The Affordable Care Act is bringing the cost of health care in our country down."
"We had people that were getting killed (in Benghazi), we had people who are willing to risk their lives to go save them, and somebody told them to stand down."
"Over the last several months, there was a review board headed by two distinguished Americans, Mike Mullen and Tom Pickering, who investigated every element of" the Benghazi incident.
When Susan Rice spoke about Benghazi on Sunday news shows, she said "that al-Qaida might be involved, or other al-Qaida affiliates might be involved, or non-al-Qaida Libyan extremists, which I think demonstrates that there was no effort to play that down."
"70,000 three-year-olds and four-year-olds across America will lose access to the preschool Head Start program. ... 2,000 in the state of Florida alone."
"In 2010, everybody said you can't dare let guns go into the national parks, and of course the rapes, murders, robberies and assaults are down about 85 percent since we did that."
Recent stories from Angie Drobnic Holan
As the IRS sits in the hot seat, we check tax factsWe looked at two claims -- one by a Republican lawmaker, one by a Democratic lawmaker -- that go to the heart of whether the IRS is too fearsome, or not doing enough.
Fact-checking Michele Bachmann on the IRS and the health care lawBachmann's statements get a Mostly False, a False and a Pants on Fire!
Mailbag, Facebook edition: 'Stick to the definition of investigation'Readers sound off on our latest checks about discrimination protection for gay people, the attacks in Benghazi, court-martialing Christian soldiers, and categorizing injury by turkey.
Fact-checking claims about the attacks in BenghaziThe deaths of four Americans at a diplomatic outpost in Libya have fueled a war of words between Republicans in Congress and President Barack Obama. We compare the rhetoric with the facts.
Fact-checking more claims about the sequesterBroad-based cuts to the federal budget are starting to have an impact on states and cities. We look at our latest round of fact-checks on the cuts known as sequestration.
Fact-checking more claims about the sequesterBroad-based cuts to the federal budget are starting to have an impact on states and cities. We look at our latest round of fact-checks on the cuts known as sequestration.
Looking for the truth on attacks in BenghaziWith some information still classified, we look at some basic facts of Sept. 11, 2012, and this week’s congressional testimony.
Did crime plummet after U.S. let guns into national parks?We debunk the claim that rapes, murders, robberies and assaults dropped 85 percent after guns were allowed in the national parks.
The Senate takes up immigrationSenators begin marking up proposed immigration legislation. We cut through what's true and what's not in the debate.
PolitiFact Florida wins Green Eyeshade Award for online politics reportingThe winning entry included fact-checks of the 2012 U.S. Senate race and Florida's state government.
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