Staff Writer, PolitiFact.com
Angie Drobnic Holan is a staff writer and researcher for PolitiFact.com. She has worked as a researcher at the St. Petersburg Times since 2005, and she holds a master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She is finishing a masters of library and information science at the University of South Florida. She previously was a news researcher at The Tampa Tribune and a business reporter at the Mobile (Ala.) Press-Register.
The latest Truth-O-Meter items from Angie Drobnic Holan
Health care reform "would bring down the deficit by as much as $1 trillion over the next two decades."
Obama came into office "with a $1.3 trillion deficit before I had passed any law. ... We came in with $8 trillion worth of debt over the next decade."
The president's health care proposals will cause "most Americans to have their premiums increased, not decreased, and hundreds of millions of people lose their current insurance coverage."
"For the first time in history, my administration posts our White House visitors online."
"With a stroke of a pen, the (U.S. Supreme Court) decided to overrule the 100-year-old ban on corporate expenditures."
When Obama was interviewed by American reporters in Asia, "Not one of them asked me about Asia. Not one of them asked me about the economy."
"In the past year, more than 20 percent of Americans have changed their mind about the war in Afghanistan. They conclude we shouldn't be there."
Recent stories from Angie Drobnic Holan
The Obameter moves in both directionsWith Obama now pursuing a tax credit for companies that add jobs, we change Promise No. 505 from Broken to In the Works.
Will health care reform knock $1 trillion off deficit?President Obama claimed health care reform could reduce the federal deficit by as much as $1 trillion over 20 years. We find the number is based on some shaky long-term estimates.
Fact-checking Obama and Republicans at GOP retreatAt a Republican retreat, the president says he'd like to see "any independent fact-checker out there" examine claims by the GOP and himself. We accept the challenge.
A year later, still plenty of partisanshipObama promised to "turn the page on the ugly partisanship" of Washington. But after a year in office, it's still ugly.
Rating Obama's promises at the 1-year markOne year into the Obama presidency, we explore how his campaign promises have fared on our Obameter.
The Truth-O-Meter and the health care debate of 2009When it came to statements on health care, the Truth-O-Meter found lots of distortions.
Mailbag: Lie of the Year editionWe review the write-in votes from our Lie of the Year survey. We get an earful.
PolitiFact's Lie of the Year: 'Death panels'Sarah Palin's claim about the health care bill is the top choice of PolitiFact editors -- and readers.
And the runners-up ...Sarah Palin's "death panels" is the Lie of the Year. Here are the runners-up.
The winter of discontent for Obama's poll numbersConservative pundit Karl Rove says Obama's approval numbers are at a record low. The historic record supports that.
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