Molly MoorheadStaff Writer
Molly Moorhead is a staff writer with PolitiFact and the Tampa Bay Times.
The latest Truth-O-Meter items from Molly Moorhead
Says Kelly Ayotte voted to "fix background checks."
"We are dealing with an administration that, quite frankly, has shown a reluctance to enforce the immigration law."
"Why is President Obama unnecessarily delaying your flight? FAA could cut other spending."
The Manchin-Toomey amendment "would have criminalized certain private transfers of firearms between honest citizens, requiring lifelong friends, neighbors and some family members" to get government approval.
The immigration proposal from the Gang of Eight "is not amnesty."
Air travelers "can’t get on a plane in the United States without someone doing a background check" on them.
A new law "requires the USDA to approve the harvest and sale of crops from genetically modified seed even if a court has ruled against the crop as being dangerous to public safety or the environment."
The national debt is "larger than our entire annual economy."
"If you go back to 1999, Wayne LaPierre testified on behalf of the NRA that background checks were appropriate and should be done."
Recent stories from Molly Moorhead
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.
TV ad uses gun votes as ammunitionMarco Rubio's political action committee launches a TV ad defending Kelly Ayotte's votes on gun background checks. We check the accuracy.
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.
The Senate takes up immigrationSenators begin marking up proposed immigration legislation. We cut through what's true and what's not in the debate.
The Senate takes up immigrationSenators begin marking up proposed immigration legislation. We cut through what's true and what's not in the debate.
A summary of the Manchin-Toomey gun proposalSen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said he intends to pursue gun legislation that would have passed the first time if people had simply read the amendment. So what exactly does it say?
Special report: Examining the state of gun researchFirearms research has been a battleground for advocacy groups for nearly 20 years, complicating fact-checking and making basic data on guns and gun violence hard to come by. The scarcity of gun research, though, may be coming to an end.
Special report: Examining the state of gun researchFirearms research has been a battleground for advocacy groups for nearly 20 years, complicating fact-checking and making basic data on guns and gun violence hard to come by. The scarcity of gun research, though, may be coming to an end.
Fact-checking reactions to gun proposal's failureThe Senate voted Wednesday against an amendment to expand background checks. Supporters were crushed; opponents satisfied. We put their reactions to the Truth-O-Meter.
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