PolitiFact Virginia Editor
Warren Fiske is the editor of PolitiFact Virginia.
The latest Truth-O-Meter items from Warren Fiske
Prince William County "has cut violent crime in half" since instituting a crackdown on illegal immigration.
George Allen and his colleagues in the Senate "turned the biggest surplus in the history of the United States into the biggest deficit in the history of the United States."
If Congress froze the current spending level and then cut it by 2 percent annually, "we could balance the budget in five years."
Says the Congressional Budget Office has estimated "every penny of the federal budget will go to interest on the debt and entitlement spending by 2025."
Says a bill requiring ultrasounds before abortions "was supported by Republicans and Democrats."
"Under President Obama, domestic oil production is at an eight-year high."
"On most things except witch trials, Virginia will always have been first."
Recent stories from Warren Fiske
Hits and misses at the final GOP debateThe four candidates in the June 12 primary squared off in Falls Church on Friday night. We checked a few of their claims.
Fact-checking the new Crossroads GPS adPresident Obama pledged to cut the deficit in half in February 2009, when it stood at $1.3 trillion. Today, the deficit is estimated at almost $1.2 trillion.
Fact-checking the GOP Senate debateThe four Republican candidates squared off for the first time in Roanoke. We put some of their claims to the Truth-O-Meter. More from PolitiFact Virginia: *In Context: McDonnell denies his impending ad campaign *Ad Watch: Obama lauds his energy record *Ad Watch: American Energy Alliance blames Obama for gas prices
In Context: McDonnell denies his impending ad campaign"Well, you know you can't believe everything you read in the papers," McDonnell said on MSNBC when asked about a report in The Washington Post that he planned to run TV ads in Virginia lauding his economic record.
Ad Watch: Obama lauds his energy recordDomestic oil production has increased during President Obama's term. But much of the gain comes from drilling on private lands that the president does not control. More from PolitiFact Virginia: *Ad Watch: American Energy Alliance blames Obama for high gas prices *On health care reform: What does the public want?
Ad Watch: American Energy Alliance blames Obama for gas pricesSteven Chu did call for boosting U.S. gas prices to "the levels in Europe." But this happened before he became energy secretary, when Barack Obama was campaigning for president. Chu had no ties to Obama at the time.
On health care reform: What does the public want?Polls show heavy majorities want the U.S. Supreme Court to strike all or part of the health care reform law. But the same surveys also show most of the public hopes the court will either uphold the law or everything in it except the mandate that Americans have health insurance coverage.
Contrary to reports, Virginia's student-to-teacher ratios are stablePolitiFact looked into the numbers and concluded that those who have used them should not be subjected to our Truth-O-Meter. They were relying on data that had been incorrectly reported to the federal government by the state education department, according to Charles Pyle, a department spokesman.
'Breakfast with the devil' story leaves no crumbsCrockett-Stark said a constituent, who is 82, awoke at 2 a.m. to the sound of someone breaking of a window at the funeral home where she lived. The woman, a sharpshooter, pulled a pistol and confronted the intruder as he was coming in the window. "So she grabs him up. She puts the pistol under his chin. She said ‘do you want to eat breakfast with the devil?’" Crockett-Stark said.
On Bob Marshall and light bulbsWe do not dispute that precautions should be taken when mercury is released. But there’s a big difference between mercury beads spilling from a broken glass thermometer and the amount released from a shattered CFL light bulb. Marshall, in his statements, glosses over this key distinction.
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