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Fact-checking attacks on Common Core school standards

Fact-checking attacks on Common Core school standards

By Cara Fitzpatrick • October 21, 2013
Mailbag: 'You are a joke, and your operation is a sham'

Mailbag: 'You are a joke, and your operation is a sham'

By Louis Jacobson • October 18, 2013
Fact-checking Ted Cruz

Fact-checking Ted Cruz

By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 17, 2013
Political parties play games with votes during government shutdown

Political parties play games with votes during government shutdown

By Jon Greenberg • October 16, 2013
Does raising the debt ceiling "increase our debt"?

Does raising the debt ceiling "increase our debt"?

By Louis Jacobson • October 14, 2013
Ten questions about the debt ceiling

Ten questions about the debt ceiling

By Louis Jacobson • October 13, 2013
Coming soon: We aim our fact-checking at the pundits

Coming soon: We aim our fact-checking at the pundits

By Neil Brown • October 10, 2013
PolitiFact to launch PunditFact, checking pundits and media figures

PolitiFact to launch PunditFact, checking pundits and media figures

By Amy Hollyfield • October 10, 2013
Tom Cotton on the Truth-O-Meter

Tom Cotton on the Truth-O-Meter

By Jon Greenberg • October 10, 2013
The politics of pot

The politics of pot

By Rochelle Koff • October 9, 2013
Shutdown myths find home on social media

Shutdown myths find home on social media

By Jon Greenberg • October 7, 2013
Viral Facebook post says Obamacare fines to be seized from bank accounts

Viral Facebook post says Obamacare fines to be seized from bank accounts

By Lilly Maier • October 7, 2013
Top claims about the federal government shutdown

Top claims about the federal government shutdown

By Amy Sherman • October 4, 2013
10 things Obamacare supporters say that aren’t entirely true

10 things Obamacare supporters say that aren’t entirely true

By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 2, 2013
A fact-checker's nightmare: Shutdown shutters Census, BLS, other sites

A fact-checker's nightmare: Shutdown shutters Census, BLS, other sites

By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2013
Bipartisan misuse of the word 'bipartisan'

Bipartisan misuse of the word 'bipartisan'

By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2013
Syrian rebels include extremists, but how many?

Syrian rebels include extremists, but how many?

By Lilly Maier • September 30, 2013
Top 16 myths about the health care law

Top 16 myths about the health care law

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 24, 2013
Maryland vs. Texas on CNN's “Crossfire”

Maryland vs. Texas on CNN's “Crossfire”

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 23, 2013
Obamacare will question your sex life?

Obamacare will question your sex life?

By Becky Bowers • September 20, 2013