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Did the House GOP keep its campaign promises?

Did the House GOP keep its campaign promises?

By Molly Moorhead • January 10, 2013
Get the Truth-O-Meter in your inbox every week

Get the Truth-O-Meter in your inbox every week

By Bill Adair • January 7, 2013
Fact-checking Marco Rubio on the fiscal cliff

Fact-checking Marco Rubio on the fiscal cliff

By Amy Sherman • January 4, 2013
Fiscal cliff deal gets to heart of Obama’s tax promises

Fiscal cliff deal gets to heart of Obama’s tax promises

By Louis Jacobson • January 2, 2013
The Most Popular Fact-Checks of 2012

The Most Popular Fact-Checks of 2012

By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 31, 2012
Reflections on the Obameter and Obama's campaign promises

Reflections on the Obameter and Obama's campaign promises

By Bill Adair • December 28, 2012
PolitiFact's oddest fact-checks of 2012

PolitiFact's oddest fact-checks of 2012

By Bill Adair • December 26, 2012
Fact-checks of Christmases past

Fact-checks of Christmases past

By Becky Bowers • December 24, 2012
Fact-checks on gun control and gun violence

Fact-checks on gun control and gun violence

By Becky Bowers • December 19, 2012
The Obameter and the rise of Compromise

The Obameter and the rise of Compromise

By Bill Adair • December 18, 2012
Mailbag: Lie of the Year edition

Mailbag: Lie of the Year edition

By Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2012
Lie of the Year: the Romney campaign's ad on Jeeps made in China

Lie of the Year: the Romney campaign's ad on Jeeps made in China

By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 12, 2012
Lie of the Year: Readers' Poll Results

Lie of the Year: Readers' Poll Results

By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 12, 2012
The tale of a falsehood, minute by minute

The tale of a falsehood, minute by minute

By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 12, 2012
Readers speak out on the Lie of the Year

Readers speak out on the Lie of the Year

By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 12, 2012
Top 10 most obscure Obama campaign promises

Top 10 most obscure Obama campaign promises

By Bill Adair • December 10, 2012
Wired magazine names PolitiFact an 'essential app'

Wired magazine names PolitiFact an 'essential app'

By Bill Adair • December 6, 2012
The 2012 Lie of the Year Finalists: Vote in the Readers' Poll

The 2012 Lie of the Year Finalists: Vote in the Readers' Poll

By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 4, 2012
Has Obama reduced the nuclear threat?

Has Obama reduced the nuclear threat?

By Louis Jacobson • December 3, 2012
Obama's promise: reduce dependence on foreign oil

Obama's promise: reduce dependence on foreign oil

By Becky Bowers • November 29, 2012