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Checking Chris Christie = Rick Perry and Texas unemployment

Checking Chris Christie = Rick Perry and Texas unemployment

By W. Gardner Selby • September 17, 2013
Getting rid of chemical weapons: How it works

Getting rid of chemical weapons: How it works

By Jon Greenberg • September 16, 2013
Democrats who supported Syria action rewrite history on Iraq war

Democrats who supported Syria action rewrite history on Iraq war

By Becky Bowers • September 16, 2013
Mailbag: 'I regard this fact-check as a total failure ... Get your act together'

Mailbag: 'I regard this fact-check as a total failure ... Get your act together'

By Katie Sanders • September 13, 2013
Has Russia vetoed even simple U.N. press releases about Syria?

Has Russia vetoed even simple U.N. press releases about Syria?

By Becky Bowers • September 13, 2013
Noncitizen voter purge makes a comeback in Florida

Noncitizen voter purge makes a comeback in Florida

By Amy Sherman • September 12, 2013
Would a U.S. strike in Syria violate international law?

Would a U.S. strike in Syria violate international law?

By Jon Greenberg • September 12, 2013
In Context: Scott Walker's critiques of the Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign

In Context: Scott Walker's critiques of the Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign

By Dave Umhoefer • September 12, 2013
It's iffy that 500 Republicans daily move to Texas

It's iffy that 500 Republicans daily move to Texas

By W. Gardner Selby • September 11, 2013
Michele Bachmann's comments on 9/11 and the Muslim Brotherhood

Michele Bachmann's comments on 9/11 and the Muslim Brotherhood

By Julie Kliegman • September 11, 2013
PolitiFact New Jersey remembers solemn anniversary

PolitiFact New Jersey remembers solemn anniversary

By Caryn Shinske • September 11, 2013
Will Weatherford pokes back at the Truth-O-Meter

Will Weatherford pokes back at the Truth-O-Meter

By Katie Sanders • September 11, 2013
Will Weatherford weighs education and health care funding

Will Weatherford weighs education and health care funding

By Julie Kliegman • September 10, 2013
Fact-checking claims about military strikes against Syria

Fact-checking claims about military strikes against Syria

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 9, 2013
Fact-checking claims about military strikes against Syria

Fact-checking claims about military strikes against Syria

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 9, 2013
Checking Rick Scott's latest tax claims

Checking Rick Scott's latest tax claims

By Katie Sanders • September 9, 2013
State comptroller of Texas has never been a CPA

State comptroller of Texas has never been a CPA

By W. Gardner Selby • September 9, 2013
Alan Grayson claims 45,000 people die a year because they lack health insurance

Alan Grayson claims 45,000 people die a year because they lack health insurance

By Katie Sanders • September 6, 2013
In Context: President Obama, Syria and the ‘red line’

In Context: President Obama, Syria and the ‘red line’

By Jon Greenberg • September 5, 2013
What needs a fact-check on health care?

What needs a fact-check on health care?

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 4, 2013