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Election Stories

  1. Fact check/One Nation vs. Manchin on Immigration - Aug 24, 2018
  2. Fact check/Fundraising in the Arizona Senate election - Apr 10, 2018
  3. Fact check/Did Evan Jenkins support Hillary Clinton and cap-and-trade - Oct 31, 2017
  4. Fact check/Phil Murphy and Kim Guadagno on New Jersey's economy - Oct 30, 2017
  5. Fact check/Was Senate candidate Patrick Morrisey NeverTrump - Oct 11, 2017
  6. Fact check/Ed Gillespie on Virginia's economy - Aug 15, 2017
  7. Fact check/Did Rep. Mo Brooks refuse to endorse Donald Trump - Jul 26, 2017
  8. Fact check/Was Sen. Josh Newman the deciding vote on California's gas tax increase - Jul 14, 2017
  9. Fact check/Is Jon Ossoff a small business owner - May 21, 2017
  10. Fact check/Jimmy Gomez on paid family leave in California - May 05, 2017
  11. Fact check/Did Delaware Senate candidate Stephanie Hansen change her position on standardized testing opt-out - Feb 22, 2017
  12. Fact check/Will Lyda Krewson's crime plan cost $34 million without additional oversight - Feb 06, 2017
  13. Fact check/Was Van Jones correct in calling the 2016 election a "white-lash" - Jan 02, 2017
  14. Fact check/Has crime increased in Missouri on Attorney General Chris Koster’s watch - Nov 08, 2016
  15. Fact check/Is Gov. Pat McCrory's "Carolina Comeback" real - Nov 08, 2016
  16. Fact check/Would NH gubernatorial candidate Colin Van Ostern's preferred rail project carry 2,000 a day, for $300 million - Nov 07, 2016
  17. Fact check/Has Montana gubernatorial candidate Greg Gianforte supported a state sales tax - Nov 06, 2016
  18. Fact check/Was California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom right about mass shootings since Proposition 63's announcement - Nov 04, 2016
  19. Fact check/Does Mike Gallagher support a plan to reduce Social Security benefits to the poverty line - Nov 04, 2016
  20. Fact check/Did Montana spending increase $800 million under Steve Bullock - Nov 01, 2016
  21. Fact check/Did Evan Bayh cash in after voting for Wall Street bailouts - Oct 30, 2016
  22. Fact check/Does Proposition 60 allow Californians to sue adult film performers, crew members, and television companies - Oct 27, 2016
  23. Fact check/Did Sen. Richard Burr vote against funding for the national sex offender registry - Oct 24, 2016
  24. Fact check/Have non-citizens voted in recent Florida elections - Oct 20, 2016
  25. Fact check/Is Donald Trump right that the debt has doubled under President Barack Obama - Oct 11, 2016
  26. Fact check/Is there a federal court order that would prohibit sex offenders in California from being paroled under Proposition 57 - Oct 07, 2016
  27. Fact check/Would inmates convicted of violent crimes in California be eligible for early parole under Proposition 57 - Oct 02, 2016
  28. Fact check/Was Scott Garrett the only member of the U.S. House New Jersey delegation to vote against the Zadroga Act in 2010 - Sep 26, 2016
  29. Fact check/Are the claims made by Ruben Kihuen’s campaign about Congressman Cresent Hardy’s record on immigration issues accurate - Sep 16, 2016
  30. Fact check/Did Sen. Richard Burr vote to cut Social Security - Sep 13, 2016
  31. Fact check/Is Donald Trump's claim that Hillary Clinton said no Americans were killed in Benghazi true - Sep 08, 2016
  32. Fact check/Who has the most union endorsements in the Ohio race for the U.S. Senate - Aug 22, 2016
  33. Fact check/Has New Hampshire Congressional candidate Carol Shea-Porter consistently opposed Trade Promotion Authority and the Trans-Pacific Partnership - Aug 20, 2016
  34. Fact check/Did Frank Guinta switch his position on the Trans-Pacific Partnership - Aug 19, 2016
  35. Fact check/Are the presidential debates rigged in favor of major party candidates - Aug 18, 2016
  36. Fact check/Have 4.7 million insurance policies been canceled as a result of the Affordable Care Act - Aug 17, 2016
  37. Fact check/Does an increase in the number of propositions on the ballot in California lead to more of those propositions being rejected by voters - Aug 12, 2016
  38. Fact check/Did candidate for Vermont governor Matt Dunne violate a campaign fundraising pledge - Aug 08, 2016
  39. Fact check/Was Russ Feingold the lone U.S. Senate opponent of the USA Patriot Act - Aug 08, 2016
  40. Fact check/Did Deborah Ross oppose legislation to create a sex offender registry while she led the North Carolina ACLU - Aug 05, 2016
  41. Fact check/Is it true that most people don't care whether Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump releases his tax returns - Aug 05, 2016
  42. Fact check/Was Kurt Schaefer the only Republican in the Missouri Legislature to vote against a bill allowing businesses to opt out of including contraception in employee health insurance plans - Aug 01, 2016
  43. Fact check/Did violent crime increase 10 percent in California under Attorney General Kamala Harris - Jul 29, 2016
  44. Fact check/Did 96% of U.S. Sen. Richard Burr's contributions come from big donors - Jul 20, 2016
  45. Fact check/The Alaska Republican Party tags State Senate candidate Vince Beltrami as a "longtime union boss." - Jul 12, 2016
  46. Fact check/Did Utah Governor Gary Herbert raise taxes by over $600 million - Jun 28, 2016
  47. Fact check/Did Indiana go from having a $2 billion surplus to a $1 billion deficit while John Gregg was Speaker of the House - Jun 24, 2016
  48. Fact check/Are Gov. Herbert's claims about Utah's employment picture accurate - Jun 23, 2016
  49. Fact check/Would it be "totally illegal" for delegates pledged to Donald Trump to vote for another candidate at the Republican National Convention - Jun 18, 2016
  50. Fact check/Did the Nevada State Assembly vote on a “700-page bill” the same day that bill was introduced - Jun 10, 2016
  51. Fact check/Did the media call the Democratic primary too early - Jun 08, 2016
  52. Fact check/Would funding for the military, border security, and veterans’ services have ceased without the 2016 omnibus bill - Jun 07, 2016
  53. Fact check/Did California election officials give independent voters inconsistent and incorrect information about voting by mail - Jun 03, 2016
  54. Fact check/Did Ted Strickland cut spending for certain programs when he was governor of Ohio in 2009 - Jun 01, 2016
  55. Fact check/Does research back a claim by Rep. Loretta Sanchez that "anywhere between 5 and 20 percent" of Muslims support a caliphate - May 27, 2016
  56. Fact check/Is Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman in the “crosshairs” of the voting rights group iVote - May 25, 2016
  57. Fact check/Did New York Assemblyman Keith Wright raise a “staggering amount of real estate money” for his congressional race - May 23, 2016
  58. Fact check/Is Georgia House District 80 candidate Meagan Hanson "the only conservative" in the Republican primary - May 20, 2016
  59. Fact check/Did GOP Rep. Steve Knight vote to allow federal contractors “to discriminate against the LGBT community” - May 16, 2016
  60. Fact check/Is it too late for an independent presidential candidate to get on the ballot for the November election - May 13, 2016
  61. Fact check/Has Rep. Donald Norcross “voted with the Republicans more than any other” New Jersey Democrat in the House of Representatives - Apr 29, 2016
  62. Fact check/Can GOP convention rules be changed so that a candidate with only a plurality of delegates wins the nomination - Apr 26, 2016
  63. Fact check/Are thousands of families still displaced after Sandy, and are a majority from New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District - Apr 20, 2016
  64. Fact check/Have the rules governing the 2016 Republican National Convention been established - Apr 19, 2016
  65. Fact check/Do “most states” allow voters to register for presidential primaries “as late as the day of” the primary - Apr 18, 2016
  66. Fact check/Is hard money a larger share of political spending than outside money - Apr 14, 2016
  67. Fact check/Is U.S. Senate candidate Patty Judge a "vocal supporter of CAFOs" whose political base is "big money industrial agriculture interests" - Apr 13, 2016
  68. Fact check/Is Hillary Clinton right about guns "that end up committing crimes in New York" coming from Vermont - Apr 12, 2016
  69. Fact check/Did Nevada Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson vote to raise taxes after promising not to - Apr 04, 2016
  70. Fact check/How rare are open seats in the U.S. House of Representatives - Mar 25, 2016
  71. Fact check/Are Bernie Sanders' chances of winning the Democratic nomination slipping away - Feb 26, 2016
  72. Fact check/Do congressional incumbents rarely face challengers and almost always win despite low approval ratings - Jan 20, 2016
  73. Fact check/Voter turnout rates in Indiana - Nov 06, 2015
  74. Fact check/John Kasich and the 1982 midterm elections - Oct 02, 2015

Presidential Election Stories

  1. Fact check/Is Donald Trump right that the debt has doubled under President Barack Obama - Oct 11, 2016
  2. Fact check/Is Donald Trump's claim that Hillary Clinton said no Americans were killed in Benghazi true - Sep 08, 2016
  3. Fact check/Are the presidential debates rigged in favor of major party candidates - Aug 18, 2016
  4. Fact check/Is it true that most people don't care whether Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump releases his tax returns - Aug 05, 2016
  5. Fact check/Did the media call the Democratic primary too early - Jun 08, 2016
  6. Fact check/Do “most states” allow voters to register for presidential primaries “as late as the day of” the primary - Apr 18, 2016
  7. Fact check/Is Hillary Clinton right about guns "that end up committing crimes in New York" coming from Vermont - Apr 12, 2016
  8. Fact check/Are Bernie Sanders' chances of winning the Democratic nomination slipping away - Feb 26, 2016
  9. Fact check/John Kasich and the 1982 midterm elections - Oct 02, 2015