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Democratic Party Stories

1. Fact check/Jimmy Gomez on paid family leave in California - May 05, 2017
2. Fact check/Is Sen. Elizabeth Warren right about stagnating wages and rising costs - Feb 21, 2017
3. Fact check/Is either candidate in Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District correct about who most workers earning minimum wage are - Nov 06, 2016
4. Fact check/Did Evan Bayh cash in after voting for Wall Street bailouts - Oct 30, 2016
5. Fact check/Did a state ethics commission rule that Katie McGinty violated the law as Pennsylvania Secretary of Environmental Protection - Oct 18, 2016
6. Fact check/Did Sen. Kelly Ayotte vote six times to defund Planned Parenthood - Oct 13, 2016
7. Fact check/Is Donald Trump right that the debt has doubled under President Barack Obama - Oct 11, 2016
8. Fact check/Does congressional candidate Tom Nelson (D-WI) have a record of tax hikes and spending increases - Sep 29, 2016
9. Fact check/Has the unemployment rate dropped in half during New York Governor Cuomo’s tenure - Sep 28, 2016
10. 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
11. Fact check/Are the claims made by Ruben Kihuen’s campaign about Congressman Cresent Hardy’s record on immigration issues accurate - Sep 16, 2016
12. Fact check/Did Sen. Richard Burr vote to cut Social Security - Sep 13, 2016
13. Fact check/Is Donald Trump's claim that Hillary Clinton said no Americans were killed in Benghazi true - Sep 08, 2016
14. Fact check/Has U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Michigan) voted for every trade deal while he's been in Congress - Sep 07, 2016
15. Fact check/Have more than 92 percent of Rep. Rob Bishop's campaign contributions come from out-of-state PACs and energy companies - Aug 27, 2016
16. Fact check/Has Republican Sen. John Boozman enacted only five bills in his congressional career - Aug 26, 2016
17. Fact check/Did Latrice Walker deliver almost $1 billion to her New York Assembly district - Aug 22, 2016
18. Fact check/Who has the most union endorsements in the Ohio race for the U.S. Senate - Aug 22, 2016
19. Fact check/Has New Hampshire Congressional candidate Carol Shea-Porter consistently opposed Trade Promotion Authority and the Trans-Pacific Partnership - Aug 20, 2016
20. Fact check/Did U.S. Senate candidate Evan Bayh break with his party to vote against raising electric bills - Aug 19, 2016
21. Fact check/Did Frank Guinta switch his position on the Trans-Pacific Partnership - Aug 19, 2016
22. Fact check/Are the presidential debates rigged in favor of major party candidates - Aug 18, 2016
23. Fact check/Has New York state Sen. Gustavo Rivera been fighting for ethics reform since he got to Albany - Aug 11, 2016
24. Fact check/Did candidate for Vermont governor Matt Dunne violate a campaign fundraising pledge - Aug 08, 2016
25. Fact check/Was Russ Feingold the lone U.S. Senate opponent of the USA Patriot Act - Aug 08, 2016
26. Fact check/Did Deborah Ross oppose legislation to create a sex offender registry while she led the North Carolina ACLU - Aug 05, 2016
27. Fact check/If unions go away does everybody’s pay go down - Aug 04, 2016
28. Fact check/Did violent crime increase 10 percent in California under Attorney General Kamala Harris - Jul 29, 2016
29. Fact check/Did 96% of U.S. Sen. Richard Burr's contributions come from big donors - Jul 20, 2016
30. Fact check/Is Rhode Island projected to accumulate a $300 million budget deficit by 2021, and has it lost nearly 4,000 jobs - Jul 18, 2016
31. Fact check/Did North Carolina teachers see the largest average pay increase in the country in 2014, and was the state ranked 42nd in the country for average teacher pay that year - Jul 11, 2016
32. Fact check/Did U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark sponsor a bill to include pets in restraining orders - Jul 07, 2016
33. Fact check/Has Chuck Schumer ever held a job in the private sector - Jun 24, 2016
34. 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
35. Fact check/Did the media call the Democratic primary too early - Jun 08, 2016
36. 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
37. Fact check/Did New York Assemblyman Keith Wright raise a “staggering amount of real estate money” for his congressional race - May 23, 2016
38. Fact check/Was the 1994 crime bill a primary driver of mass incarceration of African American men - May 12, 2016
39. Fact check/Is Oregon secretary of state candidate Brad Avakian making campaign promises he wouldn’t “actually have the authority to” keep - May 12, 2016
40. Fact check/Do West Virginia Democratic gubernatorial primary candidates Booth Goodwin and Jeff Kessler want to raise taxes - May 09, 2016
41. Fact check/Did Colorado congressional candidate Gail Schwartz lead the "charge on the war on coal" as a state senator - May 06, 2016
42. 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
43. Fact check/Are thousands of families still displaced after Sandy, and are a majority from New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District - Apr 20, 2016
44. 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
45. Fact check/Is Hillary Clinton right about guns "that end up committing crimes in New York" coming from Vermont - Apr 12, 2016
46. Fact check/Did companies run by West Virginia Governor Democratic primary candidate Jim Justice face financial and legal issues - Apr 11, 2016
47. Fact check/Does violating House ethics rules constitute breaking the law - Apr 08, 2016
48. Fact check/Is the American middle class at "the point of near non-existence" - Apr 08, 2016
49. Fact check/Is Maryland Sen. Jamie Raskin the only MD-08 candidate who's leading on environmental issues - Apr 07, 2016
50. Fact check/Did former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland play a role in keeping paid sick leave off the ballot in 2008 - Mar 14, 2016
51. Fact check/Did U.S. Senator Mark Kirk vote against fixing military equipment - Mar 14, 2016
52. Fact check/Did the Cook County state's attorney do nothing for 400 days after the Laquan McDonald shooting - Mar 11, 2016
53. Fact check/Did Catherine Cortez Masto take 36 trips in five years while attorney general of Nevada - Mar 07, 2016
54. Fact check/Is Congressional candidate Bryan Caforio a recent resident of California's 25th Congressional District - Mar 03, 2016
55. Fact check/Are Bernie Sanders' chances of winning the Democratic nomination slipping away - Feb 26, 2016
56. Fact check/Did Maryland Sen. Jamie Raskin vote against banning juvenile life without parole - Feb 25, 2016
57. Fact check/Is New Mexico "at the bottom" for job growth - Feb 19, 2016
58. Fact check/Would it be “unprecedented in recent history” for a vacancy on the Supreme Court to last a year - Feb 16, 2016
59. Fact check/Is Citizens United responsible for outside money in North Carolina’s 2014 Senate race - Feb 12, 2016
60. Fact check/Is the United States the only advanced economy that doesn’t mandate paid sick or maternity leave - Jan 27, 2016
61. Fact check/Do all the Republican presidential candidates support the repeal of Dodd-Frank - Jan 20, 2016
62. Fact check/Do congressional incumbents rarely face challengers and almost always win despite low approval ratings - Jan 20, 2016
63. Fact check/Will three Supreme Court justices be past the court's average retirement age on election day - Jan 14, 2016
64. Fact check/What state has the most veterans - Dec 30, 2015
65. Fact check/Joe Sestak on Pat Toomey and Syrian refugees - Dec 23, 2015
66. Fact check/Tammy Duckworth on Mark Kirk, mass incarceration and race - Dec 17, 2015
67. Fact check/Alan Grayson, amendments and legislative effectiveness - Dec 11, 2015
68. Fact check/Does a mayoral candidate in Houston have a plan to sell junk bonds - Dec 09, 2015
69. Fact check/Did Ohio lose 300,000 manufacturing jobs because of NAFTA - Dec 03, 2015
70. Fact check/Fact-checking David Vitter and John Bel Edwards on Syrian refugees in Louisiana - Nov 20, 2015
71. Fact check/On legislative salaries in the Louisiana governor's race - Nov 18, 2015
72. Fact check/Did John Bel Edwards vote to give "convicts" taxpayer funded pension plans - Nov 16, 2015
73. Fact check/Fact-checking John Bel Edwards on David Vitter's legislative record - Nov 13, 2015
74. Fact check/Voter turnout rates in Indiana - Nov 06, 2015
75. Fact check/Is NASA's budget less than 2 percent of the federal budget - Oct 30, 2015
76. Fact check/Would a $33,000 salary for state legislators bring Virginia "more in line" with other states - Oct 22, 2015
77. Fact check/How much does it cost to get an initiative on the ballot in California - Oct 14, 2015
78. Fact check/The achievement gap and graduation rates in New Orleans public schools - Oct 07, 2015
79. Fact check/Is Washington, D.C., among the safest cities in the country - Oct 02, 2015

Republican Party Stories

1. Fact check/Did Evan Jenkins support Hillary Clinton and cap-and-trade - Oct 31, 2017
2. Fact check/Was Senate candidate Patrick Morrisey NeverTrump - Oct 11, 2017
3. Fact check/Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules on class action lawsuits, arbitration agreements - Sep 11, 2017
4. Fact check/Did Rep. Mo Brooks refuse to endorse Donald Trump - Jul 26, 2017
5. Fact check/Was Sen. Josh Newman the deciding vote on California's gas tax increase - Jul 14, 2017
6. Fact check/Is everyone living in poverty covered by Medicaid in Wisconsin - May 31, 2017
7. Fact check/Sean Spicer on Trump White House visitor logs - Apr 21, 2017
8. Fact check/Is Bob Gray right about immigrant skill levels - Apr 14, 2017
9. Fact check/Did Karen Handel reduce the Georgia secretary of state's budget by 20 percent - Apr 13, 2017
10. Fact check/Did Harry Reid make it easier to confirm President Trump's Cabinet and Supreme Court nominees - Feb 28, 2017
11. Fact check/Can the United States change the Iran nuclear deal - Dec 01, 2016
12. Fact check/Is either candidate in Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District correct about who most workers earning minimum wage are - Nov 06, 2016
13. Fact check/Has Montana gubernatorial candidate Greg Gianforte supported a state sales tax - Nov 06, 2016
14. Fact check/Did Montana spending increase $800 million under Steve Bullock - Nov 01, 2016
15. Fact check/Did John Faso vote against equal pay four times in the New York State Assembly - Oct 30, 2016
16. Fact check/Did Sen. Richard Burr vote against funding for the national sex offender registry - Oct 24, 2016
17. Fact check/Did Sen. Kelly Ayotte vote six times to defund Planned Parenthood - Oct 13, 2016
18. Fact check/Is Donald Trump right that the debt has doubled under President Barack Obama - Oct 11, 2016
19. 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
20. Fact check/Did the North Carolina state crime lab mishandle evidence in hundreds of cases on Attorney General Roy Cooper's watch - Sep 16, 2016
21. Fact check/Are the claims made by Ruben Kihuen’s campaign about Congressman Cresent Hardy’s record on immigration issues accurate - Sep 16, 2016
22. Fact check/Did Sen. Richard Burr vote to cut Social Security - Sep 13, 2016
23. Fact check/Did state budget cuts in Texas cause an increase in pregnancy-related deaths - Sep 12, 2016
24. Fact check/Is Donald Trump's claim that Hillary Clinton said no Americans were killed in Benghazi true - Sep 08, 2016
25. Fact check/Has Republican Sen. John Boozman enacted only five bills in his congressional career - Aug 26, 2016
26. Fact check/Who has the most union endorsements in the Ohio race for the U.S. Senate - Aug 22, 2016
27. Fact check/Has New Hampshire Congressional candidate Carol Shea-Porter consistently opposed Trade Promotion Authority and the Trans-Pacific Partnership - Aug 20, 2016
28. Fact check/Did Frank Guinta switch his position on the Trans-Pacific Partnership - Aug 19, 2016
29. Fact check/Are the presidential debates rigged in favor of major party candidates - Aug 18, 2016
30. Fact check/Was Russ Feingold the lone U.S. Senate opponent of the USA Patriot Act - Aug 08, 2016
31. Fact check/Did Deborah Ross oppose legislation to create a sex offender registry while she led the North Carolina ACLU - Aug 05, 2016
32. Fact check/Is it true that most people don't care whether Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump releases his tax returns - Aug 05, 2016
33. 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
34. Fact check/Is Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner correct that many Chicago public schools are objectively inadequate - Aug 01, 2016
35. Fact check/Are you allowed to set up a super PAC if you are the president - Jul 27, 2016
36. Fact check/Did Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke equivocate on selling or transferring public lands - Jul 12, 2016
37. Fact check/Did North Carolina teachers see the largest average pay increase in the country in 2014, and was the state ranked 42nd in the country for average teacher pay that year - Jul 11, 2016
38. Fact check/Did Utah Governor Gary Herbert raise taxes by over $600 million - Jun 28, 2016
39. Fact check/Do seven people a day die of a drug overdose in Pennsylvania - Jun 23, 2016
40. Fact check/Are Gov. Herbert's claims about Utah's employment picture accurate - Jun 23, 2016
41. 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
42. Fact check/Is it true that Colorado House District 16 Candidate Larry Liston "claimed to be against Ref C... but voted for it" - Jun 17, 2016
43. Fact check/Did South Carolina State Rep. Wendy Nanney miss more than 30 percent of votes in her current term through March 30 and more than 50 percent this year through March 30 - Jun 13, 2016
44. Fact check/Did the Nevada State Assembly vote on a “700-page bill” the same day that bill was introduced - Jun 10, 2016
45. Fact check/Would funding for the military, border security, and veterans’ services have ceased without the 2016 omnibus bill - Jun 07, 2016
46. Fact check/Did Ted Strickland cut spending for certain programs when he was governor of Ohio in 2009 - Jun 01, 2016
47. Fact check/Did South Carolina State Senator Wes Hayes vote to block a DOT reform bill in 2015 - May 31, 2016
48. Fact check/Did California Assemblyman Devon Mathis vote for a "$100 million health care tax" - May 26, 2016
49. Fact check/Is Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman in the “crosshairs” of the voting rights group iVote - May 25, 2016
50. Fact check/Is Georgia House District 80 candidate Meagan Hanson "the only conservative" in the Republican primary - May 20, 2016
51. Fact check/Has Sen. John McCain voted for tax hikes, bailouts, "massive new spending," and increases to the debt ceiling - May 07, 2016
52. Fact check/Did U.S. Senate candidate Russ Feingold break “his promise to reject… massive out-of-state contributions” - May 05, 2016
53. Fact check/Did a gay rights bill backed by Indiana State Senate leader David Long include religious freedom protections - May 02, 2016
54. Fact check/Has U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers voted with "Obama ever since she's been" in Congress - Apr 30, 2016
55. Fact check/Did Indiana Rep. Todd Young vote for "more debt and deficit spending" - Apr 29, 2016
56. Fact check/Can GOP convention rules be changed so that a candidate with only a plurality of delegates wins the nomination - Apr 26, 2016
57. Fact check/Does U.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland have "a disastrous record on the second amendment" - Apr 22, 2016
58. Fact check/Have the rules governing the 2016 Republican National Convention been established - Apr 19, 2016
59. Fact check/Do “most states” allow voters to register for presidential primaries “as late as the day of” the primary - Apr 18, 2016
60. Fact check/Did Nevada Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson vote to raise taxes after promising not to - Apr 04, 2016
61. Fact check/How rare are open seats in the U.S. House of Representatives - Mar 25, 2016
62. Fact check/Did Florida Congressman Curbelo vote for drastic cuts to education - Mar 24, 2016
63. Fact check/Did Iowa Congressman Rod Blum vote to cut Social Security benefits by 45 percent - Mar 22, 2016
64. Fact check/Has Texas adequately increased public school funding to keep pace with inflation - Mar 01, 2016
65. Fact check/Has Texas Supreme Court Justice Lehrmann demonstrated hostility to tort reform - Mar 01, 2016
66. Fact check/Does Texas House candidate Thomas McNutt want to centralize control of education - Feb 26, 2016
67. Fact check/Is Montana ranked 49th nationally in wages, and are millennials leaving the state seeking employment - Feb 17, 2016
68. Fact check/Has Indiana consistently ranked in the top 10 best states to do business - Feb 15, 2016
69. Fact check/Do deaths from vaccination outnumber deaths caused by measles - Feb 11, 2016
70. Fact check/Chris Christie "supported Common Core" - Feb 04, 2016
71. Fact check/Did JFK campaign on tax cuts - Jan 28, 2016
72. Fact check/The EPA's "measurable effects" - Jan 08, 2016
73. Fact check/New Jersey's "tax burden" - Jan 08, 2016
74. Fact check/Rob Portman on Ted Strickland's economic record - Jan 05, 2016
75. Fact check/On Jim Justice's political contributions - Dec 24, 2015
76. Fact check/How many miles of fence stand along the U.S.-Mexico border - Dec 23, 2015
77. Fact check/Getting the numbers right on Syrian refugees in Illinois' Senate race - Dec 17, 2015
78. Fact check/Fact-checking David Vitter and John Bel Edwards on Syrian refugees in Louisiana - Nov 20, 2015
79. Fact check/On legislative salaries in the Louisiana governor's race - Nov 18, 2015
80. Fact check/When was the "motion to vacate the chair" rule last used in Congress - Nov 13, 2015
81. Fact check/Fact-checking Ben Sasse's floor speech in the Senate on November 3, 2015 - Nov 06, 2015
82. Fact check/Up and down: federal deficits from 2007 to 2015 - Oct 30, 2015
83. Fact check/Do the Government Accountability Office's annual recommendations "go ignored" every year - Oct 25, 2015
84. Fact check/How Texas' Proposition 6 compares to other right to hunt laws in the U.S. - Oct 16, 2015
85. Fact check/Does a Michigan judgeship cost taxpayers $450,000 annually - Oct 14, 2015
86. Fact check/Does a ballot measure in Ohio create a marijuana monopoly - Oct 09, 2015
87. Fact check/John Kasich and the 1982 midterm elections - Oct 02, 2015

Green Party Stories

1. Fact check/Does half of the U.S. live "in or near poverty" - Jan 26, 2016

Libertarian Party Stories

1. Fact check/Public opinion on the two-party system - Nov 20, 2017
2. Fact check/Did Gary Johnson issue 750 vetoes as governor of New Mexico - Jan 27, 2016