There was no Donald Trump, but plenty to fact-check in the last GOP debate before the Iowa caucuses.
FactChecking the Seventh GOP Debate
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Rubio, Cruz on Reagan and Hostages
Sens. Rubio and Cruz have implied that Iran released U.S. hostages in 1981 on the day Ronald Reagan was inaugurated because Reagan ushered in a new foreign policy. But several experts on the crisis told us the timing was a final insult to President Jimmy Carter, whom the hostage-takers despised.
FactChecking the Fourth Democratic Debate
Sunday showdown in South Carolina: Democrats highlight differences on health care, guns and more.
FactChecking the Sixth Republican Debate
Candidates spin some old and new points in the latest GOP debate.
FactChecking the State of the Union
Obama stretched the facts in his final SOTU on jobs, deficits, health care, military spending and carbon emissions.
Obama’s Numbers (January 2016 Update)
A statistical measure of the U.S. on crime, guns, jobs, health insurance and more under Barack Obama.
Sorting Out Obama’s Gun Proposal
Politicians have offered confusing and conflicting information on guns in the wake of the San Bernardino shootings and President Obama’s announced plans for tighter gun controls.
The ‘King of Whoppers’: Donald Trump
He dominates our annual review of political falsehoods.
FactChecking the Fifth GOP Debate
The Republican field meets for its final debate of 2015.
Climate Change Review
With the recent climate change agreement in Paris, we provide here a recap of false and misleading claims about climate change that we have fact-checked in recent years.