A statistical measure of the U.S. on crime, guns, jobs, health insurance and more under Barack Obama.
Obama’s Numbers (January 2016 Update)
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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.
Facts about the Syrian Refugees
The Paris bombings and other recent terrorist attacks have given rise to a political debate within the United States about the Obama administration’s plan to admit Syrian refugees. But the facts about refugees are being distorted in some instances.
FactChecking the Second Democratic Debate
We found false and misleading claims from Clinton, Sanders and O’Malley in a Saturday night showdown.
A GOP Talking Point Turned False
Several Republicans have claimed that business deaths outnumber business births in the U.S. That was accurate for individual firms for 2009 to 2011, but no longer.
Benghazi Hearing: What’s New?
Republican and Democratic members of the House Select Committee on Benghazi disagree on whether Hillary Clinton’s Oct. 22 testimony produced any new information.
Biden on Bin Laden, Take 2
Vice president Biden now says that he privately advised President Obama to approve the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. That’s different from what Biden and Obama said in 2012.