Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz distort the history of Supreme Court appointments in arguing that President Obama should not be allowed to fill the vacancy left by the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Cruz, Rubio Twist Court ‘Precedent’
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FactChecking the Ninth GOP Debate
Six remaining Republican candidates misrepresent the facts on the Supreme Court, immigration, abortion and other issues.
FactChecking the Sixth Democratic Debate
Clinton, Sanders face off on foreign policy, health care, wages and Social Security in round two.
FactChecking the Eighth GOP Debate
The candidates made false and misleading claims in the Manchester meeting.
FactChecking the MSNBC Democratic Debate
Clinton, Sanders exchange misleading claims in a head-to-head debate leading into the New Hampshire primary.
FactChecking the Seventh GOP Debate
There was no Donald Trump, but plenty to fact-check in the last GOP debate before the Iowa caucuses.
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.