Inspection Deception 26 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm

Q: Will there be forced home inspections under the Affordable Care Act? A: No. The law provides grants for state home-visiting programs for expectant and new parents. The programs are voluntary and pa...

The Messy Facts in Virginia 24 Aug 2013 | 12:53 am

Summary The Virginia governor’s race is breaking our general expectations as fact-checkers: There’s strident attack galore, but much of it is accurate. We normally find the harsher the attack, the m...

NRCC Distorts McIntyre’s Fiscal Record 23 Aug 2013 | 03:52 am

The National Republican Congressional Committee distorts Rep. Mike McIntyre’s record on balanced budgets and congressional pay in a TV ad: The ad says McIntyre “took a 30 percent pay increase.” It wa...

Environmentalists Misuse GOP Quote 16 Aug 2013 | 06:18 pm

The League of Conservation Voters misuses a quote by a Republican congressman to portray him as “extreme” on climate change. The environmental group quotes Rep. Rodney Davis in a TV ad as saying “glo...

McConnell Fudges Facts in Attacks on Bevin 16 Aug 2013 | 04:03 am

Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has gone to great lengths in ads — both Web and paid — to discredit the conservative credentials of his Republican primary challenger Matt Bevin. But his attacks have ...

Louie Gohmert’s Health Care Hooey 14 Aug 2013 | 09:34 pm

Rep. Louie Gohmert is wrong when he says a “poor guy out there making $14,000″ is “going to pay extra income tax if he cannot afford to pay the several thousand dollars for an Obamacare policy.” In fa...

Obama Overpromises on Premiums 14 Aug 2013 | 02:18 am

President Obama claimed that all of the currently uninsured would be able to get coverage on the exchanges “at a significantly cheaper rate than what they can get right now on the individual market” e...

Immigration Group Twists Ryan’s Words 13 Aug 2013 | 12:23 am

A group that opposes the Senate’s “Gang of Eight” immigration bill wrongly claims the Rep. Paul Ryan said “we have a labor shortage in Wisconsin.” Ryan, who supports an immigration overhaul, didn’t sa...

Aug. 9: Pork Spending, Health Care, Arkansas Senate Race 10 Aug 2013 | 02:34 am

Arkansas Race Off to Misleading Start 9 Aug 2013 | 09:39 pm

The Arkansas Senate race got off to a dubious start as both major party candidates found themselves under attack in misleading TV ads: Sen. Mark Pryor’s campaign ad says Rep. Tom Cotton “voted agains...