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Sanders’s claim that the African-American community ‘lost half of their wealth’ in the Wall Street collapse

Sanders earns the rare Geppetto Checkmark, at least until new data are released.

Trump’s truly absurd claim he would save $300 billion a year on prescription drugs

If you believe The Donald's math, he will virtually eliminate the cost of prescription drugs in the United States

Rubio campaign ad echoes a false Donald Trump claim

A new ad by the Rubio campaign ventures into the statistical fantasyland of Donald Trump.

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The Four-Pinocchio claim that ‘on average, girls first become victims of sex trafficking at 13 years old’

Once again, politicians and the media blithely repeat a Four-Pinocchio statistic on sex trafficking that does not hold up to scrutiny.

Fact-checking the 2016 presidential hopefuls

See a visual analysis.

Why you should be wary of statistics on ‘modern slavery’ and ‘trafficking’

Depending on the estimate cited, the number of victims changes by tens of millions.

Bill Clinton and the missed opportunities to kill Osama bin Laden

Sen. Marco Rubio says Bill Clinton missed four chances to kill Osama bin Laden. Here's what the record shows.

Donald Trump attacks Ted Cruz by repeating false claims about illegal immigration

Trump simplifies Cruz's record on immigration, and repeats false claims about undocumented immigrants from Mexico.

Fact checking the ninth GOP debate

Here's our roundup of 12 fishy facts

Ted Cruz’s misleading attack that Donald Trump ‘convinced’ the government to ‘bulldoze’ a widow’s home

Ted Cruz's campaign uses a combination of attack tactics that creates a misleading impression about Donald Trump's eminent domain case.

Bernie Sanders’s claim that Hillary Clinton objected to meeting with ‘our enemies’

We look deeper at a key exchange in the 6th Democratic debate.

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