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How many ‘new’ witnesses has the House Benghazi panel interviewed?

The chairman of the Benghazi committee says the panel has interviewed many new witnesses. We check his math.

Fact checking the first Democratic debate

Here's our roundup of fishy facts in the first Democratic debate.

The most popular fact checks of September

Our monthly round-up of the most widely read fact checks is topped by a controversial one on Carly Fiorina.

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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.

John Kasich’s claim that there was a ‘$5 trillion surplus’ when he left Washington in 2001 (Fact Checker biography)

Kasich's claim lacks context and creates a misleading impression by using budget shorthand.

Trump’s repeated claim that Obama is accepting 200,000 Syrian refugees

Donald Trump repeatedly cites a number for Syrian refugees that appears based on a misunderstanding.

Jeb Bush’s misleading claim that ‘I cut taxes’ by $19 billion over eight years (Fact Checker biography)

Bush stretches the truth with his claim suggesting he actively cut $19 billion in state tax revenues.

Attack ad tars senatorial candidate with supporting Iran’s ‘path to a nuclear bomb’

Foreign-policy nuances are lost in an ad with stark nuclear imagery sponsored by the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

Obama’s claim that ‘states with the most gun laws tend to have the fewest gun deaths’

The president made a sweeping statement but the evidence changes when suicides are removed from the gun-death data.

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