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146audits citing this outlet
15carried a hard contradiction
72carried a framing split
88spans quoted

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“Both Canada and the EU have felt bullied by the Trump administration with tariffs on trade, warnings the U.S. could abandon NATO and threats to take over Greenland”
September 17, 2026 · see it in context →
“Trump's EPA repeals pollution limits on fossil fuel power plants”
September 17, 2026 · see it in context →
“Vanity Fair feature profiles the political development of JD Vance at Yale”
September 16, 2026 · see it in context →
“FADEL: You also talked to Tucker Carlson for this piece, who's potentially a presidential rival for Vance in 2028, although he says he's not running. What did he tell you about Vance and Trump's response to the release of the Epstein files?”
September 16, 2026 · see it in context →
“WHIPPLE: Well, it's interesting and all on the record. And Carlson told me that he thought that Vance was in favor of transparency. He wanted the files released. Trump, on the other hand, according to Carlson, ordered the cover-up. Carlson's words, not mine.”
September 16, 2026 · see it in context →
“four Republicans: Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, Josh Hawley of Missouri, Jerry Moran of Kansas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina.”
September 16, 2026 · see it in context →
“50 senators voted "no," including all Democrats and four Republicans: Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, Josh Hawley of Missouri, Jerry Moran of Kansas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina.”
September 16, 2026 · see it in context →
“The Supreme Court has ruled against President Trump, rejecting his efforts to enact new mail-in voting restrictions for the midterm election.”
September 16, 2026 · see it in context →
“The president also made a baseless claim that the USPS plan was a "solution to our totally CORRUPT and out of control Mail-In voting 'disaster.'"”
September 16, 2026 · see it in context →
“For this legal fight over the USPS plan, the administration's lawyers have provided the courts with no evidence of mail-voting fraud.”
September 16, 2026 · see it in context →
“was given a quota of at least five subjects to be reviewed per hour and 40 subjects per day ... giving officers only twelve minutes to determine if a subject is a U.S. citizen”
September 15, 2026 · see it in context →
“the Saudi Energy Ministry confirmed attacks on the pipeline had occurred on Thursday, forcing a 'precautionary suspension.'”
September 14, 2026 · see it in context →

Audits citing NPR

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