February 2025
March 2025
Guantanamo Migrant Deportation Complete
All 168 Venezuelan migrants previously held at Guantanamo Bay, initially transported by 10 U.S. military flights, were deported via two ICE flights to Honduras for eventual return to Venezuela.
Guantanamo Migrant Deportation Complete
All 168 Venezuelan migrants previously held at Guantanamo Bay, initially transported by 10 U.S. military flights, were deported via two ICE flights to Honduras for eventual return to Venezuela.
Progress
52% Bias Score
Hadi Matar Convicted in Salman Rushdie Stabbing
A New York jury convicted Hadi Matar of attempted murder and assault for stabbing author Salman Rushdie in August 2022, leaving Rushdie blind in one eye and highlighting the lasting impact of Iran's 1989 fatwa against him.
Hadi Matar Convicted in Salman Rushdie Stabbing
A New York jury convicted Hadi Matar of attempted murder and assault for stabbing author Salman Rushdie in August 2022, leaving Rushdie blind in one eye and highlighting the lasting impact of Iran's 1989 fatwa against him.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Rosatom Open to Nuclear Cooperation With "Unfriendly" Countries After Ukraine Peace Deal
At the Future Technologies Forum in Moscow on February 21, Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev announced that, should a peace agreement favorable to Russia be reached regarding Ukraine, the corporation would consider cooperating with previously labeled "unfriendly" countries in the nuclear sector.
Rosatom Open to Nuclear Cooperation With "Unfriendly" Countries After Ukraine Peace Deal
At the Future Technologies Forum in Moscow on February 21, Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev announced that, should a peace agreement favorable to Russia be reached regarding Ukraine, the corporation would consider cooperating with previously labeled "unfriendly" countries in the nuclear sector.
Progress
56% Bias Score
Trump Backs $5,000 Taxpayer Checks from Musk's Spending Cuts
President Trump endorses a plan to distribute $5,000 checks to taxpayers from savings generated by Elon Musk's government spending cuts, though budget experts express skepticism about the feasibility of the proposal and potential inflationary risks.
Trump Backs $5,000 Taxpayer Checks from Musk's Spending Cuts
President Trump endorses a plan to distribute $5,000 checks to taxpayers from savings generated by Elon Musk's government spending cuts, though budget experts express skepticism about the feasibility of the proposal and potential inflationary risks.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Canada Needs a New Approach to Domestic Trade to Reduce US Dependency
Canadian policymakers have the right ideas but wrong execution plans to counter the challenges of the second Trump administration; removing internal trade barriers won't automatically increase domestic trade, requiring active government support for businesses to access new Canadian markets, similar ...
Canada Needs a New Approach to Domestic Trade to Reduce US Dependency
Canadian policymakers have the right ideas but wrong execution plans to counter the challenges of the second Trump administration; removing internal trade barriers won't automatically increase domestic trade, requiring active government support for businesses to access new Canadian markets, similar ...
Progress
32% Bias Score
Quantum Physics Suggests Time May Not Be Unidirectional
A study published in Scientific Reports challenges the conventional understanding of time's unidirectional flow, suggesting that at the quantum level, time may flow simultaneously forward and backward; this challenges the second law of thermodynamics, and its implications are significant for our und...
Quantum Physics Suggests Time May Not Be Unidirectional
A study published in Scientific Reports challenges the conventional understanding of time's unidirectional flow, suggesting that at the quantum level, time may flow simultaneously forward and backward; this challenges the second law of thermodynamics, and its implications are significant for our und...
Progress
20% Bias Score
Michigan Republicans May Elect Fake Elector to Lead Party
In Michigan, Republican activist Meshawn Maddock, facing charges for acting as a false elector for Donald Trump, seeks her party's chair position, backed by Trump; this decision could impact fundraising and upcoming elections, including a critical U.S. Senate seat.
Michigan Republicans May Elect Fake Elector to Lead Party
In Michigan, Republican activist Meshawn Maddock, facing charges for acting as a false elector for Donald Trump, seeks her party's chair position, backed by Trump; this decision could impact fundraising and upcoming elections, including a critical U.S. Senate seat.
Progress
44% Bias Score
South Carolina Inmate Chooses Firing Squad Execution"
Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon chose to be executed by firing squad on March 7, the first such execution in the U.S. in 15 years, due to concerns about prolonged suffering with lethal injection, which has resulted in three previous inmates suffering for over 20 minutes after the procedu...
South Carolina Inmate Chooses Firing Squad Execution"
Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon chose to be executed by firing squad on March 7, the first such execution in the U.S. in 15 years, due to concerns about prolonged suffering with lethal injection, which has resulted in three previous inmates suffering for over 20 minutes after the procedu...
Progress
56% Bias Score
Trump Refugee Policy Reversal Causes Staff Cuts at US Resettlement Nonprofits
The Trump administration's abrupt policy shift on refugee resettlement has resulted in widespread staff cuts and funding shortages at U.S. nonprofits, impacting their ability to support newly arrived refugees; however, philanthropic initiatives are attempting to offset the impact.
Trump Refugee Policy Reversal Causes Staff Cuts at US Resettlement Nonprofits
The Trump administration's abrupt policy shift on refugee resettlement has resulted in widespread staff cuts and funding shortages at U.S. nonprofits, impacting their ability to support newly arrived refugees; however, philanthropic initiatives are attempting to offset the impact.
Progress
44% Bias Score
Colombia Appoints Retired General as Minister of Defense, Breaking with Tradition
Colombian President Gustavo Petro appointed recently retired Air Force General Pedro Sánchez as the new Minister of Defense, breaking a 30-year tradition of civilian leadership in this role, sparking concerns among security experts.
Colombia Appoints Retired General as Minister of Defense, Breaking with Tradition
Colombian President Gustavo Petro appointed recently retired Air Force General Pedro Sánchez as the new Minister of Defense, breaking a 30-year tradition of civilian leadership in this role, sparking concerns among security experts.
Progress
44% Bias Score
Saskatchewan Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Assaulting 12 Women Under Guise of Indigenous Healer
Cecil Wolfe, 63, pleaded guilty in Saskatoon court to sexually assaulting 12 women in Saskatchewan and Alberta between 2013 and 2021, falsely claiming to be an Indigenous healer removing "bad medicine" and using trinkets as evidence; the women felt violated and scared.
Saskatchewan Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Assaulting 12 Women Under Guise of Indigenous Healer
Cecil Wolfe, 63, pleaded guilty in Saskatoon court to sexually assaulting 12 women in Saskatchewan and Alberta between 2013 and 2021, falsely claiming to be an Indigenous healer removing "bad medicine" and using trinkets as evidence; the women felt violated and scared.
Progress
16% Bias Score
Graeber's "Utopia of Rules": Bureaucracy's Paradoxical Growth
David Graeber's "The Utopia of Rules" argues that market-based reforms in public services, exemplified by his experience with the US Medicare system and the transformation of the British NHS, consistently lead to increased bureaucracy and inefficiency, a phenomenon he labels the 'iron law of liberal...
Graeber's "Utopia of Rules": Bureaucracy's Paradoxical Growth
David Graeber's "The Utopia of Rules" argues that market-based reforms in public services, exemplified by his experience with the US Medicare system and the transformation of the British NHS, consistently lead to increased bureaucracy and inefficiency, a phenomenon he labels the 'iron law of liberal...
Progress
44% Bias Score