January 2025
February 2025
Google Donates $1 Million to Trump's Inaugural Fund
Google joined other tech giants in donating $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump's record-breaking $170 million inauguration fund, aiming to improve relations with the incoming administration despite past criticisms.
Google Donates $1 Million to Trump's Inaugural Fund
Google joined other tech giants in donating $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump's record-breaking $170 million inauguration fund, aiming to improve relations with the incoming administration despite past criticisms.
Progress
44% Bias Score
Inmate Firefighters: A Critical Examination of Prison Labor in Wildfire Response
In California, approximately 30% of the wildfire fighting workforce consists of incarcerated individuals who voluntarily work for $0.16-$0.74 per hour or a daily rate up to $10.24, facing high injury rates and raising ethical questions about prison labor and the 13th Amendment.
Inmate Firefighters: A Critical Examination of Prison Labor in Wildfire Response
In California, approximately 30% of the wildfire fighting workforce consists of incarcerated individuals who voluntarily work for $0.16-$0.74 per hour or a daily rate up to $10.24, facing high injury rates and raising ethical questions about prison labor and the 13th Amendment.
Progress
64% Bias Score
Meta Abandons Third-Party Fact-Checkers, Adopts X-Style Community Notes
Meta is ending its partnership with third-party fact-checking organizations and will instead implement a community-driven system similar to X's Community Notes, a change CEO Mark Zuckerberg says is intended to reduce censorship and increase freedom of expression across Facebook, Instagram, and Threa...
Meta Abandons Third-Party Fact-Checkers, Adopts X-Style Community Notes
Meta is ending its partnership with third-party fact-checking organizations and will instead implement a community-driven system similar to X's Community Notes, a change CEO Mark Zuckerberg says is intended to reduce censorship and increase freedom of expression across Facebook, Instagram, and Threa...
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48% Bias Score
California Wildfires: Devastation and Political Fallout
Devastating wildfires rage in Los Angeles, forcing evacuations amid Mayor Bass's absence; President Biden offers condolences; Newsom and Trump clash over the crisis.
California Wildfires: Devastation and Political Fallout
Devastating wildfires rage in Los Angeles, forcing evacuations amid Mayor Bass's absence; President Biden offers condolences; Newsom and Trump clash over the crisis.
Progress
76% Bias Score
Ernst's Bill Aims to Recover \$200 Billion in Fraudulent COVID-19 Relief Loans
Senator Joni Ernst introduced the Complete COVID Collections Act to recover over \$200 billion in potentially fraudulent COVID-19 relief loans, extending the Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery's authority and strengthening enforcement to include the Justice Department.
Ernst's Bill Aims to Recover \$200 Billion in Fraudulent COVID-19 Relief Loans
Senator Joni Ernst introduced the Complete COVID Collections Act to recover over \$200 billion in potentially fraudulent COVID-19 relief loans, extending the Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery's authority and strengthening enforcement to include the Justice Department.
Progress
56% Bias Score
California's Wildfire Insurance Crisis: Mass Cancellations and Controversial New Regulations
Due to rising wildfire risks, 2.8 million California homeowner insurance policies were non-renewed from 2020-2022, forcing many into the higher-cost FAIR plan; new regulations allowing insurers to include reinsurance costs in rate calculations aim to address the issue but face criticism for potentia...
California's Wildfire Insurance Crisis: Mass Cancellations and Controversial New Regulations
Due to rising wildfire risks, 2.8 million California homeowner insurance policies were non-renewed from 2020-2022, forcing many into the higher-cost FAIR plan; new regulations allowing insurers to include reinsurance costs in rate calculations aim to address the issue but face criticism for potentia...
Progress
40% Bias Score
Record U.S. Job Cuts in 2024 Amidst Technological Advancements and Economic Uncertainty
U.S. companies announced over 1.5 million job cuts in 2024, a 15-year high excluding 2020, driven by rapid technological advancements and economic shifts; the technology sector led with 133,988 job losses, while government job cuts surged 1,520% due to military reductions.
Record U.S. Job Cuts in 2024 Amidst Technological Advancements and Economic Uncertainty
U.S. companies announced over 1.5 million job cuts in 2024, a 15-year high excluding 2020, driven by rapid technological advancements and economic shifts; the technology sector led with 133,988 job losses, while government job cuts surged 1,520% due to military reductions.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Bipartisan Support for Bondi's Attorney General Nomination Amidst Senatorial Reservations
Over 60 former Democratic and Republican attorneys general, along with more than 100 former Justice Department officials, support Pam Bondi's nomination as Attorney General, citing her extensive prosecutorial experience; however, Senator Durbin expressed reservations due to her past defense of Presi...
Bipartisan Support for Bondi's Attorney General Nomination Amidst Senatorial Reservations
Over 60 former Democratic and Republican attorneys general, along with more than 100 former Justice Department officials, support Pam Bondi's nomination as Attorney General, citing her extensive prosecutorial experience; however, Senator Durbin expressed reservations due to her past defense of Presi...
Progress
44% Bias Score
Americans Honor Jimmy Carter at Capitol Lying in State
Americans traveled to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to pay their respects to former President Jimmy Carter, who lay in state at the U.S. Capitol before his state funeral on Thursday; visitors shared personal stories and expressed admiration for his life of service.
Americans Honor Jimmy Carter at Capitol Lying in State
Americans traveled to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to pay their respects to former President Jimmy Carter, who lay in state at the U.S. Capitol before his state funeral on Thursday; visitors shared personal stories and expressed admiration for his life of service.
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28% Bias Score
9/11 Mastermind's Plea Deal Rejected by Pentagon
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, will plead guilty on Friday to avoid the death penalty as part of a plea agreement unexpectedly rejected by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who seeks a public trial and potential death sentence.
9/11 Mastermind's Plea Deal Rejected by Pentagon
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, will plead guilty on Friday to avoid the death penalty as part of a plea agreement unexpectedly rejected by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who seeks a public trial and potential death sentence.
Progress
52% Bias Score
Migrants Race to US Border Amid Trump's Anti-Immigration Stance
Fearing mass deportations promised by Donald Trump, numerous migrants are racing to reach the US-Mexico border before his inauguration, highlighting the significant impact of his anti-immigration rhetoric on asylum seekers' decisions and the preparedness of neighboring countries like Mexico.
Migrants Race to US Border Amid Trump's Anti-Immigration Stance
Fearing mass deportations promised by Donald Trump, numerous migrants are racing to reach the US-Mexico border before his inauguration, highlighting the significant impact of his anti-immigration rhetoric on asylum seekers' decisions and the preparedness of neighboring countries like Mexico.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Weak La Niña Delivers Unpredictable US Winter Weather
A weak La Niña climate pattern arrived late in 2025, influencing US winter weather with unusual extremes: heavy rain in Northern California and the Midwest, contrasting with Southern California's dryness and unusually cold temperatures in the South, despite predictions of warmer temperatures in much...
Weak La Niña Delivers Unpredictable US Winter Weather
A weak La Niña climate pattern arrived late in 2025, influencing US winter weather with unusual extremes: heavy rain in Northern California and the Midwest, contrasting with Southern California's dryness and unusually cold temperatures in the South, despite predictions of warmer temperatures in much...
Progress
36% Bias Score