January 2025
February 2025
Meta Ends DEI Programs Amidst Conservative Backlash
Meta ended several DEI programs amid growing conservative backlash, while Costco resisted a similar proposal, highlighting the ongoing debate about DEI policies in corporate America.
Meta Ends DEI Programs Amidst Conservative Backlash
Meta ended several DEI programs amid growing conservative backlash, while Costco resisted a similar proposal, highlighting the ongoing debate about DEI policies in corporate America.
Progress
56% Bias Score
NIH's $1.8 Billion Long COVID Investment: Slow Progress Fuels Patient Frustration
The NIH has invested $1.8 billion in long COVID research, yet millions of patients lack effective treatments, prompting calls for faster clinical trials and FDA approvals; research focuses on understanding the disease's mechanisms before large-scale trials.
NIH's $1.8 Billion Long COVID Investment: Slow Progress Fuels Patient Frustration
The NIH has invested $1.8 billion in long COVID research, yet millions of patients lack effective treatments, prompting calls for faster clinical trials and FDA approvals; research focuses on understanding the disease's mechanisms before large-scale trials.
Progress
60% Bias Score
LADWP's Lack of Safety Protocol Exacerbates Los Angeles Wildfires
Los Angeles's municipal utility lacked a standard safety protocol to maintain water pressure to fire hydrants during a planned power outage, hampering wildfire response; this absence, unlike other California utilities, led to a water shortage during the wildfires.
LADWP's Lack of Safety Protocol Exacerbates Los Angeles Wildfires
Los Angeles's municipal utility lacked a standard safety protocol to maintain water pressure to fire hydrants during a planned power outage, hampering wildfire response; this absence, unlike other California utilities, led to a water shortage during the wildfires.
Progress
44% Bias Score
Southern California Wildfires Claim Eleven Lives, Thousands of Structures Destroyed
Fueled by dry conditions and powerful winds, Southern California wildfires have claimed at least eleven lives, destroyed thousands of structures, and displaced roughly 180,000 people; at least four victims died while attempting to protect their homes.
Southern California Wildfires Claim Eleven Lives, Thousands of Structures Destroyed
Fueled by dry conditions and powerful winds, Southern California wildfires have claimed at least eleven lives, destroyed thousands of structures, and displaced roughly 180,000 people; at least four victims died while attempting to protect their homes.
Progress
16% Bias Score
Havana Syndrome: Intelligence Agencies Divided on Foreign Weapon Involvement
Based on new intelligence, two US intelligence agencies suggest a "novel weapon" might be responsible for some Havana Syndrome cases, contradicting the broader intelligence community's assessment of unlikely foreign involvement; ongoing research explores radio frequencies' bioeffects.
Havana Syndrome: Intelligence Agencies Divided on Foreign Weapon Involvement
Based on new intelligence, two US intelligence agencies suggest a "novel weapon" might be responsible for some Havana Syndrome cases, contradicting the broader intelligence community's assessment of unlikely foreign involvement; ongoing research explores radio frequencies' bioeffects.
Progress
48% Bias Score
Canada Prepares Retaliatory Tariffs Amidst Potential US Trade War
Canada is preparing retaliatory tariffs on US goods, including energy, alcohol, and steel, if President-elect Trump imposes a 25% tariff on Canadian goods, potentially escalating into a trade war impacting global consumer prices and energy supplies.
Canada Prepares Retaliatory Tariffs Amidst Potential US Trade War
Canada is preparing retaliatory tariffs on US goods, including energy, alcohol, and steel, if President-elect Trump imposes a 25% tariff on Canadian goods, potentially escalating into a trade war impacting global consumer prices and energy supplies.
Progress
48% Bias Score
Trump-Alito Call Raises Ethical Concerns
President-elect Trump's phone call with Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito hours before a Supreme Court ruling on his hush money case is raising ethics concerns, prompting criticism about potential conflicts of interest between the executive and judicial branches.
Trump-Alito Call Raises Ethical Concerns
President-elect Trump's phone call with Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito hours before a Supreme Court ruling on his hush money case is raising ethics concerns, prompting criticism about potential conflicts of interest between the executive and judicial branches.
Progress
52% Bias Score
Montana AG Appeals to Supreme Court Over Parental Consent for Minor Abortions
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the state supreme court's 2024 ruling invalidating a 2013 law requiring parental consent for minors seeking abortions, arguing that parental rights should include medical decision-making for their children, a deci...
Montana AG Appeals to Supreme Court Over Parental Consent for Minor Abortions
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the state supreme court's 2024 ruling invalidating a 2013 law requiring parental consent for minors seeking abortions, arguing that parental rights should include medical decision-making for their children, a deci...
Progress
52% Bias Score
Biden to Deliver Farewell Address on January 15th
President Joe Biden will give his farewell address on Wednesday, January 15th, 2024, at 8 p.m. ET from the Oval Office, highlighting his administration's accomplishments, particularly in foreign policy, before President-elect Trump's inauguration.
Biden to Deliver Farewell Address on January 15th
President Joe Biden will give his farewell address on Wednesday, January 15th, 2024, at 8 p.m. ET from the Oval Office, highlighting his administration's accomplishments, particularly in foreign policy, before President-elect Trump's inauguration.
Progress
48% Bias Score
Major Winter Storm Cripples Southern US, Causing Widespread Disruptions
A powerful winter storm brought heavy snow and ice to Texas, Oklahoma, and numerous Southern states, causing widespread power outages, school closures affecting millions of students, and hazardous travel conditions, leading to states of emergency declarations.
Major Winter Storm Cripples Southern US, Causing Widespread Disruptions
A powerful winter storm brought heavy snow and ice to Texas, Oklahoma, and numerous Southern states, causing widespread power outages, school closures affecting millions of students, and hazardous travel conditions, leading to states of emergency declarations.
Progress
28% Bias Score
Giuliani Held in Contempt Again for Spreading Election Lies
Rudy Giuliani, former New York mayor and Trump lawyer, was held in contempt of court for a second time this week for repeatedly spreading false information about the 2020 election, despite a previous court order and a $150 million defamation verdict. Judge Beryl Howell ordered him to affirmatively s...
Giuliani Held in Contempt Again for Spreading Election Lies
Rudy Giuliani, former New York mayor and Trump lawyer, was held in contempt of court for a second time this week for repeatedly spreading false information about the 2020 election, despite a previous court order and a $150 million defamation verdict. Judge Beryl Howell ordered him to affirmatively s...
Progress
40% Bias Score
Sheehy's Bipartisan Wildfire Bill Seeks to Combat Year-Round Threat
Montana Senator Tim Sheehy, a former aerial firefighter, is introducing bipartisan wildfire legislation to address year-round fires in California and across the US, focusing on faster response times, improved firefighter support, and public-private partnerships.
Sheehy's Bipartisan Wildfire Bill Seeks to Combat Year-Round Threat
Montana Senator Tim Sheehy, a former aerial firefighter, is introducing bipartisan wildfire legislation to address year-round fires in California and across the US, focusing on faster response times, improved firefighter support, and public-private partnerships.
Progress
40% Bias Score