February 2025
March 2025
Macron Accuses Russia of Globalizing Ukraine War, Considers Increased Defense Spending
French President Macron accused Russia of globalizing the war in Ukraine by using Iranian drones and North Korean troops, prompting him to consider raising defense spending to 5 percent of GDP and to plan a trip to Washington to urge President Trump against appeasing Russia.
Macron Accuses Russia of Globalizing Ukraine War, Considers Increased Defense Spending
French President Macron accused Russia of globalizing the war in Ukraine by using Iranian drones and North Korean troops, prompting him to consider raising defense spending to 5 percent of GDP and to plan a trip to Washington to urge President Trump against appeasing Russia.
Progress
56% Bias Score
Widespread Federal Layoffs Jeopardize Public Safety and Services
The Trump administration, aided by Elon Musk, is drastically cutting the federal workforce, impacting numerous agencies and potentially jeopardizing public safety and services.
Widespread Federal Layoffs Jeopardize Public Safety and Services
The Trump administration, aided by Elon Musk, is drastically cutting the federal workforce, impacting numerous agencies and potentially jeopardizing public safety and services.
Progress
60% Bias Score
Trump Dismantles USAID, Halting $40 Billion in Foreign Aid
President Trump's immediate freeze and subsequent dismantling of USAID, involving over $40 billion in international projects, has caused significant disruption to global health initiatives and aid programs in 177 countries, raising concerns about humanitarian crises and constitutional violations.
Trump Dismantles USAID, Halting $40 Billion in Foreign Aid
President Trump's immediate freeze and subsequent dismantling of USAID, involving over $40 billion in international projects, has caused significant disruption to global health initiatives and aid programs in 177 countries, raising concerns about humanitarian crises and constitutional violations.
Progress
56% Bias Score
Trump's Ukraine Policy Shakes Global Alliances
Trump's attempts to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine have prompted a reevaluation of Western support, causing significant geopolitical shifts and jeopardizing international alliances and norms as he prioritizes Russia while seemingly abandoning Ukraine to economic subjugation.
Trump's Ukraine Policy Shakes Global Alliances
Trump's attempts to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine have prompted a reevaluation of Western support, causing significant geopolitical shifts and jeopardizing international alliances and norms as he prioritizes Russia while seemingly abandoning Ukraine to economic subjugation.
Progress
64% Bias Score
French Surgeon on Trial for Abusing 299 Patients
French surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec is on trial for sexually abusing 299 patients, mostly children, across 25 years, highlighting systemic failures after warnings and a prior conviction were ignored; his diaries detailed the abuse, and at least one victim committed suicide.
French Surgeon on Trial for Abusing 299 Patients
French surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec is on trial for sexually abusing 299 patients, mostly children, across 25 years, highlighting systemic failures after warnings and a prior conviction were ignored; his diaries detailed the abuse, and at least one victim committed suicide.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Trump's Ceasefire Proposal Raises Concerns of Broader Russian Gains in Ukraine
Donald Trump's push for a swift ceasefire in Ukraine, potentially involving major concessions to Russia, is creating concerns in Kyiv and Europe, as Putin's strategic aims go beyond eastern Ukraine, potentially leading to a reshaping of the continental security order.
Trump's Ceasefire Proposal Raises Concerns of Broader Russian Gains in Ukraine
Donald Trump's push for a swift ceasefire in Ukraine, potentially involving major concessions to Russia, is creating concerns in Kyiv and Europe, as Putin's strategic aims go beyond eastern Ukraine, potentially leading to a reshaping of the continental security order.
Progress
56% Bias Score
Europe Reeling From US Ukraine Shift
A sudden decline in US support for Ukraine has left European leaders scrambling to formulate a unified response, while the US and Russia's rapprochement exposes a lack of European defense preparedness and a potential need for increased military spending and cooperation.
Europe Reeling From US Ukraine Shift
A sudden decline in US support for Ukraine has left European leaders scrambling to formulate a unified response, while the US and Russia's rapprochement exposes a lack of European defense preparedness and a potential need for increased military spending and cooperation.
Progress
52% Bias Score
UNICEF's Gaza Emergency Response: A $88.2 Million Funding Gap
Following a 15-month war, UNICEF in Gaza provides vital aid to children, including water, nutrition, healthcare, and family reunification, but faces an $88.2 million funding shortfall in 2024.
UNICEF's Gaza Emergency Response: A $88.2 Million Funding Gap
Following a 15-month war, UNICEF in Gaza provides vital aid to children, including water, nutrition, healthcare, and family reunification, but faces an $88.2 million funding shortfall in 2024.
Progress
52% Bias Score
PEPFAR Funding Freeze Threatens to Reverse Decades of Progress Against AIDS in Africa
A 90-day freeze on U.S. foreign aid, including funding for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), has caused thousands of health workers to be laid off in Africa, closing clinics and risking a resurgence of HIV/AIDS.
PEPFAR Funding Freeze Threatens to Reverse Decades of Progress Against AIDS in Africa
A 90-day freeze on U.S. foreign aid, including funding for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), has caused thousands of health workers to be laid off in Africa, closing clinics and risking a resurgence of HIV/AIDS.
Progress
44% Bias Score
Hamas Hands Over Bodies of Israeli Hostages
Hamas transferred four coffins believed to contain the remains of Israeli hostages—Shiri Bibas, her two sons, and Oded Lifshitz—to the Red Cross; Israel's leaders expressed profound sorrow, while Hamas engaged in propaganda blaming the deaths on the US and Israel.
Hamas Hands Over Bodies of Israeli Hostages
Hamas transferred four coffins believed to contain the remains of Israeli hostages—Shiri Bibas, her two sons, and Oded Lifshitz—to the Red Cross; Israel's leaders expressed profound sorrow, while Hamas engaged in propaganda blaming the deaths on the US and Israel.
Progress
56% Bias Score
Trump's Immigration Overhaul: Reduced Crossings, but at What Cost?
The Trump administration's new immigration policies have drastically reduced irregular border crossings, but this is achieved by sending asylum seekers to Guantanamo Bay and Panama, raising serious human rights concerns and potentially creating a global refugee crisis.
Trump's Immigration Overhaul: Reduced Crossings, but at What Cost?
The Trump administration's new immigration policies have drastically reduced irregular border crossings, but this is achieved by sending asylum seekers to Guantanamo Bay and Panama, raising serious human rights concerns and potentially creating a global refugee crisis.
Progress
68% Bias Score
Trump's Second Term Begins with Power Grab and Assault on Democracy
Upon assuming office, Trump pardoned January 6th attackers, threatened military action to seize the Panama Canal, and began dismantling government agencies, prompting concerns about the erosion of democratic institutions and the rise of an oligarchy.
Trump's Second Term Begins with Power Grab and Assault on Democracy
Upon assuming office, Trump pardoned January 6th attackers, threatened military action to seize the Panama Canal, and began dismantling government agencies, prompting concerns about the erosion of democratic institutions and the rise of an oligarchy.
Progress
64% Bias Score