March 2025
April 2025
UN Braces for Potential US Funding Cuts, Implements Hiring Freeze
A leaked UN memo reveals plans to manage a potential 20% budget cut due to possible US funding cuts, prompting a hiring freeze and urging departments to function with 80% of their allocated budgets.
UN Braces for Potential US Funding Cuts, Implements Hiring Freeze
A leaked UN memo reveals plans to manage a potential 20% budget cut due to possible US funding cuts, prompting a hiring freeze and urging departments to function with 80% of their allocated budgets.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Advanced DNA Technology Solves Decades-Old Murders
Othram, a forensic technology company, used advanced DNA testing to solve the decades-old murders of Cathy Swartz in 1988 and Catherine Edwards in 1995, identifying Robert Waters and Clayton Foreman as the respective killers, leading to Waters' suicide and Foreman's life sentence.
Advanced DNA Technology Solves Decades-Old Murders
Othram, a forensic technology company, used advanced DNA testing to solve the decades-old murders of Cathy Swartz in 1988 and Catherine Edwards in 1995, identifying Robert Waters and Clayton Foreman as the respective killers, leading to Waters' suicide and Foreman's life sentence.
Progress
48% Bias Score
Trump Threatens Canada Tariffs, Seeks Russia-Ukraine Settlement, Considers Eliminating Education Department
President Trump threatened reciprocal tariffs on Canada due to Canadian tariffs on US dairy and lumber, potentially as early as Friday, while also expressing a desire for a negotiated settlement in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and exploring the possibility of eliminating the Department of Education.
Trump Threatens Canada Tariffs, Seeks Russia-Ukraine Settlement, Considers Eliminating Education Department
President Trump threatened reciprocal tariffs on Canada due to Canadian tariffs on US dairy and lumber, potentially as early as Friday, while also expressing a desire for a negotiated settlement in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and exploring the possibility of eliminating the Department of Education.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Trump Limits Musk's Authority in Federal Staff Reductions
President Trump met with cabinet officials and Elon Musk to clarify that federal agency heads, not Musk, will make personnel decisions; the meeting follows recent mass firings deemed unlawful and aims to refine cost-cutting efforts.
Trump Limits Musk's Authority in Federal Staff Reductions
President Trump met with cabinet officials and Elon Musk to clarify that federal agency heads, not Musk, will make personnel decisions; the meeting follows recent mass firings deemed unlawful and aims to refine cost-cutting efforts.
Progress
44% Bias Score
US Job Growth Slows Amidst Trump's Government Cuts
US job growth slowed to 151,000 in February 2024, as 10,000 federal jobs were cut under President Trump's administration, while the unemployment rate rose to 4.1%.
US Job Growth Slows Amidst Trump's Government Cuts
US job growth slowed to 151,000 in February 2024, as 10,000 federal jobs were cut under President Trump's administration, while the unemployment rate rose to 4.1%.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Trump's Letter to Khamenei Denied Amid Iran Nuclear Tensions
On March 7, 2025, US President Donald Trump claimed to have sent a letter to Iran's Supreme Leader, inviting him to negotiations, a claim denied by Iran's UN mission; this follows a history of failed negotiations and Iran's accelerated uranium enrichment.
Trump's Letter to Khamenei Denied Amid Iran Nuclear Tensions
On March 7, 2025, US President Donald Trump claimed to have sent a letter to Iran's Supreme Leader, inviting him to negotiations, a claim denied by Iran's UN mission; this follows a history of failed negotiations and Iran's accelerated uranium enrichment.
Progress
36% Bias Score
Supreme Court to Rule on Online Porn Age Verification
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide this spring whether states can require websites hosting adult content to verify users' ages, impacting the multibillion-dollar porn industry and potentially creating a stronger safety barrier for children; public health experts note that exposure to pornography is ...
Supreme Court to Rule on Online Porn Age Verification
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide this spring whether states can require websites hosting adult content to verify users' ages, impacting the multibillion-dollar porn industry and potentially creating a stronger safety barrier for children; public health experts note that exposure to pornography is ...
Progress
44% Bias Score
China's Trade Slowdown: Exports Rise Less Than Expected, Imports Fall Sharply
China's January-February exports rose a less-than-expected 2.3% year-on-year, while imports fell by over 8%, yielding a $170.52 billion trade surplus despite anticipated 5% export growth and import increases; this precedes further U.S. tariff impacts.
China's Trade Slowdown: Exports Rise Less Than Expected, Imports Fall Sharply
China's January-February exports rose a less-than-expected 2.3% year-on-year, while imports fell by over 8%, yielding a $170.52 billion trade surplus despite anticipated 5% export growth and import increases; this precedes further U.S. tariff impacts.
Progress
36% Bias Score
Over 70 Dead in Syria Clashes as Assad Loyalists Battle Security Forces
Clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of deposed President Bashar al-Assad in Latakia and Tartous have killed over 70 people, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights; the fighting continues, impacting interim President al-Sharaa's efforts to consolidate power and raising ...
Over 70 Dead in Syria Clashes as Assad Loyalists Battle Security Forces
Clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of deposed President Bashar al-Assad in Latakia and Tartous have killed over 70 people, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights; the fighting continues, impacting interim President al-Sharaa's efforts to consolidate power and raising ...
Progress
40% Bias Score
US Butterfly Populations Decline by 22% Due to Insecticides, Climate Change, and Habitat Loss
A new study found a 22% decline in US butterfly populations since 2000, with the Southwest experiencing the most significant decrease (over 50%), primarily attributed to insecticides, climate change, and habitat loss.
US Butterfly Populations Decline by 22% Due to Insecticides, Climate Change, and Habitat Loss
A new study found a 22% decline in US butterfly populations since 2000, with the Southwest experiencing the most significant decrease (over 50%), primarily attributed to insecticides, climate change, and habitat loss.
Progress
32% Bias Score
Architect Ricardo Scofidio Dies at 89
Architect Ricardo Scofidio, co-founder of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, died peacefully on Thursday at age 89; his firm's work includes New York City's High Line and other significant cultural and public spaces.
Architect Ricardo Scofidio Dies at 89
Architect Ricardo Scofidio, co-founder of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, died peacefully on Thursday at age 89; his firm's work includes New York City's High Line and other significant cultural and public spaces.
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36% Bias Score
Kiir's Arrests Threaten South Sudan Peace Deal
President Salva Kiir of South Sudan ordered the arrest and dismissal of several officials linked to Vice President Riek Machar, escalating tensions and threatening the 2018 peace agreement following recent violence in Upper Nile state, reportedly over rumors of forced disarmament; the actions risk r...
Kiir's Arrests Threaten South Sudan Peace Deal
President Salva Kiir of South Sudan ordered the arrest and dismissal of several officials linked to Vice President Riek Machar, escalating tensions and threatening the 2018 peace agreement following recent violence in Upper Nile state, reportedly over rumors of forced disarmament; the actions risk r...
Progress
40% Bias Score