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82audits citing this outlet
5carried a hard contradiction
60carried a framing split
45spans quoted

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“Luigi Mangione, the 28-year-old accused of killing a health care executive on a Manhattan street, pleaded guilty to stalking charges”
August 14, 2026 · see it in context →
“his guilty plea in federal court is expected to have significant impacts on the state trial. New York state's strict double jeopardy law could potentially upend those proceedings.”
August 14, 2026 · see it in context →
“the board also voted on Thursday to put President Trump's name back on the center's entry”
August 13, 2026 · see it in context →
“The board's decisions will be subject to the federal judge's approval.”
August 13, 2026 · see it in context →
“That officer described the feeling later in the video as having 'no control.'”
August 13, 2026 · see it in context →
“another test of progressive power will play out in a neighboring Midwestern swing state”
August 12, 2026 · see it in context →
“President Trump signed another executive order aimed at trying to upend the way U.S. children are vaccinated against dangerous infectious diseases.”
August 11, 2026 · see it in context →
“calls for reducing the number of childhood vaccines recommended by the federal government from 17 to 11.”
August 11, 2026 · see it in context →
“The move would diminish the program's federal standards and give states and parents more control.”
August 6, 2026 · see it in context →
“It will ultimately be up to the Justice Department to decide whether to pursue a criminal prosecution of Fauci.”
August 6, 2026 · see it in context →
“Hogg said he wasn't interested in leading the party himself, despite a recent call from him to do so by prominent political consultant James Carville.”
August 6, 2026 · see it in context →
“said Hogg, who served as DNC co-vice chair for several months last year.”
August 6, 2026 · see it in context →

Audits citing NPR

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