Polls start to close as voters across U.S. pick candidates for governor, Congress : NPR ^9.2%

NPR - By Saige Miller - 6/2/2026, 9:00 AM

Unattributed Quote 11.3% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 8.8% - Recency Bias 8.5%

Six states — California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, South Dakota and New Mexico — hold elections on Tuesday. Polls are officially closed in New Jersey, South Dakota, Iowa and New Mexico, where voters are casting ballots in primary races for U.S. House, Senate and statewide offices. Most of the attention is on California and Iowa, where... more

Why Trump wants to spend $1 billion on Great Salt Lake ^23.3%

KUER - By Saige Miller - 4/24/2026, 9:09 PM

Negativity Bias 14.4% - Hasty Generalization 10% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 9.3%

<b>Updated April 24, 2026 at 9:03 AM MDT</b> At its peak, Great Salt Lake, located right outside the state's capital of Salt Lake City, was bigger than the state of Delaware, covering roughly 2,300 square miles, with a thriving ecosystem and the main reason Utah claimed to have "the greatest snow on Earth." Now, due to a severe water... more

Why Trump wants to spend $1 billion on Great Salt Lake ^36.5%

NPR - By Saige Miller - 4/24/2026, 9:00 AM

Post Hoc (False Cause) 18.2% - Negativity Bias 15.8% - Appeal to Emotion 13.5%

At its peak, Great Salt Lake, located right outside the state's capital of Salt Lake City, was bigger than the state of Delaware, covering roughly 2,300 square miles, with a thriving ecosystem and the main reason Utah claimed to have "the greatest snow on Earth." Now, due to a severe water shortage caused by excessive water consumption... more

Trump says U.S. is 'achieving major strides' in Iran but doesn't cite endpoint ^87.1%

NPR - By Saige Miller - 3/9/2026, 8:59 PM

President Trump on Monday touted the success of the military as the U.S. enters its second week of strikes in Iran but didn't cite a firm endpoint for the conflict. "We're achieving major strides toward completing our military objective. And some people could say they're pretty well complete," he said at a press conference at his resort... more

DOJ releases Epstein files and the first batch is short on new information ^75.5%

NPR - By Stephen Fowler, Saige Miller - 12/19/2025, 9:04 PM

The Justice Department has released a trove of documents related to the life, death and criminal investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including many that have already been made public from prior disclosures. Others are filled with heavy redactions. Among the new, previously unseen files released Friday were several... more