Trump threatened to 'blow up' Oman — why the tiny Gulf kingdom is caught between DC and Iran ^0%

Fox News - By Morgan Phillips - 5/30/2026, 1:00 PM

Confirmation Bias 19.7% - Negativity Bias 16.6% - Appeal to Authority 14.5%

President Donald Trump's threat to "blow up" Oman if the Gulf kingdom didn't "behave" has exposed a rare rupture with one of Washington's most valuable Middle East partners — a country that has spent decades quietly serving as America's backchannel to Iran. "The strait's gotta be open to everybody," the president said during a Cabinet... more

Opinion | Trump’s White House UFC fight is darker than just mindless violence ^0%

MS NOW - By Zeeshan Aleem - 5/28/2026, 10:00 AM

Biased Writer Voice 40.8% - Negativity Bias 36.7% - Appeal to Emotion 25.2%

Construction of the arena for President Donald Trump’s White House Ultimate Fighting Championship fight, scheduled on his 80th birthday on June 14, is underway, and it’s already a monstrosity. There’s a giant pair of domed, star-spangled arches that appear to be sprouting out of the South Lawn. Trump has already desecrated Washington... more

Democrats are guarding against redrawing St. Louis-based 1st Congressional District ^0%

STLPR - By Jason Rosenbaum - 5/27/2026, 10:00 AM

Post Hoc (False Cause) 17.6% - Appeal to Emotion 14.9% - Negativity Bias 11.5%

After the U.S. Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act’s protection of majority-minority districts, Missouri Republicans could have joined Southern states in dismantling the heavily Democratic and historically African American 1st Congressional District. They didn’t. But that doesn’t mean the St. Louis- and St. Louis County-based... more

White House blasts Cruz, Pompeo for trashing Trump peace efforts as Iran appeasement ^30.8%

Fox News - By Eric Mack - 5/24/2026, 1:42 PM

Negativity Bias 29.2% - Appeal to Emotion 21% - Ad Hominem 20.4%

While President Donald Trump was burning the midnight oil hammering out a last-minute peace and denuclearization deal with Iran, his White House inner circle was hammering critics from the right for either working to "undermine" peace efforts or "illegally" abusing residual security clearance. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a Fox... more

An ever-expanding catastrophe over Iran is not inevitable. Trump can and must be stopped ^32.6%

The Guardian - By Simon Tisdall - 5/23/2026, 9:00 AM

Negativity Bias 36% - Biased Writer Voice 29.8% - Indoctrination 21%

With the deadlocked war in Iran about to enter its fourth month, loose comparisons with previous US quagmires in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam are bandied about. When the conflict began, warnings of another “forever war” seemed exaggerated. No longer. As matters stand, the negative international humanitarian, economic and geopolitical... more

Missouri governor places tax overhaul on August ballot, and abortion ban in November ^20.5%

KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR - By Jason Hancock - 5/22/2026, 6:34 PM

Negativity Bias 15.6% - Appeal to Emotion 9.3% - Framing Effect 5.9%

Gov. Mike Kehoe will ask Missouri voters in August to decide whether lawmakers should have new power to expand sales taxes to replace the income tax and whether citizen-led constitutional amendments should face a higher bar for passage. Kehoe moved four proposed constitutional amendments to the Aug. 4 primary ballot: Amendment 1,... more

'DISASTER!': Former Dem megadonor delivers SCATHING party assessment ^0%

Fox News - 5/22/2026, 1:00 PM

Democrats took control of the Congress. I think that uh and let's say took control of the country. Uh I think that this country's finished. These people are sick. They suffer from Trump derangement syndrome. But really they they they have bad policy. They have horrible policy. >> John Morgan is a former major Democrat donor. John, you... more

Is the DOJ "anti-weaponization" fund linked to Trump legal? ^66.4%

CBS News - 5/22/2026, 12:54 PM

Peter Shane joins us now to discuss this. He's a distinguished scholar in residence and an adjunct professor of law at New York University's uh school of law. Good morning. Uh Peter, thanks for being with us. Let's just start at the top level here. Is this legal? What is the legal basis of this fund? Because you wonder why it was dropped... more

Republicans delay votes over concerns about Trump’s ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ ^77.6%

ABC News - 5/22/2026, 12:30 PM

This morning, a growing revolt among Senate Republicans outraged over the president's new taxpayer fund to reward his allies who claimed they were mistreated by the Biden Justice Department. Among those who could financially benefit from the $ 1.8 billion fund, those who stormed the capital and attacked police officers on January 6th. >>... more

What's holding the U.S. and Iran apart on a peace deal? ^29.6%

CBS News - 5/22/2026, 1:00 AM

As we've been reporting, the Iranian government is reviewing the latest US proposal to end the war. The conflict has remained unresolved for nearly 3 months, and in the meantime, gas prices have skyrocketed. According to AAA, all 50 states are seeing gas prices above $4 a gallon ahead of the Memorial Day weekend. President Trump was... more