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Publication: NOTUS

NOTUS has ^34.9% among publications. BS Score: 1.8%. Articles analyzed: 9. Words analyzed: 23,050.

Top reasoning patterns

Negativity Bias - 10.7% (2,458 hits)
Appeal to Authority - 7.5% (1,731 hits)
Framing Effect - 5.4% (1,256 hits)
Hasty Generalization - 4.3% (983 hits)
Post Hoc (False Cause) - 3.6% (822 hits)
Appeal to Emotion - 3.4% (791 hits)
Confirmation Bias - 3.2% (735 hits)
Optimism Bias - 3.1% (717 hits)

Analyzed articles

The Secret Service Risked ‘Mission Effectiveness’ with Understaffing, Watchdog Says ^42.3%

NOTUS - By Derek Hawkins - 7/2/2026, 11:51 PM

Appeal to Authority 70.9% - Negativity Bias 43.5% - Availability Heuristic 12.1%

The Secret Service was understaffed by more than 20% when a gunman tried to kill then-candidate Donald Trump at a 2024 campaign rally in Pennsylvania, and agents missed multiple opportunities to disrupt the attack, according to a pair of inspector general reports released Thursday. The reports also found that the service lacked an... more

Tucker Carlson Is Starting a Third Party. Those Who’ve Tried Say: Good Luck! ^26%

NOTUS - By Torrie Herrington - 7/2/2026, 10:53 PM

Negativity Bias 26.3% - Pessimism Bias 24.4% - Biased Writer Voice 18%

Tucker Carlson, the conservative commentator and former Fox News host who recently split with the Republican Party, said he wants to help create a third party. In an interview with the Columbia Journalism Review published Wednesday, Carlson said the United States’ two main parties, Republicans and Democrats, are “in lockstep solidarity... more

White House Proposes Cutting Hospital Payments for Scans ^33.9%

NOTUS - By Paige Winfield Cunningham - 7/2/2026, 12:45 PM

Optimism Bias 23.8% - Negativity Bias 17.5% - Anchoring Bias 11.1%

Seniors could pay less starting in January for X-rays, ultrasounds, MRIs or other scans administered in a hospital under a proposal released Thursday by the Trump administration. Hospitals would no longer be able to collect bigger Medicare payments than doctors do for routine imaging services, putting them on par with what it pays... more

‘Dark Money’ Group Paid Democrat Janelle Stelson for Disappearing Podcast ^28%

NOTUS - By Avani Kalra - 7/2/2026, 9:27 AM

Negativity Bias 18.6% - Pessimism Bias 14.1% - Framing Effect 12.3%

Janelle Stelson, a former local news anchor who Democrats are hoping will unseat Republican Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pennsylvania) this November in one of the nation’s hottest House races, was paid by a “dark money” group to produce a podcast that no longer exists online, federal records show. Stelson was paid $45,000 between January 2024 and... more

Tom Kean’s Absence Shows How Congress Has Failed Itself ^26.1%

NOTUS - By Paul Kane, Joe Gould - 7/2/2026, 9:00 AM

Post Hoc (False Cause) 26% - Anecdotal 19.1% - Negativity Bias 15.8%

About a decade ago, Rep. Adam Smith was oddly relieved when his chronic hip pain grew so awful that he had to have surgeries and miss time on Capitol Hill. “Now at least I have something socially acceptable wrong with me,” the Washington Democrat recalled thinking. In fact, Smith was battling deep anxiety and depression, leading to a... more

Karoline Leavitt’s Old Campaign Remains Awash in Red Ink ^21.9%

NOTUS - By Taylor Giorno - 7/1/2026, 4:25 PM

Negativity Bias 41.6% - Pessimism Bias 30.3% - Politically Left Leaning Bias 18.7%

Karoline Leavitt can’t seem to shake her old campaign debt. The White House press secretary’s 2022 congressional campaign still owes creditors more than $326,000, according to its most recent financial report, filed Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission. Most of that debt — more than $210,000 — is attributable to unpaid refunds... more

Kash Patel’s Late Stock Disclosure Raises STOCK Act Questions ^39.6%

NOTUS - By Dave Levinthal - 7/1/2026, 2:31 PM

Negativity Bias 28% - Appeal to Authority 26.8% - Self-Serving Bias 16%

FBI Director Kash Patel failed to properly disclose a six-figure purchase of stock in a bitcoin-fueled business intelligence company that has contracted with the Department of Justice, according to federal financial records reviewed by NOTUS. Patel, who has regularly traded individual stocks since becoming FBI director, purchased between... more

Mark Kelly Backs Another Hegseth Foe In Latest Endorsement Push ^52.8%

NOTUS - By Joe Gould - 7/1/2026, 9:00 AM

Framing Effect 24.1% - Negativity Bias 22.6% - Halo Effect 18.1%

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attacks have boosted Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly’s profile and war chest. Now he will use both to back Nancy Lacore, a former vice admiral who’s running for Congress after Hegseth fired her. Kelly’s political operation plans to announce Wednesday that it will support Lacore among 10 military veteran... more

Trump Administration Freezes New York’s Medicaid Fraud Unit Funding ^14.8%

NOTUS - By Jenna Monnin - 6/30/2026, 8:06 PM

Negativity Bias 16.5% - Appeal to Emotion 10.9% - Biased Writer Voice 10.7%

The Trump administration suspended funding for New York’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit on Tuesday, saying the state hadn’t aggressively prosecuted misuse of public money or protected Medicaid patients from “abuse and neglect.” The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services laid out its grievances with the state agency — which is tasked... more

Publication: NOTUS

Top reasoning patterns

Analyzed articles

The Secret Service Risked ‘Mission Effectiveness’ with Understaffing, Watchdog Says 42.3%

Tucker Carlson Is Starting a Third Party. Those Who’ve Tried Say: Good Luck! 26%

White House Proposes Cutting Hospital Payments for Scans 33.9%

‘Dark Money’ Group Paid Democrat Janelle Stelson for Disappearing Podcast 28%

Tom Kean’s Absence Shows How Congress Has Failed Itself 26.1%

Karoline Leavitt’s Old Campaign Remains Awash in Red Ink 21.9%

Kash Patel’s Late Stock Disclosure Raises STOCK Act Questions 39.6%

Mark Kelly Backs Another Hegseth Foe In Latest Endorsement Push 52.8%

Trump Administration Freezes New York’s Medicaid Fraud Unit Funding 14.8%