Wednesday, July 29th
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A recap of the day's most covered stories- 1Lindsey Graham FuneralBalancedBalanced47articles
- 2Paul-Fauci Senate ShowdownMostly RightMostly Right25articles
- 3Clayton Confirmed For DNIBalancedBalanced25articles
- 4Trump Meets Zelenskyy, NetanyahuBalancedBalanced24articles
- 5Japan Earthquake Traps DozensBalancedBalanced16articles
- 6Iran Missile AttackBalancedBalanced16articles
- 7France-Spain Wildfire BattleBalancedBalanced14articles
- 8Newsom Affair DetailsMostly RightMostly Right13articles
- 9Douthat Joins 60 MinutesBalancedBalanced13articles
- 10FIFA World Cup InvestmentLeft & CenterLeft & Center13articles
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The biggest stories, and how each side covered themDay 17 · lindsey graham's death →
Lindsey Graham Funeral
Trump and top officials honored Lindsey Graham at a memorial service in Washington. · 47 articles
43% left · 19% center · 38% right
President Donald Trump eulogized Sen. Lindsey Graham at the Washington National Cathedral on July 28, calling the South Carolina Republican a “giant of the United States Senate” and “a true American original.” Graham, 71, died unexpectedly on July 11 after serving in the Senate since 2002 and the House since 1994. The funeral drew Vice President JD Vance, senators, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who also met Trump at the White House. Earlier, colleagues honored Graham’s flag-draped casket in the Capitol Rotunda; additional services were scheduled in South Carolina on Wednesday.
The angles
Trump's Undignified Conduct Mostly Left
Coverage says Trump’s appearance at Lindsey Graham’s funeral was disrespectful and unfocused: he seemed to doze off, wandered off-topic in his eulogy, and made odd, ungainly gestures that overshadowed the memorial.
Trump transformation Mostly Left
The memorial coverage frames Lindsey Graham’s career as a transformation under Trump: once a Trump critic and independent operator, he became a loyal ally whose shift reshaped his political legacy.
Paul-Fauci Senate Showdown
Feud over Fauci diaries and testimony returns to the Senate spotlight. · 25 articles
12% left · 16% center · 72% right
Sen. Rand Paul released more than 1,000 pages of Anthony Fauci’s private pandemic-era diary entries before Fauci’s subpoenaed testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which Paul chairs. The entries include Fauci’s notes on the lab-leak debate, mask guidance, testing failures, public attacks on him and contacts with Barack Obama and media figures. Paul said he will question Fauci about the diaries and a reported effort to seek a $1 million prize nomination. House Oversight Chairman James Comer warned that Fauci’s Biden pardon would not cover false testimony at the hearing.
The angles
Origins Dismissals Mostly Right
Fauci’s released diaries are being used to argue that he dismissed or downplayed the lab-leak theory, COVID risks, and criticism to protect his image and agenda. The coverage frames those entries as exposing a self-serving, media-aware official hiding damaging truths.
Fame Fixation Mostly Right
The newly released Fauci diaries are said to show him obsessing over his public image, celebrity, and praise from media figures while COVID deaths mounted. Coverage also argues he cultivated relationships with friendly journalists and got far more attention from cable news than his critics.
Release Backlash Balanced
Rand Paul’s release of Fauci’s pandemic-era journals intensified their long-running feud and put Fauci’s private thinking back under scrutiny. MAGA figures used the diaries to revive attacks on him, sparking a new round of online controversy.
Day 14 · clayton senate hearing →
Clayton Confirmed For DNI
The Senate confirms Jay Clayton to lead U.S. national intelligence under Trump. · 25 articles
36% left · 32% center · 32% right
The Senate confirmed Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence in a 51-47 party-line vote Tuesday, with Republicans supporting President Donald Trump’s nominee and Democrats opposed. Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former Securities and Exchange Commission chair, will succeed acting Director Bill Pulte and oversee 18 U.S. intelligence agencies. His confirmation could help reopen negotiations on a key government surveillance authority that has lapsed for more than six weeks, while he inherits an office reduced by recent job cuts.
The angles
Disqualifying evasiveness Mostly Left
Clayton’s Senate hearing is portrayed as exposing evasive answers—especially on who won the 2020 election—that Democrats and critics say make him unfit to lead intelligence. The confirmation is framed as a partisan reward for a Trump loyalist tied to election-conspiracy politics.
ODNI Staff Cuts Mostly Right
Acting DNI Bill Pulte is using his final days in office to carry out another major round of staff cuts at ODNI, bringing the agency to roughly half its prior size. The cuts are framed as part of a broader purge of "deep state" personnel before Jay Clayton takes over.
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