Associated Press (via local affiliates)

The Associated Press is a not-for-profit news cooperative owned jointly by its roughly 1,300 U.S. member news organizations, which pay to receive AP content and contribute local reporting in return. Independent media analysts generally rate it center to slightly left-of-center, noting strong factual reliability with occasional liberal-leaning framing. Under Trump's second term, AP has been in direct, public conflict with the White House over press access, making its posture toward the administration broadly critical.