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Associated Press

U.S. center / wire-service news (generally mainstream, center-left in critics' ratings)

The AP is a nonprofit cooperative owned by the news organizations that use its service, and it sells its content to thousands of outlets worldwide. Its wire reporting is written in a straight-news style, and media-bias raters generally place it at or near the center. It has been in a public dispute with the Trump administration over White House access, but its day-to-day coverage remains largely factual and neutral in tone.

Owned byA not-for-profit news cooperative owned by its member U.S. newspapers and broadcasters. An elected board of member representatives governs it. No single owner or parent company.

LeaningU.S. center / wire-service news (generally mainstream, center-left in critics' ratings)

On the administrationmostly neutral

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2.4average bias score across 238 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun

Stories

3 Federal Judge Dismisses Justice Department Suit Over Alaska Senate Certification for Lack of Standing; DOJ Appeals to Ninth Circuit
4 Trump Rallies in Dubuque, Iowa, and Salina, Kansas, on Sunday After Canceling, Then Restoring, the Trips; Forecasters Favor Democrats for the House in Tuesday's Midterms
2 Binance Reports $4.7 Billion in Net Withdrawals After Reopening Following $6.3 Billion Hack the FBI Attributes to North Korea
2 Learjet 60 Crashes in Greenacres, Florida, Killing All 9 Aboard; About 600 Nearby Residents Moved to Shelters
3 State Department Clears Possible $2.1 Billion Sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 Missiles to Ukraine, With Canada, Germany, Norway and EU Loan Funds Paying
2 Ninth Circuit Panel Votes 2-1 to Deny Justice Department Bid to Set Aside California Mail Ballots of About 20,000 Flagged Voters
2 Judge Orders Three Taxpayer-Funded Trump Administration Ads Pulled, Including '$5,000 to Americans'; Plaintiffs Had Sought at Least 13
2 North Carolina Among 20 States Joining FTC Suit Alleging Dollar General Charged More at Register Than on Shelf
2 Iran Says Four Tankers Hit Mines on Hormuz Routes It Calls Unauthorized; U.S. Says the Main Shipping Lanes Are Clear of Mines
2 Trump Cancels Kansas and Iowa Rallies, Shifts to Phone 'Tele-Rallies' in at Least 19 States Before Nov. 3 Midterms
3 UN General Assembly Votes 130-17, With 25 Abstentions, to Call for End of U.S. Embargo on Cuba; Support Is Lowest Since 1995
2 Supreme Court Declines to Block Texas–Justice Department Deal That Bars Immigration Judges From Pausing Deportation Cases
2 Kospi Closes Up 3.09% at 5,638 on Chip Buying as U.S. Futures Hover Near Flat Ahead of Fed Decision
2 U.S. and China Name About $30 Billion Each in Goods for Possible Tariff Cuts; No Rates or Start Date Set as of Oct. 27
2 San Juan River Tops Its 1909 Record at Farmington; About 1,500 Homes Damaged as Trump Signs Emergency Declaration for Northern New Mexico