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Axios

U.S. center-left

Axios is a Washington, D.C.-based news outlet majority-owned by Cox Enterprises, a large private media and communications conglomerate. It is generally rated center-left to lean-left by media raters, known for a terse, bullet-point 'smart brevity' style. Its coverage of the second Trump administration includes both aggressive accountability reporting (including on Trump's lawsuits against news outlets) and access-driven scoops from well-sourced political reporters.

Owned byCox Enterprises (majority owner since 2022 acquisition); co-founders Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, and Roy Schwartz remain on the board and run day-to-day operations

LeaningU.S. center-left

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3.2average bias score across 83 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun

Stories

4 Iran Says It Could Reopen Hormuz Within Two Days if U.S. Meets Its Conditions; Spokesman Says Messages Still Passing Through Mediators
4 North Carolina Early Voting Ends With 2.6 Million Ballots in State Count, Up More Than 37% From 2022; Aggregator Puts Total Near 2.8 Million, With Registered Democrats at 38.4% and Registered Republicans at 26.2%
4 Hegseth Fires Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia, Joint Staff's Top Planner; Pentagon Says He Leaked Classified Iran and Ukraine Information and Refers Case to Justice Department
6 Final Israeli Count: Netanyahu Bloc 53 Seats, Eisenkot Bloc 48, Arab-Led Parties 19; No Side Reaches 61
3 Earls and Stevens Close Out N.C. Supreme Court Race; Result Will Leave GOP Majority at 5-2 or Make It 6-1
2 Stein and Jackson Ask Regulators to Require Data Centers to Help Pay for New Power Plants in Duke Tariff Deal
5 Kospi Closes Down 3.73% and Nikkei About 1.3% on AI-Spending Doubts as Brent Trades Near $110 and Traders Price a December Fed Hike
4 Fed Chair Warsh Declines to Signal October Rate Move as Brent Oil Touches $110, First Time Since May
4 S&P 500 Falls 1.1% and Nasdaq 1.9% After September CPI Shows 3.7% Annual Inflation; Traders Raise Odds of an October Fed Hike
4 Trump Says U.S. Will Decide on Iran 'Very Soon' as Houthi Missile Strikes Aramco Headquarters in Dhahran
3 Stein Signs House Bill 3, Suspending North Carolina's 41-Cent Gas Tax From Oct. 10 Through Nov. 30
5 Russian Guided Bombs Kill at Least 11, Including Three Children, in Zaporizhzhia a Day After U.S., Ukrainian and European Talks in Miami; Later Reports Give 12 to 15 Dead
3 Initial Jobless Claims Dip 2,000 to 197,000; 10-Year Treasury Yield at 5.23% Ahead of Oct. 14 CPI Report
4 Israel Marks Three Years Since Oct. 7 Attack as Gaza Truce Stalls Over Hamas Disarmament and Israeli Withdrawal
3 Vance Chaired Unannounced Camp David Meeting on Iran War and Yemen, Axios and CBS Report