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Congressional Research Service
U.S. legislative branch (nonpartisan congressional agency)
The Congressional Research Service is a federal agency within the Library of Congress. It writes policy research and legal analysis for members and committees of Congress, and it is funded by congressional appropriations. By mandate it takes no policy positions, and its recent reports on Trump administration actions (tariffs, budget proposals, Iran, foreign aid) are mostly descriptive and analytical rather than advocacy.
Owned byA federal government agency within the Library of Congress, which is part of the legislative branch. It works exclusively for Congress and is not privately owned.
LeaningU.S. legislative branch (nonpartisan congressional agency)
On the administrationmostly neutral
1average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun