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Trending Politics News

U.S. right (hyper-partisan conservative)

Owned byPrivately held. Co-owned by Collin Rugg and Clayton Keirns, and reported to operate under Making Web LLC, a Minnesota-based digital media company that runs many brands.

FundingMainly online advertising and traffic from social media and its app. Some sources also describe affiliated e-commerce and merchandise operations. No public financial disclosures were found.

On the administrationbroadly supportive

Background

Trending Politics launched around 2019 as a social-media-first news and commentary operation. Collin Rugg and Clayton Keirns are described as its co-founders and owners, and it has an app and a large following on Facebook and X. Third-party profiles link it to Making Web LLC, a Minnesota company founded in 2011 that is reported to run about 20 brands. Its About page says it offers 'conservative commentary on the news stories of the day' and that it is not shy about being biased. Media Bias/Fact Check rates it 'Right Biased' and 'Questionable', citing poor sourcing, promotion of propaganda and conspiracy theories, and several failed fact checks. The site relies heavily on fast, short posts that aggregate and reframe stories from other outlets and social media, often with emotive headlines. Its high-engagement, partisan style has made it influential in right-leaning social media circles. Because the name is shared with similar sites (for example, a separate TrendingPoliticsNews.com tied to other owners), readers should check which site a story comes from. Details on staffing, finances and ownership structure rest on secondary sources and could not be independently confirmed. The stance toward the Trump administration is inferred from the site's stated conservative orientation and bias ratings, not from a review of its recent articles.

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Profile compiled 2026-10-20; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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