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The Washington Examiner calls it 'a key election integrity win'; NPR says the system 'has erroneously flagged U.S. citizens'

On Friday the Supreme Court voted 6-3 to let the administration run its overhauled SAVE citizenship check while the case goes on. Eight reports gave the system five different names. Only two say the order is temporary.

Supreme Court unblocks voter verification database linking Social Security and citizenship records
Supreme Court unblocks voter verification database linking Social Security and citizenship records as published by Washington Examiner · seen at Washington Examiner
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What happened. The Supreme Court lifted a lower-court block on the overhauled SAVE system, the Washington Examiner reports. The vote was 6-3. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Kagan. The system joins Social Security and citizenship records. States could use it to check voter rolls before November.

One system, five names.

Outlet What it calls the system Says the order is temporary? Mentions the dissent?
Washington Examiner "voter verification system" yes yes
Fox News "mass voter verification system" yes no
Reuters "mass voter verification system" no no
The Hill "immigration database" no yes
MSNBC "citizenship database" no yes
The New York Times "citizenship database" no no
NPR "controversial data system" no no
The Washington Post "federal database" no no

Each side's case. The majority says the challengers' claims "likely lack merit", the Examiner reports. Jackson says the system harms "lawful voters". The administration says it wants faster, more reliable checks, according to the Examiner, and says the aim is to fight voter fraud, according to The Hill. The challengers say the system is "error-laden", MSNBC reports.

Who is quoted. Only the Examiner quotes both the majority and the dissent.

What is not settled. No report we hold counts how many citizens were wrongly flagged. NPR says some were. The administration says the changes make checks more reliable. The order holds only until the Court declines the case or rules on it. Seven of the eight reports reached us as a headline and opening lines only. Of Reuters we could read only the headline.

What this is about. The Supreme Court has let the federal government use a changed version of a citizenship-checking system while a court fight over it goes on.

What SAVE is. SAVE stands for Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements. The Department of Homeland Security runs it. For decades it has let agencies check a person's immigration status before granting benefits. Last year the administration announced changes that join citizenship records with Social Security records, the Washington Examiner reports.

How it got here. Voting groups sued. They argued the changes broke the Privacy Act, the Social Security Act and the law on how agencies make rules, the Examiner reports. A federal district judge agreed in June. An appeals panel upheld that ruling. The Justice Department then asked the Supreme Court for an emergency stay. That is a fast-track request, decided without full argument, to pause a lower court's order.

The legal question. The government points to a 1996 immigration law. That law lets DHS ask other agencies, Social Security among them, for citizenship information. The majority wrote that federal law also obliges the government to answer election officials who ask to verify a voter's citizenship.

Who is in it. The administration says the system speeds up citizenship checks and fights voter fraud. The groups suing say it makes errors and endangers privacy. State and local election officials could use it on their voter rolls.

What is at stake. The midterm elections are on 3 November. If the system flags citizens by mistake, lawful voters could be challenged before they vote. If it works as the government says, officials get a faster check.

Where it stands. The system can run now. The case goes back to the appeals process. The Court may later take it for full argument.

What is being argued about

  • A ruling or a pause? Only 2 of 8 reports say the order lasts until the appeal ends
  • Whose aim is printed as fact: 2 reports state the government's purpose in their own voice, 1 attributes it
  • Wrongly flagged citizens: NPR states it as fact; no report we hold gives a count
  • Who is quoted: 1 of 8 reports quotes both the majority and the dissent
Eight reports, one orderSide by side
OutletWhat it calls the systemSays the order is temporary?Mentions the dissent?
Washington Examinervoter verification systemyesyes
Fox Newsmass voter verification systemyesno
Reutersmass voter verification systemnono
The Hillimmigration databasenoyes
MSNBCcitizenship databasenoyes
The New York Timescitizenship databasenono
NPRcontroversial data systemnono
The Washington Postfederal databasenono
Seven of the eight reports reached us as a headline and opening lines only. A 'no' means the text we hold does not say it.
Sources Washington Examiner
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Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Supreme Court unblocks voter verification database linking Social Security and citizenship records Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3435 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Fox News
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Fox News 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Supreme Court allows Trump admin to use federal voter eligibility database during appeal Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Fox News → What we have measured Accused named Names one former fraternity member through his lawyer's denial. The woman is anonymous by her own choice. ×1Actor in headline The headline names Trump as the one acting. The body names only Anduril. ×1A number, with no people named The only report that gives a figure counts the journalists whose communications were swept up. It names none of them. ×1Asserted, not attributed stated flat: past court defeats are asserted with no case, judge or date named ×1 from 6432 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Reuters
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Reuters 🇺🇸US · wire · independent Supreme Court restores Trump's mass voter verification system · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Reuters → What we have measured Actor named The attacker is the subject of an active verb for both the deaths and the damage ×1Actor named No actor named for who cancelled the flights ×1Agreement stated flat, source in a tail attribution moved after the dash ×1Announcement written as settled A social-media post becomes a future indicative: the conversion will happen ×1 from 13380 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Hill
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The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Supreme Court, over liberal dissents, lets DHS overhaul immigration database for midterms Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4315 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → MSNBC
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MSNBC 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Supreme Court majority backs Trump’s citizenship database over dissent Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at MSNBC → What we have measured Accuser not named The lede does not name the senator making the accusation ×1Actor named for the ban The White House is the subject of both verbs: it blocked journalists, then let CNN back in. ×1A first stated flat a never-before claim carried without a source attached ×1Asserted, not attributed absence of fraud evidence stated as fact ×1 from 1470 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The New York Times
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The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The New York Times → What we have measured Active and passive voice the ship is 'targeted' with no actor, one sentence before a named actor is given for the Saudi attack ×1Active vs passive voice Pike is named as the killer in the active voice; the botched execution has no actor named ×1Actor label Names the shooter by its backer, not by its own name. ×1Actor named Names the official and what the process did to Pike. ×1 from 3862 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → N NPR
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NPR 🇺🇸US · public broadcaster · independent The Supreme Court revives a controversial data system for citizenship checks Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at NPR → What we have measured Asserted, not attributed that the system wrongly flagged citizens is stated flat, with no source named for it ×1Asserted versus attributed public disbelief stated as established, with nothing cited that measured it ×1Asserted versus attributed Past threats of force are stated flat, as background ×1Asymmetric labelling one side tagged by its patron, the other not ×1 from 1144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Washington Post
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The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Government can use Social Security data to identify noncitizen voters, Supreme Court rules Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
From the lower courts to the first hour of coverageTimeline
  1. June— no time published Federal district judge Rules for the groups suing over the SAVE changesWashington Examiner
  2. After June— no time published Appeals court panel Upholds the district judge's rulingWashington Examiner
  3. Fri 25 Sep— no time published Supreme Court Lifts the block while the case goes on 6-3Washington Examiner
  4. Fri 25 Sep15:40 published time NPR 'controversial data system' that 'has erroneously flagged U.S. citizens'
  5. Fri 25 Sep15:42 published time The Hill 'immigration database', 'over liberal dissents'
  6. Fri 25 Sep15:53 published time MSNBC 'citizenship database', 'over dissent'
  7. Fri 25 Sep16:06 published time Fox News allowed 'during appeal'
  8. Fri 25 Sep16:39 published time Washington Examiner 'a key election integrity win' 6-3
Publication times are in UTC.
Sources Washington Examiner
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Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Supreme Court unblocks voter verification database linking Social Security and citizenship records Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3435 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → N NPR
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NPR 🇺🇸US · public broadcaster · independent The Supreme Court revives a controversial data system for citizenship checks Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at NPR → What we have measured Asserted, not attributed that the system wrongly flagged citizens is stated flat, with no source named for it ×1Asserted versus attributed public disbelief stated as established, with nothing cited that measured it ×1Asserted versus attributed Past threats of force are stated flat, as background ×1Asymmetric labelling one side tagged by its patron, the other not ×1 from 1144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Hill
Centre estimate · not a score
The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Supreme Court, over liberal dissents, lets DHS overhaul immigration database for midterms Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4315 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → MSNBC
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MSNBC 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Supreme Court majority backs Trump’s citizenship database over dissent Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at MSNBC → What we have measured Accuser not named The lede does not name the senator making the accusation ×1Actor named for the ban The White House is the subject of both verbs: it blocked journalists, then let CNN back in. ×1A first stated flat a never-before claim carried without a source attached ×1Asserted, not attributed absence of fraud evidence stated as fact ×1 from 1470 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Fox News
Right estimate · not a score
Fox News 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Supreme Court allows Trump admin to use federal voter eligibility database during appeal Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Fox News → What we have measured Accused named Names one former fraternity member through his lawyer's denial. The woman is anonymous by her own choice. ×1Actor in headline The headline names Trump as the one acting. The body names only Anduril. ×1A number, with no people named The only report that gives a figure counts the journalists whose communications were swept up. It names none of them. ×1Asserted, not attributed stated flat: past court defeats are asserted with no case, judge or date named ×1 from 6432 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

A pause, or a ruling?

The order lets the system run until the appeal ends. Only 2 of 8 reports say that it is temporary. One headline says the court 'rules' that the government 'can use' the data.

2 reports that say the order is temporary or lasts until the appeal ends 3 reports that mention the dissent or the split vote 5 reports we hold only as a headline or first line

Whose claim goes unattributed

One report states flat, in its own voice, that the system flagged citizens by mistake. Another calls the policy an 'election integrity win' in its own voice. Two others give each side's claim as a claim: the critics' alarms in one, the government's fraud aim in the other.

1 reports that state the flagging errors as fact 1 reports that use the government's framing in their own voice 2 reports that attribute the claim to its source
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources Washington Examiner
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Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Supreme Court unblocks voter verification database linking Social Security and citizenship records Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3435 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Reuters
Centre estimate · not a score
Reuters 🇺🇸US · wire · independent Supreme Court restores Trump's mass voter verification system · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Reuters → What we have measured Actor named The attacker is the subject of an active verb for both the deaths and the damage ×1Actor named No actor named for who cancelled the flights ×1Agreement stated flat, source in a tail attribution moved after the dash ×1Announcement written as settled A social-media post becomes a future indicative: the conversion will happen ×1 from 13380 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Government can use Social Security data to identify noncitizen voters, Supreme Court rules Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Fox News
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Fox News 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Supreme Court allows Trump admin to use federal voter eligibility database during appeal Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Fox News → What we have measured Accused named Names one former fraternity member through his lawyer's denial. The woman is anonymous by her own choice. ×1Actor in headline The headline names Trump as the one acting. The body names only Anduril. ×1A number, with no people named The only report that gives a figure counts the journalists whose communications were swept up. It names none of them. ×1Asserted, not attributed stated flat: past court defeats are asserted with no case, judge or date named ×1 from 6432 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The New York Times
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The New York Times → What we have measured Active and passive voice the ship is 'targeted' with no actor, one sentence before a named actor is given for the Saudi attack ×1Active vs passive voice Pike is named as the killer in the active voice; the botched execution has no actor named ×1Actor label Names the shooter by its backer, not by its own name. ×1Actor named Names the official and what the process did to Pike. ×1 from 3862 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → MSNBC
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MSNBC 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Supreme Court majority backs Trump’s citizenship database over dissent Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at MSNBC → What we have measured Accuser not named The lede does not name the senator making the accusation ×1Actor named for the ban The White House is the subject of both verbs: it blocked journalists, then let CNN back in. ×1A first stated flat a never-before claim carried without a source attached ×1Asserted, not attributed absence of fraud evidence stated as fact ×1 from 1470 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Hill
Centre estimate · not a score
The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Supreme Court, over liberal dissents, lets DHS overhaul immigration database for midterms Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4315 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → N NPR
Centre estimate · not a score
NPR 🇺🇸US · public broadcaster · independent The Supreme Court revives a controversial data system for citizenship checks Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at NPR → What we have measured Asserted, not attributed that the system wrongly flagged citizens is stated flat, with no source named for it ×1Asserted versus attributed public disbelief stated as established, with nothing cited that measured it ×1Asserted versus attributed Past threats of force are stated flat, as background ×1Asymmetric labelling one side tagged by its patron, the other not ×1 from 1144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

true The Supreme Court voted 6-3 to lift the lower-court block on the modified SAVE database, with the three liberal justices dissenting.
The Washington Examiner gives the 6-3 count and names Jackson's dissent, joined by Sotomayor and Kagan. The Hill says the order came over the liberal justices' dissent, and MSNBC's headline says there was a dissent; the other reports we hold give no vote count.
Checked against 3 sources:
Washington Examiner
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Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Supreme Court unblocks voter verification database linking Social Security and citizenship records Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3435 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Hill
Centre estimate · not a score
The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Supreme Court, over liberal dissents, lets DHS overhaul immigration database for midterms Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4315 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → MSNBC
Left estimate · not a score
MSNBC 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Supreme Court majority backs Trump’s citizenship database over dissent Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at MSNBC → What we have measured Accuser not named The lede does not name the senator making the accusation ×1Actor named for the ban The White House is the subject of both verbs: it blocked journalists, then let CNN back in. ×1A first stated flat a never-before claim carried without a source attached ×1Asserted, not attributed absence of fraud evidence stated as fact ×1 from 1470 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
true A lower court found the overhauled SAVE system violated federal privacy protections.
NPR says a lower court found the system violated federal privacy protections, and The Hill says a judge blocked it for violating federal law. The Washington Examiner says a district judge ruled for the challengers in June and an appeals panel affirmed, but the Supreme Court majority said those claims likely lack merit.
Checked against 3 sources:
N NPR
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NPR 🇺🇸US · public broadcaster · independent The Supreme Court revives a controversial data system for citizenship checks Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at NPR → What we have measured Asserted, not attributed that the system wrongly flagged citizens is stated flat, with no source named for it ×1Asserted versus attributed public disbelief stated as established, with nothing cited that measured it ×1Asserted versus attributed Past threats of force are stated flat, as background ×1Asymmetric labelling one side tagged by its patron, the other not ×1 from 1144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Hill
Centre estimate · not a score
The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Supreme Court, over liberal dissents, lets DHS overhaul immigration database for midterms Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4315 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Washington Examiner
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Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Supreme Court unblocks voter verification database linking Social Security and citizenship records Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3435 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
disputed The overhauled SAVE system has wrongly flagged US citizens.
NPR states as fact that the system has erroneously flagged US citizens, MSNBC quotes the challengers calling it 'error-laden', and the Washington Examiner quotes Jackson's dissent on harms to lawful voters. The Washington Examiner also reports that the administration says the changes improve the speed and reliability of citizenship checks, and none of the reports we hold gives a count of errors.
Checked against 3 sources:
N NPR
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NPR 🇺🇸US · public broadcaster · independent The Supreme Court revives a controversial data system for citizenship checks Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at NPR → What we have measured Asserted, not attributed that the system wrongly flagged citizens is stated flat, with no source named for it ×1Asserted versus attributed public disbelief stated as established, with nothing cited that measured it ×1Asserted versus attributed Past threats of force are stated flat, as background ×1Asymmetric labelling one side tagged by its patron, the other not ×1 from 1144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → MSNBC
Left estimate · not a score
MSNBC 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Supreme Court majority backs Trump’s citizenship database over dissent Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at MSNBC → What we have measured Accuser not named The lede does not name the senator making the accusation ×1Actor named for the ban The White House is the subject of both verbs: it blocked journalists, then let CNN back in. ×1A first stated flat a never-before claim carried without a source attached ×1Asserted, not attributed absence of fraud evidence stated as fact ×1 from 1470 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Washington Examiner
Right estimate · not a score
Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Supreme Court unblocks voter verification database linking Social Security and citizenship records Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3435 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

J Jack Birle Washington Examiner
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Framing stated as fact 'election integrity win' is written in the report's own voice with no attribution, although it is the government's description of the policy×1
Government framing stated flat The report calls the ruling an election-integrity win in its own voice. It does not attribute the phrase to the administration.×1
How one side is labelled the challengers are labelled by ideology; the state officials opposing them are not×1
Label for the challengers the plaintiffs are called 'left-wing groups' in the report's own voice; the court's own words quoted just after are 'plaintiff organizations'×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 misleading1 disputed3 true
From 45 reports we hold under this byline, at Washington Examiner. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
J Julian Mark The Washington Post
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Headline overstates the ruling 'rules' and 'can use' read as a final decision; other reports describe a temporary stay while the appeal goes on×1
Purpose stated as fact The headline states the database's purpose as fact: to identify noncitizen voters. It does not say this is the government's own description.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 true
From 14 reports we hold under this byline, at The Washington Post. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
J Justin Jouvenal The Washington Post
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Attribution symmetric: the administration's reason and the challengers' warning are both attributed with 'said'×1
Consequence without a figure the effect on the elections is a phrase rather than a number of seats×1
Headline overstates the ruling 'rules' and 'can use' read as a final decision; other reports describe a temporary stay while the appeal goes on×1
Loaded label 'Big Oil' for the defendants, in a question headline×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 unverified3 true
From 19 reports we hold under this byline, at The Washington Post. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
G Greg Norman-Diamond Fox News
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Both leaders attributed Xi's praise and Trump's praise are each given as what the leader said×1
Both leaders' verdicts, no outside check The headline carries Xi's word and Trump's word side by side. It gives no measure of what was agreed.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed
From 27 reports we hold under this byline, at Fox News. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
A Abbie VanSickle The New York Times
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Stakes case called landmark×1
Stakes framing Calls the case a landmark in its own voice.×1
From 16 reports we hold under this byline, at The New York Times. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
J Jordan Rubin MSNBC
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Asserted versus attributed what Democrats think is stated as likely, with no Democrat quoted×1
Assertion vs attribution calls the policy 'unprecedented' in its own voice×1
Both sides quoted from their own filings challengers and the state each given their argument×1
Challengers quoted first The report opens on the challengers' own words. It carries no government voice in the text we hold.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed1 unverified10 true
From 62 reports we hold under this byline, at MSNBC. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
Z Zach Schonfeld The Hill
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Framing frames the case as a test of one of the president's flagship programs×1
Framing presents the policy as one of the president's signature programmes×1
Framing of the judge The judge is introduced by who appointed him and by his past cases involving Trump and the press×1
Purpose attributed The anti-fraud aim is attributed to the administration. The report does not state it as fact.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 misleading6 true
From 63 reports we hold under this byline, at The Hill. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
J Jude Joffe-Block NPR
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Asserted, not attributed that the system wrongly flagged citizens is stated flat, with no source named for it×1
Error claim stated flat The report states flatly that citizens were wrongly flagged. It gives no count and no source.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed1 true
From 7 reports we hold under this byline, at NPR. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting. · 1 report we hold carries no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

Washington Examiner
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Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Supreme Court unblocks voter verification database linking Social Security and citizenship records Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3435 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only full account: the 6-3 vote, the majority's reasoning, Jackson's dissent and how long the order lasts. In its own voice it calls the ruling 'a key election integrity win' and the plaintiffs 'left-wing groups'.
The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a key election integrity win on the emergency docket Friday, lifting a block on the implementation of a voter verification system that would combine Social Security information with citizenship records. The high court ruled 6-3, allowing the administration to move forward with modifying the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements database to combine citizenship and Social Security records, something they announced last year in a bid to improve the speed and reliability of verifying a person’s citizenship status. The per curiam ruling iss
Label for the challengers: the plaintiffs are called 'left-wing groups' in the report's own voice; the court's own words quoted just after are 'plaintiff organizations' — “claims by left-wing groups that the modifications to the SAVE database violated privacy laws”
Framing stated as fact: 'election integrity win' is written in the report's own voice with no attribution, although it is the government's description of the policy — “handed the Trump administration a key election integrity win on the emergency docket Friday”
Government framing stated flat: The report calls the ruling an election-integrity win in its own voice. It does not attribute the phrase to the administration. — “a key election integrity win”
Label for the challengers: The plaintiffs are called 'left-wing groups'. The report does not name them or describe them any other way. — “claims by left-wing groups”
Read it at Washington Examiner → https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/supreme-court/4742948/supreme-c…
Reuters
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Reuters 🇺🇸US · wire · independent Supreme Court restores Trump's mass voter verification system · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Reuters → What we have measured Actor named The attacker is the subject of an active verb for both the deaths and the damage ×1Actor named No actor named for who cancelled the flights ×1Agreement stated flat, source in a tail attribution moved after the dash ×1Announcement written as settled A social-media post becomes a future indicative: the conversion will happen ×1 from 13380 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Headline only: 'Trump's mass voter verification system'.
Ownership and scale: the system is called 'Trump's' and 'mass'; the report does not name the agency that runs it — “Supreme Court restores Trump's mass voter verification system”
Read it at Reuters → https://www.reuters.com/world/supreme-court-restores-trumps-mass-voter-…
T The Washington Post
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The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Government can use Social Security data to identify noncitizen voters, Supreme Court rules Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Its headline says the Court 'rules' that the government 'can use' the data to identify noncitizen voters, stating the purpose as fact.
President Donald Trump wants to let states use a federal database that includes voters’ personal information to check for noncitizens on voter rolls.
Headline overstates the ruling: 'rules' and 'can use' read as a final decision; other reports describe a temporary stay while the appeal goes on — “Government can use Social Security data to identify noncitizen voters, Supreme Court rules”
Purpose stated as fact: The headline states the database's purpose as fact: to identify noncitizen voters. It does not say this is the government's own description. — “Government can use Social Security data to identify noncitizen voters, Supreme Court rules”
Read it at The Washington Post → https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/09/25/government-can-use-s…
Fox News
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Fox News 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Supreme Court allows Trump admin to use federal voter eligibility database during appeal Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Fox News → What we have measured Accused named Names one former fraternity member through his lawyer's denial. The woman is anonymous by her own choice. ×1Actor in headline The headline names Trump as the one acting. The body names only Anduril. ×1A number, with no people named The only report that gives a figure counts the journalists whose communications were swept up. It names none of them. ×1Asserted, not attributed stated flat: past court defeats are asserted with no case, judge or date named ×1 from 6432 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report besides the Examiner to say the order is temporary, lasting 'during appeal'.
An order issued Friday by the Supreme Court temporarily allows the Trump administration to move forward with a mass voter verification system. The emergency order allows states, for now, to use the Department of Homeland Security program, called Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, in their efforts to verify the eligibility of voters on their rolls. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Read it at Fox News → https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-allows-trump-admin-use-f…
The New York Times
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The New York Times → What we have measured Active and passive voice the ship is 'targeted' with no actor, one sentence before a named actor is given for the Saudi attack ×1Active vs passive voice Pike is named as the killer in the active voice; the botched execution has no actor named ×1Actor label Names the shooter by its backer, not by its own name. ×1Actor named Names the official and what the process did to Pike. ×1 from 3862 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Leads with critics' alarms about privacy and 'improper voter purges'.
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
Read it at The New York Times → https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/us/politics/supreme-court-citizenshi…
MSNBC
Left estimate · not a score
MSNBC 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Supreme Court majority backs Trump’s citizenship database over dissent Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at MSNBC → What we have measured Accuser not named The lede does not name the senator making the accusation ×1Actor named for the ban The White House is the subject of both verbs: it blocked journalists, then let CNN back in. ×1A first stated flat a never-before claim carried without a source attached ×1Asserted, not attributed absence of fraud evidence stated as fact ×1 from 1470 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Opens on the challengers' own words: an 'error-laden' system that 'endangers millions of Americans' privacy and voting rights'.
The Supreme Court’s GOP-appointed majority granted an emergency bid from the Trump administration to use a citizenship database, over dissent from the court’s Democratic appointees that said the majority prioritized nonexistent harms to the government over real harms to voters. The administration sought urgent relief after a federal judge said the government “knowingly trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote.” U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan found those government violations when she issued a June 22 order against the admini
Challengers quoted first: The report opens on the challengers' own words. It carries no government voice in the text we hold. — ““recklessly created an error-laden” system”
Read it at MSNBC → https://www.ms.now/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/supreme-cou…
The Hill
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The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Supreme Court, over liberal dissents, lets DHS overhaul immigration database for midterms Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4315 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Gives the fraud aim as the administration's own claim, and says a judge blocked the overhaul for breaking federal law. Calls the opponents 'Democrats and some voting groups'.
The Supreme Court cleared the way Friday for the Trump administration to implement its overhauled immigration database, which it says is aimed at combatting voter fraud, in time for November’s elections over the dissent of the liberal justices. The overhaul faced opposition from Democrats and some voting groups, and a judge had blocked it for violating…
Purpose attributed: the anti-fraud purpose is given as the administration's claim, not as fact — “which it says is aimed at combatting voter fraud”
Purpose attributed: The anti-fraud aim is attributed to the administration. The report does not state it as fact. — “which it says is aimed at combatting voter fraud”
Read it at The Hill → https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/6111517-scotus-lifts-block…
N NPR
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NPR 🇺🇸US · public broadcaster · independent The Supreme Court revives a controversial data system for citizenship checks Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at NPR → What we have measured Asserted, not attributed that the system wrongly flagged citizens is stated flat, with no source named for it ×1Asserted versus attributed public disbelief stated as established, with nothing cited that measured it ×1Asserted versus attributed Past threats of force are stated flat, as background ×1Asymmetric labelling one side tagged by its patron, the other not ×1 from 1144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
States flat, with no source named, that the system 'has erroneously flagged U.S. citizens'.
Politics The Supreme Court revives a controversial data system for citizenship checks Updated September 25, 202612:33 PM ET Originally published September 25, 202611:40 AM ET By Jude Joffe-Block Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin speaks during a news conference July 1 in New York. David Delgado/AP hide caption toggle caption David Delgado/AP The U.S. Supreme Court has for now revived a federal data system the Department of Homeland Security revamped into a tool to check the citizenship of millions of Americans on voter rolls. The tool has mistakenly flagged some eligible voters as po
Asserted, not attributed: that the system wrongly flagged citizens is stated flat, with no source named for it — “The system has erroneously flagged U.S. citizens and a lower court found it violated federal privacy protections.”
Error claim stated flat: The report states flatly that citizens were wrongly flagged. It gives no count and no source. — “The system has erroneously flagged U.S. citizens”
Read it at NPR → https://www.npr.org/2026/09/25/nx-s1-5976804/supreme-court-trump-save-n…
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Mother Jones
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Mother Jones 🇺🇸US · magazine · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted, not attributed 'ultra-gerrymandered' stated as fact ×1Asserted versus attributed 'Cover-up' is asserted in the report's own voice, not attributed ×1Asserted versus attributed calls it a cover-up in its own voice ×1Assertion vs attribution describes the operation as a 'violent occupation' in its own voice, with no source for the phrase ×1 from 361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → P Politico
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Politico 🇺🇸US · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Breitbart
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Breitbart 🇺🇸US · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Anyone hurt is counted, not named eight deaths given as a number only ×1Framing of motive The lede calls the denial a punishment and puts 'fake news' in quotation marks; the officials being sued are left unnamed ×1How the person shot is named a status, not a name: the only report that never uses either name calls him an illegal alien ×1How the place is described a party label attached to the city in the same clause as the casualty count ×1 from 3584 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → National Review
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National Review 🇺🇸US · magazine · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted not attributed Doubt about the allegation is stated flat, in the outlet's own voice ×1Asserted not attributed An argument about deterrence is stated as fact ×1Asserted versus attributed calls it an abuse of power in its own voice ×1Asserted versus attributed 'Abuse of presidential power' is stated flat ×1 from 414 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
We could not read these
The Wall Street Journal
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The Wall Street Journal 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Associated Press
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Associated Press 🇺🇸US · wire · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Dating and attribution Dates the signing to Aug. 6, 2026 and writes ord ×1Dating and attribution Carries a dateline correction, repeated three ti ×1How hard the claim is stated Marks "birth tourism" as the administration's ow ×1How hard the claim is stated high ×1 from 223 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
These are must-cite outlets for this desk that we did not manage to read when we built this story. That is a gap in our reach, not a silence on their part, and it is not evidence of anything about this story.

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