Federal judge allows Missouri contempt hearing in redistricting dispute
Secretary of State Denny Hoskins faces a hearing over congressional district maps backed by Donald Trump.
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In this photo taken with a smartphone, people opposed to a congressional redistricting plan rally outside the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo., Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb) (David A. Lieb, Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
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What this story says
- A federal judge has allowed Missouri's Supreme Court to proceed with a contempt hearing for Secretary of State Denny Hoskins.
- The hearing stems from a dispute over new congressional districts favoured by President Donald Trump.
- Missouri's top court had previously ordered Hoskins not to use the Trump-backed map.
- The contempt hearing is scheduled as the U.S. Supreme Court reviews a request to halt the federal judge's order.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 86 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 8 of the 94 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
60/100
Craft
70/100
Hype
10/100
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Missing from the right
Only 9 of the 86 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.
A reader who follows the right would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.
A federal judge has permitted Missouri's Supreme Court to hold a contempt hearing for Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins. The hearing is part of a legal dispute over the use of new congressional districts supported by President Donald Trump for the upcoming November election.
Missouri's top court had previously instructed Hoskins not to implement the Trump-backed map, ordering the use of districts established after the last census. However, U.S. District Judge Stephen Clark issued an order barring Hoskins from using any map other than the one favoured by Trump. The state Supreme Court then scheduled the contempt hearing for Hoskins for failing to comply with its directives and for instructing local election officials to use the Trump-supported districts.
Attorneys for Hoskins had sought to halt the contempt hearing, but Judge Clark declined their request. The hearing is set to take place while the U.S. Supreme Court considers an appeal from redistricting opponents seeking to block Clark's order that favours the Trump-backed congressional map.
Coverage comparison
What the coverage left out
None of the reports printed below mention the specific details of the congressional districts themselves, such as how they might affect election outcomes or which specific seats are targeted. The left-rated digests and the centre-rated digests and full report do not include information about the political motivations behind the redistricting effort or the specific impact on voters.
Coverage settled. We checked this 12 times and stopped on 16 Sept 2026, 01:15. The figures above are what it finished at.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
30 rated outlets
- All eleven left‑rated digests report that a federal judge authorised Missouri’s top court to conduct a contempt hearing for Secretary of State Denny Hoskins over a dispute about new congressional districts backed by President Donald Trump.
- Several digests add that the case is described as a tense, twisting legal battle and note Hoskins’s Republican affiliation. The Durango Herald digest mentions a smartphone photograph of protestors outside the Capitol, while the Alternet digest records that the chief justice issued a warning and the state attorney general’s office defended Hoskins.
- None of the left‑rated digests provide a cost estimate for the redistricting plan, quote any statements from Hoskins, the chief justice or other officials, or give a detailed timeline beyond the Thursday hearing. They also do not discuss potential effects on the November election.
Centre
47 rated outlets
- The centre-rated reports detailed the ongoing legal battle over Missouri's congressional districts. WKMG, in its full report, stated that a federal judge permitted the state's Supreme Court to hold a contempt hearing for Secretary of State Denny Hoskins. This hearing concerns the use of new congressional districts favoured by President Donald Trump. WKMG also noted that the state's top court had previously ordered Hoskins not to use the Trump-backed map, but U.S. District Judge Stephen Clark subsequently barred him from using anything other than that map. The digests from KRQE News 13, New Haven Register, KARK, and WSLS corroborated these points, indicating the federal judge's decision to allow the contempt hearing to proceed.
Right
9 rated outlets
- Right-rated outlets reported that a federal judge allowed Missouri's top court to hold a contempt hearing for Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins. The dispute concerns new congressional districts.
- The digests stated Hoskins faces possible sanctions for following a federal order that conflicted with a state court's ruling.
- These reports mentioned the districts were supported by President Donald Trump. None of the digests mentioned the specific date of the hearing.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Federal judge allows Missouri contempt hearing in redistricting dispute?
- Of the 86 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 35% are rated left, 54% are rated centre, 11% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 94. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Federal judge allows Missouri contempt hearing in redistricting dispute left or right?
- Neither side dominates it. Of the 86 rated outlets on this story, 35% are rated left, 54% are rated centre, 11% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
- Is the coverage of Federal judge allows Missouri contempt hearing in redistricting dispute biased?
- Federal judge allows Missouri contempt hearing in redistricting dispute is one event reported by 94 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Federal judge allows Missouri contempt hearing in redistricting dispute?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Federal judge allows Missouri contempt hearing in redistricting dispute?
- 94 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What is the contempt hearing about?
- The contempt hearing is for Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, who is accused of not following orders from Missouri's Supreme Court. The dispute centres on whether to use new congressional districts supported by President Donald Trump.
- What did the federal judge rule?
- U.S. District Judge Stephen Clark ruled that Secretary of State Denny Hoskins must use the congressional district map favoured by President Donald Trump. He also allowed Missouri's Supreme Court to proceed with a contempt hearing for Hoskins.
- What is the status of the Trump-backed map?
- Missouri's top court had previously ordered Secretary of State Denny Hoskins not to use the Trump-backed map. However, a federal judge later barred Hoskins from using any map other than the one supported by Trump, creating a legal conflict.
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94 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
30- Missouri GOP suggests 2025 map still has chance. Experts see no path around Supreme Court (opens Lodinews.com in a new tab)
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- Missouri Supreme Court finds state leader 'in contempt' over congressional maps • Oklahoma Voice (opens oklahomavoice.com in a new tab)
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- Missouri GOP suggests 2025 map still has chance. Experts see no path around Supreme Court (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
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- Red state Republicans threaten to impeach their own Supreme Court over map showdown (opens Raw Story in a new tab)
- Chief justice delivers icy warning to Missouri official at contempt hearing (opens Alternet in a new tab)
- Federal Judge Denies ‘Extraordinary Measure’ of Enjoining Missouri Supreme Court Ahead of Hoskins’ Contempt Hearing (opens Talking Points Memo in a new tab)
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- Judge: Missouri's Redistricting Contempt Hearing Can Processed (opens Newser in a new tab)
- Federal judge allows Missouri's top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens Koco News5 in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens McAlester News-Capital in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH in a new tab)
- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens flamboroughtoday.com in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens Timmins Today in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens Bradford Today in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens ElliotLakeToday.com in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens Bay Today in a new tab)
- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens Bowen Island Undercurrent in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens Orillia Matters in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens Prince George Citizen in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens SooToday.com in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens Rocky Mountain Outlook in a new tab)
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- Federal Judge Greenlights Contempt Hearing Against Missouri’s GOP Secretary of State (opens washingtonsun.com in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens The Seattle Times in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens The Independent (US) in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens The Independent in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens Durango Herald in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens New Haven Register in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens Associated Press News in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens Bangor Daily News in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens The Record in a new tab)
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Centre
47- Missouri GOP suggests 2025 map still has chance. Experts see no path around Supreme Court (opens Hanford Sentinel in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens coasttv.com in a new tab)
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- Supreme Court Backs Missouri GOP Map, Contempt Hearing Set (opens hngn.com in a new tab)
- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens Star Beacon in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens The EagleHerald in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens Battlefords NOW in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens Ckpg Today in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri's top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens KHBS in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri's top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens KOAT in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri's top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens WBAL-TV in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri's top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens WISN in a new tab)
- Federal judge allows Missouri's top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens KCCI in a new tab)
- Federal judge allows Missouri's top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens WTAE in a new tab)
- Federal judge allows Missouri's top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens WDSU in a new tab)
- Federal judge allows Missouri's top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens WYFF in a new tab)
- Federal judge allows Missouri's top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens WESH in a new tab)
- Federal judge allows Missouri's top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens WLKY in a new tab)
- Federal judge allows Missouri's top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens WMUR in a new tab)
- Federal judge allows Missouri's top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens WLWT in a new tab)
- Federal judge allows Missouri's top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens WCVB in a new tab)
- Federal judge allows Missouri's top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens KCRA 3 in a new tab)
- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens My Mother Lode in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens Santa Maria Times in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens mykxlg.com in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens The Cumberland Times-News in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens meadowlakeNOW in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens CFJC Today Kamloops in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens The Record in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens The Sun (Lowell) in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel in a new tab)
- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens KARK in a new tab)
- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens KRQE News 13 in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens WSLS in a new tab)
- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens WKMG in a new tab)
- Missouri Supreme Court contempt hearing underway against Secretary of State (opens KSHB-TV in a new tab)
- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens Winnipeg Free Press in a new tab)
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- Federal judge won’t stop Missouri Supreme Court proceedings against Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (opens KMBC in a new tab)
- ‘Impossible position’: Missouri AG asks federal judge to halt state supreme court showdown (opens kctv5 in a new tab)
Right
9- The Contempt Judgment From Missouri (opens Reason in a new tab)
- Federal Judge Allows Missouri Supreme Court to Hold Contempt Hearing Over Congressional Map (opens The Epoch Times in a new tab)
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- CHAOS IN MISSOURI: Federal Judge Refuses to Block State Supreme Court’s Contempt Proceedings Against GOP Secretary of State — Even as He Follows Federal Map Order * The Gateway Pundit * by Jim Hᴏft (opens The Gateway Pundit in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens The Daily Sentinel in a new tab)
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- Missouri congressional redistricting map saga continues (opens Webster County Citizen in a new tab)
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- Missouri congressional redistricting map saga continues (opens The Center Square in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute - Regional Media News (opens regionalmedianews.com in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens MY Northwest in a new tab)
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Not rated
8- UPDATE: U.S. Supreme Court blocks federal judge's ruling on congressional maps; appeal moves forward in Court of Appeals (opens 93.9 The Eagle in a new tab)
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- CHAOS IN MISSOURI: Federal Judge Refuses to Block State Supreme Court’s Contempt Proceedings Against GOP Secretary of State — Even as He Follows Federal Map Order - Politics, Policy, Political Views (opens Politics, Policy, Political News in a new tab)
- Missouri congressional redistricting map saga continues (opens griffonnews.com in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri's top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens MOR-TV in a new tab)
- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens Loonie Politics in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens Airdrie City View in a new tab)
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- Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute (opens KXL in a new tab)
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