Republicans Urge Trump Administration to Designate CAIR a Terrorist Group
Calls for Foreign Terrorist Organization status for the Muslim rights group follow similar statements by Senator Ted Cruz.
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Republicans Urge Trump Administration to Designate CAIR a Terrorist Group
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What this story says
- Key Republican members of Congress are urging the Trump administration to consider designating the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a foreign terrorist organization.
- U.S. Senator Ted Cruz called for an FTO designation for CAIR last week.
- CAIR is described in the reports as a group that promotes Muslim rights.
- No left-rated outlets reported on this story.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 9 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 1 of the 10 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
30/100
Craft
45/100
Hype
20/100
10 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
None of the 9 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Several key Republican members of Congress are urging the Trump administration to consider designating the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a foreign terrorist organization. U.S. Senator Ted Cruz called for an FTO designation for CAIR last week. The Council on American-Islamic Relations is described as a group that promotes Muslim rights.
What the coverage left out
None of the left-rated outlets reported on this story. The digests from the centre and right-rated outlets did not include any specific details about the reasons behind the calls for CAIR's designation as a foreign terrorist organization, nor did they mention any potential consequences of such a designation.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 5 times, most recently on 22 Sept 2026, 21:16, and will add the sides that appear.
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
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
4 rated outlets
- The two centre-rated reports led on the call by Republican members of Congress for the Trump administration to consider designating CAIR as a foreign terrorist organization. Both reports noted that U.S. Senator Ted Cruz had made a similar call last week. They also included the description of CAIR as a group that promotes Muslim rights.
Right
5 rated outlets
- The five right-rated reports all led on the push by Republican lawmakers for the Trump administration to consider designating CAIR as a foreign terrorist organization. Each report mentioned that U.S. Senator Ted Cruz had called for an FTO designation for CAIR the previous week. The description of CAIR as a group that promotes Muslim rights was also present in all five reports.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Republicans Urge Trump Administration to Designate CAIR a Terrorist…?
- Of the 9 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 44% are rated centre, 56% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 10. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Republicans Urge Trump Administration to Designate CAIR a Terrorist… left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 9 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Republicans Urge Trump Administration to Designate CAIR a Terrorist… biased?
- Republicans Urge Trump Administration to Designate CAIR a Terrorist Group is one event reported by 10 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 Republicans Urge Trump Administration to Designate CAIR a Terrorist…?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left 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 Republicans Urge Trump Administration to Designate CAIR a Terrorist…?
- 10 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 Council on American-Islamic Relations?
- The Council on American-Islamic Relations is described in the reports as a group that promotes Muslim rights. It is the subject of calls from some Republican lawmakers to be designated a foreign terrorist organization.
- Who is calling for CAIR to be designated a foreign terrorist organization?
- Several key Republican members of Congress are urging the Trump administration to consider this designation. U.S. Senator Ted Cruz specifically called for an FTO designation for CAIR last week.
- Did any left-rated outlets report on this story?
- No left-rated outlets reported on this story. The coverage was limited to centre and right-rated outlets, with no left-leaning perspectives appearing in the provided digests.
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Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
4- GOP lawmakers push to designate CAIR as a foreign terrorist organization (opens Ashley County Ledger in a new tab)
Ashley County Ledger — is Ashley County Ledger biased? Our profile of this outlet
- GOP lawmakers push to designate CAIR as a foreign terrorist organization (opens Tioga Publishing in a new tab)
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- GOP lawmakers push to designate CAIR as a foreign terrorist organization (opens KPVI in a new tab)
- GOP lawmakers push to designate CAIR as a foreign terrorist organization (opens Columbia Gorge News in a new tab)
Columbia Gorge News — is Columbia Gorge News biased? Our profile of this outlet
Right
5- GOP lawmakers push to designate CAIR as a foreign terrorist organization (opens thedailybs.com in a new tab)
thedailybs.com — is thedailybs.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- GOP lawmakers push to designate CAIR as a foreign terrorist organization (opens [your]NEWS in a new tab)
[your]NEWS — is [your]NEWS biased? Our profile of this outlet
- GOP lawmakers push to designate CAIR as a foreign terrorist organization (opens News-Topic in a new tab)
News-Topic — is News-Topic biased? Our profile of this outlet
- GOP lawmakers push to designate CAIR as a foreign terrorist organization (opens Shelby News in a new tab)
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- GOP lawmakers push to designate CAIR as a foreign terrorist organization (opens The Center Square in a new tab)
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