Action News Now media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Action News Now in the centre. We have seen it on 39 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Action News Now biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Action News Now in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Action News Now left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Action News Now in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Action News Now reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Action News Now are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Action News Now has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Action News Now’s own report linked underneath.
USPS halts Trump‑linked mail‑voting system, Postmaster General David Steiner says work stopped
Trust 56The United States Postal Service stopped work on a computer system designed to support President Donald Trump's plan to limit mail voting. Postmaster General David Steiner confirmed the pause on Thursday, following the Supreme Court's rejection of the related executive order earlier that week.
Action News Now reported it asPostal Service chief says work stopped on computer system key to Trump effort to limit mail voting (opens Action News Now in a new tab)
Abu Zubaydah, held at Guantanamo Bay for two decades without charges, appeared at a hearing to review his detention. A U.S. official described him as a trusted facilitator for Osama bin Laden, while his attorneys argued he was never an al-Qaida member and poses no threat.
Action News Now reported it asMan accused of ties to bin Laden and tortured after 9/11 has 20-year Guantanamo detention reviewed (opens Action News Now in a new tab)
The Environmental Protection Agency is set to repeal rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from coal and natural gas power plants. Administrator Lee Zeldin stated the move could save billions for the industry and boost American energy.
Action News Now reported it asEPA eliminates rule that limits planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants (opens Action News Now in a new tab)
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a coalition of Democratic-led cities and states have filed a lawsuit challenging a new Trump administration rule. The rule would allow immigration officials to deny green cards and visas to immigrants who use public benefits.
Action News Now reported it asStates sue to stop Trump rule that would make it harder for some immigrants to get green cards (opens Action News Now in a new tab)
Court cases involving Twin Cities churches and immigration enforcement highlight an ongoing debate within faith communities. One church seeks reprimand for alleged spying on protest activity, while another faces charges related to a disrupted worship service.
Action News Now reported it asMinnesota churches roiled by legal battle over ICE surveillance and right to protest (opens Action News Now in a new tab)
The Justice Department announced the deportation of Nazira Haji Zada, an Afghan woman accused of aiding a terror plot. Her case was the first to use the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, a secretive tribunal established 30 years ago, which had not been activated until this summer.
Action News Now reported it asJustice Department secures deportation order in first-of-its-kind case brought in secretive court (opens Action News Now in a new tab)
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed 13 new laws designed to shield minors from the potential harms of social media and AI chatbots. The legislation includes penalties for companies found negligent and restrictions on addictive online content.
Action News Now reported it asCalifornia governor signs laws aimed at protecting kids from risks of social media, AI chatbots (opens Action News Now in a new tab)
A former volunteer has filed a lawsuit against nonprofits tied to labor leader Cesar Chavez, alleging sexual abuse by him decades ago and that the organizations failed to investigate her complaints. The suit names the Cesar Chavez Foundation and the United Farm Workers Foundation as defendants.
Action News Now reported it asFormer volunteer sues César Chavez nonprofits over failing to stop union leader from sexual abuse (opens Action News Now in a new tab)
The war in Iran has cost American consumers an estimated $100 billion in additional energy expenses, according to Brown University. The figure continues to increase, adding approximately $1 million every two minutes.
Action News Now reported it asAmericans are footing a $100 billion energy bill from the Iran war (opens Action News Now in a new tab)
Maryland voters will decide in November on a Democratic-backed congressional redistricting amendment after the state's Supreme Court allowed it on the ballot. The court reversed lower rulings that had blocked the measure but ordered the ballot summary to be rewritten.
Action News Now reported it asMaryland’s top court allows Democratic-backed congressional redistricting measure on November ballot (opens Action News Now in a new tab)
ICE officer Christian Castro has been federally charged with making false statements about the January shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis. Federal authorities had initially accused Sosa-Celis of assaulting an officer, but dropped charges after video evidence emerged.
Action News Now reported it asICE agent federally charged with lying over shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant (opens Action News Now in a new tab)
Alcohol-attributable cancer deaths in the United States more than doubled between 1990 and 2023, rising from 11,361 to 23,126. The increased risk applies to multiple cancer types, including breast, colorectal, and head and neck cancers.
Action News Now reported it asJust one drink a day may increase the risk of dying from numerous cancers (opens Action News Now in a new tab)
New Jersey has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve a legal dispute over the regulation of prediction markets. The case could determine whether these platforms are considered sports betting, subject to state laws, or financial derivatives regulated by the federal government.
Action News Now reported it asFirst challenge to prediction markets reaches Supreme Court (opens Action News Now in a new tab)
USS Abraham Lincoln docks in Thailand after 200-day Middle East mission amid crew welfare concerns
Trust 78The USS Abraham Lincoln reached Thailand after a 200-day deployment in the Middle East, the longest continuous sea duty in modern US Navy history. Reports of supply shortages, morale problems, and a possible suicide attempt prompted a Senate inquiry and a replacement carrier dispatch.
Action News Now reported it asAircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln arrives in Thailand after months of combat in Middle East (opens Action News Now in a new tab)
A whistleblower has raised alarms about a new U.S. Postal Service system designed to verify mail ballots, alleging it is being developed with inadequate testing and a rushed timeline. The system, intended to comply with a Trump executive order, could lead to the rejection of large numbers of ballots.
Action News Now reported it asUSPS whistleblower describes new plans for voting by mail hidden from the public (opens Action News Now in a new tab)
Vice President JD Vance told Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed to stop mentioning his wife, Usha Vance, during a campaign rally. Vance also accused El-Sayed of promoting a divisive ideology.
Action News Now reported it asVance casts El-Sayed as ‘evil’ and tells him to ‘keep my wife’s name the hell out of your mouth’ (opens Action News Now in a new tab)
Thousands of protesters are expected on the National Mall for the "Defend the Vote" March on Washington, organized by the Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III. The event follows a Supreme Court decision that reinterpreted the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Action News Now reported it asCivil rights groups make urgent plea for voting rights in DC, ahead of midterm elections (opens Action News Now in a new tab)
Brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate are challenging their extradition to the United Kingdom to face charges including rape and sex trafficking. They appeared in a Miami court seeking release on bond, arguing their online boasts were exaggerated personas.
Action News Now reported it asJudge weighs whether to grant bail for Andrew and Tristan Tate after hourslong US hearing. Here are the takeaways (opens Action News Now in a new tab)
The Trump administration has begun building a border wall project on land belonging to the Tohono O'odham Nation in southern Arizona. The tribe alleges federal agents and contractors trespassed on its land, damaging sacred sites, while U.S. Customs and Border Protection states the area is a dangerous smuggling route.
Action News Now reported it asTrump administration starts building border wall project in Arizona over tribe's objections (opens Action News Now in a new tab)
The Kennedy Center may need to be demolished if extensive renovations are blocked, lawyers stated in court papers. A $250 million project is linked to the potential demolition, while a legal challenge seeks to prevent the inscription of Donald Trump's name on the building.
Action News Now reported it asTrump administration threatens to demolish Kennedy Center if renovations aren’t allowed (opens Action News Now in a new tab)
Who says so
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How reliably it reports fact
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Very high factuality
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Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for Action News Now.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Chico, Butte County, California, United States
- Official site
- actionnewsnow.com
- Seen publishing on
- actionnewsnow.com
- Access
- Free to read
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 39
- Reports listed
- 40
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
40 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Action News Now is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 39 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Action News Now’s on 3 of them. Overall it filed a median of 14 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 18 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 18 September 2026. Ratings pulled 5 September 2026.
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