Afram News media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Afram News one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Left; Ad Fontes Media: Leans left. We have seen it on 27 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Afram News biased?
The rating organisations do not give Afram News one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Left; Ad Fontes Media: Leans left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Afram News left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Afram News one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Left; Ad Fontes Media: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Afram News reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Afram News are Ad Fontes Media: Very low factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Afram News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Afram News’s own report linked underneath.
Descendants of enslaved people are organizing for reparations in the US, facing opposition from the Trump administration. A UN resolution on slavery trafficking, supported by over 120 nations, saw the US vote against it, alongside Argentina and Israel.
Afram News reported it asReparations Efforts Expand as DOJ Challenges Landmark Evanston Program (opens Afram News in a new tab)
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to promote women's health, establishing a new division within the National Institutes of Health and a specialized task force. Melania Trump spearheaded the initiative, which observers noted was accompanied by an apparent attempt to avoid a kiss from the President.
Afram News reported it asTrump Orders New NIH Women’s Health Division as Black Maternal Gaps Persist (opens Afram News in a new tab)
Early voting turnout is up significantly in many states that could determine control of the U.S. Senate, according to an Associated Press analysis. This surge is particularly notable in battleground states where Democrats are seeking to flip Republican-held seats.
Afram News reported it asTexas Early Voting Opens Monday With Record 19 Million Registered (opens Afram News in a new tab)
More than 34 million Americans have cast early ballots in the current midterm elections. This figure is on pace to surpass the early voting turnout of the 2022 midterms, according to data tracked by the UF Election Lab.
Afram News reported it asTexas Early Voting Opens Monday With Record 19 Million Registered (opens Afram News in a new tab)
The US government will stop subsidy payments for 189,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the move, citing duplicate enrollments, other government plan overlaps, or deceased individuals. The action is expected to save hundreds of millions of dollars.
Afram News reported it asCMS Cuts ACA Subsidies for 189,000 Duplicate or Deceased Records (opens Afram News in a new tab)
The Justice Department has threatened California with legal action over concerns that noncitizens may have received mail ballots for upcoming midterm elections. The state has been given 48 hours to review voter rolls and segregate ballots of unverified individuals.
Afram News reported it asJustice Department Gives California 48 Hours Over Alleged Noncitizen Voters (opens Afram News in a new tab)
Students and alumni of Lincoln University have filed a lawsuit against the state of Missouri, seeking $549 million in damages. They allege decades of systematic underfunding of the historically Black land-grant university, which they claim has harmed its academic programs and facilities.
Afram News reported it asLincoln University Students Seek $548.7 Million Over Alleged HBCU Underfunding (opens Afram News in a new tab)
The UN human rights office has condemned racist abuse directed at tennis player Coco Gauff on social media. The office stated that Black female athletes are specifically targeted and called for solidarity against racism and sexism in sport.
Afram News reported it asUN Condemns Racist Online Abuse Targeting Coco Gauff (opens Afram News in a new tab)
Opal Lee, known as the 'grandmother of Juneteenth,' celebrated her 100th birthday by initiating the construction of a museum in Fort Worth, Texas. The facility will document the history of the federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced a $3 million donation.
Afram News reported it asOpal Lee Turns 100 as National Juneteenth Museum Work Begins (opens Afram News in a new tab)
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders released a video promoting stricter Medicaid rules. The ad, which depicted a white man as a welfare recipient, has drawn criticism from some conservatives who argue it should have featured a Black woman.
Afram News reported it asArkansas Medicaid Ad Revives Racist ‘Welfare Queen’ Debate (opens Afram News in a new tab)
Global stock exchanges saw increases on Monday while oil prices declined. This trend emerged as concerns about inflation lessened, with investors expecting the US Federal Reserve to hold interest rates steady. Weaker than expected US job creation data contributed to these expectations.
Afram News reported it asBlack Unemployment Jumps to 7% as U.S. Hiring Slows (opens Afram News in a new tab)
On 17 September 2026 a federal judge struck down a Trump‑era rule that required the US Education Department to terminate millions of dollars in diversity, equity and inclusion grants. The decision was first reported by Reuters and was covered by several centre and right outlets.
Afram News reported it asFederal Judge Strikes Down Anti-DEI Teacher-Grant Policy (opens Afram News in a new tab)
The United States has imposed new visa restrictions on certain South African nationals, citing race-based discrimination and uncompensated land seizures. South Africa has rejected the US allegations, stating the measures are based on mischaracterised policies and fringe group information.
Afram News reported it asU.S. Targets South African Officials With New Visa Restrictions (opens Afram News in a new tab)
President Donald Trump has nominated Kimberly Greenwood, wife of singer Lee Greenwood, to be the U.S. ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean. The nomination requires Senate confirmation. Trump also nominated Wesley Hunt for a role in Riyadh.
Afram News reported it asTrump Nominates Houston Congressman Wesley Hunt as Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (opens Afram News in a new tab)
The Congressional Black Caucus Institute has launched a voter outreach campaign called "SO VOTE," led by former HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge. The initiative aims to register and mobilize Black, rural, and young voters, with a budget of at least $4.5 million.
Afram News reported it asBlack Caucus Institute Launches $4.5 Million Voter Outreach Campaign (opens Afram News in a new tab)
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is commemorating the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with an exhibit of artifacts. The display includes personal items from the day, presented openly due to fragility, as museum leadership navigates political criticism.
Afram News reported it asAmerica Marks 25 Years Since September 11 Attacks (opens Afram News in a new tab)
The Trump administration proposed changes to the U.S. census that would count only citizens and permanent residents, potentially excluding millions and reshaping political representation and federal funding. The changes could also eliminate demographic questions.
Afram News reported it asProposed Census Overhaul Could Reshape Representation and Erase Race Data (opens Afram News in a new tab)
The Trump administration has removed language that criticized the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery from a sign at the site and the Defense Department website. The changes come as part of an effort to reshape historical portrayals of the Civil War.
Afram News reported it asTrump Administration Removes Criticism of Confederate Memorial From Arlington Webpage (opens Afram News in a new tab)
The US Navy is reviewing plans to rename a Ford-class aircraft carrier currently designated USS Doris Miller, a Black sailor recognised for heroism at Pearl Harbor. Sources say internal discussions include honouring Donald Trump, which would be unprecedented for a sitting president.
Afram News reported it asNavy Weighs Renaming Carrier Honoring Texas-Born Black War Hero Doris Miller (opens Afram News in a new tab)
A whistleblower alleges a Trump administration task force pressured Ivy League universities into settlements despite incomplete investigations or no evidence of legal violations. The complaint, filed by former Justice Department lawyer Haley Van Erem, claims the probes were politically driven and disregarded constitutional protections.
Afram News reported it asWhistleblower Says Federal University Antisemitism Probes Lacked Evidence (opens Afram News in a new tab)
Who says so
2 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Very low factuality
- Ad Fontes MediaveryLowCheck it
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for Afram News.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- aframnews.com
- Seen publishing on
- aframnews.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
- 27
- Reports listed
- 27
- We could read
- 5
- First seen
- 6 August 2026
22 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 5 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 3 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Afram News ran the story anyway.
Across the 27 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Afram News: its report arrived a median of 32 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 8 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 30 October 2026. Ratings pulled 9 October 2026.
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