Courthouse News Service media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Courthouse News Service one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Centre. We have seen it on 148 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Courthouse News Service biased?
The rating organisations do not give Courthouse News Service one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Courthouse News Service left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Courthouse News Service one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Courthouse News Service reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Courthouse News Service are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Courthouse News Service has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Courthouse News Service’s own report linked underneath.
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a court to dismiss its lawsuit that aimed to stop California from counting approximately 20,000 ballots. The department had alleged these ballots were sent to noncitizens and sought to verify their immigration status.
Courthouse News Service reported it asTrump administration drops lawsuit over California election procedures (opens Courthouse News Service in a new tab)
Donald Trump blamed Democrats and voters for a significant stock market drop on Thursday, stating the market suffered one of its worst days in history due to election results. The Nasdaq fell more than 5 percent, with AI-related companies heavily impacted.
Courthouse News Service reported it asBlue wave lifts boats on Wall Street, then sinks them (opens Courthouse News Service in a new tab)
Jesús de Miguel, a 30-year-old Tenerife attacker, died on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. He had suffered a cardiac arrest following a collision with FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono during a second-division match on Monday. The player was taken to hospital after the incident.
Courthouse News Service reported it asQuestions arise over the emergency treatment given to Spanish soccer player in fatal collision (opens Courthouse News Service in a new tab)
Los Angeles voters are deciding between incumbent Mayor Karen Bass and challenger Nithya Raman. Key issues include public safety and homelessness, with differing approaches from both candidates. The election outcome has implications for the city's hosting of the 2028 Olympic Games.
Courthouse News Service reported it asProgressive Nithya Raman leads incumbent Karen Bass in LA mayor race (opens Courthouse News Service in a new tab)
Hundreds of thousands of people protested across France on Thursday during a nationwide strike called by unions demanding higher wages and better public services. The Eiffel Tower was closed to visitors, and transport and other services faced disruption.
Courthouse News Service reported it asWedged between social unrest and budget crisis, France puts off tough decisions (opens Courthouse News Service in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump has announced that Washington will cease financial aid to Israel by the end of the year. The decision has drawn criticism from Israeli opposition leader Yair Golan and revealed surprise among Israeli defense and finance officials.
Courthouse News Service reported it asUS will halt $4B in aid to Israel as the Mideast ally shifts to buying military hardware, Trump says (opens Courthouse News Service in a new tab)
Supermarkets in at least nine European countries experienced cyberattacks on their refrigeration systems on November 2. The European Union warned the incidents were a deliberate attempt to disrupt the food supply chain, leading to spoiled food and investigations.
Courthouse News Service reported it asFridge cyberattack hits supermarkets across Europe (opens Courthouse News Service in a new tab)
The Trump administration's online accounts shared images of a pumpkin carved with a sombrero design and a fake Halloween background around a Black man accused of food assistance fraud. The posts have drawn criticism for being inflammatory, coinciding with a government campaign on immigration enforcement.
Courthouse News Service reported it asTrump administration's social media posts ahead of elections criticized for being inflammatory (opens Courthouse News Service in a new tab)
Brooke Rollins posted a Halloween‑themed image on X depicting a Black man as a “SNAP Fraudster” shortly before the 2026 midterm elections. Critics called the post racist, while federal prosecutors charged Mercedes Reshard New, known as “Shawty Dred,” with fraud totalling more than $4 million.
Courthouse News Service reported it asTrump administration's social media posts ahead of elections criticized for being inflammatory (opens Courthouse News Service in a new tab)
A summit between Canada and the European Union in Montreal has concluded. Digital trade was a key topic on the agenda for the meeting hosted by Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Courthouse News Service reported it asEuropean Union and Canada to form new alliance — but no associate membership yet (opens Courthouse News Service in a new tab)
Federal officials, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and FBI Director Kash Patel, announced a crackdown on fraud in Minnesota. Multiple law enforcement agencies executed warrants and raided locations across the Twin Cities.
Courthouse News Service reported it asTrump officials tout expansive 'war on fraud' in Minnesota (opens Courthouse News Service in a new tab)
Dockworkers in 22 countries launched a coordinated strike on October 30, 2026, protesting arms shipments and the use of ports for military purposes. Organizers estimate significant disruption to Mediterranean cargo and billions of dollars in freight.
Courthouse News Service reported it asDockworkers worldwide strike against arms shipments and to demand better working conditions (opens Courthouse News Service in a new tab)
A federal judge in Los Angeles heard arguments regarding the Justice Department's request to prevent California from counting approximately 20,000 ballots until the citizenship of the voters can be confirmed. California officials argue this is impossible and could disenfranchise legitimate voters.
Courthouse News Service reported it asTrump administration asks judge to sequester California votes by ‘noncitizens’ (opens Courthouse News Service in a new tab)
The US Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Maryland. The suit claims the district's policies allow students to change their gender identity without parental knowledge or consent, violating federal law.
Courthouse News Service reported it asJustice Department targets Maryland school district in new parental rights lawsuit (opens Courthouse News Service in a new tab)
OpenAI is challenging a British Columbia privacy commissioner's order to release documents concerning the 2026 Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. The AI company, based in California, is contesting the demand for these records.
Courthouse News Service reported it asBritish Columbia privacy watchdog investigates OpenAI use of Tumbler Ridge shooter’s personal information (opens Courthouse News Service in a new tab)
Twitch streamer Hasan Piker has filed a federal defamation lawsuit against conservative commentator Scott Jennings, seeking $72.5 million. Piker alleges Jennings used an edited video to falsely portray him as advocating for the lynching of Black Americans.
Courthouse News Service reported it asHasan Piker files $72 million defamation suit against Scott Jennings (opens Courthouse News Service in a new tab)
A federal appeals court has rejected the Justice Department's request to set aside approximately 20,000 California mail-in ballots alleged to be from noncitizens. The case has been sent back to a district court for further proceedings.
Courthouse News Service reported it asNinth Circuit tosses Trump appeal in California election challenge (opens Courthouse News Service in a new tab)
Neil Young has filed a $10 million lawsuit against Donald Trump's political committee, Trump 47 Committee Inc., for copyright infringement. The suit claims the unauthorized use of his song 'Rockin' in the Free World' at rallies violates a prior settlement.
Courthouse News Service reported it asRocker Neil Young sues Trump for $10 million over use of his song (opens Courthouse News Service in a new tab)
Israeli forces raided multiple towns in the northern West Bank and forced dozens of Palestinians to evacuate their homes in Hebron. The operation, which began after two soldiers were killed, is expected to continue for several days.
Courthouse News Service reported it asUN raises 'ethnic cleansing' concerns over Israel's Hebron operation (opens Courthouse News Service in a new tab)
The NBA has announced agreements with prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket, alongside a Memorandum of Understanding with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. These deals aim to enhance transparency and prevent abuses in NBA-related betting markets.
Courthouse News Service reported it asNBA strikes deals with prediction markets, with eye on integrity and regulations (opens Courthouse News Service 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 high factuality
Who owns it
- Courthouse News ServiceIndependentdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, United States
- Official site
- courthousenews.com
- Seen publishing on
- courthousenews.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
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
- 148
- Reports listed
- 150
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 8 August 2026
150 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.
On 33 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Courthouse News Service ran the story anyway.
Across the 148 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Courthouse News Service’s on 11 of them. Overall it filed a median of 21 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 8 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 8 November 2026. Ratings pulled 11 October 2026.
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