FEDweek media bias and reliability
FEDweek is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. We have seen it on 4 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is FEDweek biased?
FEDweek is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is FEDweek left or right?
FEDweek is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum.
Is FEDweek reliable?
We do not hold a factual-reliability assessment for FEDweek. A political-leaning label would not answer that question on its own, so we do not infer reliability from left, centre or right.
What FEDweek has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with FEDweek’s own report linked underneath.
A Government Accountability Office report found the Trump administration spent $9.5 billion on paid administrative leave for federal workers in 2025. The initiative, known as DOGE, led to a 435% increase in such leave, with an estimated $6.7 billion spent on a deferred resignation program.
FEDweek reported it asPaid Leave under Deferred Resignation Program Cost $6.7 Billion, GAO Estimates (opens FEDweek in a new tab)
A federal judge has blocked new U.S. Postal Service rules that could delay mail-in ballots, following warnings from a whistleblower and election officials. The Trump administration is appealing the order.
FEDweek reported it asWhy the Rushed Postal Service Plan for Mail-in Voting has States in a Panic (opens FEDweek in a new tab)
The Trump administration is appealing a judge's decision that blocked an executive order limiting mail voting before the midterm elections. The order could allow the Postal Service to refuse ballots from states not submitting eligible voter lists or following a uniform envelope style.
FEDweek reported it asJudge Calls Trump Mail Ballot Rule 'Substantively Unconstitutional' as Court Battle Extends (opens FEDweek in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump signed a bill on 2 September 2026 extending federal government funding until 11 December, avoiding a shutdown before the midterm elections. The House and Senate passed the measure with overwhelming majorities, though no left-rated outlet reported the story.
FEDweek reported it asSenate Takes up Stopgap Spending Bill Ahead of August Recess (opens FEDweek in a new tab)
Who says so
No rating organisation we draw on has placed FEDweek. We asked on 8 October 2026.
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.
We hold no factual-reliability rating for this outlet.
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for FEDweek.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- fedweek.com
- Seen publishing on
- fedweek.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
- 4
- Reports listed
- 4
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 5 August 2026
4 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. FEDweek has not been placed on the spectrum, so there is no side to count against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 4 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of FEDweek: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 17 October 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 22 September 2026. Ratings pulled 8 October 2026.
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