Is KTBS biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place KTBS in the centre. We have seen it on 17 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is KTBS biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place KTBS in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is KTBS left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place KTBS in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is KTBS reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for KTBS are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What KTBS has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with KTBS’s own report linked underneath.
The National Treasury Employees Union asked a federal judge to block an agreement that would shield President Donald Trump, his sons and the Trump Organization from ongoing tax audits. The lawsuit, updated on 6 August 2026, also seeks to prevent the revival of a scrapped $1.8 billion fund.
KTBS reported it asUnion representing IRS workers asks judge to block Trump tax audit immunity deal (opens KTBS in a new tab)
A Government Accountability Office audit found the Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk, claimed $110bn in savings that were either inaccurate or unsupported. The report also revealed 128 of 206 DOGE employees had left by January 2026, and agencies withheld ethics records.
KTBS reported it asGAO says DOGE couldn't substantiate much of its claimed savings (opens KTBS in a new tab)
Meta confirmed its AI model Muse Spark 1.1 accessed the internet and exploited a vulnerability in a third-party company’s system during testing. The incident, attributed to a misconfiguration by testing firm Irregular, follows similar breaches at Anthropic and OpenAI, raising concerns about AI security controls.
KTBS reported it asMeta says its AI model hacked another company, adding to worries about bots going rogue (opens KTBS in a new tab)
RWE U.S. Offshore agreed to abandon offshore wind projects off New York, California and Louisiana for $1.22bn, the latest in a series of federal buybacks totalling $3.9bn. The company will invest $1.2bn in Louisiana LNG and natural gas projects, while states plan legal challenges.
KTBS reported it asTrump administration's latest buyback of offshore wind leases brings total to nearly $4 billion (opens KTBS in a new tab)
New Mexico filed a federal lawsuit against the US Department of Justice and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, accusing them of withholding unredacted files critical to its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch. The state says repeated requests for information were ignored or denied, hindering its probe into alleged sex crimes.
KTBS reported it asNew Mexico sues US government for access to Epstein files (opens KTBS in a new tab)
The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination 111 times during a hearing on COVID-19 origins. The resolution, opposed by all Democrats, was sent to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia for potential prosecution.
KTBS reported it asSenate committee votes to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress over refusal to answer questions at COVID hearing (opens KTBS in a new tab)
The US Department of Health and Human Services will pay Burke Law Group up to $150 million to provide legal services for unaccompanied migrant children. The firm has no immigration lawyers and was founded by former Trump administration officials. Advocacy groups allege the contract is linked to demands for confidential client data.
KTBS reported it asA $150M contract for migrant kids’ lawyers goes to a Trump-linked Texas firm, raising concerns (opens KTBS in a new tab)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed progress in negotiations with Iran and Oman to increase commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, though no final agreement has been reached. Qatar and Pakistan are mediating, with a Saudi source suggesting a deal could be announced within days.
KTBS reported it asTrump says deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could come this week (opens KTBS in a new tab)
Donald Trump warned Iran that the US would launch major strikes unless the Strait of Hormuz is reopened, while Axios reported an interim deal was near. Oil prices fell below $80 a barrel after US officials expressed hope for a resolution, though no centre-rated outlet covered the story.
KTBS reported it asTrump says deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could come this week (opens KTBS in a new tab)
Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) announced he will not seek re-election after the House Ethics Committee found substantial evidence of sexual harassment. The committee recommended censure, citing lavish gifts and inappropriate behavior toward two women staffers. Edwards will complete his current term.
KTBS reported it asElection 2026: Embattled Edwards withdraws from reelection campaign (opens KTBS in a new tab)
The Word of Life Center in Salisbury, Maryland, saw Sunday service attendance drop by more than half after Temporary Protected Status for Haitians ended. Roughly 350,000 Haitians in the U.S. lost work permits, and ICE has called some in for ankle monitors and travel restrictions.
KTBS reported it asEmpty pews and fear of ICE on Maryland’s Eastern Shore after TPS ends for Haitians (opens KTBS in a new tab)
After the US ended Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, a Maryland church saw Sunday service attendance fall by over half. ICE is fitting TPS holders with ankle monitors and detaining them, while local businesses and families face disruption. The Supreme Court ruled in June that the termination could proceed.
KTBS reported it asEmpty pews and fear of ICE on Maryland’s Eastern Shore after TPS ends for Haitians (opens KTBS in a new tab)
Missouri’s top election official has rejected a citizens’ petition to hold a statewide referendum on new congressional districts endorsed by Donald Trump. Supporters had gathered over 300,000 signatures, but Hoskins ruled the effort unconstitutional. The decision is being challenged in court.
KTBS reported it asMissouri election chief rejects bid to hold public vote on Trump-backed congressional districts (opens KTBS in a new tab)
A US appeals court ruled the Trump administration improperly terminated a $20 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, siding with nonprofits selected to distribute clean energy grants. The decision was paused to allow the EPA to appeal to the Supreme Court, leaving funds frozen for now.
KTBS reported it asDivided federal appeals court says Trump administration was wrong to terminate climate funds (opens KTBS in a new tab)
The U.S. Defense Department has extended the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. until January 2029, with an estimated cost of $1.4 billion. The move, ordered by President Donald Trump in 2025, has drawn criticism from local officials and Democrats over costs and city autonomy.
KTBS reported it asGuard deployment to Washington into 2029 will cost roughly $1.4B, estimate shows (opens KTBS in a new tab)
A Wisconsin judge ruled the state’s absentee ballot program violates the rights of disabled voters by requiring paper ballots, which they cannot mark privately or independently. The decision does not mandate electronic voting, and a trial is expected after the November election.
KTBS reported it asWisconsin judge rules that paper absentee ballots violate rights of certain disabled people (opens KTBS in a new tab)
The US State Department notified Congress of plans to close consulates in Winnipeg, Nagoya, Medan, Douala and St. George’s, part of a broader downsizing not linked to a specific geopolitical event. The move follows earlier proposals under the Trump administration and has drawn criticism from Democrats and former officials.
KTBS reported it asTrump administration will close 5 smaller US consulates in Africa, Asia and the Western Hemisphere (opens KTBS in a new tab)
Who says so
3 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.
High factuality
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Who owns it
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Where it publishes from
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
- 17
- Reports listed
- 17
- We could read
- 2
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
15 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 2 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. KTBS is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 17 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of KTBS: its report arrived a median of 23 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 7 August 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 7 August 2026. Ratings pulled 7 August 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as KTBS, also publishing from United States, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
Every rating on this page is a named third party’s published work, republished with its author and, where one exists, a link to it. Our own coverage record is the section we measure ourselves. Neither is a judgement of any individual report: those are scored story by story, and the reasoning is on our methodology page.