Maryland Matters media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Maryland Matters one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 25 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Maryland Matters biased?
The rating organisations do not give Maryland Matters one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Maryland Matters left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Maryland Matters one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Maryland Matters reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Maryland Matters are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Maryland Matters has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Maryland Matters’s own report linked underneath.
Early in-person voting for the U.S. midterm elections began on September 18, 2026, in Virginia and other states. The elections will determine control of the House and Senate, with key issues including the cost of living and the war in Iran.
Maryland Matters reported it asTrump likes data centers. Congress seems stuck. The midterms could deliver a verdict. (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
A US federal appeals court has rejected a Trump administration policy that allowed for the rapid deportation of migrants to countries other than their own. The court ruled that migrants must be given an opportunity to raise safety concerns before such deportations.
Maryland Matters reported it asTrump rapid third-country removal policy blocked at appeals court (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against Donald Trump's plan to significantly alter national mail-voting rules. Following the decision, voting rights groups announced a voter protection campaign, while the Department of Justice and Homeland Security pursue separate election-related investigations.
Maryland Matters reported it asWith vote-by-mail court fight settled, attention shifts to protections at the polls (opens Maryland Matters 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.
Maryland Matters reported it asMixed-status immigrant households expected to lose benefits under new public charge rule (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
Both chambers of Congress are returning to Capitol Hill for a brief session before the midterm elections. The House will meet for one week, while the Senate will be in session for three weeks, leaving limited time for legislative action.
Maryland Matters reported it asCongress returns to session before midterms sprint, but no action expected on AI fears (opens Maryland Matters 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.
Maryland Matters reported it asTrump EPA to strip greenhouse gas limits for power plants, a key Biden climate policy (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to enforce new U.S. Postal Service mail ballot regulations ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The court's order leaves in place a lower court injunction blocking the rules.
Maryland Matters reported it asUS Supreme Court blocks Trump rule limiting mail voting, sides with Dem states (opens Maryland Matters 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.
Maryland Matters reported it asFrustrations, remorse and pain surface on 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
A coalition of civil rights groups and voting rights advocates, along with the city of Denver, have filed a lawsuit to prevent the Trump administration from deploying immigration enforcement agents to polling places on Election Day. The suit argues federal law restricts such presence to repelling armed enemies.
Maryland Matters reported it asSuit challenges Trump administration move to allow some ICE presence at polling places (opens Maryland Matters 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.
Maryland Matters reported it asTrump administration aims to exclude noncitizens from next census (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
Over 250 current and former members of Congress have urged the US Supreme Court to deny a request to pause a ruling blocking parts of a USPS mail-in voting rule. They argue the rule and a related executive order unconstitutionally infringe on Congress's authority over federal elections.
Maryland Matters reported it asTrump doesn’t have the power to limit mail-in voting, lawmakers tell US Supreme Court (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
A judge is set to rule on dismissing charges against former U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn. Prosecutors want the indictment dismissed without prejudice, while Hearn's lawyer seeks dismissal with prejudice to prevent refiling.
Maryland Matters reported it asJudge criticizes Trump pressure on prosecutors on reflecting pool vandalism charges (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to reject a federal judge's order that halts new rules for mail-in voting. The appeal comes as North Carolina prepares to send out mail ballots, with a whistleblower report warning the new rules could prevent millions of ballots from being sent.
Maryland Matters reported it asUS Supreme Court again urged to permit Trump vote-by-mail restrictions (opens Maryland Matters 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.
Maryland Matters reported it asWhistleblower sees ‘catastrophic’ election effect under Trump vote-by-mail order (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
A federal judge has authorized involuntary feeding and medical treatment for Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who is jailed on charges of shooting two National Guard troops. Lakanwal was hospitalized in July after he stopped eating, and the order allows medical staff to provide nutrition against his will.
Maryland Matters reported it asJudge rules government can force-feed defendant in National Guard shooting (opens Maryland Matters 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.
Maryland Matters reported it asVoting rights struggle continues, advocates say at March on Washington anniversary (opens Maryland Matters 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.
Maryland Matters reported it asTrump administration appeals latest order freezing rule on mail-in voting (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed lawsuits against Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington. The department alleges that state laws offering in-state tuition and financial aid to undocumented students discriminate against U.S. citizens and violate federal law.
Maryland Matters reported it asJustice Department challenges four more states over in-state tuition for immigrants (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
The Trump administration is investing more than $100 million in school lunch programs across the United States. The funding is intended to improve child nutrition through various initiatives, including farm-to-school grants and cafeteria upgrades.
Maryland Matters reported it asTrump, McMahon promote school voucher program as students return to class (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether construction of Donald Trump’s 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom can proceed after a preservation group sued, arguing the project violates federal law. The administration claims it is a military complex exempt from congressional approval.
Maryland Matters reported it asTrump’s ballroom ‘illegal’ without congressional approval, high court told (opens Maryland Matters 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.
Very high factuality
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- States NewsroomIndependentdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
- Official site
- marylandmatters.org
- Seen publishing on
- marylandmatters.org
- 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
- 25
- Reports listed
- 25
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 7 August 2026
25 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 3 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Maryland Matters ran the story anyway.
Across the 25 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Maryland Matters’s on 3 of them. Overall it filed a median of 14 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 22 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 22 September 2026. Ratings pulled 9 September 2026.
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