Michigan Advance media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Michigan Advance one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Left. We have seen it on 54 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Michigan Advance biased?
The rating organisations do not give Michigan Advance one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Michigan Advance left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Michigan Advance one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Michigan Advance reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Michigan Advance are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Michigan Advance has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Michigan Advance’s own report linked underneath.
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.
Michigan Advance reported it asWith vote-by-mail court fight settled, attention shifts to protections at the polls (opens Michigan Advance in a new tab)
FBI Director Kash Patel declined to rule out sending agents to polling places on Election Day, telling senators he wasn’t certain the bureau is legally barred from doing so. Patel stated the FBI has agents in each field office devoted to addressing election crimes.
Michigan Advance reported it asFBI’s Patel dodges questions on election interference at rambunctious US Senate hearing (opens Michigan Advance in a new tab)
A Pentagon Inspector General report estimates Iranian attacks caused $184 million in damage to U.S. diplomatic facilities in Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. The report also details U.S. war costs and casualties.
Michigan Advance reported it asIran war cost tops $40B and billions more monthly, budget analysis finds (opens Michigan Advance 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.
Michigan Advance reported it asAttorney general defends Trump blast at US Supreme Court over vote-by-mail ruling (opens Michigan Advance 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.
Michigan Advance reported it asTrump EPA to strip greenhouse gas limits for power plants, a key Biden climate policy (opens Michigan Advance in a new tab)
A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has alleged that the "Unlawful Voter Initiative" uses legally questionable tactics and unreliable data to investigate non-citizen voting. The initiative reportedly targets hundreds of thousands of individuals across the US, with agents allegedly instructed to pose as voters.
Michigan Advance reported it asU.S. Senate Dems disclose Trump administration operation dug through state voter rolls (opens Michigan Advance 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.
Michigan Advance reported it asCongress returns to session before midterms sprint, but no action expected on AI fears (opens Michigan Advance 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.
Michigan Advance reported it asUS Supreme Court blocks Trump rule limiting mail voting, sides with Dem states (opens Michigan Advance 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.
Michigan Advance reported it asFrustrations, remorse and pain surface on 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks (opens Michigan Advance in a new tab)
An analysis from a Democratic-aligned voting rights group indicates that efforts to limit mail-in voting could disproportionately affect Democratic voters. This finding aligns with previous statements by Donald Trump regarding the partisan implications of mail-in voting.
Michigan Advance reported it asTrump plan to limit mail voting hinders Democrats more than GOP, analysis finds (opens Michigan Advance in a new tab)
A federal appeals court has invalidated a Trump administration order that compelled the JH Campbell coal plant in Michigan to remain operational beyond its planned retirement. The court found the Energy Department lacked the legal authority to issue such emergency orders.
Michigan Advance reported it asFederal appeals court vacates Trump order extending operations for a west Michigan coal plant (opens Michigan Advance in a new tab)
Trump pressured officials to 'find' votes, loyalist Republicans sought to deny Biden presidency
Trust 33President Donald Trump pressured state election officials to "find" votes after his 2020 loss, while loyalist Republicans in Congress attempted to deny Joe Biden the presidency during the Electoral College certification. Concerns exist about future attempts to overturn election results.
Michigan Advance reported it asHow the US House could overturn the midterm election results (opens Michigan Advance 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.
Michigan Advance reported it asSuit challenges Trump administration move to allow some ICE presence at polling places (opens Michigan Advance in a new tab)
On 9 September 2026, a coalition of twenty U.S. states and the District of Columbia filed two lawsuits accusing the Trump administration of illegally weakening the Endangered Species Act. The suits target rules that narrow habitat protections and reduce safeguards for newly threatened species.
Michigan Advance reported it asStates sue feds over endangered species rollbacks (opens Michigan Advance in a new tab)
Two protesters were arrested outside the Republican National Committee's midterm convention in Dallas. Mounted police and officers in riot gear were deployed as demonstrators marched near the venue. Organisers estimated up to 10,000 people would attend separate rallies.
Michigan Advance reported it asRepublicans close out GOP midterm convention vowing to keep control of Congress (opens Michigan Advance 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.
Michigan Advance reported it asTrump administration aims to exclude many noncitizens from the census (opens Michigan Advance in a new tab)
Michigan environmental regulators are reviewing permits for the Line 5 tunnel project following a state Supreme Court decision. Governor Gretchen Whitmer has also urged Enbridge CEO Gregory Ebel to shut down the pipeline within months.
Michigan Advance reported it asAfter backlash, Whitmer says EGLE must consider Michigan Supreme Court ruling on Line 5 permits (opens Michigan Advance 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.
Michigan Advance reported it asTrump doesn’t have the power to limit mail-in voting, lawmakers tell US Supreme Court (opens Michigan Advance in a new tab)
State leaders are relieved that threats to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency have subsided. However, confusion persists regarding President Trump's decisions on disaster declarations, creating uncertainty for states awaiting federal recovery funds.
Michigan Advance reported it asFEMA is off the chopping block. But disaster aid is still a guessing game. (opens Michigan Advance in a new tab)
ICE officer Christian Castro has been federally charged with making false statements about the January shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis. Federal authorities had initially accused Sosa-Celis of assaulting an officer, but dropped charges after video evidence emerged.
Michigan Advance reported it asICE agent Christian Castro turns himself in on federal charge (opens Michigan Advance 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
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for Michigan Advance.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, United States
- Official site
- michiganadvance.com
- Seen publishing on
- michiganadvance.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
- 54
- Reports listed
- 57
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
57 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 11 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Michigan Advance ran the story anyway.
Across the 54 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Michigan Advance: its report arrived a median of 19 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 18 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 18 September 2026. Ratings pulled 3 September 2026.
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Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Michigan Advance, 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.
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