News-Herald media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places News-Herald as leaning left. We have seen it on 33 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is News-Herald biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places News-Herald as leaning left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is News-Herald left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places News-Herald as leaning left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is News-Herald reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for News-Herald are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What News-Herald has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with News-Herald’s own report linked underneath.
The U.S. Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate by 25 basis points, marking the first such increase in over three years. The unanimous decision aims to combat inflation, and was followed by a significant drop in gold prices.
News-Herald reported it asWhy Mortgage Rates Shot Toward 7% Before the Fed Raised Rates (opens News-Herald in a new tab)
A major scientific report indicates Greenland and Antarctica have lost between 11.3 and 12.5 trillion tons of ice since 1979. This loss has contributed to a global sea level rise of approximately 3 to 3.14 centimeters, primarily driven by accelerated glacier flow into the ocean.
News-Herald reported it asGreenland and Antartica lost staggering amount of ice last 50 years (opens News-Herald in a new tab)
Federal authorities have unsealed an indictment charging five individuals linked to Russian intelligence services with plotting targeted killings in the United States and European nations supporting Ukraine. The FBI announced it disrupted the alleged plot.
News-Herald reported it asFive indicted in Russian assassination scheme in New York (opens News-Herald 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.
News-Herald reported it asEPA repeals emission rule for coal, natural gas power plants (opens News-Herald 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.
News-Herald reported it asRepublicans head to Dallas for first midterm convention (opens News-Herald 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.
News-Herald reported it asRepublicans slam Democrats and declare devotion to Trump during unusual midterm convention (opens News-Herald in a new tab)
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will attend the annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony on Friday. His attendance has drawn criticism due to his appointment of Ramzi Kassem as chief legal counsel, who previously represented a convicted al-Qaeda member.
News-Herald reported it asFamilies from 9/11 urge Mamdani to skip Friday's 25th anniversary memorial (opens News-Herald in a new tab)
A study examining UK medical records found that semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, was associated with a nearly 40% reduction in asthma attacks and a 20% decrease in COPD flare-ups. Scientists suggest anti-inflammatory properties may be responsible, but caution that further trials are needed.
News-Herald reported it asStudy finds weight loss drugs linked to 40% drop in asthma attacks (opens News-Herald in a new tab)
The US Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools, alleging its transgender student policies violate federal law. The school district maintains its policies are compliant with federal regulations.
News-Herald reported it asDOJ sues Kansas school district over gender policies (opens News-Herald in a new tab)
President Donald Trump announced he will campaign in Alaska for Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, who is in a tight race for re-election. The event is scheduled for October, with control of the U.S. Senate at stake in the November vote.
News-Herald reported it asTrump to campaign with incumbent Sullivan in Alaska (opens News-Herald in a new tab)
The US Department of Transportation has shut down between 110 and 270 commercial truck driving schools. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy cited English proficiency violations as the reason for the closures, which are part of a broader effort to combat fraud in the trucking industry.
News-Herald reported it asFeds close trucking schools in alleged fraud crackdown (opens News-Herald in a new tab)
US forces attacked targets in Iran, which CENTCOM described as limited measures against mine-laying units. Iran responded with strikes on two US bases in Jordan, which Jordanian authorities said were intercepted. This marks the first direct military exchange between the two nations in weeks.
News-Herald reported it asTrump vows retaliation after Iran targets U.S. base in Jordan (opens News-Herald in a new tab)
Donald Trump has declared that Iran must never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon, stating that Tehran would use them if it acquired them. He also claimed that if he were not president, Israel would no longer exist.
News-Herald reported it asTrump vows retaliation after Iran targets U.S. base in Jordan (opens News-Herald in a new tab)
A federal judge has refused to order Texas to extradite ICE officer Christian Castro to Minnesota, where he faces assault and false reporting charges. Castro is accused of shooting a man in the leg through a home's front door.
News-Herald reported it asJudge sides with Texas over Minnesota in extradition case involving ICE officer (opens News-Herald in a new tab)
A federal judge has lifted a nationwide injunction blocking President Trump's executive order on mail-in voting. The Supreme Court ruled a previous challenge was premature, but states have filed a new lawsuit arguing the USPS rule interferes with election administration.
News-Herald reported it asDemocrats sue Postal Service over rule on mail-in ballots (opens News-Herald in a new tab)
A major review of 80 randomized controlled trials found that nicotine e-cigarettes were more effective than nicotine replacement therapy for helping people quit smoking. The review involved nearly 30,000 participants and found no evidence of increased serious harm from using e-cigarettes to quit.
News-Herald reported it asDoes vaping help smokers quit more than gums and patches? (opens News-Herald in a new tab)
The Trump administration has proposed rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which protects 45 million acres of national forest land. Conservation groups warn this could endanger hundreds of species and impact water sources.
News-Herald reported it asWhy Trump’s plan to rescind the Roadless Rule protecting national forests will struggle in court (opens News-Herald in a new tab)
Iranian state media broadcast a video that allegedly suggests how to kill Barron Trump and offers a $10 million bounty for information. The Secret Service confirmed it is aware of the video and investigating the threats.
News-Herald reported it asSecret Service confirms awareness of Iranian state media video threatening Barron Trump’s life (opens News-Herald in a new tab)
Matt Calkins resigned from the Seattle Times on 20 August 2026 after the paper declined to publish his column on transgender athletes in women’s sports. Calkins said the decision followed interviews with student-athletes opposing transgender participation in female sports, and that the paper had rejected other proposed columns. The Seattle Times has not commented.
News-Herald reported it asSeattle Times loses columnist over spiked women’s sports article (opens News-Herald in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on 20 August 2026 to increase commercial space launches to at least 1,000 annually by 2030, up from 178 in 2025. The directive tasks NASA with promoting lunar transport and robotic Mars access, and federal agencies with finding new launch and re-entry sites.
News-Herald reported it asTrump signs memorandum to expand space travel (opens News-Herald in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
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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
We hold no ownership record for News-Herald.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- news-herald.net
- Seen publishing on
- news-herald.net, thenewsherald.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
- 33
- Reports listed
- 34
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
34 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 15 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and News-Herald ran the story anyway.
Across the 33 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of News-Herald: its report arrived a median of 26 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 19 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 19 September 2026. Ratings pulled 4 September 2026.
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