News-Topic media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give News-Topic one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. We have seen it on 69 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is News-Topic biased?
The rating organisations do not give News-Topic one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is News-Topic left or right?
The rating organisations do not give News-Topic one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is News-Topic reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for News-Topic are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What News-Topic has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with News-Topic’s own report linked underneath.
The first polling stations in the US closed in parts of Indiana and Kentucky at 6 p.m. Eastern Time. Millions of Americans voted in advance of the midterm elections, which will determine control of Congress.
News-Topic reported it asPolls close in Indiana, Kentucky as key East Coast states soon to follow (opens News-Topic in a new tab)
Donald Trump stated he would become 'Mr. Veto' if Democrats gain a majority in Congress, indicating he would reject legislation before eventually making deals. The comments were made in an interview with the New York Post.
News-Topic reported it asPolls close in Indiana, Kentucky as key East Coast states soon to follow (opens News-Topic in a new tab)
On Tuesday, Americans vote in the 2026 midterms that will decide whether Republicans keep their narrow House majority and Senate seats. Trump faces low approval ratings, a war with Iran and a costly cost‑of‑living squeeze, while polls show 54% of his base would back him even if he loses.
News-Topic reported it asPolls open across U.S. as voters to decide control of Congress (opens News-Topic in a new tab)
A preliminary analysis of FDA safety reports suggests a link between energy drinks, stimulant supplements, and serious cardiovascular events like cardiac arrest and heart attack, particularly in young adults. Researchers caution that the data does not prove causation.
News-Topic reported it asStudy links energy drinks to serious heart issues in young adults (opens News-Topic in a new tab)
A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. The case concerned a story about Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein and a sexually suggestive birthday letter. The judge found Trump did not prove actual malice.
News-Topic reported it asFederal judge dismisses Alaska spoiler candidate lawsuit (opens News-Topic in a new tab)
Scientists have identified an icy object, named 2026 ED138, orbiting the sun beyond Pluto. The object's size is estimated between 600 and 1,500 kilometres in diameter. Classification as a dwarf planet depends on further study.
News-Topic reported it asAstronomers spot possible new dwarf planet beyond Pluto (opens News-Topic in a new tab)
Mary Peltola and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee have filed a motion to block a Trump administration lawsuit. The federal action seeks to prevent Alaska from certifying its U.S. Senate election results if incumbent Dan Sullivan loses, citing voter confusion.
News-Topic reported it asJudge to rule on Alaska U.S. Senate case (opens News-Topic in a new tab)
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has secured a fourth term as Brazil's president, defeating right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro challenged the election results, while international leaders congratulated Lula on his victory and commitment to democracy.
News-Topic reported it asHow Lula turned the tables on the right in Brazil and the US with his comeback presidential victory (opens News-Topic in a new tab)
A federal appeals court has rejected the Justice Department's request to set aside approximately 20,000 California mail-in ballots alleged to be from noncitizens. The case has been sent back to a district court for further proceedings.
News-Topic reported it as9th Circuit dismisses feds' latest effort to regulate California elections (opens News-Topic in a new tab)
Former US President Barack Obama campaigned for Democratic candidates in Ohio, delivering a sharp critique of the Trump administration. He blamed the administration for rising living costs and called the war in Iran 'unnecessary.' The event focused on the upcoming US midterm elections.
News-Topic reported it asObama, Trump rally supporters in Michigan's tight U.S. Senate race (opens News-Topic in a new tab)
President Donald Trump labelled Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed a "jihadist" and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Trump also questioned El-Sayed's loyalty to the US and his qualifications as a doctor.
News-Topic reported it asObama, Trump rally supporters in Michigan's tight U.S. Senate race (opens News-Topic in a new tab)
President Trump hosted a White House roundtable focused on combating foreign cybercrime and online scams. Officials reported significant success in preventing financial losses and disrupting criminal networks.
News-Topic reported it asTrump administration touts efforts to combat cybercrime (opens News-Topic in a new tab)
The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from former National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox, who challenged her dismissal by President Donald Trump. The court's decision upholds a lower court's ruling that validated Trump's executive authority in the firing.
News-Topic reported it asU.S. Supreme Court allows prisoner transgender operations (opens News-Topic in a new tab)
Forty individuals face federal charges for allegedly defrauding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) of more than $40 million. The charges are part of a broader enforcement surge targeting fraud in federal assistance programs.
News-Topic reported it asFeds charge 40 people in $40M SNAP fraud schemes (opens News-Topic in a new tab)
A proposed California tax on billionaires could generate substantially less revenue than anticipated, according to Stanford economists. The study suggests that wealth migration among billionaires may offset the tax's benefits, potentially leading to a net loss in state income tax revenue.
News-Topic reported it asEconomists: Billionaire tax would hurt, not help, California (opens News-Topic in a new tab)
The Department of Homeland Security reported 98,708 southwest border apprehensions in fiscal year 2026, a 95% decrease from the Biden administration's average. Retired Yuma Sector Border Patrol Chief Chris Clem described the current situation as a turnaround from the chaos of 2021.
News-Topic reported it asSouthwest illegal border crossing reach lowest level for one year in U.S. history (opens News-Topic in a new tab)
The Justice Department has threatened California with legal action over concerns that noncitizens may have received mail ballots for upcoming midterm elections. The state has been given 48 hours to review voter rolls and segregate ballots of unverified individuals.
News-Topic reported it asFeds pressure California to purge noncitizens from voter rolls (opens News-Topic in a new tab)
An OpenAI engineer, Abdulrahman Alfozan, has been arrested and charged with installing a recording device in a company conference room. Prosecutors stated he had booked one-way tickets to Saudi Arabia for himself and family members before his arrest. OpenAI confirmed his termination and stated no sensitive data was accessed.
News-Topic reported it asSaudi national arrested in alleged AI espionage case (opens News-Topic in a new tab)
A Financial Times/Focaldata survey released October 11 indicates Kamala Harris is the leading potential Democratic candidate for 2028. On the Republican side, JD Vance shows the most support in early polling.
News-Topic reported it asPoll: Two years out, Harris remains frontrunner in 2028 presidential primary (opens News-Topic in a new tab)
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar announced she will move out of her D.C. residence after federal agents conducted a four‑to‑five‑hour search, seized 17 items and sparked safety concerns. The raid is linked to a fraud probe into her family’s immigration records.
News-Topic reported it asDemocrats, civil rights groups criticize raid on Omar’s home (opens News-Topic in a new tab)
Who says so
2 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
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for News-Topic.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States
- Official site
- newstopicnews.com
- Seen publishing on
- newstopicnews.com
- Access
- Paywalled
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
- 69
- Reports listed
- 69
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
69 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 14 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and News-Topic ran the story anyway.
Across the 69 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than News-Topic’s on 4 of them. Overall it filed a median of 26 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 5 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 5 November 2026. Ratings pulled 6 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as News-Topic, 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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