Roll Call media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Roll Call in the centre. We have seen it on 56 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Roll Call biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Roll Call in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Roll Call left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Roll Call in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Roll Call reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Roll Call are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: Very high factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Roll Call has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Roll Call’s own report linked underneath.
Control of the US Senate is expected to hinge on a handful of closely contested races in the upcoming midterm elections. Key battles in states like Michigan and Texas are drawing particular attention as indicators of broader political trends.
Roll Call reported it as5 things to watch for in Tuesday’s midterm elections (opens Roll Call 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.
Roll Call reported it asJudge tosses DOJ lawsuit seeking to delay Alaska vote certification (opens Roll Call in a new tab)
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed will campaign with former primary rival Rep. Haley Stevens in Detroit. This marks their first joint public appearance in months, with Rep. Jim Clyburn also set to attend a get-out-the-vote event.
Roll Call reported it asHaley Stevens endorses Republican Mike Rogers for Senate (opens Roll Call in a new tab)
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Justice to release information on noncitizen voting by Friday. The order comes as the Trump administration's election integrity initiatives face scrutiny in court, with Democrats and voting rights groups alleging federal interference.
Roll Call reported it asJudge orders Justice Department to disclose noncitizen voter letters (opens Roll Call in a new tab)
Matthew Unglesbee has been charged with mailing threatening communications and false information after allegedly sending four letters containing a white powdery substance to congressional offices in northern Illinois. The letters included notes such as "HA HA" and "enjoy your gift."
Roll Call reported it asFour hoax letters to Congress draw federal charges (opens Roll Call 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.
Roll Call reported it asTrump’s ‘veto everything’ threat puts funding, debt limit in spotlight (opens Roll Call in a new tab)
President Donald Trump directed the Justice Department to file a lawsuit seeking to block the certification of Alaska's Senate election if the Republican incumbent loses. The suit argues that two candidates named Dan Sullivan could confuse voters, a claim Senator Lisa Murkowski disputes.
Roll Call reported it asDOJ sues to prevent Sullivan loss in Alaska (opens Roll Call in a new tab)
Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle has been asked to resign from her post as US ambassador to Greece. White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia confirmed the request during her inaugural press briefing. The State Department had been investigating complaints about Guilfoyle's management style and use of benefits.
Roll Call reported it asTrump ousts US ambassador to Greece amid corruption allegations (opens Roll Call in a new tab)
President Donald Trump stated Kimberly Guilfoyle was not a member of his family and that he did not like the allegations against her. The White House had requested her resignation as US ambassador to Greece.
Roll Call reported it asTrump ousts US ambassador to Greece amid corruption allegations (opens Roll Call in a new tab)
A U.S. Army report has identified systemic breakdowns that led to the midair collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter near Washington D.C. The report, which has not been publicly released, largely reinforces previous findings and calls for aviation safety reforms.
Roll Call reported it asUS Army report cites 'systematic failures' in fatal 2025 helicopter jet collision that killed 67 (opens Roll Call in a new tab)
Donald Trump posted Senator Tom Cotton's cellphone number on Truth Social, criticising the Republican for obstructing the Sunshine Protection Act. The bill, which would make daylight saving time permanent, passed the House but is stalled in the Senate.
Roll Call reported it asTime for yet another debate over daylight, spurred by Trump (opens Roll Call in a new tab)
President Donald Trump is visiting Grand Island, Nebraska, for a campaign rally. The visit comes as Nebraska ranchers express anger over the administration's plan to increase foreign beef imports, a policy Senator Pete Ricketts has stated is not helping local ranchers.
Roll Call reported it asTrump expressing concern about GOP midterm chances (opens Roll Call in a new tab)
Senator Eric Schmitt accused former special counsel Jack Smith of perjury, claiming Smith lied about attending an NBA game in Atlanta. Smith stated he was at a game in Maryland involving the Iowa Hawkeyes. Senator Amy Klobuchar highlighted Schmitt's mix-up of the teams.
Roll Call reported it asSchmitt show — Congressional Hits and Misses (opens Roll Call in a new tab)
Donald Trump called Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton "a pain in the ass" during a rally in Denton, Texas. The comment came after reports of leaked audio where Paxton allegedly criticized a recent Republican convention headlined by Trump.
Roll Call reported it as‘Pain in the ass’: Trump again shows annoyance with Paxton after leaked audio (opens Roll Call in a new tab)
U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver gave birth to her second child, a baby girl, on Thursday. The announcement comes as she faces federal assault charges stemming from an incident outside a New Jersey prison.
Roll Call reported it asRep. McIver joins rare group who have given birth in Congress (opens Roll Call in a new tab)
The Supreme Court will hear a case challenging the Trump administration's policy of mandatory immigration detention without bond hearings. The policy affects immigrants in the U.S. illegally, including those who have lived there for years. Federal appeals courts are divided on the issue.
Roll Call reported it asTrump’s immigration detention policy to face justices (opens Roll Call in a new tab)
The Senate voted 57-43 to block the Ratepayer Protection Act, a bill intended to shield homeowners from increased energy costs attributed to data centers. The legislation had previously passed the House with broad support.
Roll Call reported it as‘Toothless messaging’? Senate agenda caught up in midterm branding (opens Roll Call in a new tab)
Senator Marsha Blackburn has filed a lawsuit against former special counsel Jack Smith and the Justice Department. She claims Smith unlawfully obtained her phone records and challenges the legality of his appointment.
Roll Call reported it asBlackburn sues Jack Smith over phone records (opens Roll Call in a new tab)
The Senate voted 57-43 to block the Ratepayer Protection Act, a bill intended to shield homeowners from increased energy costs attributed to data centers. The legislation had previously passed the House with broad support.
Roll Call reported it asVoluntary ratepayer protection bill blocked in Senate again (opens Roll Call in a new tab)
The Government Accountability Office has stated that President Donald Trump cannot withhold more than $800 million in spending approved by Congress beyond the fiscal year's end. The agency's general counsel wrote that the administration's plan violates the Impoundment Control Act and subverts Congress's power of the purse.
Roll Call reported it asTrump’s funding cancellation violates budget law, GAO says (opens Roll Call 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
Who owns it
- FiscalNoteBillionairedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Official site
- rollcall.com
- Seen publishing on
- rollcall.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
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
- 56
- Reports listed
- 58
- We could read
- 4
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
54 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 4 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Roll Call is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 56 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Roll Call’s on 2 of them. Overall it filed a median of 19 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 3 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 3 November 2026. Ratings pulled 8 October 2026.
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