Star-Herald media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Star-Herald in the centre. We have seen it on 43 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Star-Herald biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Star-Herald in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Star-Herald left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Star-Herald in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Star-Herald reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Star-Herald 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 Star-Herald has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Star-Herald’s own report linked underneath.
Democrats are projected to win a majority in the House of Representatives and have taken control of the Senate following the US midterm elections. The results mark a significant setback for Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
Star-Herald reported it asDemocrats ride anti-Trump wave to win control of Congress (opens Star-Herald in a new tab)
Democrat Gina Hinojosa has defeated Republican incumbent Greg Abbott in the 2026 Texas governor's race. Her victory makes her the first Democrat elected governor in more than 30 years and the third woman to hold the office.
Star-Herald reported it asGina Hinojosa makes history as first Latina governor of Texas (opens Star-Herald in a new tab)
Donald Trump stated that Republicans would have won the midterm elections in a landslide if he had been on the ballot. A White House official echoed this sentiment, attributing the results to candidate quality and Trump's absence from voting.
Star-Herald reported it as'I wasn't on the ballot': Trump distances himself from midterm results (opens Star-Herald in a new tab)
Democrats are projected to win a majority in the House of Representatives and have taken control of the Senate following the US midterm elections. The results mark a significant setback for Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
Star-Herald reported it asDemocrats capture Congress in sweeping setback for Trump (opens Star-Herald in a new tab)
Nebraska voters approved Measure 442, a constitutional amendment that requires athletes to compete according to sex assigned at birth. Support was reported at about 67‑68%, with 318,439 votes for and 160,626 against, as counted on election night.
Star-Herald reported it asNebraska voters approve amendment restricting participation in girls, women's sports (opens Star-Herald 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.
Star-Herald reported it asMichigan endorsement roils Senate race (opens Star-Herald in a new tab)
Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano, 27, was arrested for allegedly using a sledgehammer to decapitate a figure on the Iwo Jima monument. Police estimate the damage to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The suspect's motive remains unclear, with police reporting "multiple contradictory reasons" for his actions.
Star-Herald reported it asMan accused of beheading Iwo Jima statue in Virginia with sledgehammer (opens Star-Herald in a new tab)
Social media videos believed to be AI-generated and linked to Russia are targeting two Democratic US Senate candidates. The videos misuse real people's names and photographs to spread disinformation as midterm elections approach.
Star-Herald reported it asRussia targets Dems with misinformation (opens Star-Herald in a new tab)
An international study projects that annual new dementia diagnoses will more than double by 2050, reaching an estimated 24.7 million cases. The research also found that women and individuals in low- and middle-income countries are disproportionately affected.
Star-Herald reported it asDementia cases to double by 2050. Here's why (opens Star-Herald in a new tab)
A planet described as a gas giant has been discovered orbiting a white dwarf star approximately 250 light-years away. This 'second-generation' planet is believed to have formed from material expelled by its dying star, offering new insights into planet formation.
Star-Herald reported it asAlien 'phoenix planet' was born from the ashes of a dying star (opens Star-Herald in a new tab)
Fox News Power Rankings suggest Democrats are positioned to take control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the upcoming midterms. Projections indicate a shift of at least 20 races towards Democrats, with one scenario showing them winning up to 237 seats.
Star-Herald reported it asPoll: Trump voters not enthusiastic about midterms (opens Star-Herald in a new tab)
Katie Zacharia, the new White House press secretary, held her first press conference, which was significantly shorter than her predecessor's. She made a verbal gaffe and faced criticism from an unnamed administration official.
Star-Herald reported it asKatie Zacharia picked as White House press secretary (opens Star-Herald in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order expanding access to tax-exempt red-dyed diesel for highway use. The move comes as diesel prices reached a record high and ahead of the November midterm elections.
Star-Herald reported it asRed diesel move fuels confusion (opens Star-Herald 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.
Star-Herald reported it as'God bless you, Nebraska': Full recap of Trump midterm rally for Nebraska Republicans (opens Star-Herald 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.
Star-Herald reported it asRicketts campaign targets Osborn with ‘Billy Bob’ signs at Nebraska Trump rally (opens Star-Herald in a new tab)
Christa Pike, 50, remains unconscious and on a ventilator in a Tennessee hospital following a failed execution attempt. Her lawyer stated she has not regained consciousness and her prognosis is uncertain.
Star-Herald reported it asChrista Pike 'critically ill' after botched execution, attorney says (opens Star-Herald in a new tab)
A judge has permanently dismissed the case against former Olympian David Hearn, who was accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The judge cited political pressure from President Donald Trump and evidence of a flawed installation as reasons for the dismissal.
Star-Herald reported it asDOJ blocked from prosecuting Reflecting Pool case (opens Star-Herald in a new tab)
Donald Trump has stated he regrets nominating Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett, and Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. He said the justices have voted against him in recent rulings and suggested he expected them to show more loyalty.
Star-Herald reported it asTrump says he regrets nominating Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett to SCOTUS (opens Star-Herald in a new tab)
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has appointed Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor in the Cornell University gang rape investigation. The governor removed the local district attorney from the case, citing a lack of trust. Allegations from 2024 have resurfaced, contributing to palpable tension on campus.
Star-Herald reported it asGovernor blasts 2024 rape probe (opens Star-Herald in a new tab)
Global stock exchanges saw increases on Monday while oil prices declined. This trend emerged as concerns about inflation lessened, with investors expecting the US Federal Reserve to hold interest rates steady. Weaker than expected US job creation data contributed to these expectations.
Star-Herald reported it asJob growth revised downward (opens Star-Herald in a new tab)
Who says so
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How reliably it reports fact
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Very high factuality
Who owns it
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Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- United States
- Official site
- starherald.com
- Seen publishing on
- starherald.com
- Access
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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
- 43
- Reports listed
- 45
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
45 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.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Star-Herald is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 43 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Star-Herald’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 2 days after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 5 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 4 November 2026. Ratings pulled 6 October 2026.
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