Talking Points Memo media bias and reliability
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Is Talking Points Memo reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Talking Points Memo are Ad Fontes Media: Mixed factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Talking Points Memo has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Talking Points Memo’s own report linked underneath.
Democratic Congresswoman Haley Stevens appeared at a Detroit church with Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers. This occurred after internal party tensions escalated over an advertisement linking U.S. support for Israel to grocery prices.
Talking Points Memo reported it asHaley Stevens’ High(est) Profile Meltdown (opens Talking Points Memo in a new tab)
President Donald Trump's efforts to gain control over election processes are leading to legal challenges. These cases could escalate to the U.S. Supreme Court, examining the boundaries of federal power in elections.
Talking Points Memo reported it asTrump Admin Lobs Half-Hearted Hail Mary in Effort to Coerce States to Overhaul Elections (opens Talking Points Memo 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.
Talking Points Memo reported it as9th Circuit Rejects Trump Appeal in CA Election Case (opens Talking Points Memo 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.
Talking Points Memo reported it asTrump Begins to Run 2020 Playbook in California and Alaska (opens Talking Points Memo in a new tab)
Political appointees at the Department of Homeland Security asked the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to secretly acquire and hack a voting machine. Career staff raised concerns, and the operation did not proceed.
Talking Points Memo reported it asTrump Appointees Asked a Federal Cybersecurity Agency to Secretly Acquire a Voting Machine—and Hack It (opens Talking Points Memo in a new tab)
Expressen says Democrats are preparing investigations into Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Tesla over a large government contract tied to Ukraine’s Starlink system, citing remarks from Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Sen. Zoe Lofgren and Rep. Greg Meeks ahead of the 3 November 2026 midterms.
Talking Points Memo reported it asDemocrats Have Big Plans for Elon Musk (opens Talking Points Memo in a new tab)
Kimberly Guilfoyle reportedly told Trump administration officials that text messages, in which she allegedly asked a donor to pay off her credit card bill, were AI-generated. She also inquired about having a negative story scrubbed from the internet before her departure from her ambassadorial role.
Talking Points Memo reported it asIs the Layla Coda Playing at the White House? (opens Talking Points Memo in a new tab)
A federal judge has ruled illegal the Trump administration's initiative to transfer sensitive voter data to the Department of Homeland Security. The decision, issued three weeks before Election Day, follows Justice Department actions pressuring states for this information.
Talking Points Memo reported it asFederal Judge Finally Invalidates DOJ’s Nationwide Voter Roll Crusade Just Weeks Out From the Midterms (opens Talking Points Memo 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.
Talking Points Memo reported it asIs the MAGA Grift-Quickening Upon Us? (opens Talking Points Memo 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.
Talking Points Memo reported it asALERT: Trump DOJ Begins Active Election Interference in California (opens Talking Points Memo in a new tab)
Katie Zacharia, President Trump's new press secretary, has stated she is a lawyer. An investigation found no record of her being licensed to practice law in any US state or Washington D.C. She told reporters she passed the bar exam when she moved to China.
Talking Points Memo reported it asZacharia Claim About Chinese Bar Exam Probably False (opens Talking Points Memo 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.
Talking Points Memo reported it asKim Guilfoyle Accepts Her Trump World Dethroning (opens Talking Points Memo 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.
Talking Points Memo reported it asKim Guilfoyle Accepts Her Trump World Dethroning (opens Talking Points Memo in a new tab)
President Trump has publicly questioned Representative Ilhan Omar's financial disclosures after she revised her reported net worth from up to $30 million to approximately $100,000. The discrepancy has drawn attention from various media outlets, with some suggesting potential investigations into her finances.
Talking Points Memo reported it asIt’s All Happening Right Before Our Eyes (opens Talking Points Memo 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.
Talking Points Memo reported it asIt’s All Happening Right Before Our Eyes (opens Talking Points Memo in a new tab)
The Food and Drug Administration's safety review of the nation's main abortion pill, mifepristone, will extend into next year, according to a court-ordered update. The agency expects to complete a safety study by mid-December and issue a report by March 2027.
Talking Points Memo reported it asTrump Admin Gears Up for Post-Midterm Crackdown on Abortion Drug (opens Talking Points Memo in a new tab)
President Donald Trump is campaigning in Texas for Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton, visiting the state for the third time in less than a month. Republicans face unexpectedly close midterm election contests in Texas as they aim to maintain control of Congress.
Talking Points Memo reported it asSign Of The Times … Texas Edition (opens Talking Points Memo in a new tab)
U.S. District Judge David S. Leibowitz dismissed a federal case against Jamaican national Chelsea Cox, declaring the law criminalising non‑citizen voting unconstitutional. The ruling applies solely to Cox’s case and the Justice Department announced it will appeal.
Talking Points Memo reported it asCourt Ruling Hobbles Trump DOJ’s Jihad Against Elusive Threat of Noncitizen Voting (opens Talking Points Memo in a new tab)
Senator Thom Tillis has stated in a new book that his vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 was his biggest career regret. He also expressed regret over supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services secretary and criticised former President Trump's policies.
Talking Points Memo reported it asSenator Regrets Confirming Pete Hegseth, Becomes Latest to Confess He Made a Mistake (opens Talking Points Memo 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.
Talking Points Memo reported it asDems Block Data Center Bill Designed to Boost Husted’s Campaign: ‘A Proxy for Corruption’ (opens Talking Points Memo in a new tab)
Who says so
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How reliably it reports fact
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High factuality
Who owns it
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Where it publishes from
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- talkingpointsmemo.com
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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
- 65
- Reports listed
- 67
- We could read
- 4
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
63 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.
On 10 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Talking Points Memo ran the story anyway.
Across the 65 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Talking Points Memo: its report arrived a median of 25 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 2 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 2 November 2026. Ratings pulled 4 October 2026.
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