The Hill media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place The Hill in the centre. We have seen it on 755 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The Hill biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place The Hill in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is The Hill left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place The Hill in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is The Hill reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for The Hill are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What The Hill has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The Hill’s own report linked underneath.
Democrat Jack Reed has won a sixth term representing Rhode Island in the U.S. Senate, defeating Republican challenger Raymond McKay. The Associated Press called the race shortly after polls closed.
The Hill reported it asRhode Island’s Reed clinches sixth term in Senate (opens The Hill in a new tab)
Incumbent Democratic Senators Chris Coons and Jack Reed have won reelection to the U.S. Senate. Coons defeated Republican Mike Katz in Delaware, while Reed defeated Republican Raymond McKay in Rhode Island.
The Hill reported it asCoons wins Delaware Senate reelection (opens The Hill in a new tab)
Democrat Kathy Castor has won reelection to Florida's 14th Congressional District, defeating Republican challenger Mike Beltran. The district had been redrawn to be more favorable to Republicans.
The Hill reported it asFlorida Democrat Kathy Castor holds House seat despite GOP redistricting (opens The Hill in a new tab)
President Donald Trump signed a proclamation designating November 1-7 as 'Anti-Communism Week'. The declaration, made on November 3, 2026, coinciding with the US midterm elections, frames communism and socialism as threats to American ideals and individual liberty. This is the second consecutive year Trump has declared such a week.
The Hill reported it asTrump issues Election Day proclamations on space, communism (opens The Hill in a new tab)
During election night, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he could not stand Jessica Tarlov’s voice, calling it “dumb as a rock.” He said he would change the channel from Fox News and later watch the results with allies in the East Room.
The Hill reported it asTrump turns off Fox News over Tarlov’s ‘dumb voice’ (opens The Hill in a new tab)
Cleveland Grover Meredith Jr. has been arrested and accused of threatening federal judges. Meredith was previously pardoned by President Donald Trump for offenses related to the January 6 Capitol attack and had previously been convicted of threatening Nancy Pelosi.
The Hill reported it asPardoned Jan. 6 defendant charged with threatening to assassinate DC federal judges (opens The Hill in a new tab)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a stern warning that noncitizens who vote illegally will be prosecuted. The Department of Homeland Security affirmed this stance, stating the agency will pursue ineligible voters.
The Hill reported it asDHS’s Mullin warns people who illegally vote will be hunted down (opens The Hill in a new tab)
The office of Republican Senator Susan Collins in Biddeford, Maine, was vandalized with red paint on the sidewalk reading 'Blood on her hands'. This is the second such incident in about a month, occurring just before Election Day.
The Hill reported it asCollins’s Maine office vandalized on eve of election (opens The Hill in a new tab)
More than 34 million Americans have cast early ballots in the current midterm elections. This figure is on pace to surpass the early voting turnout of the 2022 midterms, according to data tracked by the UF Election Lab.
The Hill reported it asVirginia live results: 2026 Senate election (opens The Hill in a new tab)
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.
The Hill reported it as96 percent chance Democrats take House, 78 percent for Senate: Harvard model (opens The Hill in a new tab)
Donald Trump has stated he believes a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine is nearing completion. He suggested a deal could be finalized at the G20 summit in December, which is scheduled to take place at his resort in Doral, Florida.
The Hill reported it asUS to mediate Ukraine-Russia talks in Abu Dhabi next week, Witkoff says (opens The Hill in a new tab)
Volodymyr Zelensky warned on November 2, 2026, that Russia is preparing a massive attack on Ukraine's energy and logistics infrastructure. He believes Moscow intends to exploit the distraction of the US midterm elections to carry out the strikes.
The Hill reported it asZelensky warns Russia could exploit US midterms to launch massive attack (opens The Hill in a new tab)
A poll of US military personnel suggests nearly half are considering leaving due to policy changes and uncertainty under President Donald Trump. Concerns about politicisation and decisions made for political gain were also highlighted.
The Hill reported it asTrump, Hegseth underwater on approval from military members, veterans: Poll (opens The Hill in a new tab)
Former FBI Chicago head Douglas DePodesta is suing the U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Attorney for Northern Illinois, and FBI director. He alleges he was forced to resign and scapegoated for failed immigration prosecutions, specifically the Broadview Six case.
The Hill reported it asEx-FBI leader in Chicago sues DOJ, Blanche, Patel over ‘politically motivated’ Broadview Six case (opens The Hill in a new tab)
The Kennedy Center has announced its 2026 honorees: Paul Anka, David Foster, Andy Garcia, David Mamet, and Barbara Mandrell. The ceremony will be moved from the venue for the first time due to a legal dispute involving President Donald Trump's renovation plans.
The Hill reported it asKennedy Center to recognize Paul Anka, Andy Garcia, Barbara Mandrell at off-site Honors ceremony (opens The Hill in a new tab)
US manufacturing activity expanded for the tenth consecutive month in October, with the ISM Manufacturing PMI increasing to 55.5. While production and new orders saw growth, input prices remained elevated, indicating persistent inflationary pressures.
The Hill reported it asManufacturing sector marks 10 straight months of growth ahead of midterms (opens The Hill in a new tab)
Michigan Representative Haley Stevens endorsed Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers, citing clashes with Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed over anti-Semitic ads. The move drew sharp criticism and vulgar remarks from political strategist James Carville.
The Hill reported it asStevens ‘flushed herself down the toilet’: Van Jones (opens The Hill in a new tab)
Actor Bill Murray interrupted a live CNBC interview with Kevin Hassett, a top economic adviser to Donald Trump, asking him to say the words 'My dog just died' in an attempt to wipe the smile off his face. Hassett complied without smiling.
The Hill reported it asBill Murray crashes Kevin Hassett’s CNBC interview: ‘Why is that man always smiling?’ (opens The Hill in a new tab)
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.
The Hill reported it asDingell says Stevens defending Rogers endorsement on CNN was ‘one of the most painful interviews I’ve ever watched’ (opens The Hill in a new tab)
Senator Bernie Sanders defended Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed against accusations of extremism and ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. Sanders called the attacks racist and fearmongering, while Ted Cruz and Donald Trump warned of risks associated with El-Sayed.
The Hill reported it asSanders says what Democrats did in Alaska ‘seems to be pretty dumb’ (opens The Hill 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.
High factuality
Who owns it
- Nexstar Media GroupMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Official site
- thehill.com
- Seen publishing on
- thehill.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
- 755
- Reports listed
- 804
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
804 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. The Hill is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 757 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than The Hill’s on 13 of them. Overall it filed a median of 21 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 4 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 4 November 2026. Ratings pulled 3 November 2026.
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