The Warning with Steve Schmidt media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places The Warning with Steve Schmidt as leaning left. We have seen it on 14 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The Warning with Steve Schmidt biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places The Warning with Steve Schmidt as leaning left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is The Warning with Steve Schmidt left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places The Warning with Steve Schmidt as leaning left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is The Warning with Steve Schmidt reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for The Warning with Steve Schmidt are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What The Warning with Steve Schmidt has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The Warning with Steve Schmidt’s own report linked underneath.
US President Donald Trump described the midterm election results as a 'giant step back' for the United States. Republicans lost control of both the House and the Senate. Trump also attributed a significant stock market decline to the election outcomes and vowed a Republican comeback.
The Warning with Steve Schmidt reported it asTrump’s power has peaked. The danger hasn’t. (opens The Warning with Steve Schmidt in a new tab)
Donald Trump has acknowledged that the war with Iran, alongside the cost of living, played a role in the Republican Party's defeat in the midterm elections. The conflict's financial toll was also noted.
The Warning with Steve Schmidt reported it asIt wasn’t the war, stupid: why MAGA really lost (opens The Warning with Steve Schmidt in a new tab)
Gold prices surpassed $4,000 per ounce and silver neared $52 as the US dollar index dropped to a five-week low. Markets reacted to potential Democratic control of Congress and geopolitical tensions.
The Warning with Steve Schmidt reported it asTrump got his referendum. America delivered the verdict. (opens The Warning with Steve Schmidt 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.
The Warning with Steve Schmidt reported it asTrump got his referendum. America delivered the verdict. (opens The Warning with Steve Schmidt 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.
The Warning with Steve Schmidt reported it asDonald Trump and MAGA can't stop this (opens The Warning with Steve Schmidt in a new tab)
Donald Trump announced a $1 million reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of individuals involved in election fraud. The offer applies to past and upcoming midterm elections and was made via his social network, Truth Social.
The Warning with Steve Schmidt reported it asSeven days to Trump’s reckoning (opens The Warning with Steve Schmidt 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.
The Warning with Steve Schmidt reported it asTrump’s next big lie: if he loses, the election was stolen (opens The Warning with Steve Schmidt in a new tab)
Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign has confirmed it produced an ad featuring his opponent Amy Acton's estranged mother. The ad includes criticism of Acton and insinuations about her mental health. The campaign plans a significant advertising spend around the video, which has drawn criticism.
The Warning with Steve Schmidt reported it asMAGA'S final meltdown: Ramaswamy, Trump and the stench of corruption (opens The Warning with Steve Schmidt in a new tab)
Allegations that Jared Kushner held secret foreign bank accounts linked to the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Azerbaijan have surfaced from a forthcoming book. Kushner and his lawyer have publicly denied these claims, with Kushner calling them 'completely insane'. Dutch military intelligence is reportedly involved in the phone monitoring.
The Warning with Steve Schmidt reported it asThe Kushner files: foreign billions, Russian spies and a betrayed oath (opens The Warning with Steve Schmidt 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.
The Warning with Steve Schmidt reported it asMAGA is headed for a fiery crash (opens The Warning with Steve Schmidt in a new tab)
Ontario Premier Doug Ford stated that Donald Trump is untrustworthy, using colourful analogies to illustrate his point. Ford also called for unity in the face of a trade war.
The Warning with Steve Schmidt reported it asDonald Trump Just Started a Fight He Can't Win (opens The Warning with Steve Schmidt in a new tab)
Natalie Harp, a close aide to Donald Trump known as his 'human printer', has become a focus of media attention after a Democratic senator mocked their relationship. Reports describe her role in printing articles and social media posts for Trump, while her estranged brother calls her dedication unhealthy.
The Warning with Steve Schmidt reported it asTrump’s Natalie Harp meltdown (opens The Warning with Steve Schmidt in a new tab)
US Senator Jon Ossoff criticised Donald Trump’s executive assistant Natalie Harp in a campaign speech, calling her part of the president’s detachment from leadership. The White House responded with personal insults, while Harp’s influence and proximity to Trump drew scrutiny from outlets across the political spectrum.
The Warning with Steve Schmidt reported it asTrump’s Natalie Harp meltdown (opens The Warning with Steve Schmidt in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump flew secretly from Turkey on an alternate military aircraft last month after an Iranian assassination threat was detected, according to reports. The White House had stated he was aboard Air Force One, but the press was left on a decoy flight as part of an elaborate ruse to conceal his departure.
The Warning with Steve Schmidt reported it asDonald Trump is afraid (opens The Warning with Steve Schmidt in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
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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
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Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for The Warning with Steve Schmidt.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- steveschmidt.substack.com
- Seen publishing on
- steveschmidt.substack.com
- Access
- Free to read
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
- 14
- Reports listed
- 14
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 13 August 2026
14 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 3 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and The Warning with Steve Schmidt ran the story anyway.
Across the 14 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of The Warning with Steve Schmidt: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 11 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 11 November 2026. Ratings pulled 13 October 2026.
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