The Washington Standard media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media places The Washington Standard on the far right. We have seen it on 9 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The Washington Standard biased?
Ad Fontes Media places The Washington Standard on the far right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is The Washington Standard left or right?
Ad Fontes Media places The Washington Standard on the far right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is The Washington Standard reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for The Washington Standard are Ad Fontes Media: Very low factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: Low factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What The Washington Standard has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The Washington Standard’s own report linked underneath.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has sent representatives home early for their pre-election recess. This move postpones a vote on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, which had been initiated by Rep. Thomas Massie over Hegseth's actions in Iran and Venezuela.
The Washington Standard reported it asThe House Adjourns Early to Stop a Hegseth Impeachment Vote (opens The Washington Standard in a new tab)
Representative Thomas Massie has introduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Massie alleges Hegseth continued U.S. military operations in Iran without congressional approval and criticizes his actions in Venezuela and Yemen.
The Washington Standard reported it asMassie Reading Articles of Impeachment Against Hegseth on the House Floor (opens The Washington Standard in a new tab)
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. ordered the U.S. Postal Service not to implement President Donald Trump's executive order limiting mail balloting. The order came late Sunday, September 13, 2026, adding an obstacle to the administration's efforts to change election rules as the Supreme Court considers an appeal.
The Washington Standard reported it asTrump-Appointed District Judge Blocks Trump’s Post Office Mail Voting Executive Order (opens The Washington Standard in a new tab)
The Trump administration is drafting a rule to allow married couples with a stay-at-home spouse to receive child care subsidies. The proposal would redirect funds from a program intended for working parents and is championed by Vice President JD Vance.
The Washington Standard reported it asThe WWE 3-Card Monty Politicians Propose Free Money for Stay at Home Parents (opens The Washington Standard in a new tab)
President Donald Trump has threatened to halt trade with countries that run trade surpluses with the U.S. if the Federal Reserve does not lower interest rates. The ultimatum was issued in a Truth Social post on Friday.
The Washington Standard reported it asTrump Threatens to Cancel Trade with World Unless the Fed Cuts Rates (opens The Washington Standard in a new tab)
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that the Strait of Hormuz will become worthless to the oil industry within two years. He believes new oil pipelines will bypass the waterway, reducing reliance on it.
The Washington Standard reported it asIs It Idiotic To Fight A War Over Something Worthless In Two Years? (opens The Washington Standard in a new tab)
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed a bill permitting abortion up to birth, removing previous restrictions. Catholic advocacy groups have demanded her excommunication, while the Archdiocese of Boston has not responded. Nine House Democrats opposed the bill, calling it too extreme.
The Washington Standard reported it asGovernor Maura Healey - Don't the People of Massachusetts Deserve Better? (opens The Washington Standard in a new tab)
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth stated the US military has sufficient assets to maintain its naval blockade of Iran for as long as necessary. The blockade has redirected over 55 commercial vessels since its imposition, with US forces disabling three and boarding two.
The Washington Standard reported it asTrump: “I’ll Never Apologize, You’re Just Paying A Tiny Bit More” (opens The Washington Standard in a new tab)
Marco Rubio appeared on the Katie Miller podcast in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, where he praised Pop-Tarts as a major American invention and joked about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s diet. His wife, Jeanette, interrupted to highlight Rubio’s own preference for sugary and fast food. Outlets diverged on whether the remarks were lighthearted or politically pointed.
The Washington Standard reported it asTreasury Secretary Says the Strait of Hormuz Will Be Irrelevant in Two Years - So, What Are We Fighting For? (opens The Washington Standard 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.
- Ad Fontes MediafarRightCheck it
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.
Low factuality
- Ad Fontes MediaveryLowCheck it
- Media Bias/Fact Checklow
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for The Washington Standard.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- thewashingtonstandard.com
- Seen publishing on
- thewashingtonstandard.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
- 9
- Reports listed
- 9
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
9 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 1 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and The Washington Standard ran the story anyway.
Across the 9 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of The Washington Standard: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 19 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 19 September 2026. Ratings pulled 4 September 2026.
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