Washington Top News media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Washington Top News in the centre. We have seen it on 986 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Washington Top News biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Washington Top News in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Washington Top News left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Washington Top News in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Washington Top News reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Washington Top News 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 Washington Top News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Washington Top News’s own report linked underneath.
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.
Washington Top News reported it asEx-Chicago FBI chief says he was ousted over a failed protesters case, sues Justice Department – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
Wilson Joseph, leader of Haiti's 400 Mawozo gang, has written to the UN Secretary General requesting dialogue and mediation. He expressed concerns that El Salvador's deployment of troops after the disappearance of four Salvadoran aviation technicians could escalate violence.
Washington Top News reported it asPowerful Haitian gang leader writes UN seeking dialogue as clashes intensify – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
Kohen Wiley, a 1‑year‑old, was killed when Senatobia police Sgt. Hunter Foster fired into his mother’s car, saying it threatened to hit him. His parents protested at Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office, demanding a meeting after the AG’s office deemed the shooting appropriate. The ATF is investigating a fire at the police building.
Washington Top News reported it asParents of 1-year-old fatally shot by police protest at Mississippi Attorney General’s Office – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
The United States will exclude South Africa and Rwanda from the Africa-US duty-free trade deal, known as AGOA, from January 1, 2027. The decision follows concerns over trade barriers and governance practices inconsistent with the agreement's criteria.
Washington Top News reported it asTrump administration will cut South Africa and Rwanda from the AGOA trade program – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
A power outage affected over 1,100 Pepco customers in Washington D.C.'s Foggy Bottom and downtown areas on November 2. The disruption was attributed to a substation failure and occurred the day before the US midterm elections, leading to class cancellations at George Washington University.
Washington Top News reported it asPower outages in Downtown DC as Pepco deals with substation issue – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News 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.
Washington Top News reported it asKennedy Center names the 2026 honorees as Trump renovation battle moves the show offsite – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
Ryanair is considering significant cost-cutting measures, such as temporarily freezing employee salaries, as rising fuel prices and the impact of the "Iran war" increase operational costs. The airline estimates its oil costs could rise by €2 billion next year.
Washington Top News reported it asRyanair: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
President Donald Trump indicated he would deliver his final campaign pitch for the midterm elections at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The renovation of the pool has been marked by significant cost increases and schedule delays.
Washington Top News reported it asTrump signals he’ll give closing election pitch at the Reflecting Pool, a revamp plagued by problems – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News 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.
Washington Top News reported it asThe Latest: Trump says at Iowa rally he’d love for Haley Stevens to switch parties – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
The UAE hopes for a diplomatic breakthrough in US-Iran negotiations but is prepared for the worst, according to Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the UAE president. He spoke at a conference in Manama on November 1, 2026.
Washington Top News reported it asUnited Arab Emirates says military solutions offer no quick off-ramps to crisis with Iran – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
Israel's election results will be upheld despite an ongoing investigation into allegations of foreign funding for Arab parties. The head of the Central Elections Committee stated that even if suspicions are confirmed, they will not invalidate the overall outcome of the vote.
Washington Top News reported it asMost suspects released after Israeli court says no evidence for accusation of bribery in election – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
Prime Minister Mark Carney stated he had a 'good conversation' with U.S. President Donald Trump regarding trade. Carney indicated that Canadian and U.S. representatives will work in the coming weeks to finalize a trade deal, which he said would create jobs and boost affordability.
Washington Top News reported it asCanadian Prime Minister Carney reports progress in trade talks with Trump days before US midterms – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News 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.
Washington Top News reported it asTurmoil in Michigan’s Senate race as Democrat Haley Stevens appears with Republican Mike Rogers – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
The Trump administration has announced $15 billion in aid for agriculture producers, intended to mitigate increased expenses for diesel and fertilizer. The package includes direct payments, guaranteed loans, and commodity purchases, with details emerging in the weeks before the midterm elections.
Washington Top News reported it asTrump administration promises US farmers $15 billion in weeks before the midterms – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
Thousands gathered in Novi Sad, Serbia, to mark the second anniversary of a railway station canopy collapse that killed 16 people. The tragedy, which occurred on November 1, 2024, is linked to protests that contributed to the fall of the ruling party.
Washington Top News reported it asSerbia marks the second anniversary of a train station tragedy that fueled student protests – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
White truffle harvests in Italy and Croatia are being affected by prolonged heat and drought. This has resulted in smaller yields, lower quality truffles, and a significant increase in prices compared to the previous year.
Washington Top News reported it asFrom Italy to Croatia, a warming climate threatens prized white truffles – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
Brooke Rollins posted a Halloween‑themed image on X depicting a Black man as a “SNAP Fraudster” shortly before the 2026 midterm elections. Critics called the post racist, while federal prosecutors charged Mercedes Reshard New, known as “Shawty Dred,” with fraud totalling more than $4 million.
Washington Top News reported it asTrump administration’s social media posts ahead of elections criticized for being inflammatory – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
The Trump administration's online accounts shared images of a pumpkin carved with a sombrero design and a fake Halloween background around a Black man accused of food assistance fraud. The posts have drawn criticism for being inflammatory, coinciding with a government campaign on immigration enforcement.
Washington Top News reported it asTrump administration’s social media posts ahead of elections criticized for being inflammatory – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
A 15-year-old immigrant from Ghana was shot and killed in the Bronx. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani stated that President Donald Trump has agreed to grant a visa to the victim's mother.
Washington Top News reported it asMamdani says Trump agrees to grant visa to mother of Ghanian teen killed in Bronx shooting – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied facilitating Flávio Bolsonaro's departure from Brazil to the United States. While Rubio stated President Trump authorized Bolsonaro's entry, he asserted the US government was not involved in arranging the travel itself.
Washington Top News reported it asRubio says the US government did not facilitate Bolsonaro’s flight to the US – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News 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.
Very high factuality
Who owns it
- Hubbard BroadcastingMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
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
- 986
- Reports listed
- 1027
- We could read
- 406
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
621 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 406 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Washington Top News is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 986 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Washington Top News’s on 2 of them. Overall it filed a median of 18 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 3 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 3 November 2026. Ratings pulled 2 November 2026.
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