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 535 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.
Scientists are engineering soybeans with deeper root systems to improve climate resilience and enhance carbon sequestration. The Salk Institute, with funding from the Bezos Earth Fund, is leading this research, identifying and editing genes to promote root growth and carbon storage.
Washington Top News reported it asScientists hope deeper-rooted soybeans can withstand climate extremes and store more carbon – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
US Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Department of Justice will investigate AI-related crimes but will not be a regulatory body for the technology. He accused Democrats of using the AI debate to influence the midterm elections and prefers a restrained approach to enforcement actions against AI companies.
Washington Top News reported it asAttorney General Blanche’s appearances at political events blur Justice Department boundaries – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
Phil Klay, an award-winning author and Iraq War veteran, has been appointed the new president of PEN America. He succeeds Dinaw Mengestu, who resigned in July following a PEN report on the isolation of Jewish and Israeli writers. The organization has faced internal disagreements related to the Israel-Hamas war.
Washington Top News reported it asPrize-winning author Phil Klay takes over at PEN America amid Israel-Hamas war rifts – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
USPS halts Trump‑linked mail‑voting system, Postmaster General David Steiner says work stopped
Trust 56The United States Postal Service stopped work on a computer system designed to support President Donald Trump's plan to limit mail voting. Postmaster General David Steiner confirmed the pause on Thursday, following the Supreme Court's rejection of the related executive order earlier that week.
Washington Top News reported it asPostal Service chief tells AP work has stopped on computer system key to Trump effort to limit mail voting – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered a keynote address at a conference for the anti-vaccine group Children's Health Defense, which he formerly chaired. He told attendees they had a friend in the Trump White House and highlighted administration actions to alter vaccine guidance.
Washington Top News reported it asKennedy tells anti-vaccine activists they have a friend in Trump’s White House – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
Russia has begun a three-day parliamentary election, the first since the start of the war in Ukraine. Polling stations opened in the Far East, with President Vladimir Putin's party widely expected to win the 450 seats in the State Duma. Voting is also taking place in occupied Ukrainian territories.
Washington Top News reported it asPolls open in Russia’s tightly controlled parliamentary vote, with the Kremlin expected to keep its grip on power – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis, a former Connecticut budget official convicted of corruption, has fled the U.S. for Greece before his sentencing. He travelled by boat and plane, and his dual citizenship may prevent extradition.
Washington Top News reported it asEx-Connecticut official flees to Greece before sentencing for corruption – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
Abu Zubaydah, held at Guantanamo Bay for two decades without charges, appeared at a hearing to review his detention. A U.S. official described him as a trusted facilitator for Osama bin Laden, while his attorneys argued he was never an al-Qaida member and poses no threat.
Washington Top News reported it asMan accused of ties to bin Laden and tortured after 9/11 has 20-year Guantanamo detention reviewed – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
Israeli settlers celebrated the inauguration of a synagogue at the Homesh settlement in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian residents say the settlement restricts their access to farmland, and Israel's Supreme Court has acknowledged some land belonged to them.
Washington Top News reported it asIsraeli settlers, some armed, celebrate a new synagogue in the occupied West Bank, in photos – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
Author Kim Stanley Robinson will not read aloud the first chapter of his novel 'The Ministry for the Future,' which depicts a heatwave causing 20 million deaths in India. He feels the scene is too graphic for public reading.
Washington Top News reported it asKim Stanley Robinson won’t read aloud his climate disaster scene from ‘The Ministry for the Future’ – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs or halt trade with the European Union if Canada is granted associate membership. He described the prospect as 'laughable' and a 'hostile act', while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen expressed a desire for Canada to be the bloc's first associate member.
Washington Top News reported it asThe Latest: Trump says EU allowing Canada as associate member could be a ‘hostile act’ – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
Russia launched missile and drone attacks across Ukraine, injuring at least 19 people, including children. Ukrainian forces responded with overnight strikes targeting an oil refinery in Yaroslavl and a military airfield in Rostov.
Washington Top News reported it asRussian attack on Ukraine’s capital injures at least 16 – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
Russian airstrikes hit Kyiv and Odesa, injuring at least 13 people and damaging buildings including residential structures, warehouses, and a gas station. A child was among those wounded in Odesa.
Washington Top News reported it asRussian attack on Ukraine’s capital injures at least 16 – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to address the European Parliament. This follows a proposal by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for Canada to become the EU's first associate member, a move US President Donald Trump has criticised.
Washington Top News reported it asCarney to address EU Parliament after Trump calls Canada associate membership a possible hostile act – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
Russian President Vladimir Putin will deliver a televised address to the nation on September 16 at 6 p.m. Moscow time. The speech is in anticipation of the upcoming parliamentary elections, scheduled to take place from September 18 to 20. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced the president's speech.
Washington Top News reported it asRussia’s parliamentary vote features no real opposition to Putin’s policies – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has stated the United States is open to discussing shared risks with China in upcoming AI talks scheduled for this weekend. The discussions aim to prevent the bifurcation of AI systems between the two countries.
Washington Top News reported it asA global AI safety strategy depends on US-China cooperation. They each see the other as the problem – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong Blocks Warrantless Immigration Arrests in Southern California
Trust 42U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong has blocked immigration officers from making warrantless arrests in Southern California unless they determine a person is likely to escape. The order applies to the Central District of California and follows a lawsuit by immigrant advocacy groups.
Washington Top News reported it asFederal judge restricts warrantless immigration arrests in Southern California – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
An Argentine judge has ordered companies to cease oilfield development near the Falkland Islands, escalating a long-standing sovereignty dispute with the UK. The ruling mandates a halt to drilling pending an environmental review, while Argentina also prepares new legal complaints and tougher sanctions.
Washington Top News reported it asArgentine judge orders halt to Falklands oil project as tensions with Britain rise – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that could allow President Donald Trump to impose up to 100% tariffs on countries buying Russian oil. India's Ministry of External Affairs stated the nation will take necessary steps to protect its trade and economic interests.
Washington Top News reported it asHouse passes sweeping sanctions bill targeting Russia, sending it to Trump to be signed into law – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
The Trump administration has awarded contracts to begin work on President Donald Trump's planned takeover of the East Potomac Golf Links. Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee have demanded project documents, citing a lack of public announcement.
Washington Top News reported it asPark Service quietly awards contracts to work on Trump’s takeover of East Potomac golf course – 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
- 535
- Reports listed
- 552
- We could read
- 201
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
351 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 201 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 535 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 3 of them. Overall it filed a median of 17 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 18 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 18 September 2026. Ratings pulled 3 September 2026.
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