December 11, 2025 – US Headlines

Story gist: An atmospheric river caused heavy rain and flooding in Washington state. Power outages occurred across the area.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like NYT frame the event neutrally using scientific term ‘atmospheric river’ without emphasis on impacts. Center outlets like Yahoo stress consequences with ‘power outages’ and ‘historic floods,’ heightening severity. Right-leaning outlets absent, omitting potential angles on government response, preparedness, or climate change skepticism.

Story gist: The U.S. seized the oil tanker The Skipper near Venezuela. Former President Trump stated the seizure occurred off the Venezuelan coast.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like NYT frame the event through Trump’s statement, centering his claim about the U.S. action. Center outlets like The Hill emphasize lawmakers’ reactions to the seizure. Right-leaning coverage is absent, missing potential emphasis on U.S. enforcement against Venezuelan oil smuggling or praise for the operation.

Story gist: Erika Kirk messaged people celebrating her husband Charlie’s assassination, stating ‘You’re sick.’ She addressed forgiving her husband’s killer and conspiracy theories surrounding his death.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like The New York Times frame the story as Erika Kirk explaining her forgiveness of her husband’s killer, emphasizing compassion. Center outlets like Newsweek highlight her comments on conspiracy theories about the death, maintaining neutrality. Right-leaning outlets did not cover it, omitting emphasis on her rebuke of assassination celebrants.

Story gist: US lawmakers and the National Transportation Safety Board stated that a military helicopter proposal would make skies less safe. Families of DCA crash victims warned against restoring a military flight waiver.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like The Washington Post emphasize emotional appeals from DCA crash families and NTSB warnings against ‘restoring’ the waiver, using urgent tone. Center outlets like Reuters provide neutral, factual framing focused on lawmakers and NTSB’s safety concerns without specifics. Right-leaning outlets offer no coverage, omitting any conservative perspective on military priorities or regulatory balance.

Story gist: A judge blocked Trump’s National Guard deployment in Los Angeles with a sharp rebuke.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like The New York Times frame coverage around ‘Trump Gold Card’ applications opening with live updates, emphasizing Trump’s policy initiatives over the judicial action. Center- and right-leaning outlets provide no coverage, omitting centrist neutral reporting on the ruling and right-leaning perspectives defending the deployment or critiquing judicial interference.