January 4, 2026 – US Headlines

Story gist: Delta Air Lines restarted service to the Caribbean after previous flight cancellations.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like the New York Times frame the story around canceled flights, emphasizing traveler disruptions and advisory information. Center coverage from Delta News Hub straightforwardly announces the service restart. Right-leaning outlets provide no coverage, omitting any conservative perspective on airline operations or recovery.

Story gist: Pete Hegseth stated U.S. intervention in Venezuela is the ‘exact opposite’ of Iraq. Nicolas Maduro is in custody at a New York detention center as President Trump announced the U.S. will ‘run’ Venezuela, prompting new appointee Mamdani to break with the president days into his job.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like NYT frame the story around internal conflict, emphasizing Mamdani’s quick break with Trump to highlight disunity. Center outlets like BBC report neutrally on Maduro’s custody and Trump’s statement without judgment. Right-leaning coverage is absent, omitting likely enthusiastic support for intervention as anti-socialist success.

Story gist: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei stated that rioters ‘must be put in their place’ amid nationwide protests. The death toll from the unrest has risen to at least 10.

Bias summary: Left-leaning CNN focuses on Trump’s ‘locked and loaded’ comments to defend protesters and no US troop changes, emphasizing American policy response. Center PBS neutrally reports Khamenei’s statement and rising death toll without added context. Right-leaning Fox highlights Khamenei ‘lashing out’ at protesters as ‘anti-regime unrest grows,’ stressing regime aggression and protest scale.

Story gist: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued Executive Order 07. Democratic Socialists held a rave celebration in Brooklyn, while Bishop Robert Barron criticized Mamdani’s reference to the ‘warmth of collectivism.’

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like NYT emphasize festive celebration by Democratic Socialists, using positive tone on the rave for Mayor Mamdani. Center sources like NYC.gov offer neutral, factual documentation of Executive Order 07 without opinion or context. Right-leaning Fox News highlights Bishop Barron’s sharp rebuke of Mamdani’s ‘warmth of collectivism’ line, focusing on religious criticism and implied ideological opposition.

Story gist: Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro stated Venezuela is open to talks with the United States on drug trafficking. He did not comment on a reported U.S. or CIA strike.

Bias summary: Left-leaning NBC emphasizes Maduro’s openness to Trump talks while highlighting silence on a U.S. strike on a Venezuelan dock, framing U.S. action prominently. Center PBS reports neutrally, mirroring the title’s balanced facts on drug talks and CIA strike omission. Right-leaning Fox sensationalizes a ‘car interview’ as Maduro’s ‘olive branch’ to Trump days before ‘he was captured by US,’ adding drama and implying capture context absent in others.