December 21, 2025 – US Headlines

Story gist: Apple and Google advised employees on U.S. visas against leaving the country. The guidance cites potential delays in visa processing at U.S. embassies.

Bias summary: Left-leaning NPR frames the story as occurring ‘amid Trump immigration crackdown,’ emphasizing policy aggressively. Center outlets like Reuters neutrally attribute delays to embassy processing without partisan context, citing Business Insider. Right-leaning coverage is absent, omitting potential perspectives defending the policy as necessary enforcement or routine administration.

Story gist: Newly released Jeffrey Epstein files include a child pornography complaint filed against him a decade before the federal investigation. The files name prominent individuals including Bill Clinton but not Donald Trump.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like The Washington Post frame the story by emphasizing the child porn complaint predating the federal probe, highlighting early allegations. Center outlets like Honolulu Star-Advertiser stress famous names in the files, spotlighting Clinton’s mention while noting Trump’s absence. Right-leaning coverage is absent, leaving out potential emphasis on lack of Trump ties or scrutiny of other figures.

Story gist: The U.S. Coast Guard boarded and seized an oil tanker carrying Venezuelan oil off the Venezuelan coast. Officials confirmed the action.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like NYT use ‘boards tanker carrying Venezuelan oil,’ employing softer ‘boards’ over ‘seizes’ and highlighting Coast Guard involvement. Center outlets like Reuters neutrally report ‘US seizes oil tanker off Venezuelan coast, officials say,’ emphasizing exclusivity and official sourcing. Right-leaning coverage is absent, missing potential framing as assertive U.S. action against Venezuelan sanctions evasion.

Story gist: A storm forecast predicts the heaviest rain in the Bay Area this weekend, with a published timeline. West Coast areas face rain and snow around Christmas.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like San Francisco Chronicle frame the story factually with a Bay Area-specific timeline focused on rain timing. Center outlets like USA Today use dramatic language such as ‘warns’ and ‘onslaught,’ broadening to West Coast rain and snow tied to Christmas. Right-leaning coverage is absent, omitting potential emphasis on local impacts or preparations.

Story gist: A suspect in shootings at Brown University and MIT was found dead and identified as a former graduate student. Autopsy showed he died two days before his body was discovered.

Bias summary: Left-leaning The Guardian frames the story factually, emphasizing autopsy timeline without drama or context on the shootings. No center- or right-leaning coverage appears, absenting mainstream analysis of institutional security lapses or conservative focus on campus threats and policy responses.