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Trump fires 17 independent inspectors general at federal agencies, source says

Jan 25, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    30% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -3% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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-26% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : Agencies are pressing ahead with orders from Trump, who returned to the presidency on Monday, to reshape the federal bureaucracy by scrapping diversity programs, rescinding job offers and sidelining more than 150 national security and foreign policy officials.
16% : During his first term, Trump fired five inspectors general in less than two months in 2020.
7% : Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, called Trump's action a "purge of independent watchdogs in the middle of the night," posting on X: "President Trump is dismantling checks on his power and paving the way for widespread corruption.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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