Coverage & sourcesCongress's 2026 funding deal to avoid a shutdown before the midterms
Collected articles: every report in this story's record, counted once, in the week (Monday to Sunday, UTC) it was published; a report published on a Sunday evening in US Eastern time counts in the next week. Copies of the same wire story count as separate articles. This shows how much we collected, not how important a development was or whether it was independently confirmed. It covers this record only, not all news coverage. Our collection begins in October 2021.
Collected articles per week
Weekly counts, newest first
| Week of | Articles | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| August 31, 2026 | 105 | August 2026 in the record |
| August 24, 2026 | 1 | |
| August 17, 2026 | 0 | |
| August 10, 2026 | 0 | |
| August 3, 2026 | 139 | |
| July 27, 2026 | 78 | July 2026 in the record |
| July 20, 2026 | 89 |
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Of 412 dated articles, 10% from left-rated outlets, 71% from center-rated outlets, 3% from local TV counted as center, 14% from right-rated outlets and 1% from outlets not placed left or right.
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The reports
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