Claims extracted
16
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
12%
2 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
66/100
The Guardian's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
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Politics
Same framing elsewhere
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
The Trump administration has cut or frozen up to $177bn in federal grants since the president took office for his second term, according to a tracking tool released Wednesday by a pro-democracy non-profit and a group of researchers and scientists.
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president → cut → researchers
The cuts affected all 50 states and the District of Columbia, with health, nutrition, the environment and disaster relief making up the largest share of cuts, the States United Democracy Center and Grant Witness organization found.
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organization → affect → cuts
Among the grants that were eliminated, frozen or delayed were ones related to maternal health in Michigan, education research in Mississippi and assistance to minority farmers in Iowa, the researchers found.
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researchers → eliminate → Iowa
California, Texas, New York, Illinois and North Carolina saw the highest amounts of interrupted grant money, the tracking tool called Lost Funds found.
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tool → see → money
“By bringing thousands of funding disruptions from the Trump administration together in a publicly accessible, verified database, Lost Funds puts the magnitude of their impact on full display,” Scott Delaney, cofounder of Grant Witness, said in a statement.
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Delaney → bring → statement
The $177bn finding represents nearly 10% of federal discretionary spending, the groups said.
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groups → represent → spending
The tracker’s organizers said the disrupted grants were beyond the kind of cuts that typically happen when administrations change.
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administrations → say → cuts
“Lost Funds shows the extraordinary scale and real human impact of these disruptions, and how states are once again on the frontlines protecting their residents,” said Kelly Rader, States United Democracy Center’s research director.
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Rader → show → residents
In some cases, courts have ruled against the administration’s grant funding cuts.
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courts → rule → cuts
The new tool, which is being made available for public use, relies on data from USASpending.gov, an open data source of federal spending information, according to the groups’ methodology.
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which → make → methodology
They said the tracker would be updated regularly as the administration takes new action and lawsuits move through the courts.
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lawsuits → say → courts
States United bills itself as a nonpartisan group dedicated to the rule of law and free, fair, secure elections.
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United → bill → law
It was cofounded by Norm Eisen, an attorney who has been involved in prominent lawsuits against the Trump administration, including over the Kennedy Center.
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who → cofounde → Center
Eisen left the States United center in 2021.
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Eisen → leave → 2021
Grant Witness is a group of scientists, researchers and attorneys who document how funding is changing under Donald Trump’s administration.
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funding → document → administration
A message seeking comment on the analysis was sent to the White House.
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message → seek → House
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