👤 David Smith in Washington

20 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
20
2026-08-19 – 2026-10-13
Claims per article
56
1,117 extracted in total
Hedged claims
7%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
7,386
characters
Writes for The Guardian.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Politics
95%
Economy/Business
5%
Most-tagged topics
WashingtonDemocraticAmericanDemocratsRepublicansChinaNew YorkRepublican

Leaning

-0.28 average ± 0.34 · -0.60 median · 12 scored articles
Indistinguishable from their outlet, which averages -0.29. On this many articles the difference between the two is inside the margin. Leaning rates the writing, not the subject. How it is scored.

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-11 · The Guardian · Politics
Mistakes, mistrust and misdirection: 25 years after 9/11, its dark legacy continues to unfold
35 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left
2026-09-07 · The Guardian · Politics
25 years ago, two strangers met in the twin towers and escaped on 9/11. What happened next?
35 outlets covered this event
2026-09-25 · The Guardian · Economy/Business
Trump and Chinese president Xi end summit without major agreement on AI
31 outlets covered this event
2026-09-07 · The Guardian · Politics
Republican midterm convention will be ‘Trumpist pageantry’ - at the party’s own risk
26 outlets covered this event
2026-10-13 · The Guardian · Politics
Enter the Zachbot: Trump’s new press secretary malfunctions on podium debut
24 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left
2026-10-06 · The Guardian · Politics
Trump’s suggestion to ‘take out’ LA or San Diego draws Republican rebuke
18 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left

What they said would happen

2026-08-19 · The Guardian
Who is Natalie Harp? Trump’s closest and most devoted aide is in the spotlight
🔮 On Monday Trump lashed out at CNN reporter Kristen Holmes after she asked a question about Ossoff’s comments, while the White House’s anonymous “Rapid Response” team posted at Holmes: “Someday, your children will come across your disgusting and inhumane question.” assertive
2026-08-21 · The Guardian
Sycophancy in stereo as former Trump hater Michael Cohen loses his nerve
🔮 That is how Michael Cohen could have introduced Trump on his New York radio show on Thursday. assertive
2026-08-21 · The Guardian
White House faces questions over security clearance for top Trump aide Natalie Harp
🔮 Eisen, co-founder of Democracy Defenders Action, a non-partisan group dedicated to free and fair elections, added: “This is the continued incompetence of an administration willing to set aside our country’s interests, ignore established protocol, and make the White House vulnerable to intelligence risks in order to appease Trump. mixed
2026-08-24 · The Guardian
Start your engines! Trump completes fast and furious takeover of Washington with IndyCar race
🔮 Donald Trump couldn’t figure out how to hold the green flag until his wife, Melania Trump, and Command Sgt Maj Matt Williams set him right. assertive
2026-09-07 · The Guardian
Republican midterm convention will be ‘Trumpist pageantry’ - at the party’s own risk
🔮 This week in Dallas, Texas, the party will stage a midterm convention for the first time. assertive
2026-09-07 · The Guardian
25 years ago, two strangers met in the twin towers and escaped on 9/11. What happened next?
🔮 “It could be 800, 1,200, a number like that,” Clark estimates. assertive
2026-09-11 · The Guardian
Mistakes, mistrust and misdirection: 25 years after 9/11, its dark legacy continues to unfold
🔮 McPartland, then living in Briarcliff Manor, New York, would marry twice more, set up a grief support charity, and become a chef and restaurateur. assertive
2026-09-15 · The Guardian
Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon call for curbs on AI at ‘pro-human’ summit
🔮 He told an audience gathered in the ballroom of a Washington hotel: “A super-intelligent AI that escapes human control will not be an American problem. assertive
2026-09-17 · The Guardian
Judge orders Kennedy Center to give 30 days’ notice before major physical changes
🔮 A federal judge has ordered Donald Trump’s administration to give at least 30 days’ notice before moving to demolish the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after the US president warned that it could be “ripped down”. assertive
2026-09-19 · The Guardian
Trump’s battle to rename the Kennedy Center has put its future at risk
🔮 “Young people will come here and they will see this cultural centre,” Rose Kennedy, the mother of slain US president John F Kennedy, said at that opening night gala. assertive
2026-09-22 · The Guardian
Trump and Mamdani appear friendly after ‘wide-ranging’ meeting at Gracie Mansion
🔮 Donald Trump said on Monday that he hoped Zohran Mamdani would be a “great mayor” for New York, an unusually warm assessment of the democratic socialist leader whom the president and who the Republicans have spent months holding up as a symbol of the Democratic party’s alleged embrace of “communism” ahead of the November midterms. assertive
2026-09-25 · The Guardian
Trump and Chinese president Xi end summit without major agreement on AI
🔮 But despite the presence of top tech executives at a White House state dinner on Thursday night, Trump and Xi failed to deliver the AI breakthrough that some experts and foreign governments had hoped for amid warnings that the technology could pose an existential threat to humanity. assertive
2026-09-26 · The Guardian
‘Let’s tell the truth’: Smithsonian head given standing ovation as he hits back at Trump attacks
🔮 Bunch, who earlier this month announced that he will step down at the end of the year, was speaking at an event celebrating the 10th anniversary of the African American museum, where he was founding director. assertive
2026-10-01 · The Guardian
Democratic senators accuse Trump administration of worsening childcare crisis
🔮 Childcare costs rose faster than overall inflation in 2025, the letter notes, while the cost of daycare and preschool increased by 3.5% in the year to May 2026. mixed
2026-10-04 · The Guardian
Trump sets off on midterm blitz – are his trademark rallies a liability for Republicans?
🔮 “If we do lose the midterms and he is impeached again, I will be walking the halls of Congress in support of that impeachment,” she said. assertive
2026-10-06 · The Guardian
Trump’s suggestion to ‘take out’ LA or San Diego draws Republican rebuke
🔮 A Republican candidate in San Diego has criticized Donald Trump after the US president suggested Iran could “take out” the city or Los Angeles. assertive
2026-10-08 · The Guardian
Donald Trump’s Texas rally rocked by repeated protests
🔮 The president also used Wednesday’s rally to address recent comments in which he appeared to suggest that Iran could destroy Los Angeles or San Diego, earning widespread condemnation from Democrats. assertive
2026-10-08 · The Guardian
Trump hosts awards party for tech billionaires, almost as if he doesn’t care about ordinary Americans
🔮 Given Trump’s gold fetish, the event was naturally entitled the Golden Age of American Innovation summit, which will be news to the many agencies and academies suffering billions of dollars in cuts to scientific research on his watch. assertive
2026-10-11 · The Guardian
‘When you look at the numbers, we win’: the prophetic Texas pastor poised to take Jasmine Crockett’s House seat
🔮 “I find that ironic,” Haynes laughed, “that they would challenge a pastor to pray!” assertive
2026-10-13 · The Guardian
Enter the Zachbot: Trump’s new press secretary malfunctions on podium debut
🔮 “I will have to get back to you on that,” came the auto response. assertive
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