👤 Richard Luscombe

17 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
17
2026-08-19 – 2026-10-15
Claims per article
26
443 extracted in total
Hedged claims
11%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,281
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

Crime & Law
35%
Politics
29%
Environment
12%
Education
6%
Entertainment
6%
Health
6%
Most-tagged topics
TexasRepublicanAustinFloridaGuardianICEMassachusettsNew York

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
7 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.29 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-01 · The Guardian · Crime & Law
Tennessee governor suspends all executions after Christa Pike’s lethal injections fail
31 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-25 · The Guardian · Environment
‘Significant’ nor’easter brings high winds and heavy rain to US east coast
20 outlets covered this event
2026-09-22 · The Guardian · Environment
Hurricane Polo, rapidly intensifying from strong El Niño patterns, rages off coast of Mexico
14 outlets covered this event
2026-09-19 · The Guardian · Politics
The US air force admitted to deploying weapons in space. Don’t expect the White House to explain why
14 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-22 · The Guardian · Crime & Law
‘Looksmaxxing’ influencer Clavicular charged with rape and drug offenses
10 outlets covered this event
2026-10-14 · The Guardian · Crime & Law
Texas prosecutor considering felony charges for ICE agent who ran over man
7 outlets covered this event · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-08-19 · The Guardian
Democratic socialist Angie Nixon clinches surprise primary win in Florida US Senate race
🔮 “I’m someone who’s willing to debate. assertive
2026-09-15 · The Guardian
US airman recounts Iran rescue in 60 Minutes segment branded propaganda
🔮 And I prayed: ‘Lord, your will be done. assertive
2026-09-15 · The Guardian
Texas police department ordered closed for failing to provide any benefit to community
🔮 State officials stepped in to investigate after Jennifer Combs spent a night in jail in May after a post appeared on her Facebook page suggesting people were hospitalized by bacteria in the water pipes of Trinidad, a municipality in Henderson county about 75 miles south-east of Dallas. assertive
2026-09-19 · The Guardian
The US air force admitted to deploying weapons in space. Don’t expect the White House to explain why
🔮 The messaging coming out of the White House on the subject, by contrast, could not be more vague. assertive
2026-09-21 · The Guardian
Illinois authorities investigate possible ICE wounding of US citizen
🔮 The agent who spoke to the officer said five federal agents had been operating in the area in separate unmarked vehicles and said they had a warrant for the arrest of a person with a Chicago address. “The agent also said the federal agents left the area after protesters began to gather because they feared they would be attacked,” the statement said. assertive
2026-09-21 · The Guardian
Lauren Boebert says claims of sexual relationships with staffers ‘utterly false’
🔮 According to American Muckrakers, Jace Ratzlaff told Wheeler: “I assumed this would eventually surface. assertive
2026-09-22 · The Guardian
‘Looksmaxxing’ influencer Clavicular charged with rape and drug offenses
🔮 The offenses are alleged to have taken place in Massachusetts in May 2025. mixed
2026-09-22 · The Guardian
Hurricane Polo, rapidly intensifying from strong El Niño patterns, rages off coast of Mexico
🔮 Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Mexico was likely to avoid a direct hit, but warned that further intensification was likely, and that life-threatening flooding and mudslides were possible inland, along with dangerous surf and rip current conditions. assertive
2026-09-25 · The Guardian
‘Significant’ nor’easter brings high winds and heavy rain to US east coast
🔮 Forecasters said up to 40 million people across multiple US states could be affected by the early season northeasterly storm that was already lashing coastal areas of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York’s Long Island by Friday morning. assertive
2026-09-26 · The Guardian
Thomas Jefferson letter goes on the market – containing a prescient warning for Trump today
🔮 A remarkably prescient letter written by Thomas Jefferson, the third US president, advising how the newly created country could prosper, has been put up for sale by a private collector. assertive
2026-09-28 · The Guardian
Arizona frat suspended after allegedly making new recruits swallow live goldfish
🔮 A repeat violation or attempt to contact or interfere with witnesses could result in more severe consequences, she warned. mixed
2026-09-29 · The Guardian
Team of skydivers drop in to help survivors of a plane crash in Wisconsin
🔮 One of the jumpers, who like Bechtel is also a former paramedic, helped a woman with a serious head injury until an EMT crew arrived by ambulance. “The timing couldn’t have been any better. assertive
2026-10-01 · The Guardian
Tennessee governor suspends all executions after Christa Pike’s lethal injections fail
🔮 In May, Tennessee officials called off the lethal injection of Tony Carruthers, another convicted murderer, after failing for more than an hour to place an intravenous line into his arm. assertive
2026-10-14 · The Guardian
Texas prosecutor considering felony charges for ICE agent who ran over man
🔮 Sean Teare, district attorney for Harris county, said video of the incident in west Houston on Saturday morning, in which the officer’s unmarked SUV is seen veering into the man as he runs away across an empty parking lot, could support a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. assertive
2026-10-15 · The Guardian
Texas resident discovers second world war-era grenades in box bought at estate sale
🔮 Experts said the devices “could knock a whole street down”. assertive
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