The Aporia · Robert Costa

Articles

3

2026-09-20 – 2026-11-01

Claims per article

52

156 extracted in total

Hedged claims

5%

corpus average 9%

Typical length

6,070

characters

Writes for CBS News.

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Politics

100%

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DemocraticAmericansAustinCivil Service Oath of OfficeDOGEDemocratsKentuckyKentucky Distillers' Association

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2026-11-01 · CBS News · Politics

The issue that could tip the scales in the Texas Senate race

no other outlet in the corpus covered this

2026-10-04 · CBS News · Politics

Michael Lewis on "Blockers": Profiling government workers confronted by DOGE

no other outlet in the corpus covered this

2026-09-20 · CBS News · Politics

Democrat Andy Beshear on pursuing "The Great American Reset"

no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans strongly left

2026-09-20 · CBS News

Democrat Andy Beshear on pursuing "The Great American Reset"

🔮 Kentucky bourbon might not be the typical fuel for presidential ambition, but the fight has thrust Beshear into the 2028 conversation. assertive

2026-10-04 · CBS News

Michael Lewis on "Blockers": Profiling government workers confronted by DOGE

🔮 "I, ___, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. assertive

2026-11-01 · CBS News

The issue that could tip the scales in the Texas Senate race

🔮 This year's midterm elections in Texas are on track to cost a billion dollars, with more than half of it spent on the U.S. Senate campaign – what could be the most expensive non-presidential race in American history. assertive

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