👤 Robert Tait in Washington

9 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
9
2026-08-31 – 2026-10-11
Claims per article
47
425 extracted in total
Hedged claims
15%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
7,715
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
100%
Most-tagged topics
IranBritainBritishRussiaRussianWashingtonAmericaAmerican

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 -0.34 (leans left).

More from this journalist

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2026-10-10 · The Guardian · Politics
Zelenskyy furious as Trump announces deal to buy Russian diesel
24 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-18 · The Guardian · Politics
Trump signs bill imposing sanctions on Russia and giving him more power to levy tariffs
22 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-08-31 · The Guardian · Politics
As US-Canada tensions flare, who’s calling the shots in Trump’s trade team?
22 outlets covered this event · leans right
2026-09-04 · The Guardian · Politics
Trump’s pique with UK could lead to favor to acolyte Milei over Falklands
11 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-05 · The Guardian · Politics
Captain calamity: Pete Hegseth under fire for ‘inept’ leadership of US military
4 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left
2026-10-11 · The Guardian · Politics
‘Under tremendous strain’: CIA analyst turned spy novelist on a fraying US-UK alliance
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-08-31 · The Guardian
As US-Canada tensions flare, who’s calling the shots in Trump’s trade team?
🔮 The controversy may be the closest glimpse the public will see of Greer being rattled. assertive
2026-09-04 · The Guardian
Trump’s pique with UK could lead to favor to acolyte Milei over Falklands
🔮 But the tide of international events in the past three and a half years have turned Trump’s vindictive mindset to the advantage of Javier Milei, the boisterous rightwing Argentinian president. mixed
2026-09-05 · The Guardian
Captain calamity: Pete Hegseth under fire for ‘inept’ leadership of US military
🔮 In a different Washington, under a different president, a return to the well-worn playbook of all-out sanctions to counter Iran might have been the signal for a publicity-hungry US secretary of defense to adopt a lower profile. assertive
2026-09-13 · The Guardian
Religious Vance seeks to avoid Maga schism as he keeps the faith for 2028
🔮 But his religious identity could take on new weight as he positions himself for a presidential run in 2028, in which a successful campaign would make him only the third Catholic president in US history. mixed
2026-09-18 · The Guardian
Trump signs bill imposing sanctions on Russia and giving him more power to levy tariffs
🔮 But it also gives Trump wide leeway over its implementation, including which countries could face tariffs, and which tariff rates could be imposed. assertive
2026-09-27 · The Guardian
Bad language: profane Trump brings presidential swearing out into open
🔮 These days, by contrast, politicians are only too keen for voters to hear what would once have been indiscretions, according to analysts. assertive
2026-10-06 · The Guardian
‘Using the presidency to line his pockets’: could claims of corruption fuel backlash against Trump?
🔮 “I’m the only president that donated his salary,” he told a group of cheering supporters at a Hispanic heritage month celebration in the White House last week, before conceding that George Washington – “a very wealthy person” – might have beaten him to the punch. assertive
2026-10-10 · The Guardian
Zelenskyy furious as Trump announces deal to buy Russian diesel
🔮 “I have just concluded a highly successful discussion with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, wherein it was agreed that Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the American and Global Marketplace, another 500,000 Tons during the month of November, and 1,000,000 Tons immediately thereafter,” Trump wrote. assertive
2026-10-11 · The Guardian
‘Under tremendous strain’: CIA analyst turned spy novelist on a fraying US-UK alliance
🔮 Against that troubled backdrop, David McCloskey, a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst turned spy writer and podcast host, has sketched out how things could get darker still. mixed
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