👤 Melissa Quinn

20 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
20
2026-09-04 – 2026-10-16
Claims per article
36
712 extracted in total
Hedged claims
10%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
6,166
characters
Writes for CBS News.
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
75%
Environment
15%
Crime & Law
5%
Other
5%
Most-tagged topics
WashingtonThe Supreme CourtWhite HouseBoulderExxonthe Supreme Courtthe White HouseCNN

Leaning

-0.08 average ± 0.29 · -0.32 median · 10 scored articles
Indistinguishable from their outlet, which averages -0.13. 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.
2026-09-23 · CBS News · Politics
Judge skeptical of Trump's White House ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico
35 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-22 · CBS News · Politics
What is the White House press pool and how does it work?
35 outlets covered this event
2026-10-15 · CBS News · Politics
Trump says execution of Fort Hood shooter won't be streamed
32 outlets covered this event
2026-09-15 · CBS News · Politics
Supreme Court blocks new Postal Service rules for mail ballots in blow to Trump
23 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-04 · CBS News · Politics
Judge extends block on Postal Service's new Trump-backed mail-in ballot requirements
21 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left
2026-09-29 · CBS News · Politics
Jack Smith to testify about Trump probes before Senate panel today
16 outlets covered this event

What they said would happen

2026-09-04 · CBS News
Supreme Court sides with Republicans in fight over broadcast ad rates
🔮 The decision could be a boon for national Republican groups, which have amassed bigger war chests than their Democratic counterparts and can flood the airwaves with more ads in support of GOP candidates. assertive
2026-09-04 · CBS News
Judge extends block on Postal Service's new Trump-backed mail-in ballot requirements
🔮 "The Final Rule's new requirements would be an extraordinary amount of work for local officials at any time," she wrote. assertive
2026-09-15 · CBS News
Supreme Court blocks new Postal Service rules for mail ballots in blow to Trump
🔮 But he found that applying the rule in the November midterms "would be arbitrary and capricious in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act because state and local election officials do not have sufficient time to reasonably implement the rule before the elections." assertive
2026-09-22 · CBS News
Where the Trump administration's lawsuits seeking voter data stand
🔮 The first executive order, signed last year, would in order to register to vote. assertive
2026-09-22 · CBS News
What is the White House press pool and how does it work?
🔮 Mr. Trump announced Friday that he would be to the White House, citing what he said was their "constant 'reporting' FAKE NEWS!'" assertive
2026-09-22 · CBS News
Supreme Court stays out of custody dispute between California couple and surrogate
🔮 In a filing, her lawyers claimed that the couple is attempting to halt lifesaving care for the child and warned that without relief, West will be denied the right to protect the baby's life. assertive
2026-09-23 · CBS News
Judge skeptical of Trump's White House ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico
🔮 "I don't know how a letter that they got after the pass was revoked could provide them with the kind of standards that they would have to conform their conduct to. assertive
2026-09-25 · CBS News
Supreme Court lets Trump administration use SAVE database for now
🔮 The high court said that the district court's decision blocking use of the expanded database "inhibits the Federal Government's efforts to assist state and local agencies in the proper administration of the midterm elections." Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented. The system is part of President Trump's government-wide push to find evidence of widespread voting by noncitizens in federal elections, which has largely been debunked and shown to be very rare. assertive
2026-09-25 · CBS News
Supreme Court again blocks Missouri's new map drawn to give GOP an edge
🔮 In an unsigned opinion with no noted dissents, the Supreme Court said "the election is not merely upcoming; it has already started," and added that "at this late date, ordering reversion to the 2025 map in the midst of an ongoing election would usher in electoral chaos." The lower courts, the Supreme Court said, "should not enjoin or otherwise prohibit the use of the 2022 map in the 2026 congressional election in Missouri. assertive
2026-09-29 · CBS News
Jack Smith to testify about Trump probes before Senate panel today
🔮 - Former special counsel Jack Smith will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee as part of its investigation into his probes of President Trump. assertive
2026-09-29 · CBS News
Supreme Court revives Trump's third-country deportation policy for now
🔮 Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson said they would have denied the government's request for emergency relief. assertive
2026-09-30 · CBS News
DOJ files judicial misconduct complaint against federal judges in Minnesota
🔮 "We have a right, just like every litigant in court, to have a judge that will be fair and impartial," Blanche said. assertive
2026-10-04 · CBS News
Supreme Court to weigh energy companies' bid to end climate-change suit
🔮 When the Supreme Court returns to the bench Monday for the first time since late June, it will kick off its new term with a , to hold fossil-fuel producers accountable for the impacts of global climate change. mixed
2026-10-04 · CBS News
Supreme Court gears up for new term with major cases on climate change, guns
🔮 The start of the Supreme Court's new term is quickly approaching, with cases involving climate change, President Trump's immigration policies and the Second Amendment among the most high-profile disputes the justices will hear in the coming months. assertive
2026-10-05 · CBS News
Takeaways from Alito's CBS News interview
🔮 The rare interview came ahead of the release of Alito's first book, "So Ordered: An Originalist's View of the Constitution, the Court and Our Country," a collection of speeches that will be released Tuesday. assertive
2026-10-05 · CBS News
Supreme Court wrestles with energy companies' bid to block major climate suit
🔮 That outcome would mean the decision of the Colorado Supreme Court would stand, allowing Boulder's case to proceed. assertive
2026-10-08 · CBS News
CNN, MS NOW, Politico due back in court to fight White House ban
🔮 The Justice Department and lawyers for CNN, MS NOW and Politico will be back in court Thursday as the legal battle continues over President Trump's decision to ban reporters from the three news outlets from the White House over what he said is their negative coverage of his administration. assertive
2026-10-15 · CBS News
Trump says execution of Fort Hood shooter won't be streamed
🔮 President Trump said Thursday that the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will not be streamed, a decision that comes after his administration faced significant backlash over the Pentagon's initial plan to allow the American people to watch Hasan's death by firing squad. assertive
2026-10-15 · CBS News
Trump invokes executive privilege in Kennedy Center legal fight
🔮 Hoyt argued that because the president appoints members of the Kennedy Center's board and a related Advisory Committee on the Arts, he must "familiarize himself" with the institution's management, operations, fundraising efforts and planned activities. "I believe that, without the protection of the presidential communications privilege over the communications described above, presidential advisors and their staff members would be chilled from gathering relevant information, exploring alternatives, and providing fully informed recommendations regarding the performance of the President's duties," the White House lawyer wrote in a declaration. mixed
2026-10-16 · CBS News
Vance says admin. must take action when ICE agents "screw up"
🔮 Vance with "CBS Evening News" anchor Tony Dokoupil for a one-hour town hall in Michigan, which will air Saturday. assertive
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