👤 Lindsay Whitehurst

18 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
18
2026-09-04 – 2026-10-21
Claims per article
14
250 extracted in total
Hedged claims
8%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
2,146
characters
Writes for The Independent, Toronto Star.
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
83%
Other
11%
Environment
6%
Most-tagged topics
WASHINGTONthe Supreme CourtCongressSupreme CourtTexasThe Supreme CourtU.S. District Courtthe Postal Service

Leaning

-0.02 average ± 0.21 · -0.10 median · 14 scored articles
Indistinguishable from their outlet, which averages -0.22. 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.
2026-09-15 · Toronto Star · Politics
Trump and the court: If he wins, he's happy. When he loses, he ridicules justices he appointed
23 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-15 · The Independent · Politics
Supreme Court deals humiliating blow to Trump by throwing out mail ballot ban
23 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-06 · The Independent · Politics
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow new mail ballot restrictions ahead of midterm elections
21 outlets covered this event · leans right
2026-09-06 · Toronto Star · Politics
Trump administration makes another appeal to the Supreme Court to allow mail ballot restrictions
21 outlets covered this event · leans right
2026-09-04 · Toronto Star · Politics
Federal judge extends block on Trump executive order seeking to limit mail voting in the midterms
21 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-29 · Toronto Star · Politics
Supreme Court lets quick deportations to third countries resume for now while it weighs Trump policy
13 outlets covered this event · leans right

What they said would happen

2026-09-05 · Toronto Star
Missouri asks US Supreme Court to allow use of new Trump-backed congressional districts in midterms
🔮 Backers of the referendum have said a statewide vote would give the state’s residents a voice in the process. assertive
2026-09-06 · Toronto Star
Trump administration makes another appeal to the Supreme Court to allow mail ballot restrictions
🔮 The legal wrangling comes even as states start sending out mail ballots, leaving the administration little time to make big changes in mail ballot rules. “Ballots have already begun to be mailed in North Carolina, and more States will begin the mailing process as the injunction remains in place — including Alabama on September 9 and at least five States the week of September 13,” Solicitor General John Sauer said in the filing. assertive
2026-09-06 · The Independent
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow new mail ballot restrictions ahead of midterm elections
🔮 In the filing, Solicitor General John Sauer said: “Ballots have already begun to be mailed in North Carolina, and more States will begin the mailing process as the injunction remains in place — including Alabama on September 9 and at least five States the week of September 13.” assertive
2026-09-15 · The Independent
Supreme Court deals humiliating blow to Trump by throwing out mail ballot ban
🔮 The Supreme Court majority indicated that the effort to enact these restrictions this year would probably prove unsuccessful legally, though its brief emergency order provided no extensive rationale. assertive
2026-09-15 · Toronto Star
Trump and the court: If he wins, he's happy. When he loses, he ridicules justices he appointed
🔮 None of the three justices wrote about their rationale for joining the majority opinion, though Justice Brett Kavanaugh indicated he might see things differently if the election wasn’t coming up so quickly. assertive
2026-09-23 · The Independent
Supreme Court stays out of custody battle between California couple and surrogate
🔮 Lawyers for the couple had urged the court to reject the request, questioning what an intervention would do for medical decision-making at an already chaotic time. assertive
2026-09-24 · Toronto Star
Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to allow quick third-country deportations to continue
🔮 Since then, an appeals court has upheld a Boston-based judge’s final ruling that migrants must have a meaningful chance to argue a third-country deportation would put them in danger of persecution or torture. assertive
2026-10-03 · Toronto Star
The Supreme Court will hear a major climate change case involving a devastating Colorado wildfire
🔮 And it does feel like maybe the oil and gas industry should have a part in this.” assertive
2026-10-05 · Toronto Star
A new Supreme Court term begins with cases on climate change, immigration and gun rights
🔮 The justices will hear an appeal from energy companies trying to block dozens of lawsuits seeking to hold them liable in court for damage related to climate change. assertive
2026-10-21 · Toronto Star
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to lift halt on Big Bend border wall
🔮 But in the Big Bend region, the administration has run into opposition from ranchers, residents, business owners and environmentalists who argue the projects are a waste of money in an area of historically low illegal immigration and that construction could harm the region’s scenic landscapes. assertive
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