How outlets cover John Thune R · SD · SEN · Jan 28 – Jan 29, 2026
Parties Agree to Two-Week DHS Extension and Separate Spending Bills
Negotiators reached a funding agreement including a two-week DHS extension; Thune favored keeping the package intact and later assessed support. Center outlets focus on the deal's path through Congress, while right-leaning outlets stress earlier debate over splitting DHS funding.
Lead article · NPR · CENTERDHS funding battle risks shutdown. And, Fed holds rates steady despite Trump pressureCommunity verdict
32 VOTESCoverage follows federal funding negotiations that risked a shutdown; Thune favored keeping the package together.
Center outlets cover Thune's argument for keeping the package intact and the later agreement's two-week DHS extension and approval steps. Right-leaning outlets focus on Republicans' earlier consideration of splitting DHS funding, with Thune favoring an intact package.
Outlets by lean
4 RATEDCompare by side
Center outlets report a two-week DHS extension and remaining approval steps, while also covering Thune's call to keep the package together.
How outlets portrayed Thune, by side
4 ARTICLESEach article counts once, however many sites carried it. Sides are each outlet’s published lean. How portrayal is read
Left: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral. Center: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 3 neutral. Right: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 1 neutral.
When each side covered it
JAN 28 – 29Articles per day by side. JAN 28: Left 0, Center 0, Right 1. JAN 29: Left 0, Center 3, Right 0.
Others in this story
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- Lindsey GrahamLindsey Graham Lifts Hold on Senate Funding Package50 ART.
- Donald TrumpSenate Approves Funding Package After White House-Schumer Deal44 ART.
- Ed MarkeyEd Markey Links DHS Funding Debate to Anti-ICE Protests4 ART.
- Kristi NoemSchumer and Baldwin Call for Noem’s Removal After Minneapolis Shootings4 ART.
No left-leaning outlet has covered this yet. We’ll alert you when one does.No left-leaning outlet has covered this yet. We’ll alert you when one does, and when any new outlet covers it.