How outlets cover Thom Tillis R · NC · SEN · Jan 12 – Jan 13, 2026
Senator Tillis Opposes Federal Reserve Nominees Amid Powell Probe
Tillis says he will oppose Federal Reserve nominees until the Justice Department’s investigation of Jerome Powell is resolved. Coverage centers on the probe’s implications for Fed independence, with some coverage questioning Tillis’s claim that the probe threatens it.
Lead article · CNBC · CENTERRepublican Sen. Thom Tillis vows to block Trump's Fed nominees following Powell probeCommunity verdict
18 VOTESTillis said he would oppose future Federal Reserve nominees until the Justice Department’s investigation of Fed Chair Jerome Powell is resolved.
Center outlets stress the probe’s implications for Fed independence and the consequences of Tillis’s pledge. Right-leaning outlets focus on his plan to block nominees, while Townhall also questions his claim that the probe threatens independence.
Outlets by lean
8 RATEDCompare by side
How outlets portrayed Tillis, by side
8 ARTICLESEach article counts once, however many sites carried it. Sides are each outlet’s published lean. How portrayal is read
Left: 1 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral. Center: 1 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 3 neutral. Right: 0 favorable, 1 critical, 0 mixed, 2 neutral.
When each side covered it
JAN 12 – 13Articles per day by side. JAN 12: Left 1, Center 3, Right 3. JAN 13: Left 0, Center 1, Right 0.
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- Donald TrumpTrump Comments on DOJ Probe of Fed Chair Jerome Powell3 ART.
- Mike JohnsonMike Johnson Comments on DOJ Investigation Into Jerome Powell2 ART.
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