Keyword topic
8 articles from 7 news outlets, Sep 27 to Oct 26
Share of stories per day
The share of each source's stories that mention budget deficit, averaged over sources with at least 3 stories that day.
Coverage by source over time
One ridge per source that mentioned budget deficit, from the most left-leaning on top: how high it rises each day is the share of that source's stories that mention it.
Source lean:leftcenterright
Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.
Who picked it up when
Reason mentioned it first (Oct 5, 2026, 7:00 AM EDT). Left-leaning outlets followed 11 days later. No least biased outlet mentioned it.
One row per source that mentioned budget deficit, from the most left-leaning on top: a dot for each article, on a bar for each stretch of its coverage (a pause of more than 24 hours starts a new one). Hover or tap a dot for the headline, click it to read the article.
Source lean:leftcenterright
Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.
Coverage by source
The share of each source's stories that mention budget deficit, Sep 27 to Oct 26, from left to right. Sort the table to reorder the bars.
Source lean:leftcenterright
Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.
| The New York Times | 0.1% | 1 | 1187 |
| Axios | 0.3% | 1 | 374 |
| Bloomberg | 0.4% | 2 | 473 |
| Washington Examiner | 0.2% | 1 | 420 |
| Reason | 0.3% | 1 | 305 |
| Fox Business | 0.4% | 1 | 233 |
| Newsmax | 0.3% | 1 | 391 |
Coverage by lean
The share of stories that mention budget deficit, Sep 27 to Oct 26, averaged over the outlets of each political lean with at least 3 stories. The groups differ in size, so a single outlet weighs more in the smaller ones.
- Left-leaning3 of 15 sources
- 0.1%
- Least biased0 of 8 sources
- 0.0%
- Right-leaning4 of 15 sources
- 0.1%
Source leans based on ratings by Media Bias/Fact Check.
Lean index +1.6: covered more by right-leaning outlets
Each outlet at its MBFC bias score, from −10 (far left) to +10 (far right), as high as the share of its stories that mention budget deficit. The lean index is the average score of the outlets covering it, weighted by that share.
lean indexour sources' average (+0.4)leftcenterright
Bias scores by Media Bias/Fact Check.
1 source has no MBFC bias score and is not shown.
Lean index per day
Related keywords
Keywords that appear in the same articles as budget deficit, Sep 27 to Oct 26: the share of its articles that also mention them, with the number of shared articles.
The search icon lists the articles that mention both.
Example articles
The article that features budget deficit most, per source.
- The New York TimesU.S. Budget Deficit Nears $2 Trillion, a Reality Check for Trump’s Cost Cutting
- AxiosThe budget deficit swells, while the cost of debt rises
- BloombergHungary Unveils Plan to Cut Budget Deficit on Road to Euro
- Washington ExaminerThe $2 trillion deficit candidates don’t want to discuss
- ReasonThe Federal Government Ran Up a $2 Trillion Deficit in 2026
- Fox BusinessFederal budget deficit hits $2T as national debt costs surge
- NewsmaxUS Budget Deficit Surges to Nearly $2 Trillion as Spending, Interest Payments Soar
All articles
Every article that mentions budget deficit, Sep 27 to Oct 26. Relevance says how central it is to the article; ● marks a mention in the title. Combine with another keyword, text or sources.
| Article | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomberg | Does France Answer to Its Citizens or the Bond Market?Bloomberg | 0.60 | |
| Axios | The budget deficit swells, while the cost of debt risesAxios | 0.90● | |
| Bloomberg | Hungary Unveils Plan to Cut Budget Deficit on Road to EuroBloomberg | 0.70● | |
| Washington Examiner | The $2 trillion deficit candidates don’t want to discussWashington Examiner | 0.90● | |
| Newsmax | US Budget Deficit Surges to Nearly $2 Trillion as Spending, Interest Payments SoarNewsmax | 0.95● | |
| The New York Times | U.S. Budget Deficit Nears $2 Trillion, a Reality Check for Trump’s Cost CuttingThe New York Times | 0.90● | |
| Fox Business | Federal budget deficit hits $2T as national debt costs surgeFox Business | 0.80● | |
| Reason | The Federal Government Ran Up a $2 Trillion Deficit in 2026Reason | 0.90● |