What each side is pushing

Criticism of Israel rests on terror-linked sources and double standards

Many of the 'journalists' on lists of the slain in Gaza have terror links, Ireland's hostility to Israel reflects bias, and Israel is gaining new allies despite the condemnation.

Echoes: Mirrors the Israeli government's stated position

Opposing narrative: Israel is increasingly isolated and settler violence goes unchecked

Talarico is a far-left Democrat hiding his record

Talarico's claims don't hold up under fact-checks. He is vague on abortion and drilling, his outreach to Black voters falters, and his campaign stays evasive about his absence.

Echoes: Echoes the Paxton campaign and Republican attacks, including by Vance

The Cornell 7 are being judged by mob and ideology, not facts

Jane Doe's own texts and account raise real doubts, yet the accused are convicted in public opinion. The right compares it to the Duke lacrosse case and says the rule of law is giving way to ideological passion.

Echoes: Echoes Trump's remark that the accused 'won't get a fair shake'

Opposing narrative: Cornell and the system failed the accuser

Legacy media are biased and overstate their own importance

The outlets that lost White House passes are partisan, and the uproar shows their inflated sense of themselves. The public does not care and Trump's anger is understandable.

Echoes: Echoes the White House's stated justification that the three outlets were biased

Opposing narrative: Banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico attacks press freedom

US pressure is eroding Iran's leverage and regime

The naval blockade and sanctions are shrinking Iran's influence over shipping and straining the regime, which creates an opening for the US.

Echoes: Mirrors the Trump administration's stated Iran strategy

Opposing narrative: The Iran war is costly and politically evasive, and Congress should rein it in

Trump's Venezuela oil deal is illegal, crony state capitalism

Taking a government stake in Venezuelan oil undermines the rule of law and free markets, rewards connected middlemen and breeds anti-American sentiment. These critics are conservatives and libertarians.

Zacharia is strong, and critics and late-night hosts are sniping

Her briefing was brisk and she has answered questions about her background. Attacks from Kimmel, Psaki and the press are partisan.

Echoes: Mirrors the White House's response to critics

Opposing narrative: Zacharia's debut shows an unqualified, loyalty-first press secretary

Climate suits against oil firms are activist lawfare the Supreme Court should end

Activists who cannot win legislative majorities are using state and local courts to impose climate policy and bankrupt lawful industries. The Supreme Court should shut the Boulder case down, and justices at argument appeared sympathetic.

Echoes: Mirrors arguments by oil-industry defendants such as Suncor and the American Petroleum Institute

The Omar probe is a lawful immigration-fraud case with precedent

Federal investigators are pursuing an immigration-fraud case, and denaturalisation has precedent. Omar is using the raid to raise money and rally Democrats against ICE.

Echoes: Mirrors DOJ and DHS framing of the investigation

Opposing narrative: The raid on Omar is a political weaponisation of DHS

The botched execution is a method failure, not a case against capital punishment

The failure came from a sanitised, medicalised execution process, and a simpler method such as the firing squad would be quicker and more honest. The death penalty remains just for heinous crimes, and abolitionists exploit the failure.

Echoes: Echoes arguments by death-penalty supporters

Opposing narrative: The botched Pike execution shows capital punishment is inherently cruel

Data centers are an economic opportunity and the backlash is a messaging failure

Data centers can lower electricity rates and property taxes if supply grows with them. Public hostility mostly reflects tech firms' poor communication.

Echoes: Mirrors Trump's stated support for data centers

Mamdani is exploiting an ICE shooting to attack federal agents

Mayor Mamdani is portraying ICE officers as indiscriminate shooters and likening an officer to a 'mass shooter'. The right says this is dishonest grandstanding that undermines lawful enforcement and treats illegal immigrants as victims.

Echoes: Mirrors the Trump administration's support for ICE enforcement

Opposing narrative: ICE is violent, secretive and dodges accountability

Polls showing Democratic leads may be missing Republican voters

Polling has been wrong before, and hidden Republican voters who surface on Election Day could erase Democratic leads. Observers are starting to question the polls.

Opposing narrative: Republicans face a bad midterm despite huge spending

Europe's far-right surge is a legitimate backlash to mass immigration

Mainstream parties ignored voters' concerns on migration, and AfD's rise reflects that failure. Limiting immigration is legitimate, and Europe's revolt is just getting started.

Opposing narrative: The far-right AfD's rise is a threat to democracy that Trump cheers

Climate alarm is overblown and used for regulation and political blame

Doomsday predictions repeatedly fail and are used to justify regulation and to blame Trump for disasters he did not cause.

Opposing narrative: Climate disasters are accelerating while governments fail to act