👤 Megan Brand

15 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
15
2026-08-19 – 2026-11-04
Claims per article
24
357 extracted in total
Hedged claims
8%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
3,508
characters
Writes for NBC News.
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
87%
Economy/Business
7%
Entertainment
7%
Most-tagged topics
SenateNBC NewsRepublicanRepublicansAlaskaAmericanDemocraticHouse

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
4 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.20 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-21 · NBC News · Politics
CNN, Politico and MS NOW plan to sue the Trump administration over ban on White House coverage
35 outlets covered this event
2026-11-01 · NBC News · Politics
Rep. Haley Stevens endorses GOP candidate Mike Rogers in Michigan Senate race
30 outlets covered this event
2026-09-20 · NBC News · Politics
Trump says his proposed arch will include a military complex housing drones and snipers
26 outlets covered this event · leans right
2026-10-11 · NBC News · Politics
Sen. Thom Tillis says he believes Trump’s fuel deal with Russia could be breaking the law
24 outlets covered this event
2026-10-29 · NBC News · Politics
Alaska governor orders investigation into Peltola camp after report they recruited second Dan Sullivan
22 outlets covered this event
2026-10-29 · NBC News · Politics
Alaska governor orders investigation into Peltola camp after report they recruited second Dan Sullivan
22 outlets covered this event

What they said would happen

2026-08-19 · NBC News
Trump-backed Rep. Harriet Hageman wins Republican Senate primary in Wyoming
🔮 “Harriet has ALWAYS delivered for Wyoming, and will continue to do so in the United States Senate.” assertive
2026-09-06 · NBC News
Rep. Jamie Raskin says impeachment isn’t a ‘fetish’ for Democrats but ‘a critical tool’
🔮 Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday that President Donald Trump has “undoubtedly” committed impeachable offenses but that Democrats would also focus on issues like healthcare if they win back the House. assertive
2026-09-16 · NBC News
Trump administration spent $9.5B last year on employee leave, driven by DOGE-era cuts
🔮 At the time of the program’s announcement, then-White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that if federal workers “don’t want to work in the office and contribute to making America great again, then they are free to choose a different line of work, and the Trump Administration will provide a very generous payout of 8 months.” During Trump’s second term, the federal workforce has lost more than 271,000 employees as of July, according to data published by OPM. assertive
2026-09-20 · NBC News
Trump says his proposed arch will include a military complex housing drones and snipers
🔮 President Donald Trump said in a Sunday Truth Social post that he would convert plans for the D.C.-area “Triumphal Arch” to “a top grade Military Complex/Triumphal Arch” at the request of the U.S. military for national security purposes. assertive
2026-10-04 · NBC News
Sen. John Kennedy says he’s considering running for president
🔮 “My plans right now are to run for re-election, but as I’ve said before, if I don’t think I can be effective in the Senate anymore, I would consider it,” he said. assertive
2026-10-06 · NBC News
Local political polarization is rising sharply ahead of the midterms, survey finds
🔮 Describing how national issues are affecting local politics, she said, “Some Democrats will not accept an idea if it’s a Republican that’s proposing it, even if it’s fundamentally a Democrat idea that they’re trying to push, and then that’s where the division starts.” assertive
2026-10-06 · NBC News
California officials condemn Trump for saying Iran could ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego
🔮 California officials denounced President Donald Trump for saying at a campaign rally in Nebraska on Monday that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles or San Diego, calling his remarks “deranged” and “irresponsible.” assertive
2026-10-11 · NBC News
Sen. Thom Tillis says he believes Trump’s fuel deal with Russia could be breaking the law
🔮 Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sunday that President Donald Trump’s decision to ease sanctions on Russia to allow it to release diesel fuel to the global market may be breaking the law. assertive
2026-10-25 · NBC News
Sen. Adam Schiff says Pete Hegseth should testify on Starlink slowdown in Ukraine
🔮 Maybe they’re all lying in different ways, but we need to find out.” The disruptions to Starlink, which is run by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, led to rising tensions with the U.S. amid questions about who may have ordered the slowdown of the satellite services. assertive
2026-10-29 · NBC News
Alaska governor orders investigation into Peltola camp after report they recruited second Dan Sullivan
🔮 The Department of Public Safety would seek to determine “whether this scheme violated Alaska’s laws and whether criminal charges or civil action are warranted,” Dunleavy said in an overnight post to X. “The evidence will determine what happens next.” assertive
2026-10-29 · NBC News
Alaska governor orders investigation into Peltola camp after report they recruited second Dan Sullivan
🔮 The Department of Public Safety would seek to determine “whether this scheme violated Alaska’s laws and whether criminal charges or civil action are warranted,” Dunleavy said in an overnight post to X. “The evidence will determine what happens next.” assertive
2026-11-01 · NBC News
Rep. Haley Stevens endorses GOP candidate Mike Rogers in Michigan Senate race
🔮 Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., endorsed Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers on Sunday, a major shakeup in the final stages of a top battleground race that could determine which party controls the Senate. assertive
2026-11-04 · NBC News
Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte secures re-election in New Hampshire
🔮 In a separate video, she said that had she known in 2001 what the country later learned about Purdue Pharma, “I would never, ever have done this work.” assertive
Forward-looking sentences extracted from their articles, oldest first. Nothing here checks whether any of it turned out to be right.
💬Give feedback · no sign-in needed

No sign-in needed for now. Your note is sent without a name, so it cannot be answered.

🕘History 🎫Support