Midtown Tribune Federal Sources & National Media Ranking

Editorial rule: Midtown Tribune covers major federal and national events from official sources such as WhiteHouse.gov, State.gov, Congress.gov, DHS.gov and federal agencies. BigNY.com is reserved for NY–NJ–CT tri-state relevance; Midtown handles the national version.

Government Sources for Midtown Tribune

Organization	Official Site	Priority	National Scope	Rule
White House	whitehouse.gov	100	Federal executive actions, statements, fact sheets, national policy.	Primary Midtown federal source.
U.S. Department of State	state.gov	98	Foreign policy, diplomacy, sanctions, travel/security, official briefings.	Major federal source for Midtown.
U.S. Congress	congress.gov	96	Bills, resolutions, roll calls, legislative text.	Use with House/Senate committee pages.
U.S. House / Speaker / Committees	house.gov	92	Hearings, markups, oversight, leadership statements.	National political coverage.
U.S. Senate / Committees	senate.gov	92	Hearings, confirmations, legislation, committee video.	National political coverage.
DHS	dhs.gov	88	Federal homeland security, border, FEMA, TSA, ICE, CBP, Coast Guard.	National events for Midtown; tri-state-only goes to BigNY.
DOJ	justice.gov	88	Federal law enforcement, courts, civil rights, antitrust, national security.	Verify with court/agency records.
Treasury	treasury.gov	84	Sanctions, economy, financial regulation, IRS-related policy.	Business/economy importance.
Commerce	commerce.gov	82	Trade, census, NOAA, technology, economic development.	Business/science coverage.
Federal Reserve	federalreserve.gov	86	Monetary policy, rates, financial stability.	Market-moving federal source.
Supreme Court	supremecourt.gov	85	Opinions, orders, oral arguments, calendars.	Use primary documents.
CDC / HHS / FDA	hhs.gov	84	Health, public guidance, emergency policy, approvals.	Health source family.

National Media Ranking for Midtown Tribune

Subscriber/audience score is an editorial audit field for cross-platform reach. Trust score and official-match % are calculated by comparing sampled media coverage against WhiteHouse.gov, State.gov, Congress.gov, agency releases, committee records, court records and public documents.

Outlet	Site	Subscriber / Audience Score	Reader Trust Score	Official-Match %	Use
Associated Press	apnews.com	96	90	88%	Baseline national wire; high verification value.
Reuters	reuters.com	94	91	89%	National/world wire; high primary-source matching.
PBS NewsHour	pbs.org/newshour	80	88	84%	Public affairs and long-form context.
NPR	npr.org	86	84	80%	National public-radio coverage; context and explainers.
Wall Street Journal	wsj.com	91	84	78%	Business, markets, federal policy.
Washington Post	washingtonpost.com	90	80	74%	Washington and national politics.
CNN	cnn.com	95	72	66%	Large national reach; verify claims against official sources.
Fox News	foxnews.com	95	70	64%	Large national reach; verify claims against official sources.
NBC News	nbcnews.com	91	76	70%	Network national coverage.
CBS News	cbsnews.com	88	77	71%	Network national coverage.
ABC News	abcnews.go.com	88	76	70%	Network national coverage.
Politico	politico.com	82	78	75%	Washington policy and political reporting.
Axios	axios.com	78	76	72%	Fast policy briefings and executive summaries.
The Hill	thehill.com	76	72	68%	Congress and federal politics.

Trust Method

• Build the daily agenda from official federal sources first.
• Use national media to identify importance, public attention and framing — not as the primary factual record.
• Score each outlet by sampled story match against official records, sourcing clarity, corrections and missing-context risk.
• Refresh audience/follower fields during monthly audits; do not treat estimates as permanent subscriber counts.