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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this story was largely uniform, with a bias spread of just 0.5 points across outlets. Both headlines approach the story with mild left-leaning skepticism, though they do so through notably different angles. The *New York Times* focused directly on the evidentiary weakness of the administration's claims, with the phrase "Leads to Few Charges So Far" implicitly casting doubt on the noncitizen voting narrative itself. The *Washington Examiner*, despite carrying a slightly more right-leaning score, framed the story through a civil-liberties lens — the DC attorney general "tells voters to report" National Guard members at polling stations — which, while not defending the administration's fraud claims, shifts attention toward concerns about military presence at polling sites rather than the credibility of those claims. Neither headline directly endorses the administration's position, and the narrow spread reflects a shared underlying skepticism rather than a meaningful left-right divide.