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🗞️ Story file #566

Federal judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit against New York City sanctuary laws

Oct 16, 3 PM ET to Oct 19, 5 AM ET

👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.

  1. Oct 16, 3 PM ETfirst on a front page: Just the News
  2. Oct 16, 11 PM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
  3. Oct 17, 3 AM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
  4. Oct 17, 6 AM ETpeak: on 11 front pages

📰 Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Oct 1712 PMOct 1812 PMOct 19611leftcenterright
Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 16, 3 PM to Oct 19, 5 AM ET (peak 11), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right
Oct 1612 PMOct 1712 PMOct 1812 PMOct 19The Washington TimesThe Washington TimesThe Washington Times, Oct 15, 9:00 PM ET: Judge upholds NYC sanctuary policy; Trump administration can’t commandeer locals to help ICEReutersReutersReuters, Oct 15, 10:00 PM ET: US judge tosses Trump administration lawsuit over New York City 'sanctuary' lawsNew York TimesNew York TimesNew York Times, Oct 16, 2:00 AM ET: Judge Dismisses Trump Lawsuit That Sought to Block N.Y.C. Sanctuary LawsThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch Times, Oct 16, 12:00 PM ET: Judge Dismisses Federal Government’s Lawsuit Against New York City’s Sanctuary LawsThe HillThe HillThe Hill, Oct 16, 2:00 PM ET: Judge tosses Trump administration lawsuit over New York City ‘sanctuary’ lawsWSJThe Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street Journal, Oct 16, 2:00 PM ET: Federal Judge Dismisses Trump Lawsuit to Block New York City Sanctuary LawsJust the NewsJust the NewsJust the News, Oct 16, 3:00 PM ET: Judge rejects Trump admin's challenge to NYC's sanctuary lawsTownhallTownhallTownhall, Oct 16, 4:00 PM ET: Federal Judge Dismisses Trump Administration Lawsuit Against Major Sanctuary City Jeff CharlesTownhall, Oct 16, 4:00 PM ET: Federal Judge Dismisses Trump Administration Lawsuit Against Major Sanctuary CityTownhall, Oct 16, 5:00 PM ET: Sanctuary Cities Federal Judge Dismisses Trump Administration Lawsuit Against Major Sanctuary City Jeff CharlesBloombergBloombergBloomberg, Oct 16, 4:00 PM ET: White House’s NYC Sanctuary City Suit Dismissed by US JudgeNewsmaxNewsmaxNewsmax, Oct 16, 11:00 PM ET: Judge Tosses DOJ Suit Over NYC Sanctuary LawsFox NewsFox NewsFox News, Oct 17, 6:01 AM ET: Judge tosses NY sanctuary suit, calls federal push a 'backdoor' on ConstitutionIJRIndependent Journal ReviewIndependent Journal Review, Oct 17, 8:01 AM ET: Judge rejects Trump challenge to New York City sanctuary policies📺 TVFox News, 11:07 PM ET: SANCTUARY STATES INSIST ON RESISTING ICEFox News, 11:10 PM ET: CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE. MAMDANI PUSHES PARKING GARAGE OWNERS TO BAN ICEFox News, 4:07 AM ET: SANCTUARY STATES INSIST ON RESISTING ICEFox News, 4:10 AM ET: MAMDANI PUSHES PARKING GARAGE OWNERS TO BAN ICEFox News, 4:10 AM ET: MAMDANI PUSHES PARKING GARAGE OWNERS TO BAN ICEFox News, 4:10 AM ET: MAMDANI PUSHES PARKING GARAGE OWNERS TO BAN ICEFox News, 12:30 PM ET: HEATED DEBATE. NY 17TH DISTRICT CANDIDATES ARGUE OVER SANCTUARY LAWSFox News, 12:33 PM ET: GOP TARGETS DEMS OVER CRIME, SANCTUARY LAWSFox News, 6:31 PM ET: SPEAKING OUT. NY AG JAMES WEIGHED IN ON CASE BEFORE JOINING PROBEFox News, 6:32 PM ET: "WE WILL BE FAIR". NY AG LETITIA JAMES PROMISES A FAIR INVESTIGATIONMSNOW, 12:53 AM ET: TRUMP DOJ SUES CALIFORNIA OVER VOTERSMSNOW, 12:54 AM ET: TRUMP DOJ SUES CALIFORNIA OVER VOTERSMSNOW, 12:55 AM ET: TRUMP DOJ SUES CALIFORNIA OVER VOTERSMSNOW, 12:56 AM ET: TRUMP DOJ SUES CALIFORNIA OVER VOTERSMSNOW, 12:57 AM ET: TRUMP DOJ SUES CALIFORNIA OVER VOTERS📻 radioNPR News Now, Oct 17, 3:10 AM ET: story 2 of 6
Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline from when we first saw it on the front page to when we last did, in the outlet's lean color (dashed: not rated); a dot marks a new headline. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

📡 wire copy: 1 outlet ran the Reuters headline nearly word for word (The Hill)

💬 quoted: “backdoor” “sanctuary”

✏️ 1 outlet ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • Townhall (3 wordings): “Federal Judge Dismisses Trump Administration Lawsuit Against Major Sanctuary City Jeff Charles” → “Sanctuary Cities Federal Judge Dismisses Trump Administration Lawsuit Against Major Sanctuary City Jeff Charles”
Every outlet's first headline (12), left to right by AllSides rating

📡 Broadcast

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

Fox News4 min
MSNOW3 min
  • TRUMP DOJ SUES CALIFORNIA OVER VOTERS MSNOW, 3 min
  • SANCTUARY STATES INSIST ON RESISTING ICE Fox News, 2 min
  • MAMDANI PUSHES PARKING GARAGE OWNERS TO BAN ICE Fox News, 42 s
  • HEATED DEBATE. NY 17TH DISTRICT CANDIDATES ARGUE OVER SANCTUARY LAWS Fox News, 29 s
  • GOP TARGETS DEMS OVER CRIME, SANCTUARY LAWS Fox News, 27 s
  • CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE. MAMDANI PUSHES PARKING GARAGE OWNERS TO BAN ICE Fox News, 23 s
  • SPEAKING OUT. NY AG JAMES WEIGHED IN ON CASE BEFORE JOINING PROBE Fox News, 15 s
  • "WE WILL BE FAIR". NY AG LETITIA JAMES PROMISES A FAIR INVESTIGATION Fox News, 9 s

📻 On the radio

  • NPR News Now, Oct 17, 3:10 AM ET: story 2 of 6

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🧶 Retelling

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🗣️ names in it: New York City Trump administration Judge Federal Government New York State

🔎 Checking

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🧵 Persistence

the running story it belongs to

🌱 A story of its own so far: no saga yet.