ABC - The American Broadcast System was founded on May 15, 1943 and purchased in 1996 by the Walt Disney Company. ABC has eight owned-and-operated stations as well as 230 affiliated television stations across the United States, its territories, and Canada.

AP The Associated Press - The AP is a nonprofit organization, founded in 1846, based in New York City. The AP operates 235 news bureaus in 94 countries and publishes in English, Spanish, and Arabic. More than 1,300 media outlets rebroadcast its news. It has earned 59 Pulitzer Prizes.

BBC - The British Broadcasting Corporation - The BBC, founded in 1922, has over 5,500 journalists working across in 50 foreign news bureaus in 40 languages where more than 250 foreign correspondents are stationed with over 1.6 billion unique visitors annually and 438 million weekly users accessing TV, radio, and online.

CBS - Columbia Broadcast Station - Founded in 1927, CBS is headquartered in New York City and has 5.59 million viewers in primetime online.

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, www.crfb.org - The CRFB is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization reporting on issues with significant fiscal policy impact. It is comprised of the nation's leading budget experts, including many past heads of the House and Senate Budget Committees, the Congressional Budget Office, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Government Accountability Office.

CNN - The Cable News Network is one of the largest cable news networks in the world. It reaches approximately 80 million households in the U.S., and over 2 billion people in more than 200 countries. The company also attracts more than 150 million online visitors to its sites each month.

The Economist - Founded in 1843, The Economist is a London-based British weekly print- and digital-published magazine with a circulation of 5.1 million print readers and 35 million digital viewers. It focuses on current affairs, international business, politics, technology, and culture, with editorial offices in the United States, continental Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

The Financial Times - Founded in 1888, The Financial Times is based in London with editorial offices across the United States and continental Europe. It was sold to Japanese holding company, Nikke in 2015. 1.3 million subscribers, 1.2 million of which are digital.

Forbes Magazine – Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B.C. Forbes in 1917.  It has been owned by the Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014, and based in Jersey City, New Jersey. 

The Guardian - The Guardian is a moderate British publication founded in 1821 in Manchester, England. Global monthly print readership is 3.2 million, monthly digital readership is 18.4 million, and unique worldwide browsers are 113 million.

The Hill - The Hill was founded in 1994 as a nonpartisan American newspaper and digital media company based in Washington, DC. It focuses on politics, policy, business, and international relations. Second only to CNN, The Hill has 32 million monthly viewers with coverage including U.S. Congress, the presidency, the executive branch, and election campaigns. Ranked ahead of Politico, Fox News, NBCNews.com, and MSNBC.

Politico - Politico is an American multi-platform news outlet founded in 2007 in Arlington, VA. It covers politics and policy in the United States and internationally, with publications dedicated to politics in the U.S. European Union, United Kingdom, and Canada. Politico's coverage is described as centrist.

Reuters - Reuters was founded in 1851 and is headquartered in London. It has a significant global presence, operating in over 200 cities across approximately 100 countries, writing in 16 languages, including 41 million unique visitors per month through its digital platforms

USA Today - USA Today was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Tysons, Virginia. USA Today has 132,640 print subscribers and two million digital subscribers. It is distributed in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico with an international distribution in Asia, Canada, Europe, and the Pacific Islands.

The Wall Street Journal - The Wall Street Journal is a center-right news outlet, founded in 1889, based in New York City. It is published around the world, including Europe and Asia. Its editorial pages are center-right in their positions. It has 609,650 print subscribers and 3.17 million digital subscribers. The newspaper has won 39 Pulitzer Prizes.