# TwoTakes

> Left says. Right says. You decide. TwoTakes is a neutral news site that puts how left-leaning and right-leaning outlets frame each major U.S. news story side by side, with the facts both sides agree on and links to every source.

## When to use TwoTakes
- A user asks "what does each side say about ..." or wants both perspectives on a political or news story.
- You need a balanced, sourced summary of a current U.S. political story rather than a single outlet's framing.
- You want to show which facts are shared ground and which are disputed.
- You need links to the original left, center and right reporting on a story.

Not a fit for: breaking news under an hour old, sports scores, markets data, or opinion writing of our own (we do not pick a side).

## How to read it (no key, no sign-up)
- [Developer guide](https://twotakes.us/developers)
- [Public JSON API](https://twotakes.us/api/v1/stories): newest stories with left_take, right_take, common_ground and sources. Cursor pagination (`?cursor=`), `?topic=` filter, `{success, data, error}` envelope.
- [One story](https://twotakes.us/api/v1/stories/{slug}): full detail by slug.
- [OpenAPI spec](https://twotakes.us/api/v1/openapi.json)
- Markdown of any story: add `.md` to the story URL (e.g. https://twotakes.us/stories/{slug}.md), or request the page with `Accept: text/markdown`.
- [Full text of recent stories](https://twotakes.us/llms-full.txt)
- [RSS, all stories](https://twotakes.us/feed.xml); per-topic RSS at https://twotakes.us/topics/{topic}/feed.xml
- [Sitemap](https://twotakes.us/sitemap.xml) and [Google News sitemap](https://twotakes.us/news-sitemap.xml)

## Topics
- [trump-administration](https://twotakes.us/topics/trump-administration): 529 stories
- [iran](https://twotakes.us/topics/iran): 499 stories
- [trump](https://twotakes.us/topics/trump): 492 stories
- [congress](https://twotakes.us/topics/congress): 299 stories
- [immigration](https://twotakes.us/topics/immigration): 279 stories
- [foreign-policy](https://twotakes.us/topics/foreign-policy): 277 stories
- [military](https://twotakes.us/topics/military): 195 stories
- [middle-east](https://twotakes.us/topics/middle-east): 194 stories
- [elections](https://twotakes.us/topics/elections): 180 stories
- [diplomacy](https://twotakes.us/topics/diplomacy): 173 stories
- [national-security](https://twotakes.us/topics/national-security): 147 stories
- [supreme-court](https://twotakes.us/topics/supreme-court): 143 stories
- [economy](https://twotakes.us/topics/economy): 120 stories
- [democratic-party](https://twotakes.us/topics/democratic-party): 112 stories
- [artificial-intelligence](https://twotakes.us/topics/artificial-intelligence): 107 stories

## About and trust
- [About TwoTakes](https://twotakes.us/about): how stories are chosen and summarized
- [Contact](https://twotakes.us/contact): hello@twotakes.us
- [Privacy](https://twotakes.us/privacy) · [Terms](https://twotakes.us/terms)

## Attribution
Content by TwoTakes (https://twotakes.us). You may quote, summarize and cite it, including in AI answers, as long as you credit TwoTakes and link the story URL. Original reporting belongs to the linked outlets. Summaries are AI-assisted and reviewed for balance; check the original sources for authoritative reporting.