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Trump Administration Cuts Fuel Economy Target to 34.9 MPG by 2031
How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.
OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN
HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 3 HEADLINES
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28 Sep, 18:15 UTC
Trump administration sharply reduces fuel economy requirements for new vehicles
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29 Sep, 00:07 UTC
Trump Administration Finalizes Weaker Fuel Economy Standards
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1 Oct, 16:26 UTC
Trump Administration Cuts Fuel Economy Target to 34.9 MPG by 2031
WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER
From the first reports to the latest
- Nothing ran from the first third of the coverage to the last.
Entered the story later
- 50.4 miles gallon · from 28 Sep 13:26, 4 outlets
- Donald Trump · from 28 Sep 13:48, 4 outlets
- 34.9 miles gallon · from 28 Sep 16:07, 3 outlets
- $138 billion next five · from 28 Sep 15:56, 2 outlets
- Joe Biden · from 28 Sep 15:56, 2 outlets
- Sean Duffy · from 28 Sep 15:56, 2 outlets
- Dan Becker · from 28 Sep 15:56, 2 outlets
- Biological Diversity · from 28 Sep 15:56, 2 outlets
Figures reported with different numbers
- miles gallon: 50.4 (4 from 28 Sep 13:26) → 34.9 (3 from 28 Sep 16:07) → 35.4 (1 from 28 Sep 20:57)
Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.