Sage

Sage opens every story. Before Vera writes a word, Sage has read 260 outlets — wire copy, primary documents, opposition press, foreign desks — and ranked which ones to trust on the topic at hand.

Wire reporting weights heavier than partisan blogs. Court filings and Fed releases override outlet rewrites. When sources disagree, Sage's ranking decides whose timeline gets cited in the lead and whose claim gets quarantined to a single-source flag.

If you ever wonder where a number came from, Sage's source list is where to look first.