The New York Times is most often covered alongside Donald Trump, which appears in 2 of these 3 stories. Each story carries 2.3 original sources on average, compared with 3.1 for the broader beat in this window. Across a 68-day span, the pace is roughly 0.3 stories per week.
Coverage balanceBalanced directional read. Positive and negative coverage are within 0 percentage points.
33% positive
33% neutral
33% negative
Figures are computed live from our source-verified story record
— see our methodology for how impact and
sentiment are derived.
What the coverage shows about The New York Times
The New York Times is most often covered alongside Donald Trump, which appears in 2 of these 3 stories. Each story carries 2.3 original sources on average, compared with 3.1 for the broader beat in this window. Across a 68-day span, the pace is roughly 0.3 stories per week. Coverage clusters in defense-tech, which accounts for 1 of those 3, with the remainder spread across 2 other categories. At 6.7, the average consequence score sits above the same-window beat average of 6.6. We currently track 3 Space & Defense stories that mention The New York Times, published between June 15, 2026 and August 21, 2026.
Stories tracked
3
Per week
0.3
Sources per story
2.3
Computed from the 3 stories linked to this entity, with beat comparisons drawn from all 555 Space & Defense stories published in the same date window. Shares are omitted below five stories and comparisons below a twenty-story baseline.
Coverage cohort
Appears alongside
Other entities that clear the same relevance threshold in stories also covering The New York Times. Shared-story counts are live from our verified record — not editorial picks.
Named chair of President's Military Spouse Commission
She stands behind President Trump in the Oval Office as the unpaid initiative is announced and tells him, "This is a big deal today."
D-Day commemoration in Normandy
She and six of the couple's seven children accompany the defense secretary to Normandy, France; a Pentagon promotional video captures the couple walking on Omaha Beach.
USS Boxer workout in Singapore
Wearing camouflage shorts and a "This Is War" T-shirt, she works out with sailors, Marines and her husband on the deck of the USS Boxer in Singapore.
Included in Signal chat with Yemen strike plans
Jennifer Hegseth is included in a Signal group chat where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shares attack plans for US warplanes targeting the Houthis in Yemen.
Attends sensitive UK defense meeting
After the US temporarily stops sharing military intelligence with Ukraine, she is present with her husband and top British defense officials; The Wall Street Journal first reports the meeting and The New York Times reports a previously undisclosed portion.
Jennifer Hegseth's unprecedented access to Pentagon operations and allied meetings introduces governance and security risks that could directly affect US space programs, Five Eyes intelligence sharing, and defense acquisition stability.
For the space and defense sector, the revelation that a $400 million presidential aircraft lacked basic missile countermeasures exposes a glaring vulnerability in airborne VIP protection. The incident underscores the urgent need for comprehensive self-defense systems on all government executive transports, especially in contested regions, and highlights the evolving threat from asymmetric missile attacks.
Antonio Gracias’s $65 billion stake in SpaceX ahead of its $1.77 trillion IPO highlights the extreme wealth being minted by the commercial space revolution. For the space and defense industry, the windfall signals a new era of concentrated capital and raises questions about governance at the sector’s most dominant firm.