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John Locke Foundation
U.S. right (conservative-libertarian)
The John Locke Foundation is a Raleigh-based conservative think tank co-founded by Art Pope, a North Carolina businessman whose family foundation is its primary financial backer. It advocates for free markets, limited government, and lower taxes, and is widely described by outside observers as conservative or libertarian. On the Trump second term, it has been selectively supportive of policies aligned with free-market principles while publicly questioning Trump's tariffs, executive overreach, and departures from rule-of-law norms.
Owned byIndependent 501(c)(3) nonprofit; co-founded by businessman Art Pope and journalist John Hood in 1990; no single corporate owner
LeaningU.S. right (conservative-libertarian)
On the administrationmixed
7average bias score across 2 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun