regulation is the sole category represented across all 3 tracked stories. Of the tracked stories, 2 of 3 also mention White House, the most common co-covered peer. They are less corroborated than the beat average, carrying 2 original sources each against 2.8 for the same window.
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What the coverage shows about Department of Commerce
regulation is the sole category represented across all 3 tracked stories. Of the tracked stories, 2 of 3 also mention White House, the most common co-covered peer. They are less corroborated than the beat average, carrying 2 original sources each against 2.8 for the same window. The 130-day window averages about 0.2 stories each week. The 6.7 average consequence score is above the beat benchmark of 6.6 in the same window. Department of Commerce appears in 3 tracked AI stories published from February 19, 2026 through June 28, 2026.
Stories tracked
3
Per week
0.2
Sources per story
2
Computed from the 3 stories linked to this entity, with beat comparisons drawn from all 1466 AI 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 Department of Commerce. Shared-story counts are live from our verified record — not editorial picks.
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