Anonymous Source Tracker

Examples of how major English-language news organizations use anonymous sources. Updated daily.


Trump seeks swift and decisive blow to Iran — but officials warn of ...
... familiar with the discussions and a person close to the White House as saying. Side Sleepers Get Achy Shoulders, Few Know This "Side Sleeper" Trick · Ad. Derila.

MSN  ∙  January 15, 2026


Delhi High Court to sit on first, third Saturdays every month
That decision too, according to a person familiar with the development, who declined to be identified, was taken pursuant to a circular issued by former ...

MSN  ∙  January 15, 2026


Site crashed as fans hovered on Ind-Pak clash tickets in '26 T20 ...
A source familiar with the situation confirmed that the volume exceeded internal thresholds. Speaking to PTI, a source said,. “Several users reported failed ...

MSN  ∙  January 15, 2026


U.S Stock market's one of most consequential IPOs: How shares sell ...
... people briefed on the matter but not authorized to speak publicly. Fannie and Freddie buy mortgages from banks and other lenders and package them into bonds ...

MSN  ∙  January 15, 2026


Advertising group Dentsu's push to sell global unit close to collapse
A person close to Bain said the US private equity firm was “still interested, but with significant reservations”. Apollo declined to comment and Bain did ...

Financial Times  ∙  January 14, 2026


Venezuela Frees Several Americans From Prison, U.S. Says - The ...
Among them was one American held in a prison in Caracas, the capital, according to a person familiar with that case. Further details about that person and ...

New York Times  ∙  January 14, 2026


China says US shouldn't use other countries as 'pretext' to pursue its ...
The delegation considered traveling to Greenland on the trip, but ultimately could not due to logistical issues, according to a person familiar with the ...

ABC News  ∙  January 14, 2026


Federal prosecutors resign over concerns about probe into ...
... a person familiar with the resignations told NBC News on Tuesday. The person confirmed the resignations of Joseph Thompson, Melinda Williams and another ...

NBC News  ∙  January 14, 2026


WNBA, players' union agree to moratorium, halting initial stages of ...
That's up from the current $249,000 and could grow to nearly $2 million over the life of the agreement, a person familiar with the negotiations told the AP ...

ABC News  ∙  January 14, 2026


Trump urges Iranians to keep protesting, saying 'help is on its way ...
Authorities had told the family that the death sentence was final, Hengaw reported, citing a source close to the family. Reuters could not independently ...

Reuters  ∙  January 14, 2026


Xabi Alonso's Real Madrid sacking: The full inside story, from ...
On Monday, a source close to Alonso coach pointed out the extreme difficulty of “coaching players with such big egos”. A second such source said Madrid did ...

New York Times  ∙  January 14, 2026


Vietnam plans tax policies to tackle speculation in real estate market ...
"I think it will be very difficult to get rid of speculation in the real estate market," said a Hanoi-based real estate broker, who declined to be named in ...

Reuters  ∙  January 14, 2026


Meta lays off VR employees, underscoring Zuckerberg's pivot to AI
... asked not to be named due to confidentiality. CNBC confirmed a report from the New York Times that layoffs, amounting to more than 1,000 jobs, will impact ...

CNBC  ∙  January 14, 2026


McKinsey challenges graduates to use AI chatbot in recruitment ...
It is also planning more job cuts, in part to reflect efficiencies from AI, according to a person familiar with the matter. It reportedly set a target of ...

Financial Times  ∙  January 14, 2026


Frustration mounts inside White House over Pirro's handling of ...
... a person familiar with the matter said. Trump also singled out a few for praise. The episode occurred before the subpoenas to Powell were made public ...

CNN  ∙  January 14, 2026


Exclusive: Armed Kurdish groups sought to cross into Iran from Iraq ...
DUBAI, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Armed Kurdish separatist groups sought to cross the border into Iran from Iraq, three sources familiar with the matter told ...

Reuters  ∙  January 14, 2026


"Darkest day" for rule of law: Ex-federal prosecutors react to U.S. ...
... sources familiar with the matter said stemmed from pressure to investigate the widow of Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an ICE officer last week.

CBS News  ∙  January 14, 2026


Suspected cultists kill four in Ogun, Lagos
A community source, who did not want to be named, told our correspondent that the incident had caused panic in the area. “A cult clash happened at Iyana ...

MSN  ∙  January 14, 2026


Iran warns of retaliation if Trump strikes, US withdraws some ...
The senior Iranian official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Tehran had asked U.S. allies in the region to prevent Washington from attacking Iran. " ...

Reuters  ∙  January 14, 2026


Multiple Americans detained in Venezuela have been released ...
But a person familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe non-public details, said four Americans were released as a group Tuesday ...

ABC News  ∙  January 14, 2026


Lebanon ex-central bank chief's corruption case being sent to top ...
Salameh denies the charges. The court's final ruling can't be appealed, according to the four officials who spoke on condition of anonymity, because they weren' ...

ABC News  ∙  January 14, 2026


Denmark provided US support on intercepting oil tanker, Danish ...
... on condition of anonymity because the meeting has not yet been formally announced. Denmark's foreign minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, said earlier Tuesday ...

ABC News  ∙  January 14, 2026


BOJ puts self defense ahead of solidarity with Fed's Powell | Reuters
"The reason we couldn't immediately say yes is partly because of our relationship with the U.S.," one of the sources said on condition of anonymity due to the ...

Reuters  ∙  January 14, 2026


BlinkIt, Swiggy: India pushes companies to remove 10-min delivery ...
... on condition of anonymity. It is not yet clear whether all firms have fully complied. Some platforms such as Blinkit have already removed the explicit "10 ...

BBC  ∙  January 14, 2026


Iraq's prime minister steps aside for rival in post-election wrangling ...
The officials — a senior leader in al-Sudani's Reconstruction and Development Coalition and a government official — spoke on condition of anonymity because ...

ABC News  ∙  January 14, 2026


India's smartphone security proposal faces backlash over privacy ...
... people with direct knowledge. Seeking source code - the underlying programming instructions that make phones work - erodes trust and "is a massive step ...

Reuters  ∙  January 14, 2026


India's smartphone security proposal faces backlash over privacy ...
... people with direct knowledge. Seeking source code - the underlying programming instructions that make phones work - erodes trust and "is ‍a massive step ...

MSN  ∙  January 14, 2026


Sold: The Medford Bertucci's site goes for $5.5 million at auction
When asked if the new owners will keep the Bertucci's, one of the brothers, who declined to give his name, smiled, saying, “For sure, yeah.” “Bertucci's has ...

MSN  ∙  January 14, 2026


Telecoms operator Odido could file for Amsterdam IPO as soon as ...
Dutch telecoms company Odido is likely to file for an initial public offering in Amsterdam as soon as next week, two people close to the matter told Reuters ...

Reuters  ∙  January 14, 2026


Trump continues 'bromance' with Mamdani as the two reportedly ...
President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani are supposedly digital pen pals, according to sources familiar with the matter.

MSN  ∙  January 14, 2026


Italian government poised to back new mandate for Eni CEO ...
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is poised to back Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi for a new three-year term at the energy ​group, three sources close to the ...

Reuters  ∙  January 14, 2026


U.S. evacuates troops from Middle East bases as Trump weighs Iran ...
... sources with knowledge tell Axios. Why it matters: President Trump is weighing the possibility of launching strikes against Iran in response to the mass ...

Axios  ∙  January 14, 2026


Israel, Arab nations said to urge US to wait to strike Iran until regime ...
The report cited a US official, an-ex US official briefed on the matter, a person familiar with Israeli leaders' thinking, and two Arab officials. According ...

MSN  ∙  January 14, 2026


U.S. Weighs Expanding Private Companies' Role in Cyberwarfare ...
... on the condition of anonymity to discuss a document that was not yet public. The government can currently contract private companies to develop elements of ...

New York Times  ∙  January 14, 2026


Some personnel at key US base in Qatar advised to evacuate amid ...
The official, who spoke to The Associated Press on Wednesday on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive plans, described the move at Al Udeid Air ...

ABC News  ∙  January 14, 2026


Trump Says Iran Is Stopping Its Killings of Protesters as U.S. Moves ...
Britain is also withdrawing some of its military personnel at the base in Qatar, said a person briefed on the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity ...

New York Times  ∙  January 14, 2026


ICE Agents Speak About Shooting in Minneapolis | TIME
The current and former agents spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak on the record on behalf of the agency. The DHS told ...

Time  ∙  January 14, 2026


Several federal prosecutors in Minnesota resign over ICE shooting ...
" But the same source, not authorized to speak on the record, calls that a lie and says ICE is not investigating the shooting. MARTÍNEZ: That's Matt Sepic ...

NPR  ∙  January 14, 2026


Up First briefing: MN prosecutors quit; Trump on economy; Inflation ...
... not authorized to speak on the record, calls that a lie and says ICE is not investigating the shooting. MARTÍNEZ: That's Matt Sepic of Minnesota Public ...

NPR  ∙  January 14, 2026


Trump says Iran has stopped killings as U.S. weighs military options ...
... person briefed on the matter said. The militaries of surrounding Persian Gulf nations also are on alert, this person said. Trump's threat to strike Iran has ...

Washington Post  ∙  January 14, 2026


Exclusive | Queen Elizabeth II banned Netflix CEO from swanky ...
When asked why, the person briefed on the matter suggested the distress that 'The Crown' had caused to the royal family. The sources said the monarch, who ...

New York Post  ∙  January 14, 2026


Is De-Escalation in the Trump Administration's Dictionary? - CNN ...
According to a person briefed on the matter, the Trump administration had pressured them to focus the probe of the ICE officer shooting of Renee Good on the ...

CNN  ∙  January 14, 2026


Exclusive: China's customs agents told Nvidia's H200 chips are not ...
... people briefed on the matter people briefed on the matter. Chinese government officials also summoned domestic technology ...

Reuters  ∙  January 14, 2026


Exclusive: Beijing tells Chinese firms to stop using US and Israeli ...
... more than a dozen firms from the U.S. and Israel due to national security concerns, three people briefed on the matter said.

Reuters  ∙  January 14, 2026


Wall Street ends lower, led by drop in Nasdaq, with tech, banks ...
O) , opens new tab dropped after Reuters reported, citing three people briefed on the matter, that Chinese authorities have told domestic companies to stop ...

Reuters  ∙  January 14, 2026


Palo Alto, Fortinet stocks are diving. Why they're the S&P 500's worst ...
The move is due to national security concerns, the report added, citing two people briefed on the matter. Israel's Check Point Software Technologies is also ...

MSN  ∙  January 14, 2026


Nvidia stock falls as China reportedly restricts imports of H200 chips
Citing people briefed on the matter, Reuters also reported that Chinese government officials instructed domestic tech firms not to purchase H200 chips ...

MSN  ∙  January 14, 2026


Nvidia stock falls as China reportedly restricts imports of H200 chips
Citing people briefed on the matter, Reuters also reported that Chinese government officials instructed domestic tech firms not to purchase H200 chips ...

Yahoo Finance  ∙  January 14, 2026


Startup Temporal in Talks to Double Valuation to $5 Billion on Heels ...
Venture firm Andreessen Horowitz is in discussions to lead the round, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private information.

Bloomberg  ∙  January 14, 2026


Astorg Readies IQ-EQ Sale as Lenders Prep €2 Billion Buyout Debt ...
... asked not to be identified because the deal is private. The private equity firm reached out to potential buyers last year, Bloomberg News reported in July ...

Bloomberg  ∙  January 14, 2026