Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-19 21:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former FBI Director James Comey speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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[2026-08-19 21:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Europe is facing an erosion of the conditions that historically drove the continent's growth, its top central banker warned Wednesday, as she called on leaders not to repeat mistakes made during the dotcom boom in the age of AI.
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[2026-08-19 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s ecological initiatives around the South China Sea flashpoint have been a growing source of tension with Manila and Washington
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[2026-08-19 21:19 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s ecological initiatives around the South China Sea flashpoint have been a growing source of tension with Manila and Washington
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[2026-08-19 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: New findings further call into question scientific judgment of current health leaders in the Trump administration
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[2026-08-19 20:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has again praised the leader of nuclear-armed North Korea while rebuking key ally Seoul for failing to help Washington fight Iran, reigniting one of the most contentious diplomatic issues from his first term.
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[2026-08-19 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A visitor to the city wearing a mask of President Donald Trump poses for a photo in front of a Canadian flag being held by tourists from Toronto showing their support for Canada regarding trade tariffs, in front of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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[2026-08-19 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Nvidia's effective monopoly over the most powerful chips has made U.S. export controls a key tool in Washington's effort to preserve its advantage over China in the AI race.
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[2026-08-19 20:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This is our flagship newsletter Morning Wire. You can subscribe here and we’ll email it to you daily.
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[2026-08-19 20:15 UTC+10:00] [Digital tax] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government said the U.K. is willing to discuss American concerns over its digital services tax amid renewed pressure from the White House.
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[2026-08-19 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Una vista general del exterior de la Corte Penal Internacional se ve en La Haya, Holanda, el 12 de marzo de 2025. (AP Foto/Omar Havana, Archivo)
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[2026-08-19 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Media] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Internal documents obtained by Guardian show White House meetings, scheduled calls with top Trump officials and communications with Fox News producers
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[2026-08-19 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Health Care] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: What Happened: Citing reporting by ProPublica, eight Democratic U.S. senators have criticized the Trump administration’s demands to access the health data of millions of people as a condition of giving lifesaving aid to other countries. In a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the senators, including minority leader Chuck Schumer, said the U.S.
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[2026-08-19 19:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Harvard University has agreed to pay a $53 million settlement after its former morgue manager stole and sold body parts donated for scientific research, with a Boston court reportedly approving the plan on Tuesday.
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[2026-08-19 19:45 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australian renters are being warned they will be caught between US President Donald Trump’s soaring budget deficits, vested property interests and the federal government’s own changes to property taxes with the only relief likely to come from a large increase in new homes.
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[2026-08-19 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A general view of the exterior of the International Criminal Court is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Havana, File)
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[2026-08-19 19:22 UTC+10:00] [Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Wednesday that Seoul received no warning of Donald Trump’s plan to slash joint military exercises, a move the U.S. president announced publicly and linked to South Korea’s refusal to help with his war in Iran.
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[2026-08-19 19:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: A decisão do presidente dos Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, de limitar a participação americana nos exercícios militares conjuntos com a Coreia do Sul gerou preocupação a população e especialistas, que veem um agravamento da situação de segurança no Nordeste Asiático.
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[2026-08-19 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Speculation about US president’s executive assistant sparks furious backlash from White House
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[2026-08-19 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Colombia] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Beto Coral held up banners in Florida warning fellow Colombians to not vote for Abelardo de la Espriella
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[2026-08-19 18:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, arrives to wave signs at an intersection during morning rush hour in Anchorage, Alaska, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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[2026-08-19 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Washington Nationals (60-67, fourth in the NL East) vs. Texas Rangers (62-64, second in the AL West)
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[2026-08-19 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-19 17:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-19 17:53 UTC+10:00] [US politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Incumbent Sullivan is running for third term while Peltola is fighting to flip seat and aid Democrats retake control of Congress
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[2026-08-19 17:49 UTC+10:00] [Gambling] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The government’s gambling ad changes are expected to pass the Senate on Wednesday night or Thursday morning with the Coalition’s support
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[2026-08-19 17:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 people deported from the United States, authorities in the West African country said Tuesday in one of the largest such arrangements under the Trump administration’s policy aimed at deterring illegal migration.
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[2026-08-19 17:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On Tuesday evening, the Prime Minister's Office took credit for a strike on Abu al-Duhur airbase in Idlib, Syria. US Ambassador to Turkey and the Trump administration's special envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, said that the strike “carried a real risk of rapid escalation into a direct military confrontation between Israel and Turkey as well as Syria.”
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[2026-08-19 16:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran has considered attacking U.S. military targets in Europe if the war escalates, the Financial Times reported Wednesday, citing two regime insiders.
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[2026-08-19 16:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES with more info, background throughout, minor edits)By Kim Seung-yeon and Song Sang-ho
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[2026-08-19 16:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Toronto Tempo (10-24, 5-10 Eastern Conference) at Washington Mystics (20-14, 10-5 Eastern Conference)
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[2026-08-19 15:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Esta imagen proporcionada por el Servicio Geológico de EEUU (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés) muestra nódulos polimetálicos en una muestra de lecho marino recogida el 14 de abril de 2026 en aguas de la Samoa Estadounidense. (USGS via AP, Archivo)
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[2026-08-19 15:40 UTC+10:00] [South Korea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: President Lee Jae Myung has long pushed for stronger homegrown defences, yet Donald Trump’s move has sparked alarm in some quarters
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[2026-08-19 15:30 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon policy chief, has just completed a tour of South-east Asia where he tried to assure America’s allies that the US is still with them and dissuade them from pursuing a “middle power” strategy that excludes Washington and its weapons industry.
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[2026-08-19 15:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., speaks with reporters after a debate with U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., ahead of the special GOP Senate runoff election to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Newberry, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
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[2026-08-19 15:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Alexander Vindman - a central Russiagate figure who flipped out when Donald Trump asked Ukraine to investigate Biden family corruption - and who was offered the job of Ukraine's Minister of Defense three times two months before the infamous 'perfect' Trump-Zelensky call - was just beaten out of a Florida Senate seat by Democratic Socialist Angie Nixon, 44-56 in Tuesday night's primary.
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[2026-08-19 15:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said Wednesday he hoped scaled-back military drills between South Korea and the United States could open the door for dialogue between North Korea and Washington.
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[2026-08-19 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: There should be no surprise that Andy Burnham exchanged messages with someone posing as Donald Trump’s chief of staff.
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[2026-08-19 14:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: South Korea and the United States have shortened the duration of their joint military drills and scaled back field training exercises after US President Donald Trump ordered a “substantial reduction” in the annual war games.
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[2026-08-19 14:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cal Quantrill, abridor de los Rangers de Texas, lanza en el encuentro del martes 18 de agosto de 2026 ante los Nacionales de Washington (AP Foto/LM Otero)
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[2026-08-19 14:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Wednesday the government had not been informed in advance of U.S. President Donald Trump's directive to scale back combined military exercises.
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[2026-08-19 14:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. Army soldiers conduct a training exercise on a river in Yeoncheon, South Korea, near the North Korean border on Aug. 18. © AP
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[2026-08-19 14:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. Army soldiers conduct a training exercise on a river in Yeoncheon, South Korea, near the North Korean border on Aug. 18. © AP
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[2026-08-19 14:01 UTC+10:00] [COMMENTARY] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump has long touted his personal relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Now that relationship is beginning to affect the military architecture that has underpinned security in Northeast Asia for decades.
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[2026-08-19 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Visits to Manila, Seoul and Tokyo seek to reassure, even as the Iran war drains assets and White House rhetoric rattles allies
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[2026-08-19 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Frank Bradley] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Visits to Manila, Seoul and Tokyo seek to reassure, even as the Iran war drains assets and White House rhetoric rattles allies
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[2026-08-19 13:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Andy Burnham believed he was messaging with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles during a "minimal exchange". (Reuters: Kin Cheung/Pool)
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[2026-08-19 13:47 UTC+10:00] [Trump tariffs] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president delays 50% tariffs by three days, and says contentious oil project ‘may be awoken from the grave’
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[2026-08-19 13:43 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: An Israeli airstrike killed at least six Palestinians in the Gaza Strip Tuesday, health officials said, a day after Donald Trump's envoy Jared Kushner ended a trip to the region that failed to push forward the US president's plan to end the war in Gaza.
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[2026-08-19 13:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: US and South Korean soldiers take part in joint drills in 2023
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