Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-08-19 13:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL, South Korea — The South Korean and US militaries have agreed to shorten their drills at the US's request, South Korean officials said Wednesday, a move that likely reflected President Donald Trump’s hopes to reengage with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un but could undermine a US-South Korean defense readiness.
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[2026-08-19 13:22 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump’s order to shorten allied exercises with South Korea to avoid sending “inappropriate and hostile” signals to Pyongyang jolted Seoul with immediate implications. But for Japan, the move raises longer-term uncertainties about how Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration will adjust its North Korea policy and manage its alliance with the United States.
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[2026-08-19 13:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was delaying 50% US tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian imports after the two countries reached a last-minute deal hours before the sanctions were to go into effect.
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[2026-08-19 13:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Texas Rangers’ Justin Foscue launches a solo home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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[2026-08-19 13:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A currency trader passes by a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-08-19 13:03 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings start with Rodong Sinmun—North Korea’s state mouthpiece—before diving into the day’s headlines from Seoul and Washington.
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[2026-08-19 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: An obvious pattern is emerging. Multiple Democrat officials have been arrested and charged with fraud or related federal crimes over the past two years and the trend seems to be growing. Democrat politicians and DNC members are over-represented when it comes to fraud and it's starting to look like the entire party has been pilfering the cookie jar for quite some time.
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[2026-08-19 12:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan met with U.S. officials to discuss bilateral trade and industrial issues, including strategic investment projects in the United States, the industry ministry said Wednesday.
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[2026-08-19 12:51 UTC+10:00] [ASIA PACIFIC] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The U.S. and South Korea will nearly halve a large-scale annual joint military exercise that began this week, the Pentagon and Seoul said Wednesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump called for “substantially” scaling down the drills.
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[2026-08-19 12:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Sunshine State voters will need to choose between two pro-Israel candidates for governor in November’s general election to replace Gov. Ron DeSantis, after Republican Byron Donalds and Democrat David Jolly won their respective primaries on Tuesday night.
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[2026-08-19 12:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Jewish far-right firebrand Rep. Randy Fine secured a landslide victory in his Florida GOP primary on Tuesday, ending a race marked by antisemitic tropes, allusions to Adolf Hitler and sharp criticism of Islam.
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[2026-08-19 12:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with Pentagon's statement; CHANGES dateline, ADDS byline)By Kim Seung-yeon and Song Sang-ho
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[2026-08-19 12:44 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing translation and interpretation, as well as strategic input for planning efforts, at the ROK-US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-08-19 12:42 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: August 19, 2026 12:42 | News
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[2026-08-19 12:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said he will delay imposing new tariffs on a wide array of Canadian goods for three days as the countries firm up a trade deal.
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[2026-08-19 12:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Domestic political heat and unhappiness over the sultanate’s negotiations with Tehran are behind the US president’s outburst
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[2026-08-19 12:37 UTC+10:00] [Strait of Hormuz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Domestic political heat and unhappiness over the sultanate’s negotiations with Tehran are behind the US president’s outburst
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[2026-08-19 12:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-19 12:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-19 12:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A veteran Southeast Florida Democrat, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, defeated her opponents in Tuesday’s primary race that took place in unfamiliar territory, following a statewide rewrite of electoral battle lines.
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[2026-08-19 12:18 UTC+10:00] [South Korea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff said the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise would end on 21 August at the request of the US
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[2026-08-19 12:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack defended the Syrian government on Tuesday after Israeli air strikes targeted the Abu al-Duhur military air base in northern Syria, calling it an "unnecessary escalation".
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[2026-08-19 12:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Wednesday that South Korea received no prior notice concerning Washington's decision to scale down the Korea-US joint military exercise before US President Donald Trump's social media post on Sunday.
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[2026-08-19 12:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Niel Lake, Tristan Stanley and Tony David, who were all impacted by the tainted blood scandal, have been waiting decades for justice. (Australian Story: Greg Nelson)
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[2026-08-19 12:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more details in paras 2-3, 5-7)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-08-19 12:04 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-19 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Venezuela is exporting about half of its oil output to the United States, according to a senior US official, seven months after Washington abducted President Nicolas Maduro and installed an interim government in Caracas.
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[2026-08-19 11:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US has suspended negotiations with Iran and is seeking to gradually “strangle” the country, CNN reported on Tuesday, after its bombing campaign near the Strait of Hormuz failed to yield the desired results.
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[2026-08-19 11:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US has suspended negotiations with Iran and is seeking to gradually “strangle” the country, CNN reported on Tuesday, after its bombing campaign near the Strait of Hormuz failed to yield the desired results.
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[2026-08-19 11:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A former US Department of Justice attorney has said the Trump administration's probes of US universities over accusations of antisemitism lacked evidence and had predetermined outcomes.
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[2026-08-19 11:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Democratic Representative Jared Moskowitz was projected on Tuesday to win the Democratic primary in Florida's 25th congressional district, fending off challenger Oliver Larkin, who was backed by the left-wing Democratic Socialists of America, according to media projections.
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[2026-08-19 11:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On August 17 the homepage of the BBC had two important headlines that reflect changing US policy and the affect it is having on the world order.
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[2026-08-19 11:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions against International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane of Japan and another senior official as part of its campaign against the body that it accuses of being "politicized."
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[2026-08-19 11:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Department of Defense said Tuesday that adjustments to the ongoing South Korea-U.S. military exercise will not degrade its intended training objectives while also preserving the allies' "essential readiness."
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[2026-08-19 11:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; ADDS details throughout, byline) By Kim Seung-yeon
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[2026-08-19 11:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Hui Jie writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-08-19 11:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (2nd LD) Lee proposes dialogue with N. Korea to officially end Korean War, halt Pyongyang's nuclear program
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[2026-08-19 11:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: South Korea's military said Wednesday that it would cut an annual joint military exercise with the U.S. by about half, after President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to scale it back and reportedly pushed to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as soon as this fall.
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[2026-08-19 11:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, has ridiculed US President Donald Trump after he declared the Strait of Hormuz as a US territory.
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[2026-08-19 11:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The allies are set to complete the first, defensive phase and cancel or defer next week’s counter-attack phase
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[2026-08-19 11:03 UTC+10:00] [Pyongyang] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The allies are set to complete the first, defensive phase and cancel or defer next week’s counter-attack phase
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[2026-08-19 11:03 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korea on Wednesday continued to denounce a joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States, even after US President Donald Trump ordered a scaling back of combined drills with Seoul.
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[2026-08-19 10:59 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea and the United States are scaling down their annual combined exercise that kicked off earlier this week, with the scheduled field training also set to be reduced, South Korea's military said Wednesday.
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[2026-08-19 10:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Monica Showalter via American Thinker,
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[2026-08-19 10:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States are scaling down their annual combined exercise that kicked off earlier this week, with the scheduled field training also set to be reduced, South Korea's military said Wednesday.
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[2026-08-19 10:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-19 10:26 UTC+10:00] [US midterm elections 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Nixon bested Alexander Vindman to win Democratic nomination and now faces Republican Ashley Moody in November
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[2026-08-19 10:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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