Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-19 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Congressional Democrats will introduce a war powers resolution prohibiting military action against Oman, after US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb the country for holding talks with Iran.
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[2026-08-19 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Congressional Democrats will introduce a war powers resolution prohibiting military action against Oman, after US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb the country for holding talks with Iran.
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[2026-08-19 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump may try to score diplomatic wins from Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government. (Source photos by Nikkei)
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[2026-08-19 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Gente pasando el tiempo en la playa mientras se ven embarcaciones comerciales fondeadas en el estrecho de Ormuz ante Bandar Abbas, Irán, el miércoles 5 de agosto de 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
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[2026-08-19 01:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Eisenhower Executive Office Building is seen as President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce the Freedom Haulers initiative at the White House, Thursday, July 30, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-08-19 01:12 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 01:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has been touting India’s election system as a model for tougher voter-identification rules in the United States that he is trying to force through in the face of political opposition.
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[2026-08-19 00:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A top regional Trump envoy has said the US is "deeply concerned" after major new Israeli airstrikes on Syria overnight, following months of an absence of such attacks, and in the context of the broader Iran conflict.
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[2026-08-19 00:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People take photos near a John Harvard statue, left, on the Harvard University campus, Jan. 2, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
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[2026-08-19 00:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ARCHIVO- El presidente de la Comisión Federal de Comunicaciones, Brendan Carr, abandona un acto en el Salón Este de la Casa Blanca, el 20 de marzo de 2026, en Washington. (Foto AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, archivo)
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[2026-08-19 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Purdue quarterback Ryan Browne (15) looks to throw against Washington during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Nov. 15, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
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[2026-08-19 00:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El líder del Parti Québécois, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, escucha una pregunta durante un evento de la Escuela de Políticas Públicas de la Universidad de Calgary, el jueves 11 de septiembre de 2025. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press vía AP, Archivo)
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[2026-08-19 00:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has claimed the Strait of Hormuz as American territory as his frustration mounts over a war with Iran that has resisted his demands and dragged global shipping into crisis.
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[2026-08-19 00:32 UTC+10:00] [Melania Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In her husband’s first term, her absences sparked conspiracy theories. This time, she is somehow keeping an even lower profile
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[2026-08-19 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People spend time at a beach as commercial vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
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[2026-08-19 00:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S. Army’s soldiers conduct a training exercise on a river in Yeoncheon, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-08-19 00:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-19 00:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Disney filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Trump administration’s Federal Communications Commission alleging a violation of its First Amendment rights.
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[2026-08-19 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Democratic primary voters in Florida’s newly drawn 25th Congressional District are choosing on Tuesday between an anti-Zionist member of the Democratic Socialists of America and one of Israel’s staunchest supporters in Congress.
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[2026-08-18 23:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Two joint working groups have been formed after United States envoy Jared Kushner and the Board of Peace officials held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in an effort to push President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan.
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[2026-08-18 23:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Parti Quebecois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon listens to a question during a University of Calgary School of Public Policy event in Calgary, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
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[2026-08-18 23:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-18 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Unas personas toman fotos a la estatua de John Harvard, en la Universidad de Harvard, el 2 de enero de 2024, en Cambridge, Massachusetts. (AP Foto/Steven Senne, Archivo)
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[2026-08-18 23:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr departs an event in the East Room of the White House, March 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
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[2026-08-18 23:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has claimed the Strait of Hormuz as American territory as his frustration mounts over a war with Iran that has resisted his demands and dragged global shipping into crisis.
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[2026-08-18 23:13 UTC+10:00] [川普] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: （德國之聲中文網）美國總統川普（Donald Trump）周一（8月17日）表示，北韓領導人金正恩已經對他的主動聯絡作出了回應。就在一天前，他下令美國國防部「大幅縮減」與韓國的聯合軍事演習規模，並稱只要他擔任總統，北韓「一直表現得恭敬且不構成威脅」。
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[2026-08-18 23:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Disney's ABC has filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission, calling the government agency's recent investigation into the company a "retaliatory campaign" due to the nature of its programming, which has been critical of President Donald Trump.
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[2026-08-18 23:01 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Network alleges FCC demand for early license renewal is retaliation for content the administration disapproves of
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[2026-08-18 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People take photos near a John Harvard statue, left, on the Harvard University campus, Jan. 2, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
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[2026-08-18 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Banks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BERLIN —Senior conservative and social-democrat lawmakers in Germany’s governing coalition are urging the EU to sanction Israel’s Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir after he called for nightly targeted killings in Gaza.
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[2026-08-18 22:47 UTC+10:00] [Breaches] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — British Prime Minister Andy Burnham insisted on Tuesday he handled a message back-and-forth with someone impersonating Donald Trump’s chief of staff in the “right way.”
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[2026-08-18 22:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has posted an image on social media labelling the Strait of Hormuz as "NEW U.S. Territory".
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[2026-08-18 22:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday in a Truth Social post that he was declaring the Strait of Hormuz a new US territory.
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[2026-08-18 22:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The head of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, Rodney Mims Cook Jr., who is the key official overseeing President Donald Trump’s controversial White House ballroom extension, held private diplomatic talks with a Kremlin official during his visit to Russia for the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum this summer, the Financial Times reported Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the matter.
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[2026-08-18 22:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The head of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, Rodney Mims Cook Jr., who is the key official overseeing President Donald Trump’s controversial White House ballroom extension, held private diplomatic talks with Kremlin officials during his visit to Russia for the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum this summer, the Financial Times reported Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the matter.
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[2026-08-18 22:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Andy Burnham says he is not embarrassed that he exchanged messages with a person posing as US President Donald Trump's chief of staff.
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[2026-08-18 22:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Senate has canceled the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday due to forecast heavy rains brought by the southwest monsoon or habagat.
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[2026-08-18 22:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Yet another attack has occurred in the Strait of Hormuz, this time on a foreign tanker on an outbound transit route, which Iran and Oman claim to directly oversee and administer according to the terms of the Oman deal for managing the strait which is still being finalized.
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[2026-08-18 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi dismissed the drone attack on the office of the Kurdistan Democratic Party leader, posting on X/Twitter on Monday that “Kurdish friends” should be aware of “false-flag ploys” aimed at “sowing discord between neighbors.”
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[2026-08-18 21:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: US President Trump says he will declare Strait of Hormuz US territory
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[2026-08-18 21:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Voters in a swath of the US state of California’s Bay Area are heading to the polls Tuesday to determine which Democrat will replace former Representative Eric Swalwell to represent the state’s 14th Congressional District.
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[2026-08-18 20:53 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Today’s contests will help shape the fiercely contested midterms this fall to determine control of Congress
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[2026-08-18 20:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks about TrumpRx in the South Court Auditorium in the Old Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Feb. 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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[2026-08-18 20:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Anti-Israel protesters demonstrated outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington on Monday, including by pouring red liquid on the ground and setting up fake graves covered in Palestinian flags, footage from the Combat Antisemitism Movement showed.
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[2026-08-18 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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[2026-08-18 20:13 UTC+10:00] [川普] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: （德國之聲中文網）據路透社近期獨家報導，由美國總統川普（Donald Trump）家族持股的加密貨幣公司World Liberty Financial，正與一家總部位於香港的人工智慧初創企業展開合作。值得注意的是，該平台提供的部分人工智慧（AI）模型來自已被美國政府列為具有國家安全隱患的中國科技企業。
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[2026-08-18 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Washington head coach Jedd Fisch watches from the sideline during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Oregon, Nov. 29, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
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[2026-08-18 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Illinois head coach Bret Bielema looks on before an NCAA college football game against Washington, Oct. 25, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
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[2026-08-18 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Maryland quarterback Malik Washington throws during warmups before the start of an NCAA college football game against Michigan State, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez, file)
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[2026-08-18 20:00 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Health data appears to be most affected by administration’s attempt to wipe findings that don’t align with its priorities, tracker shows
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