Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-17 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-17 01:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Trump administration spoke with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps by using Kurdistan Regional Government President Nechirvan Barzani as a secret backchannel, Axios reported on Sunday, citing three sources with direct knowledge of the talks.
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[2026-08-17 01:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that Tehran and Muscat were working to establish a temporary maritime route through the Strait of Hormuz, while stressing that the talks were separate from any decision on reopening the strategic waterway.
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[2026-08-17 01:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LONDON (AP) — The BBC asked a U.S. court for help in getting documents and testimony from members of U.S. President Donald Trump ‘s family in connection with his $10-billion defamation lawsuit against the British broadcaster, a court document showed.
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[2026-08-17 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Predictably, Iran has on Saturday issued a full-throated rejection of President Trump's Friday evening words related to the status on the conflict and energy transit in the region.
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[2026-08-17 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Health] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Australia records 3% fall in one-year-olds fully immunised against hepatitis B as downward trend continues, expert says
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[2026-08-17 00:40 UTC+10:00] [populismo de direita] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Quando uma ofensiva militar matou mais de 1,4 mil pessoas na Faixa de Gaza em 2009, o então presidente da Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, expulsou o embaixador de Israel em sinal de protesto. Romperam-se, então, as relações diplomáticas entre os dois países.
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[2026-08-16 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Marine life] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Loggerhead turtles abound this season but rollback of Endangered Species Act protections could threaten future
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[2026-08-16 21:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Rep. Kevin Kiley, I-Calif., a candidate for the California 6th District seat in the House of Representatives in the Nov. 3, election, appears at a campaign event in Citrus Heights, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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[2026-08-16 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump on Friday vowed to hit Iran hard economically, a day after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that Washington would impose measures on Tehran that have "never been seen" as soon as next week.
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[2026-08-16 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political situation is further complicating the American calculus.
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[2026-08-16 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Anthony Loke, secretary-general of Malaysia's Democratic Action Party, one of the members of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's ruling coalition, speaks to delegates at the party's annual congress on August 16 at the Putrajaya International Convention Center. (Photo by Norman Goh)
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[2026-08-16 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Anthony Loke, secretary-general of Malaysia's Democratic Action Party, one of the members of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's ruling coalition, speaks to delegates at the party's annual congress on August 16 at the Putrajaya International Convention Center. (Photo by Norman Goh)
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[2026-08-16 21:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Friday said he would designate the Strait of Hormuz a territory of the United States “pretty soon” as the status of the waterway, a global chokepoint through which a fifth of global oil and gas passes, remains under a military and diplomatic deadlock.
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[2026-08-16 21:00 UTC+10:00] [California] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Legislation requiring disclosure of chemicals in diapers passed assembly and will go before state senate soon
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[2026-08-16 20:00 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: One US sailor’s mother asks: ‘My son signed up to serve his country. But why isn’t his country serving him?’
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[2026-08-16 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: ‘Complete unraveling’ of Trump and Republican project reflects attitude of not caring at all about governance
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[2026-08-16 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Washington Nationals (60-65, fourth in the NL East) vs. New York Mets (55-69, fifth in the NL East)
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[2026-08-16 15:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's industry minister departed for Washington earlier in the day as Seoul faces mounting tariff pressure from the United States amid a series of unresolved bilateral trade issues, sources said Sunday.
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[2026-08-16 14:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-16 13:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Sisters of Charity of New York and other faith-based advocates support families of detainees at ICE facilities like Delaney Hall. (Supplied: Sisters of Charity/James Rowe)
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[2026-08-16 12:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Trump posts photo of him and Kim Jong-un, saying they 'get along great'
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[2026-08-16 12:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — Sonia Citron scored 21 points, Shakira Austin had 17 points and 11 rebounds, and the Washington Mystics rallied in the fourth quarter to defeat the Los Angeles Sparks 80-70 on Saturday night.
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[2026-08-16 11:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Colombia's new President Abelardo de la Espriella on Saturday called on his US counterpart Donald Trump to suspend tariffs currently targeting the South American nation, which is reeling after a deadly earthquake.
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[2026-08-16 10:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Hamas political leader and chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya is travelling to Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials, according to Hamas sources, ahead of a planned Middle East visit by US President Donald Trump’s envoy, Jared Kushner.
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[2026-08-16 10:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump shrugged off mounting concerns over the welfare of 5,000 sailors aboard the USS Lincoln on Friday, denying that family members were worried and telling reporters that nine months at sea was "not nearly long enough." His remarks came on the same day that he promised an audience that he would declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory, and that higher gas prices were a small price to pay so that a "very evil country" wouldn't obtain "a
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[2026-08-16 09:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: New York Mets’ Francisco Lindor celebrates his game winning base hit with pitcher Jefry Yan (84) during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
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[2026-08-16 09:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-16 09:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Colombia’s new president has called on United States President Donald Trump to suspend tariffs targeting the South American country, which is reeling from a deadly earthquake that has killed hundreds.
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[2026-08-16 09:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and Congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez have both spoken in recent days about balancing their careers with motherhood
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[2026-08-16 08:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Nearly three years after the 7 October Hamas attack shattered the illusion of a manageable status quo - one serving US-Israeli interests, while harming Palestinian rights - and midway through President Donald Trump’s second term, the Middle East no longer maps neatly onto the two axes that have defined it for decades.
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[2026-08-16 08:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump met in the Oval Office on July 28, Trump asked Netanyahu how he was doing in the polls ahead of the October 27 Knesset election, according to a Friday Axios report.
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[2026-08-16 08:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya is set to travel to Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials, a Hamas source tells AFP, ahead of a visit by US President Donald Trump’s envoy Jared Kushner to the region.
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[2026-08-16 08:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Democrats in the United States have approved a shakeup to their 2028 presidential primary calendar as the party looks to take back the White House.
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[2026-08-16 08:02 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president credits himself with lowest drug prices in 60 years, when article says drop is more likely due to Biden
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[2026-08-16 05:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday posted a photo of him meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom in 2019 on social media, repeating his claim that he and Kim "get along great."
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[2026-08-16 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-16 05:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ken Martin, presidente del Comité Nacional Demócrata, en un evento en Austin, Texas, el 13 de agosto del 2026. (AP foto/Joel Angel Juarez)
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[2026-08-16 05:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US-based tech billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump have rekindled their friendship after falling out last year, with Musk preparing a major donation to Republicans for the midterm elections, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people who accompanied the two to China.
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[2026-08-16 05:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US-based tech billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump have rekindled their friendship after falling out last year, with Musk preparing a major donation to Republicans for the midterm elections, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people who accompanied the two to China.
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[2026-08-16 03:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A United States aircraft carrier, the USS George Washington, has begun to depart the western Pacific Ocean, leaving its port in Da Nang, Vietnam, for an anticipated deployment to the Middle East.
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[2026-08-16 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran has invoked Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky to accuse Washington of basing its foreign policy toward Tehran and the wider Middle East on “lies,” as efforts to end the months-long conflict remain stalled.Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei cited a passage from Dostoevsky’s ‘The Brothers Karamazov’ in a post on X on Saturday, saying it “aptly describes” the predicament in which the US system of governance and its regional foreign policy have found themselves.“The man who lies to himself and listens
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[2026-08-16 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran has invoked Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky to accuse Washington of basing its foreign policy toward Tehran and the wider Middle East on “lies,” as efforts to end the months-long conflict remain stalled.Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei cited a passage from Dostoevsky’s ‘The Brothers Karamazov’ in a post on X on Saturday, saying it “aptly describes” the predicament in which the US system of governance and its regional foreign policy have found themselves.“The man who lies to himself and listens
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[2026-08-16 03:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-16 02:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-16 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: One week after The Wall Street Journal reported that Tim Cook's Apple was testing memory chips from China's CXMT, a company blacklisted by the Pentagon over alleged ties to the People's Liberation Army, the outlet published a follow-up story with an interview with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who publicly urged Apple not to proceed.
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[2026-08-16 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AFTER the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Summit wrapped up in Turkey’s capital Ankara in July, United States Secret Service received intelligence reports that an Iranian cell, armed with a shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile, would strike Air Force One and kill Donald Trump. This alarmed the US president’s security detail, prompting them to secretly transfer him through a catering van into another Air Force C-32A aircraft waiting nearby.
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[2026-08-16 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: GARDEN CITY, United States — President Donald Trump said Friday he would “finish defeating” Iran and “soon” declare the Strait of Hormuz part of US territory.
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[2026-08-16 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The Pacific-based aircraft carrier USS George Washington has begun heading toward the Middle East as reports have emerged of mental health and supply issues aboard the long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln.
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[2026-08-16 01:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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