Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-22 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-21 23:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A shop owner reaches into a drink display refrigerator at his convenience store in Kent, Wash., Oct. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
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[2026-05-21 23:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States Department of Justice has introduced an “anti-weaponisation fund” that will be used to financially compensate people who claim they have been unfairly targeted by the federal government.
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[2026-05-21 23:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., speaks during a hearing of the House Committee on Ways and Means on Capitol Hill, Sept. 24, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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[2026-05-21 23:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-21 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Jonathan Turley,
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[2026-05-21 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Philippine Senator Ronald dela Rosa gestures to reporters at the Philippine Senate in Pasay, Philippines on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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[2026-05-21 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil prices jumped Thursday on a report that Iran's supreme leader will not allow the country's enriched uranium to be shipped abroad, a position that will likely complicate peace talks with the U.S.
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[2026-05-21 22:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US has lifted sanctions against the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, after a federal judge found that the Trump administration likely violated her free speech rights.
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[2026-05-21 22:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: On the surface, Chinese leader Xi Jinping's back-to-back summits with U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin looked pretty similar, with formal handshakes in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, an enthusiastic greeting from flower-waving children, and marching columns of soldiers branching gleaming bayonets. But the visits also revealed how different China's relationship is with the two countries.
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[2026-05-21 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s desire for systemic stability guides its relations with Moscow and Washington, making it central to global mediation
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[2026-05-21 22:30 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s desire for systemic stability guides its relations with Moscow and Washington, making it central to global mediation
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[2026-05-21 22:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The illusion of a grand diplomatic breakthrough in the Middle East is once again colliding with reality. The White House has been busy trying to paint a picture of a total capitulation by Tehran, which hasn't been demonstrated given its consistent position defying Washington's demands on the nuclear issue.
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[2026-05-21 22:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said he would speak to Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te, an unprecedented departure from diplomatic norms.
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[2026-05-21 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ is an extraordinary example of bald self-dealing
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[2026-05-21 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: From the streets of the Cuban capital, a defiant message has emerged after US federal prosecutors indicted former president Raúl Castro for the 1996 downing of two civilian planes — with residents rejecting the charges as hypocritical, dismissing the need for outside intervention, and warning that Washington’s real aim may be to justify military aggression.
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[2026-05-21 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: IBM and small-cap quantum names, including IonQ, D-Wave Quantum, Rigetti Computing, Infleqtion, and other peers, are surging in New York premarket trading after a Wall Street Journal report said the Trump administration is preparing to award $2 billion in CHIPS Act grants to nine quantum-computing companies.
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[2026-05-21 21:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A steady rebound in US equities driven by peak insanity in Korea (where the two chip stocks that account for most of the market surged and sent the Kospi soaring more than 8% overnight) faded after a report that Iran’s Supreme Leader issued a directive that the country’s near-weapons-grade uranium must remain in the country, rejecting Trump's key ceasefire demand, while oil and bond yields jumped as traders waited in mounting futility to see whether hopes of a peace deal
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[2026-05-21 21:22 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Republican senators have queried the timing and lack of detail in secret service bid to add money to the Department for Homeland security bill
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[2026-05-21 21:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: China has called on the US to stop using "coercion" and "threats" against its ally Cuba, after Washington indicted former leader Raúl Castro on murder charges.
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[2026-05-21 21:17 UTC+10:00] [Law enforcement] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Russia will provide Cuba with “active support” as the U.S. increases pressure on Havana, Kremlin foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Thursday.
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[2026-05-21 21:16 UTC+10:00] [Asia Times] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-21 21:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump (derecha), estrecha la mano de su homólogo chino, Xi Jinping, tras una visita a los jardines Zhongnanhai, en Beijing, el 15 de mayo de 2026. (Evan Vucci/Pool Foto vía AP, archivo)
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[2026-05-21 21:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia vowed Thursday to continue providing “active support” to Cuba and expressed “total solidarity” with the island nation after the U.S. indicted its former president on murder charges and deployed a naval carrier strike group to the Caribbean amid reports President Donald Trump is weighing military action against the government in Havana.
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[2026-05-21 21:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia vowed Thursday to continue providing “active support” to Cuba and expressed “total solidarity” with the island nation after the U.S. indicted its former president on murder charges and deployed a naval carrier strike group to the Caribbean amid reports President Donald Trump is weighing military action against the government in Havana.
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[2026-05-21 21:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This photo provided by NOAA shows a field of manganese nodules in deep waters off of Hawaii during the Hohonu Moana (deep water) expedition in 2015. (NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research via AP)
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[2026-05-21 21:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Memorial Circle, where President Donald Trump has proposed building an arch to commemorate the United States’ 250th anniversary is seen, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-05-21 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
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[2026-05-21 21:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The United States military said on Wednesday that it boarded an Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman that was suspected of trying to violate the American blockade, the latest action by the Trump administration to try to push Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-21 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cuban officials reacted angrily on Wednesday after U.S. prosecutors charged former Cuban leader Raúl Castro over the 1996 shootdown of two civilian planes operated by the Miami-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue. (AP Video: Ariel Fernández)
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[2026-05-21 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by NOAA, a Parapagurus sp. crab with a coral on its back walks across a field of ferromanganese nodules on the seafloor of Gosnold Seamount, explored during Dive 16 of the 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones expedition. (NOAA via AP)
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[2026-05-21 20:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: US prosecutors announced criminal charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes flown by Miami-based exiles as the Trump administration escalated pressure on the island's socialist government.
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[2026-05-21 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US has lifted sanctions against the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, after a federal judge found that the Trump administration likely violated her free speech rights.
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[2026-05-21 20:18 UTC+10:00] [Thought Leaders] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-05-21 20:16 UTC+10:00] [COMMENTARY] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump insists “nothing’s changed” in Washington’s policy toward Taiwan. But as Jesse Johnson reported in this newspaper, America’s commander in chief recently questioned whether U.S. forces should “travel 9,500 miles to fight a war” and described a $14 billion arms package for Taipei as “a very good negotiating chip” in dealings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping — remarks that underscore a widening gap between official policy and strategic reality.
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[2026-05-21 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-21 19:57 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-21 19:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping while leaving after a visit to the Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing, Friday, May 15, 2026. (Evan Vucci/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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[2026-05-21 19:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran says it is reviewing the latest responses from the United States to its proposal to end the nearly three-month US-Israel war on Iran as mediator Pakistan steps up efforts to achieve progress in the talks that US President Donald Trump has warned are on the “borderline” between a deal and renewed strikes.
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[2026-05-21 19:06 UTC+10:00] [Antisemitism] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Francesca Albanese, the Italian lawyer serving as the United Nations special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories, has been removed from the U.S. sanctions blacklist after a federal court intervened against the Trump administration’s decision.
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[2026-05-21 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Republican State Rep. TJ Roberts, 28, talks during a meeting of young Republicans at a bar in Covington, Ky., Saturday, May 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jesse Bedayn)
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[2026-05-21 18:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US intends to build up an icebreaker fleet larger than Russia’s, as the current gap in Moscow’s favor is “ridiculous,” President Donald Trump has said.
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[2026-05-21 18:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Thursday warned of countermeasures against Washington's recent approval of arms sales to Seoul, denouncing it as part of a "reckless military buildup."
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[2026-05-21 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: This is The Manila Times, where we bring you stories that shape our world.
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[2026-05-21 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: New York Mets (21-28, fifth in the NL East) vs. Washington Nationals (25-25, third in the NL East)
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[2026-05-21 17:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran on Thursday said it is reviewing the Trump administration's latest proposal for bringing an end to the war after the U.S. president said he was prepared to wait a few more days to "get the right answers" from Tehran.
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[2026-05-21 17:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Taiwan’s President William Lai Ching-te has said he would be “happy” to talk to United States President Donald Trump – a conversation that would break more than four decades of diplomatic protocol and risk angering China.
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[2026-05-21 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEN. Christopher "Bong" Go has been elected anew as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, following the latest Senate reorganization, placing him again at the head of the chamber panel that handles public health, medical, hospital and quarantine services, and population-related concerns.
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[2026-05-21 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEN. Christopher "Bong" Go has been elected anew as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, following the latest Senate reorganization, placing him again at the head of the chamber panel that handles public health, medical, hospital and quarantine services, and population-related concerns.
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[2026-05-21 17:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un hombre pasea por la orilla sur del río Támesis, con la Torre Elizabeth, más conocida como Big Ben, y el Palacio de Westminster de fondo, en Londres, el 17 de enero de 2023. (AP Foto/Kin Cheung, archivo)
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