Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-13 01:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: GENEVA, Switzerland — The World Health Organization warned Wednesday that Donald Trump's bid to overhaul child vaccination in the United States went against "decades of evidence".
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[2026-08-13 01:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has "total" control over the Strait of Hormuz and will "keep it," as uncertainty continues over when and whether the waterway will fully reopen amid Tehran's calls for Washington to meet its demands.
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[2026-08-13 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The World Health Organization (WHO) chief has accused United States President Donald Trump of ignoring “decades of evidence” with his push to overhaul US childhood vaccination policy.
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[2026-08-13 01:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States is in control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz and will "keep it."
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[2026-08-13 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Donald Trump is looking for new policy pledges to put before voters ahead of November, and two of them involve cutting capital gains taxes, according to National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett and former NEC chief Larry Kudlow, who discussed the proposals on Fox Business Tuesday.
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[2026-08-13 01:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-13 01:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump was sued on Wednesday over the controversial sale of advance notifications of his posts on Truth Social.
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[2026-08-13 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Moderate Democrat David Crowley won the Wisconsin primary for governor, defeating democratic socialist Francesca Hong. Crowley is vying to become Wisconsin’s first Black governor and pitched himself as the candidate best positioned to win in November against Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany.
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[2026-08-13 01:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has doubled down on claims the United States maintains “total control” over the Strait of Hormuz, even as transit through the arterial waterway fell to a one-week low amid the US-Israel war with Iran.
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[2026-08-13 00:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States is in control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz and will "keep it."
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[2026-08-13 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-13 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Two members of US President Donald Trump's cabinet were on a decoy plane that Trump secretly exited before boarding a different flight in Turkey last month, CBS News reports.
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[2026-08-13 00:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: From the Italian port of Brindisi, activists from Italy’s Albanian diaspora and from Global Sumud Flotilla Italy will set sail for Albania on 20 August, travelling across the Adriatic to join the Flamingo Revolution, the protest movement against luxury developments backed by US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
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[2026-08-13 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ESPNU — American Legion World Series: TBD, Semifinal, Shelby, N.C.
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[2026-08-12 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com,
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[2026-08-12 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — La inflación en Estados Unidos se desaceleró el mes pasado y una medida de las presiones subyacentes sobre los precios también se moderó, lo que sugiere que el aumento de los precios del petróleo y la gasolina por la guerra con Irán solo está teniendo un impacto limitado en los costos más amplios de la economía.
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[2026-08-12 22:53 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Moderate Democrat David Crowley won the Wisconsin primary for governor, defeating a democratic socialist who fell short while trying to deliver another win for progressives in a battleground state.
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[2026-08-12 22:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In his latest Wednesday Truth Social post, Trump issues a familiar refrain (one that will likely be on repeat up to the November midterms), claiming that the USA has "total control" over the Strait of Hormuz and "I think we will keep it". It's also yet more confirmation that he's opting for economic siege warfare as the US military campaign is on halt.
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[2026-08-12 22:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente Donald Trump estrecha la mano del secretario de Salud, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., durante la firma de una orden ejecutiva sobre vacunas, el 10 de agosto de 2026, en el Despacho Oval de la Casa Blanca, en Washington. (Foto AP/Jacquelyn Martin)
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[2026-08-12 22:37 UTC+10:00] [US politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Primaries across US included Darline Graham advancing to runoff, while progressive Francesca Hong and MyPillow’s Mike Lindell fell short
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[2026-08-12 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The WHO director general also refutes a view by vaccine sceptics linking autism with the measles, mumps, and rubella shot
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[2026-08-12 22:10 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The WHO director general also refutes a view by vaccine sceptics linking autism with the measles, mumps, and rubella shot
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[2026-08-12 22:00 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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[2026-08-12 21:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US: Futures are higher, led by Tech as AI infra earnings boost the theme while the Semis trade was bid overnight led by a surge in Korea's Kospi. As of 7:45am ET, S&P futures are up 0.2% ahead of today's CPI report, while Nasdaq futures gain 0.7% as investors react positively to updates from US technology firms.
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[2026-08-12 21:23 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: EVIDENCE. Senate staff carry boxes labeled 'confidential funds' outside the Senate plenary hall during the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte on August 12, 2026.
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[2026-08-12 21:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
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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[2026-08-12 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump secretly flew out of last month’s NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on an alternate military aircraft while the White House made it appear that the Republican president was flying on Air Force One, according to a report published by The Washington Post on Monday.
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[2026-08-12 20:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump signed an order Monday promoting his long-held but discredited theory that childhood vaccines should be spaced out into separate visits. The move comes despite scientific consensus and decades of studies firmly finding no link between vaccines and autism.
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[2026-08-12 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: China's then-Premier Zhu Rongji concludes his final report to the annual session of the National People's Congress in Beijing in 2003. © Reuters
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[2026-08-12 20:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran has refuted President Donald Trump’s claim that Washington has “total control” of the Strait of Hormuz, saying the critical waterway will remain closed until the United States accepts its demands and changes its “behaviour”.
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[2026-08-12 20:04 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: President says Secret Service wanted him on ‘different plane’ due to threat as Democrats call for congressional briefing
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[2026-08-12 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Iran lost top leaders in the war and US ‘humiliation ... a form of revenge’, say experts, after administration’s flight ruse
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[2026-08-12 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In documenting the process, AOC is defying the right’s pronatalist narratives about motherhood and women’s careers
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[2026-08-12 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As Washington and its allies tighten cooperation in the region, Beijing steps up defence ties with Southeast Asia’s biggest economy
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[2026-08-12 20:00 UTC+10:00] [PLA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As Washington and its allies tighten cooperation in the region, Beijing steps up defence ties with Southeast Asia’s biggest economy
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[2026-08-12 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Manhattan gallery owner and US$7 billion art heir was once jailed over an illegal gambling ring, but Donald Trump pardoned him in 2021
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[2026-08-12 20:00 UTC+10:00] [F.B.I] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Manhattan gallery owner and US$7 billion art heir was once jailed over an illegal gambling ring, but Donald Trump pardoned him in 2021
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[2026-08-12 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-12 19:23 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-12 18:02 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Liberal frontbencher Andrew Bragg has challenged his struggling party to capture voters’ attention by slashing taxes, overhauling the GST, and taking on the Trump administration by forcing tech giants to pay local taxes, criticising his own party for contributing to Australia’s economic malaise.
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[2026-08-12 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Chicago Cubs (70-50, second in the NL Central) vs. Washington Nationals (59-62, fourth in the NL East)
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[2026-08-12 18:00 UTC+10:00] [US foreign policy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: It’s a great betrayal: poor communities neglected while multimillionaires peddle a global Maga agenda. How is that America first?
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[2026-08-12 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court upheld the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s discretion to keep its unfinished flood-control report confidential, ruling that the right to information does not cover preliminary legislative deliberations.
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[2026-08-12 17:25 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-12 17:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: White joins compatriots Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump in obtaining residency, says he wants to establish snooker academy in city
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[2026-08-12 17:06 UTC+10:00] [Jimmy White] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: White joins compatriots Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump in obtaining residency, says he wants to establish snooker academy in city
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[2026-08-12 17:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing hits back at Washington over ‘political manipulation’, arguing it protected others’ interests during the July launch
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[2026-08-12 17:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing hits back at Washington over ‘political manipulation’, arguing it protected others’ interests during the July launch
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[2026-08-12 16:49 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-08-12 16:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Pakistan is making a final push to revive a US-Iran peace deal, with four days left before the 60-day negotiating window agreed to by Washington and Tehran expires.
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