Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-12 09:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-12 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Polls have begun closing in primary elections across the country, as voters in states such as Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Carolina pick their party's candidates ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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[2026-08-12 08:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Four US-based rights groups sued the Trump administration on Tuesday for its sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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[2026-08-12 08:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea, the United States, Japan and 38 other countries issued a joint statement Tuesday calling on countries to provide sufficient advance notification of launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) and space launch vehicles (SLVs).
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[2026-08-12 08:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Surrounded by security, President Donald Trump switches planes at U.S. Air Force Base, RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk Eastern England, on his way back to Washington from the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-08-12 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Foreign policy investigator Adam Kredo of The Washington Free Beacon revealed on Monday that California regulators ordered Arc of Justice, a nonprofit operated by left-wing Code Pink cofounder Medea Benjamin, to cease charitable operations after years of missing tax filings and unanswered questions about what happened to $51 million in reported assets.
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[2026-08-12 07:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sean Reid of Rockingham, Vt., casts his ballot at the polling station in Rockingham during Vermont’s state and federal primary elections on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)
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[2026-08-12 07:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Andrea Lucas, nominee to be a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing, June 18, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
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[2026-08-12 07:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-12 07:46 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Journalists and others were allowed to fly on presidential jet despite security threat while Trump was spirited away
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[2026-08-12 07:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Embattled FIFA boss Gianni Infantino (left) has finally received a public vote of confidence from his close ally Donald Trump (right). (Getty Images: Chris Brunskill)
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[2026-08-12 07:28 UTC+10:00] [US midterm elections 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Department of Justice said that officials are monitoring polling sites in Hennepin and Ramsey counties – Minnesota’s largest – throughout the state’s primary elections on Tuesday.
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[2026-08-12 07:23 UTC+10:00] [US constitution and civil liberties] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Group says new executive order is attempt to evade supreme court’s earlier ruling against the president
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[2026-08-12 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Four US-based rights groups sued the Trump administration on Tuesday for its sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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[2026-08-12 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Watch: Was Donald Trump smuggled out of Air Force One in a catering truck?
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[2026-08-12 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Donald Trump travelled to Ankara on a new Air Force One plane, but secretly left on a smaller plane. (Dogukan Keskinkılıc/Pool via Reuters)
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[2026-08-12 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Conservative US commentator Tucker Carlson said Israeli "agents" close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed him to falsely report that Hunter Biden’s leaked laptop material showed him abusing minors.
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[2026-08-12 06:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has described Democratic candidates in the midterm US elections as “jihadists” in an apparent reference to Muslim Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed securing his party’s nomination for the Michigan primary elections last week.
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[2026-08-12 06:10 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: Donald Trump delivered a cryptic response when asked whether he would consider calling a national security emergency ahead of the midterm elections, giving oxygen to calls from right-wing pundits for an unprecedented intervention.
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[2026-08-12 06:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Primary races in six states on Tuesday will test President Trump’s control over the Republican Party and Democratic voters’ appetite for progressive candidates. There are high profile contests in Democratic primaries for Wisconsin governor and a Senate seat in Minnesota, while a crowded field of South Carolina Republicans is vying to replace Senator Lindsey Graham, an outspoken Trump ally who died unexpectedly in July.
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[2026-08-12 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel provided the US administration with intelligence about the Iranian threat against US President Donald Trump, which included the possibility of using shoulder-fired missiles against Air Force One, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday evening, citing a US official.
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[2026-08-12 05:49 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Justice department is asked to weigh new charges against David Hearn after US attorney dropped vandalism charges
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[2026-08-12 05:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-12 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Global internet, power plants and US computer systems will be at risk if America continues to attack Iran, an Iranian official said on Monday.
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[2026-08-12 05:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-12 05:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Portland Thorns FC midfielder Olivia Moultrie in action during the first half of an NWSL soccer match against the Washington Spirit, March 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams, File)
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[2026-08-12 05:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-12 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-08-12 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-12 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-08-12 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A Marine veteran who had been held in Russian prisons since his arrest in January 2022 has been released back to US custody, reportedly after a consistent pressure campaign from Trump administration officials and global advocacy groups.
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[2026-08-12 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-12 04:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: UNITED NATIONS — Human Rights Watch and three other advocacy groups sued the Trump administration on Tuesday to challenge its campaign against the International Criminal Court, arguing that sanctions against ICC judges and prosecutors are undermining the ability to prosecute people responsible for humanity’s worst crimes.
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[2026-08-12 04:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating how a North Korean remote information technology (IT) worker got a job at a U.S. federal agency, a report said Tuesday, underscoring the growing risks posed by Pyongyang's IT worker scheme to the U.S. government sector.
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[2026-08-12 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Four leading human rights groups have launched a new lawsuit against the Trump administration’s campaign against the International Criminal Court.
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[2026-08-12 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Los apoyadores de los Commanders de Washington, Sonny Styles (52) y Leo Chenal, entrenan durante la práctica en el campamento de entrenamiento de fútbol americano del equipo, el jueves 30 de julio de 2026, en Ashburn, Virginia. (Foto AP/John McDonnell)
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[2026-08-12 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Tuesday decried New York City's pied-à-terre tax and said he is exploring whether the federal government "has any legal right to avert this disaster, before it is too late."
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[2026-08-12 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Brazil’s Supreme Court is set to hear several cases that could reshape protections for the Amazon rainforest, after a mostly conservative Congress overrode several of leftist Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s environmental vetoes.
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[2026-08-12 03:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-12 03:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US midterm elections are months away, and Republican politicians appear to be leaning into a tried-and-true method of whipping up support in their base: Islamophobia.
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[2026-08-12 03:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order about vaccines as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks on, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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[2026-08-12 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-12 03:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Washington Commanders linebackers Sonny Styles (52) and Leo Chenal work out during practice at the team’s NFL football training camp, Thursday, July 30, 2026, in Ashburn, Va. (AP Photo//John McDonnell)
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[2026-08-12 03:14 UTC+10:00] [Vaccines and immunisation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Is there any science behind the recommendations? Will they result in lower vaccination rates? And will they cause a resurgence of preventable diseases?
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[2026-08-12 03:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-12 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La Corte de Comercio Internacional de Estados Unidos en Nueva York, el 18 de marzo del 2015. (AP foto/Mary Altaffer)
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[2026-08-12 02:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. expert cautioned Tuesday against letting trade issues between South Korea and the United States define the entire bilateral relationship, noting the need to draw a lesson from a 2008 dispute over U.S. beef imports that the two countries resolved through continued engagement.
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[2026-08-12 02:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington, DC – Rights organisations have launched a legal challenge to United States President Donald Trump’s latest efforts to restrict which infants born in the country are automatically granted birthright citizenship.
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[2026-08-12 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump's latest executive order calls for splitting the measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine into three separate shots – but doctors and other experts say that effort has no scientific basis and is unlikely to get off the ground.
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[2026-08-12 02:48 UTC+10:00] [Karim Khan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lawsuit says Trump’s executive order targeting the International Criminal Court for investigating Israeli crimes in Palestine is ‘illegal’
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