Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-20 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-20 19:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Another one bites the dust.
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[2026-05-20 19:48 UTC+10:00] [Services] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — The U.K. deputy ambassador to Washington, James Roscoe, has left his post abruptly amid an investigation into a leak from the National Security Council.
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[2026-05-20 19:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, y la primera dama, Melania Trump, se dirigen a los asistentes desde el balcón de la Sala Azul de la Casa Blanca durante el picnic anual del Congreso en el Jardín Sur, el martes 19 de mayo de 2026 en Washington. (AP Foto/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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[2026-05-20 19:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Sid Rosenberg does not really do still. New York's most combative radio host — four hours a day, five days a week on 77 WABC — does confrontation, conviction, and the kind of bluntness that has made him one of the most listened-to voices in the city. It has also, on occasion, made him one of the most controversial.
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[2026-05-20 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 20. © Reuters
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[2026-05-20 19:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Leader Xi Jinping signed a joint declaration on Wednesday focused on building a “multipolar world,” sending a defiant signal to the U.S. just days after President Donald Trump concluded a visit to Beijing without any major deals.
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[2026-05-20 19:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ganesh Kumar se ve junto a su rickshaw motorizado, con una lona con la imagen del presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, que celebra “250 años de Estados Unidos” en la parte trasera de su vehículo en Nueva Delhi, India, el 20 de mayo de 2026. (AP Foto/Piyush Nagpal)
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[2026-05-20 19:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Vice President on Wednesday received the summons of the Senate sitting as an impeachment court.
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[2026-05-20 19:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump with first lady Melania Trump addresses the attendees from the Blue Room Balcony of the White House during the annual Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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[2026-05-20 18:48 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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[2026-05-20 18:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ganesh Kumar stands next to his auto-rickshaw featuring a poster of U.S. President Donald Trump that celebrates “250 Years of America” on the back of his vehicle in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Piyush Nagpal)
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[2026-05-20 18:38 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Karl Josef Legazpi has been proclaimed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) as the representative of Pinoy Workers party-list in the 20th Congress following the resignation of the party-list’s first nominee.
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[2026-05-20 18:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: President Xi Jinping hailed China and Russia's "unyielding" ties in talks with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, as the pair met to underscore their alliance days after Donald Trump's visit to the Asian superpower economy.
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[2026-05-20 18:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Welcome to The Manila Times where we bring you stories that shape our world.
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[2026-05-20 18:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 20 May 2026 at 6:29pm
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[2026-05-20 18:25 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-20 18:15 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-20 18:13 UTC+10:00] [International Relations] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Less than a week after holding talks with President Trump, China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, met with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Beijing on Wednesday, casting the two countries’ relationship as a stabilizing force in a world thrown into tumult by the United States.
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[2026-05-20 18:01 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-20 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: New York Mets (21-27, fifth in the NL East) vs. Washington Nationals (24-25, third in the NL East)
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[2026-05-20 17:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has warned American forces could resume strikes against Iran within days, even as Vice President JD Vance said negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear programme have made significant progress.
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[2026-05-20 17:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Two Chinese oil tankers have left the Strait of Hormuz after waiting in the Gulf for more than two months, as the United States president and vice president claim a deal to end the US-Israel war on Iran is imminent.
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[2026-05-20 17:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Micki Larson-Olson, who was convicted on a misdemeanor charge for her actions on January 6, 2021, when supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol, rests in the shade during Rededicate 250, a mostly conservative Christian prayer gathering in honor of the United States’ 250th anniversary, on the National Mall, Sunday, May 17, 2026, in Washington.
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[2026-05-20 17:33 UTC+10:00] [Vladimir Putin] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Aparentemente, a visita do Presidente russo, Vladimir Putin, à China para se reunir com o seu homólogo, Xi Jinping, tem como objetivo assinalar o 25.º aniversário do Tratado Sino-Russo de Boa Vizinhança e Cooperação Amigável de 2001.
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[2026-05-20 17:23 UTC+10:00] [Foreign policy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: James Roscoe had served as deputy ambassador to US since 2022 and stood in after Peter Mandelson’s departure
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[2026-05-20 17:22 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump says he could strike Iran again as Tehran threatens ‘new fronts’ in war if an attack takes place
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[2026-05-20 17:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday welcomed a provisional agreement on legislation to remove import duties on U.S. goods and called on co-legislators to move swiftly to finalize the process.
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[2026-05-20 17:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran has warned that any renewed conflict would bring “many more surprises” after United States President Donald Trump gave Iran “two to three days” to reach a deal.
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[2026-05-20 17:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: EU lawmakers and member states reached a deal in the early hours of Wednesday to implement the bloc's nearly year-old trade pact with the United States, with President Donald Trump threatening new tariffs unless it is done by July 4th.
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[2026-05-20 17:14 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Host Reged Ahmad and the Guardian’s US site editor Jonathan Yerushalmy examine Republican Thomas Massie’s loss in the Kentucky primary after a vicious attack campaign fulled by Donald Trump.
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[2026-05-20 16:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Kremlin said that there was no point comparing the ceremony in China for the visits of President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, and that people should focus on the content.
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[2026-05-20 16:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: On the eve of the 14 May Beijing summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, there were understandably high expectations that the two great powers would find common ground on key issues.
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[2026-05-20 16:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (2nd LD) Trump arrives in Beijing for summit talks with Xi on trade, Iran, Taiwan, other topics
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[2026-05-20 16:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Beijing: Five days after the great optics bonanza that was the Trump-Xi summit, Vladimir Putin’s caravan has rolled into Beijing.
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[2026-05-20 16:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Beijing: Five days after the great optics bonanza that was the Trump-Xi summit, Vladimir Putin’s caravan has rolled into Beijing.
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[2026-05-20 16:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: America is ‘the biggest variable’, according to international relations expert and former diplomat Cui Hongjian
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[2026-05-20 16:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: America is ‘the biggest variable’, according to international relations expert and former diplomat Cui Hongjian
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[2026-05-20 16:11 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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[2026-05-20 16:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un vaso vacío se ve después de que el representante Thomas Massie, republicano de Kentucky, hablara durante una fiesta electoral tras perder la candidatura republicana, en el Marriott Cincinnati Airport, el martes 19 de mayo de 2026, en Hebron, Kentucky. (AP Foto/Carolyn Kaster)
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[2026-05-20 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Gaza] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Diplomatic impasse and lack of progress on the ground has left countries that pledged funds to Board of Peace reluctant to pay
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[2026-05-20 15:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Gantry cranes stand near stacked shipping containers at Yangshan Port outside Shanghai on May 7. © Reuters
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[2026-05-20 15:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (2nd LD) Trump arrives in Beijing for summit talks with Xi on trade, Iran, Taiwan, other topics
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[2026-05-20 15:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Burt Jones and Rick Jackson have advanced to a run-off in Georgia’s Republican primary for governor, extending a bruising fight over who will represent the party in November’s midterm election.
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[2026-05-20 15:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In today's episode of Trending Middle East, The UAE tells a UN Security Council meeting that an attack on its Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant is a "red line" that constitutes a dangerous escalation.
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[2026-05-20 15:30 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: Australia, the United States and Britain are preparing to announce a significant collaboration on uncrewed underwater vehicles as part of AUKUS, a move that proponents hope will tamp down industry disquiet about the slow progress of the pact’s second pillar.
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[2026-05-20 15:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: Days after Israeli strikes killed Iran’s supreme leader and other top officials in the opening salvos of the war, President Donald Trump mused publicly that it would be best if “someone from within” Iran took over the country.
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[2026-05-20 15:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: Days after Israeli strikes killed Iran’s supreme leader and other top officials in the opening salvos of the war, President Donald Trump mused publicly that it would be best if “someone from within” Iran took over the country.
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[2026-05-20 15:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (2nd LD) Trump arrives in Beijing for summit talks with Xi on trade, Iran, Taiwan, other topics
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[2026-05-20 15:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands before a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 20. (China Daily via Reuters) © Reuters
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