Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-17 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/DUBAI - US President Donald Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping had agreed Tehran must reopen the Strait of Hormuz, though China gave no indication it would weigh in.
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[2026-05-17 05:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a two-day trip to Beijing next week, the Kremlin said Saturday.
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[2026-05-17 05:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Following a visit from United States President Donald Trump to China, the island of Taiwan has issued a statement saying it is “sovereign and independent”.
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[2026-05-17 05:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sun 17 May 2026 at 5:19am
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[2026-05-17 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Kai Trump celebrated her high school graduation with her famous family.
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[2026-05-17 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump gave Tehran another reason to worry Saturday, posting a video clip on his Truth Social showing him ordering a military attack on an Iranian aircraft.
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[2026-05-17 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ARCHIVO – En la imagen, publicada por la Oficina Presidencial de Taiwán, el presidente Lai Ching-te habla en una conferencia de prensa sobre “la Sociedad Taiwán-Estados Unidos para la Prosperidad Económica” en Taipéi, Taiwán el 3 de febrero de 2026. (Oficina Presidencial de Taiwán vía AP, Archivo)
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[2026-05-17 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People hold posters of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, on Oct. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File)
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[2026-05-17 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is hosting an all-day prayer festival this Sunday at the National Mall in Washington to reflect the country’s Christian values and spark “a movement of renewal” in the United States.
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[2026-05-17 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is working to finalize the launch of a so-called "Truth and Justice Commission" and establish a compensation fund of almost two billion dollars for victims of alleged government “weaponization,” according to a Saturday ABC News report.
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[2026-05-17 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Taiwan has insisted it is a sovereign, independent nation, after US President Donald Trump cautioned it against formally declaring independence from China.
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[2026-05-17 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AMAZON.COM Inc was sued on Friday by consumers seeking refunds for costs passed on to them in the form of higher prices as a result of tariffs the US Supreme Court later concluded had been unlawfully imposed by President Donald Trump.
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[2026-05-17 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The US Federal Reserve's board named outgoing head Jerome Powell as temporary chair or chair pro tempore on Friday pending the swearing in of his successor, Kevin Warsh, who was confirmed by the Senate earlier this week.
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[2026-05-17 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-17 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIJING — Presidents Xi Jinping of China and Donald Trump of the United States concluded a summit in Beijing on Friday with some symbolic wins that made for good optics domestically, but produced few substantive agreements, analysts said.
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[2026-05-17 02:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In unprecedented self-dealing maneuver, billions of taxpayer dollars could be paid to US president and his allies
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[2026-05-17 01:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Senior officials in the administration of Donald Trump encouraged the United Arab Emirates to take a more direct role in the conflict with Iran and capture one of its islands in the Persian Gulf, according to a report by The Telegraph.
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[2026-05-17 01:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Since Donald Trump’s rise to the White House a decade ago, the United States president has purged his Republican Party of critics and rivals.
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[2026-05-17 01:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A former GOP elected official has gone from serving his Staten Island constituents in the City Council to serving them frosty brews in his new outdoor beer garden.
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[2026-05-17 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The world’s two biggest economies also agree to roll back tariffs, deepen investment and establish a new board to manage disputes
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[2026-05-17 01:05 UTC+10:00] [Scott Bessent] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The world’s two biggest economies also agree to roll back tariffs, deepen investment and establish a new board to manage disputes
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[2026-05-17 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Live from New York! It’s time to bash Republicans on Saturday Night!
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[2026-05-17 00:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Chinese President Xi Jinping greets U.S. counterpart Donald Trump outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14. © Reuters
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[2026-05-17 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: 1925 — Cleveland’s Tris Speaker got his 3,000th career hit, off Tom Zachary, in a 2-1 loss to the Washington Senators.
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[2026-05-16 23:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Recent episodes of Real Time with Bill Maher have found Bill Maher taking aim at figures across the political spectrum, from Gavin Newsom to Donald Trump.
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[2026-05-16 23:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has announced that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) worldwide, has been killed in Nigeria on his orders.
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[2026-05-16 23:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has announced that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) worldwide, has been killed in Nigeria on his orders.
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[2026-05-16 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te speaks during a press conference on “Taiwan-U.S. Economic Prosperity Partnership” in Taipei, Taiwan on Feb. 3, 2026. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP, File)
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[2026-05-16 23:24 UTC+10:00] [US-China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-16 23:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: It’s great that the FBI is probing former CIA Director John Brennan’s role in the Russiagate conspiracy, but the country needs a lot more than criminal investigations and prosecutions to fully air the truth about the 2016 plot to smear Donald Trump as a pawn of Vladimir Putin.
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[2026-05-16 22:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Veterans’ Affairs Administration pulled the plug this month on a Biden-era initiative to supply vibrators to female vets.
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[2026-05-16 22:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Both sides have been sending out similar signals after this week’s summit as they stress the importance of the occasion
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[2026-05-16 22:50 UTC+10:00] [Great Hall of the People] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Both sides have been sending out similar signals after this week’s summit as they stress the importance of the occasion
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[2026-05-16 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump's earlier previewed controversial troop cuts for the European continent may already be in progress, and could happen more rapidly than previously thought.
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[2026-05-16 22:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ministry of Commerce’s statement follows US president’s comments that Beijing had agreed to buy at least 200 jets from Boeing
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[2026-05-16 22:43 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ministry of Commerce’s statement follows US president’s comments that Beijing had agreed to buy at least 200 jets from Boeing
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[2026-05-16 22:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE -Nigerian President Bola Tinubu speaks to the media ahead of his meeting with Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer inside 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, Pool, File)
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[2026-05-16 22:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump participates in a welcome ceremony with China’s President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People, Thursday, May 14, 2026, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-05-16 21:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines—In a rare and unprecedented show of unity, former members of the historically rival student political formations from the University of the Philippines – SAMASA and Nagkaisang Tugon – called for the resignation of Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano, describing his actions during the recent Senate controversy involving Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa as a “grave failure of leadership, judgment, and institutional responsibility.”
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[2026-05-16 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: As the leaders of the world's two most powerful economies rekindled personal ties in Beijing on Thursday and Friday, with a cavalcade of American business leaders accompanying U.S. President Donald Trump, the Chinese capital turned into something of a spectacle.
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[2026-05-16 21:08 UTC+10:00] [Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on an official visit to Beijing on May 19-20, the Kremlin confirmed on Saturday.
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[2026-05-16 20:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Previous slideNext slide Ships in the Strait of Hormuz are framed by flamingo sculptures in Bandar Abbas, Iran. Getty ImagesInfo Nasa's SpaceX CRS-34 mission to deliver supplies to the International Space Station lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, US. EPAInfo President Donald Trump on board Air Force One as he returns to the US from China.
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[2026-05-16 20:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel has launched another series of air strikes on southern Lebanon, a day after the two countries agreed to extend a ceasefire deal for a further 45 days following talks in Washington – although this ceasefire has never been observed in practice.
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[2026-05-16 20:33 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O presidente dos Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, afirmou na noite de sexta-feira (15/05) que, em uma "missão muito complexa e meticulosamente planejada" entre as Forças Armadas americanas e as da Nigéria, foi eliminado no país africano Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, o "terrorista mais ativo do planeta" e o segundo no comando do Estado Islâmico (EI).
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[2026-05-16 20:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A joint US-Nigerian operation killed ISIS “second-in-command” Abu Bilal Al Minuki in northern Nigeria overnight, President Donald Trump has said.
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[2026-05-16 20:00 UTC+10:00] [US midterm elections 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Congressman Thomas Massie, chastized by the US president as a ‘lowlife’, will soon face the ballot box – setting up a crucial test of Trump’s political strength
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[2026-05-16 20:00 UTC+10:00] [US Capitol attack] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ryan Nichols is the latest such person to face charges after he allegedly brandished a gun during an argument
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[2026-05-16 19:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Latest trip could allow leaders to align positions on recent geopolitical developments days after Donald Trump’s high-profile visit
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[2026-05-16 19:58 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Latest trip could allow leaders to align positions on recent geopolitical developments days after Donald Trump’s high-profile visit
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[2026-05-16 19:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Rusia, Vladímir Putin, durante una reunión acerca de cuestiones económicas en el Kremlin, Moscú, el 15 de mayo de 2026. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Foto via AP)
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