Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-16 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sat 16 May 2026 at 5:00am
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[2026-05-16 04:52 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.
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[2026-05-16 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 45-day extension of a ceasefire US President Donald Trump announced last month, the US State Department said on Friday.
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[2026-05-16 04:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Israel and Lebanon have agreed a 45-day extension to a shaky ceasefire, following two days of negotiations in Washington DC, the US state department said.
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[2026-05-16 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 45-day extension of their ceasefire after another round of talks in Washington, the US State Department said Friday.
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[2026-05-16 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MIAMI — The Justice Department is preparing to seek an indictment against former Cuban President Raúl Castro, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday, as President Donald Trump threatens possible military action against the communist-run island.
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[2026-05-16 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US is reportedly planning to indict Cuba's former president Raul Castro as Washington ratchets up pressure on the communist island.
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[2026-05-16 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The Justice Department will seek the death penalty for the man accused of fatally shooting two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington outside a Jewish museum, prosecutors said in a court filing Friday.
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[2026-05-16 04:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La presidenta mexicana Claudia Sheinbaum habla durante una reunión con líderes empresariales el lunes 4 de mayo de 2026, en Ciudad de México. (AP Foto/Fernando Llano)
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[2026-05-16 04:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A MAGA influencer and her banker boyfriend were charged in a racist pepper-spray assault on a family with children in London, authorities said Friday.
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[2026-05-16 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Investors sold American stocks on the morning of May 15 as concerns over higher oil prices and stickier inflation dampened sentiment. © Reuters
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[2026-05-16 04:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke (15) shoots against Washington Wizards center Alex Sarr (20) in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Dec. 20, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
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[2026-05-16 04:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The nation’s largest children’s hospital has agreed to a legal settlement with Texas and the Trump administration over gender-affirming care for transgender youth that includes a $10 million payment to the state, the administration and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Friday.
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[2026-05-16 04:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S. Department of Justice logo is seen on a podium before a news conference, Monday, May 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-05-16 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The US government is seeking the death penalty for the suspect charged with killing two Israeli embassy staff members in Washington DC last year.
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[2026-05-16 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: By the end of the year, Tehran and Washington will have a permanent peace deal in place, Iran's hardline regime will remain in power and exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi will not be back in his home country.
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[2026-05-16 03:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has departed China following a three-day trip, touting several broad trade deals but suggesting little progress on key issues related to Taiwan or the US-Israeli war in Iran.
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[2026-05-16 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies at a House Appropriations subcommittee budget hearing for the Department of Defense, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington, as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-05-16 03:31 UTC+10:00] [Cuba] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump administration move echoes indictment of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro as fuel crisis racks Cuba
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[2026-05-16 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Rep. Maxine Waters refused to say whether a 100-year-old should be allowed to serve in Congress during a Capitol Hill exchange with a TMZ producer who pressed the California Democrat on whether elected officials need age limits.
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[2026-05-16 03:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump reported thousands of financial transactions totaling hundreds of millions of dollars — including large purchases and sales of tech giants Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta — in the first three months of 2026, new disclosure forms reveal.
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[2026-05-16 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, arrives to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 31, 2024, to discuss child safety. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
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[2026-05-16 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The FBI is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to capture and prosecution of a former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran in 2013 and was later charged with revealing classified information to the Tehran government.
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[2026-05-16 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — CIA Director John Ratcliffe has warned Cuban officials that the Communist island “can no longer be a safe haven for adversaries” of the US while extending an offer of cooperation on economic and national security matters — if Havana makes “fundamental changes.”
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[2026-05-16 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger delivers the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, Feb. 24, 2026, in Williamsburg, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, Pool, file)
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[2026-05-16 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ARCHIVO -El pastor Ezra Jin Mingri habla en entrevista en la Iglesia Sion en Beijing, China, el miércoles 1 de agosto de 2018. (AP Foto/Ng Han Guan, Archivo)
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[2026-05-16 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One, Friday, May 15, 2026, as he returns from a trip to Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-05-16 02:59 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The president’s meeting with Xi Jinping was superficially cordial, extending a truce borne of necessity
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[2026-05-16 02:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: “CBS Evening News” anchor Tony Dokoupil said he was barred from broadcasting from his Taiwan hotel after the owner frowned on his coverage — one of several snags the journo encountered during his jaunt to cover President Trump’s China summit.
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[2026-05-16 02:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: South African president Cyril Ramaphosa's political party, the African National Congress (ANC) said it was fully behind him even as the opposition continued to demand his resignation.
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[2026-05-16 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A discussion about upcoming Senate races at the Jewish Democratic Council of America’s national summit turned tense on Wednesday when political strategist Simon Rosenberg brought up Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner.
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[2026-05-16 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Classes were put on ice.
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[2026-05-16 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A second day of talks between Israeli and Lebanese officials is taking place in Washington, DC, despite ongoing Israeli attacks and ceasefire violations in Lebanon.
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[2026-05-16 02:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: CHANGES dateline; RECASTS lead, para 2, 26)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-05-16 02:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S. Department of Justice logo is before a news conference, Monday, May 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-05-16 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US president’s trip to Beijing has been hailed as ‘fantastic’ and ‘historic’ but there are still many known unknowns in ties
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[2026-05-16 02:16 UTC+10:00] [Great Hall of the People] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US president’s trip to Beijing has been hailed as ‘fantastic’ and ‘historic’ but there are still many known unknowns in ties
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[2026-05-16 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: A House prosecutor on Friday said the long-delayed trial of Vice President Sara Duterte now appears set to finally move forward, with the Senate scheduled to convene as an impeachment court on May 18, as announced by newly elected Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano.
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[2026-05-16 02:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: CHANGES dateline; UPDATES throughout)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-05-16 02:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIJING — Donald Trump said on Friday he had made “fantastic trade deals” with China’s leader Xi Jinping, as the pair ended a superpower summit that the United States president said had also reaped a Chinese offer to help open the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-16 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) announced Friday he will not seek another term in Congress after the Volunteer State’s legislature redrew his Memphis-area district.
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[2026-05-16 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ON May 11, 2026, the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly (257–25–9) to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte, triggering the transmittal of the articles of impeachment to the Senate of the Philippines. Almost simultaneously, a sudden leadership coup unfolded in the Senate, where Duterte’s allies ousted Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III to install more favorable leadership ahead of the impending trial.
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[2026-05-16 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Asked about the risk of a US-China conflict over Taiwan, President Trump told reporters on Air Force One, “I think we’ll be fine.”
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[2026-05-16 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: UNITED States President Donald Trump recently called Iran’s latest proposal on ending their war “garbage.” He said he did not even bother to finish reading it.
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[2026-05-16 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: UNITED States President Donald Trump recently called Iran’s latest proposal on ending their war “garbage.” He said he did not even bother to finish reading it.
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[2026-05-16 02:04 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-16 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ON May 14, Chinese President Xi Jinping and United States President Donald Trump met in Beijing in a summit that carries significant implications for Philippine foreign policy. Xi’s call for “constructive strategic stability” in US-China relations, paired with Trump’s optimism about future cooperation, underscores the continuing importance of cultivating good relations with both powers.
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[2026-05-16 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-16 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-16 01:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump rejected reports suggesting Iran still possesses a large number of missile launchers, describing the claims as “fake news”.
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