Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-05-16 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Tehran and Washington are truly not just back to square one, but it's as if no rounds of dialogue - direct or indirect - have even taken place. It's more like being back at square zero - and the US President has just acknowledged it.
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[2026-05-16 01:35 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 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., of Memphis, testifies before a Senate Judiciary committee during a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
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[2026-05-16 01:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Former Biden cabinet secretary and California gubernatorial frontrunner Xavier Becerra is facing scrutiny on two separate fronts — an anonymous complaint accusing him of violating California campaign finance laws and a fresh $500,000 boost from a major oil producer backing his run for governor.
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[2026-05-16 01:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The FBI hit back Thursday at an Associated Press report that Director Kash Patel participated in a “VIP snorkel” excursion at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii last year, noting that the trip was part of a “historical tour to honor heroes who died on the USS Arizona – not a party.”
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[2026-05-16 01:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo released by Belarusian presidential press service, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, right, and U.S. evangelist Franklin Graham shake hands during their meeting in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, May 15, 2026. (Belarusian Presidential Press Service via AP)
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[2026-05-16 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here
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[2026-05-16 00:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri speaks during an interview at the Zion Church in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, file)
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[2026-05-16 00:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: China and the United States have provided critical support to the oil market and helped ease the huge supply disruption in the Middle East and kept energy prices from surging even higher.
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[2026-05-16 00:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks as he visits the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to see the new blue protective coating being applied as part of a renovation project, Thursday, May 7, 2026, in Washington, as White House boarder czar Tom Homan and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin listen. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-05-16 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: U.S. and Chinese leaders agreed to establish a new "Board of Trade" and a parallel "Board of Investment" during President Donald Trump’s two-day visit to Beijing - a summit that ended much as it began: with significant pageantry, warm personal rapport between the leaders, and modest, incremental progress on trade.
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[2026-05-16 00:39 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-16 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says his government received messages from President Donald Trump’s administration indicating it is open for new talks to end the war in the region, but “distrust” remains in Tehran about US intentions.
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[2026-05-16 00:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington, DC – It is a question that reaches a fever pitch this time of year for Palestinian survivors and rights advocates: Can the United States government create just policy in the Middle East without a full accounting — or recognition — of Palestinian history?
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[2026-05-16 00:17 UTC+10:00] [Late-night TV roundup] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Late-night hosts poked fun at the US president’s fawning China trip in which he said it was an ‘honor’ to be Xi’s friend
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[2026-05-16 00:16 UTC+10:00] [Minneapolis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Representative Samantha Sencer-Mura leads action after Republican speaker rescinds promise to bring bill to vote
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[2026-05-16 00:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has said he has "made no commitment either way" on Taiwan during talks with China's President Xi Jinping.
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[2026-05-16 00:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi criticized the U.S. in a televised interview on Thursday, blaming tensions in the Strait of Hormuz on “U.S. aggression”.
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[2026-05-16 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: 1933 — Cecil Travis of the Washington Senators made his major league debut with five hits in a 12-inning, 11-10 win over the Chicago White Sox.
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[2026-05-16 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that Tehran has "no trust" in the United States and remains interested in negotiations only if Washington demonstrates seriousness, as talks aimed at ending the war remain stalled. Speaking to Indian media during the second day of the BRICS foreign ministers meeting in New Delhi, Araghchi said military initiatives are ineffective in resolving regional crises, Turkey Today reported.
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[2026-05-16 00:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: China will ramp its crude oil imports from the United States because the world's two largest economies are natural trade partners when it comes to energy, Chris Wright told CNBC on Friday.
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[2026-05-16 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Just a handful of online posts from US president contrast with the flurry during his most recent state visits to the UK and Japan
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[2026-05-16 00:03 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Just a handful of online posts from US president contrast with the flurry during his most recent state visits to the UK and Japan
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[2026-05-16 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Mississippi] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Mississippi politicians are threatening to redraw the district of Bennie Thompson, the state’s lone Democrat in Congress
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[2026-05-15 23:51 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: After a much-hyped US-China summit, the leaders of the world’s two biggest powers made no real breakthroughs on big issues, such as Iran, Taiwan and trade. The Guardian's senior China correspondent, Amy Hawkins, breaks down how Donald Trump and Xi Jinping focused on growing their personal rapport instead
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[2026-05-15 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s China visit was an attempt to “save face” and seek relief after the Iran war destabilized the global economy, geopolitical analyst Danny Haiphong has told RT. According to Haiphong, the US is now in a “far weaker position” than China and is seeking closer ties with Beijing to stabilize its economy and global standing.
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[2026-05-15 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s China visit was an attempt to “save face” and seek relief after the Iran war destabilized the global economy, geopolitical analyst Danny Haiphong has told RT. According to Haiphong, the US is now in a “far weaker position” than China and is seeking closer ties with Beijing to stabilize its economy and global standing.
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[2026-05-15 23:47 UTC+10:00] [Asia Pacific] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-05-15 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Meeting in Beijing, the presidents weighed safety protocols for the rapidly emerging technology, and H200 chip shipments were a ‘sovereign decision’ for China
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[2026-05-15 23:45 UTC+10:00] [Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Meeting in Beijing, the presidents weighed safety protocols for the rapidly emerging technology, and H200 chip shipments were a ‘sovereign decision’ for China
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[2026-05-15 23:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: US president wraps up China visit: Trump says deals made and both leaders agree on Iran
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[2026-05-15 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ATLANTA (AP) — The specter of the 2020 election — when President Donald Trump refused to accept his loss to Democrat Joe Biden — continues to haunt Georgia and casts a long shadow over the Republican primary for candidates vying to be the state’s top election official.
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[2026-05-15 23:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: President Trump has concluded a two-day visit to Beijing at a high-stakes summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
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[2026-05-15 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Trump administration has deported 15 Latin Americans to the Democratic Republic of Congo, sending them to an unfamiliar country thousands of miles from home — many despite U.S. court orders protecting them from deportation to their homelands.
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[2026-05-15 23:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A chair is seen outside a hotel room where a Colombian woman was deported to from the United States, in Kinshasa, Congo, Saturday, May 10, 2026. (UGC via AP)
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[2026-05-15 23:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A Boeing 737 MAX airplane on the final assembly line is seen during a media tour at Boeing’s factory Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
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[2026-05-15 23:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Philippines has pledged to cooperate with a request from the International Criminal Court (ICC) to detain a prominent politician who evaded arrest earlier this week as he fled the Senate building despite efforts by the army to arrest him and reports of gunfire.
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[2026-05-15 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump's China trip has concluded, with the multi-day summit producing comments from both sides that pointed to warming bilateral relations. As Trump returns aboard Air Force One on Friday morning, traders are shifting focus to overnight turmoil in South Korea, where labor action risks rattled Samsung shares and other memory stocks, and dragged the country's benchmark KOSPI index lower.
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[2026-05-15 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Democrat running for California’s Board of Equalization — the agency responsible for overseeing billions of dollars in the state’s property tax system — has made financial competency the center of her campaign despite having a history of lawsuits and fines for allegedly mishandling money.
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[2026-05-15 22:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: China is eager to "help" peace negotiations between Washington and Tehran, U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday, as he concluded a two-day presidential summit in Beijing.
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[2026-05-15 22:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump wrapped up his visit to Beijing Friday with a private meeting at Chinese leader Xi Jinping's official residence before he departed for Washington.
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