Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-15 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: BEIJING, May 15 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump expressed hope Friday that the relationship between Washington and Beijing will be "stronger and better than ever before," as he was set to have the second and final day of talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
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[2026-05-15 08:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Megan Green fills out her ballot in the Nebraska Primary Election at Omaha Community Playhouse Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)
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[2026-05-15 08:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: BEIJING, May 15 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping were set to hold the second and final day of bilateral talks in Beijing on Friday, with the leaders expected to reiterate their desire to manage their countries' relations in a stable manner.
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[2026-05-15 08:30 UTC+10:00] [Lincoln Memorial (Washington, DC)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Trump Says He Does Not Think About Economic Hardships Linked to Iran War1:49
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[2026-05-15 08:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping had promised him that China would not send military aid to Iran. The leaders held talks in Beijing on Thursday, marking the first visit by a US president to China since 2017.
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[2026-05-15 08:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has said Chinese President Xi Jinping promised him that China will not send military aid to Iran. The leaders held talks in Beijing on Thursday, marking the first visit by a US president to China since 2017.
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[2026-05-15 08:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Fri 15 May 2026 at 8:27am
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[2026-05-15 08:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Ohio Rep. Max Miller has slapped a defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, the daughter of Sen. Bernie Moreno, and her attorney over the abuse accusations she made that have since become public.
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[2026-05-15 08:17 UTC+10:00] [Cuba] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Visit comes after US-Cuba relations deteriorated significantly, with Washington imposing a fuel blockade on the island in January
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[2026-05-15 08:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un juez federal ha ordenado al gobierno de Donald Trump que traiga de vuelta a Estados Unidos a una mujer colombiana que fue deportada a la República Democrática del Congo pese a que la nación africana se había negado a aceptarla porque no podía atender sus necesidades médicas.
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[2026-05-15 08:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C, listens to testimony as the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight holds a field hearing in Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File)
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[2026-05-15 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Billionaire and Democrat donor Stephen Cloobeck was arrested Tuesday in Los Angeles on suspicion of felony charges of attempting to prevent or dissuade a victim or witness from testifying after a warrant was issued for his arrest.
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[2026-05-15 07:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Rep.-elect Max Miller, R-Ohio, arrives for new member orientation check-in and program registration with Emily Moreno in Washington, Nov. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)
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[2026-05-15 07:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran is allowing some vessels to pass through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday following talks with Beijing ahead of President Trump’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
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[2026-05-15 07:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Micah Zimmerman via BitcoinMagazine.com,
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[2026-05-15 07:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Michael Stumo, holding a photo of his daughter Samya Stumo, and his wife Nadia Milleron, sit behind FAA Administrator Steve Dickson during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on the implementation of aviation safety reform at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Nov. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)
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[2026-05-15 07:36 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-05-15 07:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: It looks like President Donald Trump’s China visit will wind up as positively as anyone could reasonably hope.
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[2026-05-15 07:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick exploded during an interview with congressional investigators when asked whether a mask in Jeffrey Epstein’s house was of his face.
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[2026-05-15 07:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: CIA Director John Ratcliffe, accompanied by President Donald Trump, speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, April 6, 2026, File)
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[2026-05-15 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US State Department's top aid official said on Thursday that $1.8 billion in new humanitarian aid to be provided by the US through the United Nations would be used in line with the Trump administration's foreign policy interests.
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[2026-05-15 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A U.S. Capitol Police officer stands guard as the Senate Armed Services Committee holds a hearing on the Department of Defense budget, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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[2026-05-15 07:16 UTC+10:00] [Americas] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Pete Hegseth’s last-minute decision to cancel the deployment of 4,000 troops to Poland caught Pentagon staff and European allies by surprise — the latest example of an abrupt personnel move from the Defense secretary that blindsided both sides of the Atlantic.
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[2026-05-15 07:14 UTC+10:00] [Louisiana] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: If state’s house passes bill, redrawn map could could give state Republicans a 5-1 congressional majority
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[2026-05-15 07:06 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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[2026-05-15 07:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: It was a day heavy with symbolism in Beijing, marked by choreographed ceremonies and carefully staged optics, but there was no sweeping trade breakthrough or major business agreements.
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[2026-05-15 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Mike Banks has resigned as the head of the United States Border Patrol, in the latest turnover to hit President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement operations.
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[2026-05-15 06:53 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-15 06:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — A passenger who was aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius and initially tested "mildly positive" for hantavirus has now tested negative for the rare disease, a spokesperson told AFP Thursday.
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[2026-05-15 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the state banquet for U.S. President Donald Trump at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. © Reuters
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[2026-05-15 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Chinese President Xi Jinping opposes Iran charging a toll in the Strait of Hormuz and is considering buying more oil from the US to replace lost volume from the Gulf, the White House said on Thursday, following a meeting between President Donald Trump and Xi.
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[2026-05-15 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The cameraman who collapsed during a live “CBS Evening News” broadcast in Taiwan had been deployed from Tokyo on short notice ahead of anchor Tony Dokoupil’s coverage of President Trump’s summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, sources told The Post.
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[2026-05-15 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A woman walks by a Yale sign reflected in the rainwater on the Yale University campus in New Haven, Conn., Aug. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
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[2026-05-15 06:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A third round of direct talks between Israel and Lebanon has kicked off in Washington, DC, days before the expiration of a “ceasefire” that hardly halted Israeli attacks and Hezbollah’s response to them.
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[2026-05-15 06:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin, testifies to the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Interior, Environment and related agencies on the budget request for the EPA, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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[2026-05-15 06:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cisco logo is seen at the Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona, Spain, March 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra, File)
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[2026-05-15 06:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIRUT — A third round of direct talks between Israel and Lebanon kicked off in Washington Thursday, days before the expiration of a truce that reduced but did not stop the fighting between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
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[2026-05-15 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The US decimated Iran’s navy for a “full generation,” while retaining “all the munitions necessary” to restart the war, Adm. Brad Cooper, CENTCOM commander, told lawmakers Thursday.
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[2026-05-15 06:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli artillery targeted a number of towns in southern Lebanon on Thursday in violation of their ceasefire agreement, as Lebanon and Israel meet for a new round of direct talks in Washington.
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[2026-05-15 06:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: JJ Bleday (22) de los Rojos de Cincinnati luego de batear un jonrón de dos carreras ante los Nacionales de Washington, el jueves 14 de mayo de 2026. (AP Foto/Ben Jackson)
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[2026-05-15 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: UCLA at Washington — BTN
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[2026-05-15 05:58 UTC+10:00] [US-China] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-15 05:38 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of major world events this Friday, May 15.
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[2026-05-15 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Chloe Cole is speaking out after canceling a University of Washington speech over alleged Antifa threats, while vowing to reschedule the event as campus tensions grow increasingly dangerous.
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[2026-05-15 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-05-15 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Hip-hop star Nicki Minaj said Gov. Gavin Newsom pushed her toward publicly supporting President Trump after he “completely ignored” her pleas for help to protect her Beverly Hills mansion.
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[2026-05-15 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cincinnati Reds pitcher Chase Burns throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals in Cincinnati, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ben Jackson)
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[2026-05-15 05:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Gov. Gavin Newsom straddled the line of cheerleader and combatant in his delivering of his revised California budget Thursday, boasting about better-than-expected revenue while leveling broadsides against President Trump’s record.
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[2026-05-15 05:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Dana Williamson, a former top aide to Gov. Gavin Newsom, center, leaves the federal courthouse in Sacramento, Calif., on Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Sophie Austin, File)
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[2026-05-15 05:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US will provide another $1.8 billion to the UN for humanitarian aid, Washington’s ambassador Mike Waltz said on Thursday, as the world body deals with rising global crises and shrinking donor funds.
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