Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-14 11:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The US Senate on Wednesday approved Kevin Warsh as chair of the Federal Reserve, putting the 56-year-old lawyer and financier at the helm as the US central bank grapples with intensifying inflation that may make it hard to push through the interest-rate cuts that President Donald Trump has demanded.
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[2026-05-14 11:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil was struggling for direction Thursday as traders weighed OPEC's lower demand outlook for this year, while the International Energy Agency flagged greater volatility ahead.
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[2026-05-14 11:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: By Song Sang-ho and Lee Yu-mi
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[2026-05-14 11:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-05-14 11:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIJING, China — President Donald Trump on Thursday kicks off the busiest portion of his China visit, a summit expected to be long on pageantry and symbolism but unlikely to feature major breakthroughs on key issues like trade, U.S. relations with Taiwan or the war in Iran.
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[2026-05-14 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Presidents expected to discuss the Iran war, trade, tech and Taiwan, among other points of contention
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[2026-05-14 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Presidents expected to discuss the Iran war, trade, tech and Taiwan, among other points of contention
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[2026-05-14 11:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is in Beijing for the first time since 2017 to meet China's President Xi Jinping.
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[2026-05-14 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke with lawmakers last week and, at one point, laid out how the U.S. war economy is roaring back to life under the Trump administration.
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[2026-05-14 11:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump llega el miércoles 13 de mayo de 2026 al Aeropuerto Internacional de Beijing. (AP Foto/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-05-14 11:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a massive $1 billion electric truck subsidy program Wednesday, just one day before his budget presentation, prompting critics to accuse the Democrat of forcing taxpayers to bankroll an industry that still can’t stand on its own.
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[2026-05-14 11:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The ex-police chief, accused by the ICC of crimes in Duterte’s drug war, is evading arrest over the bloody campaign that killed thousands
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[2026-05-14 11:09 UTC+10:00] [International Criminal Court] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The ex-police chief, accused by the ICC of crimes in Duterte’s drug war, is evading arrest over the bloody campaign that killed thousands
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[2026-05-14 11:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Dylan Butts writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-05-14 11:03 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea and the United States have agreed to deepen cooperation to achieve "shared security goals," the defense ministry said Thursday, amid the allies' apparent different views over the timeline of Seoul retaking wartime command from Washington.
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[2026-05-14 11:02 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [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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[2026-05-14 10:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States have agreed to deepen cooperation to achieve "shared security goals," the defense ministry said Thursday, amid the allies' apparent different views over the timeline of Seoul retaking wartime command from Washington.
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[2026-05-14 10:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Middle East crisis will come into sharp focus during the Xi-Trump summit as Marco Rubio says it threatens to ‘destabilise Asia’
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[2026-05-14 10:55 UTC+10:00] [Iranian crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Middle East crisis will come into sharp focus during the Xi-Trump summit as Marco Rubio says it threatens to ‘destabilise Asia’
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[2026-05-14 10:54 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump officials likely violated Francesca Albanese’s rights by imposing measures after she criticized Israel, says judge
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[2026-05-14 10:53 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
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[2026-05-14 10:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The high representative for the US President Donald Trump's "Peace Council" in Gaza said on Wednesday that the ceasefire in the enclave was working but was "far from perfect".
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[2026-05-14 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: This week the Democrat mayor of Arcadia, CA pled guilty to charges of acting as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China. Prosecutors alleged that from 2020–2022 (pre-mayor but continuing into her time in office), she and an associate operated a website promoting pro-China propaganda at the direction of PRC officials, without registering as a foreign agent.
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[2026-05-14 10:27 UTC+10:00] [Philippines] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Video shows journalists scrambling after gunshots were fired in the Philippine senate on Wednesday. The video from Philippines' TV5 shows a journalist on the phone, as gunshots are fired, causing panic among local media. The incident came as Ronald dela Rosa, the chief enforcer in former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte's bloody 'war on drugs', said on Facebook his arrest was imminent and urged people to mobilise to prevent his handover to the international criminal court.
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[2026-05-14 10:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Priyanka Salve, writing to you from Singapore.
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[2026-05-14 10:20 UTC+10:00] [International Relations] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: When President Trump meets his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, Taiwan is almost certainly going to come up. And few issues in diplomacy are more complicated than the status of the self-governing island that China claims as its own.
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[2026-05-14 10:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump landed in Beijing on Wednesday evening local time, kicking off a two-day summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the first such meeting in nearly nine years.
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[2026-05-14 10:11 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ahead of the crucial talks, security has been heightened in Beijing, with the US president set to meet Xi at the Great Hall of the People
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[2026-05-14 10:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump walks during a welcome ceremony as he arrives in Beijing on May 13. © AP
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[2026-05-14 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US military is considering renaming its Iran war campaign "Operation Sledgehammer" if the ongoing ceasefire collapses and US President Donald Trump decides to resume active combat operations against the Islamic regime, NBC News cited two US officials as saying on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-14 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump talks during an arrival ceremony Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, with Eric Trump, right. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-05-14 09:52 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump heads into a series of meetings with China's Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, aiming to secure economic wins, maintain a fragile trade truce and navigate thorny issues such as the Iran war and arms sales to Taiwan.
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[2026-05-14 09:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The wife of disgraced congresssman Eric Swalwell was spotted without her wedding ring near the couple’s $1.2 million Washington, D.C. home — as her husband’s whereabouts still remain publicly unknown.
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[2026-05-14 09:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to open higher Thursday as investors look to a high-stakes meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for clues on the future of U.S.-China ties and global trade.
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[2026-05-14 09:44 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: May 14, 2026 09:44 | News
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[2026-05-14 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Just before leaving to China on Tuesday, President Trump fielded question from the media and issued some shocking remarks which are sure to hurt, not help Republicans, during a week in which the Iran war hits the 75-day mark.
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[2026-05-14 09:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, May 14 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping were set to hold summit talks in Beijing on Thursday, with trade, the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, Taiwan and technological competition expected to top the agenda.
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[2026-05-14 09:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: CARACAS (AP) — El gobierno de la presidenta encargada, Delcy Rodríguez, anunció el miércoles el comienzo de un proceso de reestructuración de su deuda pública externa de Venezuela y la corporación estatal Petróleos de Venezuela S.A: (PDVSA) , casi un mes después que el país sudamericano reanudó relaciones con el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) tras siete años de interrupción.
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[2026-05-14 09:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is rumored to be eyeing a special session to pressure his fellow Republicans in the state legislature to adopt a congressional map that would endanger Rep. Jim Clyburn’s (D-SC) seat.
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[2026-05-14 09:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick arrives for a deposition as part of the House Oversight Committee’s investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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[2026-05-14 09:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States has offered $100m in humanitarian assistance to Cuba on the condition that the island’s communist government agrees to “meaningful reforms”.
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[2026-05-14 08:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Four residents from Memphis, Tennessee, have filed a lawsuit accusing the administration of United States President Donald Trump of harassment during an immigration and crime crackdown in the city.
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[2026-05-14 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by Ukraine’s 65th Mechanized Brigade press service, recruits practice military skills at a training ground near the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (Andriy Andriyenko/Ukraine’s 65th Mechanized Brigade via AP)
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[2026-05-14 08:46 UTC+10:00] [Banking and Financial Institutions] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: How Trump Changed the Way He Talks About China2:23
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[2026-05-14 08:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump greets President of the Dominican Republic Luis Abinader at the Shield of the Americas Summit, March 7, 2026, at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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[2026-05-14 08:36 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In House committee transcript, commerce secretary denied any further contact with disgraced financier
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[2026-05-14 08:35 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-14 08:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s arrival in China this week is being treated as far more than another diplomatic photo opportunity. Relations between Washington and Beijing remain tense, competition between the two powers stretches across almost every domain, and yet both sides appear increasingly aware that uncontrolled confrontation would carry enormous costs.
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[2026-05-14 08:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s arrival in China this week is being treated as far more than another diplomatic photo opportunity. Relations between Washington and Beijing remain tense, competition between the two powers stretches across almost every domain, and yet both sides appear increasingly aware that uncontrolled confrontation would carry enormous costs.
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[2026-05-14 08:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The war with Iran is looming over US President Donald Trump's visit to China, where he is expected to ask Xi Jinping for help to resolve the costly conflict.
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