Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-14 05:46 UTC+10:00] [US Senate] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Resolution fails by 49-50, with Lisa Murkowski and fellow GOP members Rand Paul and Susan Collins voting in favor
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[2026-05-14 05:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Iran has been seeking to prove its unity and defiance to the world in the aftermath of the 38-days of heavy US-Israeli bombing it endured throughout the Trump-ordered Operation Epic Fury.
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[2026-05-14 05:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: He is taking over as the world’s largest economy reels from repeated shocks, including inflation fuelled in part by the Iran war
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[2026-05-14 05:42 UTC+10:00] [Columbia] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: He is taking over as the world’s largest economy reels from repeated shocks, including inflation fuelled in part by the Iran war
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[2026-05-14 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A delegation headed by Prof. Xin Chunying, Member of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and Chairperson of the Constitution and Law Committee of the NPC of China, called on Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne recently.
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[2026-05-14 05:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Hamas blocked Gazan contractors last week from reaching an area in Rafah designated for a new Palestinian city under the Trump administration’s peace plan, Hebrew media reported on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-14 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Nickolay Mladenov, the top diplomat overseeing the United States-brokered “ceasefire” in Gaza as part of US President Donald Trump’s International Board of Peace, has said he could envision a political role for Hamas in post-war Gaza if the Palestinian group disarms.
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[2026-05-14 05:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: It has taken eight and a half years, but on Wednesday President Donald Trump finally succeeded in reversing one of the few mistakes he has admitted to making as president. In November 2017, Trump chose Jerome Powell to chair the Federal Reserve, opting for someone he saw as malleable over a charismatic but youthful former Fed governor, Kevin Warsh.
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[2026-05-14 05:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Wary of the terrible election-year optics, some federal Republican legislators are less-than-enthusiastic about approving a request for a billion dollars in security funding relating to President Trump's White House ballroom project. Some of them shared those feelings with reporters after they received a Tuesday afternoon closed-door briefing by Secret Service Director Sean Curran.
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[2026-05-14 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un cartel del centro de detención de inmigrantes apodado “Alcatraz con Caimanes”, en Ochopee, Florida, el 11 de mayo del 2026. (AP foto/Marta Lavandier)
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[2026-05-14 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Donald Trump arrived in Beijing last night for the first visit to China by a US president since 2017. (Reuters: Evelyn Hockstein)
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[2026-05-14 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Donald Trump has returned to China for the first time since 2017, when he complimented Xi Jinping as the "king" of China. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters)
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[2026-05-14 05:00 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: May 14, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-05-14 04:49 UTC+10:00] [Federal Reserve] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Warsh will serve four-year term as chair, taking over amid rising inflation and pressure from Trump to lower rates
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[2026-05-14 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The White House refuted reports that the United States denied visas for five members of Iraq's national team ahead of next month's World Cup.
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[2026-05-14 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Washington’s Christian Soto (14), Charlie Ostrem (20), Nick Scardina (11), and Kalani Kossa-Rienzi (6) celebrate the team’s win over Georgetown in an NCAA men’s soccer tournament semifinal game in Cary, N.C., Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown, File)
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[2026-05-14 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Kevin Warsh was confirmed Wednesday as the next Federal Reserve chair, taking over the central bank at a time when President Donald Trump is pushing for lower interest rates even as fresh inflation data complicates the case for cuts.
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[2026-05-14 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Kevin Warsh was confirmed as the next Federal Reserve chairman on Wednesday — even as surging inflation has begun to box the central bank into one of its toughest corners in years.
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[2026-05-14 04:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2026-05-14 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: California Gov. Gavin Newsom will reveal his updated budget plan Thursday as state Democrats grapple with what they claim are “Trump inflation” impacts on public services, particularly health care.
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[2026-05-14 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Philippine Senate was locked down with military personnel seen entering the building where a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) had sought refuge.
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[2026-05-14 04:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum ofrece su conferencia de prensa matutina diaria en el Palacio Nacional, el jueves 30 de abril de 2026, en Ciudad de México. (AP Foto/Fernando Llano)
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[2026-05-14 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US President Donald Trump landed in Beijing on Wednesday for a closely watched summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, where the war in Iran, trade tension and Taiwan are expected to dominate discussions.
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[2026-05-14 04:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A Republican senator who broke from his party to vote in favour of convicting US President Donald Trump in impeachment proceedings during his first term is facing a bruising primary challenge in his home state of Louisiana.
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[2026-05-14 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Episode 7 of The Boys Season 5 is its second-to-last episode ever, so let’s go live to an apparently now-immortal Homelander as he reboots the universe. Congress, he dictates to a supplicant President Calhoun, will be disbanded. The borders between church and state will be destroyed, and the Democratic Church of America will become the official religion of the one true god, “Me.” Fake milk for babies will be banned.
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[2026-05-14 03:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El senador demócrata por Oregon Jeff Merkley y la senadora republicana por Alaska Lisa Murkowski en el Congreso en Washington, el 30 de abril del 2026. (AP foto/J. Scott Applewhite)
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[2026-05-14 03:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: At least a dozen gunshots rang out inside the Philippine Senate building in Manila earlier on Wednesday as police and marines moved to arrest Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa on an International Criminal Court warrant for alleged crimes against humanity linked to former President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal war on drugs, a campaign that left more than 6,000 suspected drug dealers dead in operations.
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[2026-05-14 03:47 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O Presidente dos Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, chegou esta quarta-feira a Pequim para uma visita de Estado de três dias à China. A reunião com o presidente chinês, Xi Jinping, acontece na quinta-feira e deverá centrar-se em comércio internacional, guerra no Irão e venda de armas a Taiwan.
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[2026-05-14 03:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Prediction market traders think President Donald Trump will make some major announcements in his trip to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
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[2026-05-14 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., the ranking member, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, prepare to hear from U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz on his 2027 budget request, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/J.
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[2026-05-14 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: When President Donald Trump meets with his counterpart, Xi Jinping, a new item will be added to the long list of issues of mutual interest and potential disagreement between the United States and China: the war in Iran.
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[2026-05-14 03:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-05-14 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — A North Carolina high school has been accused of ignoring student concerns about a transgender classmate who allegedly used the girls’ locker room and stared at females while they changed.
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[2026-05-14 03:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump saluda al presidente de la FIFA Gianni Infantino (derecha) durante el sorteo de la Copa Mundial, el 5 de diciembre de 2025, en Washington. (AP Foto/Evan Vucci)
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[2026-05-14 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks while visiting Washington in March. Tokyo had scheduled the trip with the timing of the U.S.-China leaders summit, then planned for April, in mind. © Reuters
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[2026-05-14 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A Chinese electronics factory. China's exports to the U.S. fell in 2025, but its overall trade surplus with the world grew. © Reuters
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[2026-05-14 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A Chinese electronics factory. China's exports to the U.S. fell in 2025, but its overall trade surplus with the world grew. © Reuters
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[2026-05-14 03:00 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The US president’s late-night Truth Social vitriol riddled with erratic capitalization and spelling? That’s leadership
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[2026-05-14 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino talk during a FIFA task force meeting in the East Room of the White House, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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[2026-05-14 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s counterterrorism director has suggested that two of the president’s loudest critics – Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes – are considered potential left-wing threats by the White House.
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[2026-05-14 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s counterterrorism director has suggested that two of the president’s loudest critics – Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes – are considered potential left-wing threats by the White House.
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[2026-05-14 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Members from the National Guard working as part of the Memphis Safe Task Force conduct a community safety patrol at Tom Lee Park, Oct. 12, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)
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[2026-05-14 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: A SOCO team arrives at the Senate. A PNP officer said they were called to investigate the "crime scene." He did not elaborate.
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[2026-05-14 02:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday night clarified that the Marines seen inside the Senate were in fact part of the regular security detail following confusions about their presence following the shooting inside the building.
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[2026-05-14 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El doctor Marty Makary, director de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos, habla acompañado de (de izquierda a derecha): el director de los Institutos Nacionales de Salud doctor Jay Bhattacharya, el secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Joe Rogan, el presidente Donald Trump, y el CEO de Americans for Ibogaine W.
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[2026-05-14 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Democrat has finally climbed to the top of the California governor’s race, according to a new poll.
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[2026-05-14 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: CNN’s top data cruncher Harry Enten delivered a sobering message for Democrats on Tuesday, warning that Republicans remain firmly competitive ahead of the November midterms despite President Trump’s sagging poll numbers and voter frustration over the rising cost of living.
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[2026-05-14 02:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The United States and Chinese flags are flown outside a hotel expected to be used for U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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[2026-05-14 02:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIJING — United States President Donald Trump said he would ask Xi Jinping to “open up” China to American firms as he headed to Beijing on Wednesday for a high-stakes summit that will also bring up the war on Iran.
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[2026-05-14 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The View host Whoopi Goldberg complained that the United States has been “de-balled” during an impassioned rant about having “no faith” in President Trump’s administration.
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