Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-13 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump talks on his cell phone in his limousine, known as “The Beast,” upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)
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[2026-05-13 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump departed Washington for Beijing Tuesday and his high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. As he left, Trump downplayed differences with Xi over the war in Iran and predicted “good things are going to happen” during the visit.
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[2026-05-13 10:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 95]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-05-13 09:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed Wednesday, as investors digest a hotter-than-expected inflation reading for April amid concerns over higher oil prices and the ongoing Middle East conflict.
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[2026-05-13 09:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: President Donald Trump's futuristic "Golden Dome" missile defence system will cost about $1.2 tn (£882bn) to develop, deploy and operate over two decades, a new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates.
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[2026-05-13 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: There was a bit of a narrative shift on display in Congress as back-to-back hearings on Capitol Hill with top defense and Trump admin officials played out Tuesday, with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth repeatedly on the defensive as he and the administration face intensified scrutiny over the Iran war.
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[2026-05-13 09:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The fugitive financier is accused of being the architect of a scheme to siphon at least US$4.5 billion from Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund
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[2026-05-13 09:38 UTC+10:00] [jho low] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The fugitive financier is accused of being the architect of a scheme to siphon at least US$4.5 billion from Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund
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[2026-05-13 09:27 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: FBI director also dismisses allegations of unexplained absences as Democrats challenge him over Atlantic report
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[2026-05-13 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Sundance via The Conservative Treehouse,
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[2026-05-13 09:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Varias mujeres lloran mientras cargan el cuerpo de Mariam Fahos, de 6 meses de edad, durante una procesión funeraria en honor de las personas muertas el día anterior en un ataque aéreo Israelí en el poblado de Saksakieh, en la ciudad portuaria de Sidón, en el norte de Líbano, el domingo 10 de mayo de 2026.
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[2026-05-13 09:00 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-05-13 08:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A measure to force a vote on redistricting failed the South Carolina state Senate on Tuesday after five Republican lawmakers defied President Trump and voted with Democrats against the redistricting effort.
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[2026-05-13 08:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: In his sitdown with Chinese capo Xi Jinping, President Donald Trump should raise holy hell over Beijing’s brazen espionage and covert influence operations in America, from Los Angeles to New York and everywhere in between, including in cyberspace and in our skies.
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[2026-05-13 08:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The FBI chief shouted over a lawmaker asking about accusations that he drank on the job and was at times not reachable by staff
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[2026-05-13 08:46 UTC+10:00] [Kash Patel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The FBI chief shouted over a lawmaker asking about accusations that he drank on the job and was at times not reachable by staff
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[2026-05-13 08:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Robert Kagan, one of the United States’ most prominent neoconservative voices and a long-time pro-Israel hawk, has warned that Washington is heading towards “total defeat” in its war on Iran - a setback he says “can neither be repaired nor ignored”.
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[2026-05-13 08:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho, widely known as Jho Low and now a fugitive, has sought a pardon from President Trump, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
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[2026-05-13 08:40 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Controversial plans for a $1.5 billion Trump Tower on the Gold Coast have been scrapped less than three months after a deal was signed.
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[2026-05-13 08:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) told The Post that a longtime CIA employee will allege an ongoing “deep state” conspiracy to cover up the origins of COVID-19 during a public hearing Wednesday.
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[2026-05-13 08:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People protest to demand more funding for public universities in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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[2026-05-13 08:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: As Donald Trump left for Beijing, he said he would talk to China's president about the war but did not need help to end it.
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[2026-05-13 08:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: When China's leader Xi Jinping hosts his American counterpart in Beijing this week, Donald Trump will be reminded of his last visit in 2017 – he was wooed hard, complete with dinner inside the Forbidden City, an honour no US president before him had received.
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[2026-05-13 08:06 UTC+10:00] [US-China] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-13 07:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is set to meet his counterpart, Xi Jinping, on Thursday in Beijing for a two-day visit. Business and trade deals are at the top of the agenda for the leaders of the world’s two largest economies, but Iran will loom large in the background.
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[2026-05-13 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As the Trump-Xi summit approaches, China will be going into negotiations with a new diplomatic posture
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[2026-05-13 07:30 UTC+10:00] [UN] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As the Trump-Xi summit approaches, China will be going into negotiations with a new diplomatic posture
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[2026-05-13 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The wife of disgraced ex-Rep. Eric Swalwell was spotted flying solo outside their $1.2 million Washington, D.C. home as the under-fire former congressman has stayed in hiding for more than a month.
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[2026-05-13 07:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Gas prices are displayed at a Westar gas station in Miami, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
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[2026-05-13 07:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Tuesday insisted that his policies were working and that surging inflation was merely temporary due to the US and Israeli war against Iran.
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[2026-05-13 07:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Urban Development and Planning
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[2026-05-13 07:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Trade and investment between the US and UAE has significantly increased after President Donald Trump's visit to the Emirates last year, according to a report from the US-UAE Business Council.
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[2026-05-13 07:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Democrat Eileen Wang, a former California mayor who resigned from her position this week after admitting to acting as an illegal Chinese agent, was once honored as a Woman of the Year by Congresswoman Judy Chu for her “strong voice, leadership, and dedication to serving her community.”
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[2026-05-13 07:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Texas Democratic Senate candidate and Texas state Rep. James Talarico, Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa and former President Barack Obama visit the Taco Joint on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Joel Angel Juarez, Pool)
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[2026-05-13 07:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has departed the White House en route to Beijing, where he will meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
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[2026-05-13 07:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has not ruled the possibility of traveling to Russia this year to help facilitate a settlement to the Ukraine conflict.
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[2026-05-13 07:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has not ruled the possibility of traveling to Russia this year to help facilitate a settlement to the Ukraine conflict.
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[2026-05-13 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Luis Cornelio via HeadlineUSA,
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[2026-05-13 06:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth insisted the US has “control” of the Strait of Hormuz during surprisingly civil testimony before House and Senate appropriators on the Pentagon’s wallet-busting $1.5 trillion budget plans.
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[2026-05-13 06:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump says he does not need help from Beijing to end the war with Iran but says he will talk at length with Chinese President Xi Jinping when they hold a summit this week.
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[2026-05-13 06:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson takes questions at a news conference following a closed-door GOP meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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[2026-05-13 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Is it a red wave, or are California voters coming down with a case of blue flu?
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[2026-05-13 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Iran on Tuesday revealed its demands in a counteroffer to the United States that President Trump shot down on Sunday, which has put the whole conflict and Pakistan-mediated talks in a holding pattern and stalemate, as the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively blocked.
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[2026-05-13 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: “The View” co-host Joy Behar was skewered on social media for sowing “toxic and divisive” rhetoric with her latest anti-Trump screed, spewing a deranged accusation that the president wants to create a generation of “toddler white nationalists.”
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[2026-05-13 06:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The sharp rise in gasoline prices caused by the Iran war has led to bipartisan calls, and in some cases action, to reduce US gas taxes. At least three Republican-run states have declared gas-tax holidays, and three Democratic US senators have introduced legislation to suspend the federal gas tax until October.
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[2026-05-13 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Donald Trump has reasserted his support for Pakistan to serve as a mediator between Iran and the United States after Senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally of the US president, disparaged Islamabad’s diplomacy.
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[2026-05-13 06:24 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-05-13 06:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-05-13 06:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US is putting increasing pressure on Iranian oil sales before President Donald Trump's high-stakes visit to China, the world's largest crude importer.
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[2026-05-13 06:06 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Kyle Diamantas, a top official at the agency, will replace Makary and serve as acting FDA commissioner
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