Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-12 06:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE -The badge and TSA logo patch are seen on the uniform of a Transportation Security Administration employee at one of the security checkpoints inside Lambert- St. Louis International Airport Oct. 7, 2010, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
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[2026-05-12 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The former White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator who helped shape the 6-foot rule, extended lockdowns, school closures, and “15 Days to Slow the Spread” (that somehow became much longer) is once again on television recommending widespread PCR testing - this time for hantavirus.
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[2026-05-12 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — A man accused of storming the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner while armed with guns and knives pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he attempted to kill President Donald Trump and fired a shotgun at a Secret Service officer who tried to stop the attack.
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[2026-05-12 06:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump is signing a pair of executive orders aimed at lowering beef prices, a White House official told The Post – his latest effort to ease affordability as the price of a tasty steak skyrockets and inflation concerns loom ahead of this year’s midterm elections.
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[2026-05-12 06:36 UTC+10:00] [US-China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-12 06:33 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-05-12 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cam Hamilton, acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee on Homeland Security oversight hearing of FEMA on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
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[2026-05-12 06:28 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-05-12 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: American business and policy circles seek trade certainty, AI dialogue and signs rivalry can be managed despite wider tensions
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[2026-05-12 06:23 UTC+10:00] [Strait of Hormuz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: American business and policy circles seek trade certainty, AI dialogue and signs rivalry can be managed despite wider tensions
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[2026-05-12 06:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks as FBI Director Kash Patel listens during a news conference at the Justice Department, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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[2026-05-12 06:01 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our live rolling coverage of the war in Iran, this Tuesday, May 12.
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[2026-05-12 05:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A poster on the Virginia redistricting referendum is seen during voting at Mason Square, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-05-12 05:54 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: A high-powered delegation of American business leaders including Elon Musk will accompany US President Donald Trump on his visit to China this week, as the two leaders prepare to discuss the sensitive topic of arms sales to Taiwan.
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[2026-05-12 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two out of three Americans think President Donald Trump has not clearly explained why the country has gone to war with Iran, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Monday that also showed his approval rating ticking up from the lowest level of his term.
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[2026-05-12 05:47 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O programa nuclear do Irã é fonte de conflito há décadas, e duas gerações de iranianos já o associa à guerra. A insistência do regime no enriquecimento de urânio expôs o país a pesadas sanções, e algumas estimativas calculam o prejuízo econômico direto em cerca de 3,5 trilhões de dólares (R$ 17 trilhões).
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[2026-05-12 05:43 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Oil prices have risen after US President Donald Trump said Iran’s response to US proposals to end the war was “totally unacceptable”.
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[2026-05-12 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, in his return to the White House, has demonstrated greater ambivalence toward Taiwan, an approach that's raising questions ahead of this week’s summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping about whether the US leader could be open to dialing back support for the island democracy that Beijing views as its breakaway province.
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[2026-05-12 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said the Iran ceasefire is on “life support” after rejecting Tehran’s latest proposal, which officials said included some nuclear concessions. Trump also proposed suspending the federal gas tax to help with higher fuel prices caused by the war.
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[2026-05-12 05:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: President Donald Trump is set to visit Beijing from May 13th to 15th for high-level talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, with trade, Iran, and regional security expected to top the agenda.
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[2026-05-12 05:25 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Cultural Landscape Foundation seeks to block the replacement of pool’s ‘gray stone’ appearance
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[2026-05-12 05:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: City Council Democrats agreed to drop a planned disciplinary action against a Republican politician over X statements calling for the “expulsion of Muslims,” The Post has learned.
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[2026-05-12 05:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: San Francisco Rep. Nancy Pelosi has finally weighed in on potential heirs to her nearly 40-year reign in Congress — giving a nod to a left-wing pol who’s trailing badly in polls.
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[2026-05-12 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Workers apply a blue protective coating as part of a renovation project to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Friday, May 8, 2026, on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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[2026-05-12 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Donald Trump says he will raise the issue of US arms sales to Taiwan during his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week.
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[2026-05-12 05:04 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: The ceasefire between the US, Israel and Iran is “on life support”, President Donald Trump says, as he meets with his generals and contemplates restarting a short-lived military mission to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-12 05:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is investigating more than 120 biological laboratories abroad that were funded by US taxpayer dollars for decades, as part of an effort to end potentially risky experiments with viruses pursuant to President Trump’s executive order on so-called “gain-of-function” research.
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[2026-05-12 05:00 UTC+10:00] [World / Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: May 12, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-05-12 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: When Trump last visited China in 2017, artificial intelligence was not yet the centre of global power. Now it is. (Reuters: Evelyn Hockstein)
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[2026-05-12 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez waves after bidding farewell to U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright following their meeting at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
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[2026-05-12 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Top US executives, including Tesla's Elon Musk and Apple's Tim Cook, will accompany US President Donald Trump on his visit to China this week, a White House official said Monday.
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[2026-05-12 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The House Ethics Committee revealed Monday it has issued more than 20 subpoenas, reached out to dozens of witnesseses, and pored over thousands of documents as it weighs “serious and complex” accusations against Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) — including domestic assault.
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[2026-05-12 04:30 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: National average for gas prices has risen by well over a dollar a gallon since late February
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[2026-05-12 04:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is expected to bring a host of top business and technology industry executives on his trip to China this week.
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[2026-05-12 04:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Los precios de la gasolina son exhibidos en una gasolinera en Centennial, Colorado, el 28 de abril del 2026. (AP foto/David Zalubowski)
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[2026-05-12 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has said the month-long ceasefire between the US and Iran is on "massive life support".
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[2026-05-12 04:17 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-12 04:13 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president says he is considering restarting naval escorts in strait of Hormuz in attempt to end Iranian blockade
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[2026-05-12 04:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Child care in America has become a significant financial burden. For many families, it now rivals rent, a mortgage, or student loan payments.
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[2026-05-12 03:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A 19-year-old University of Washington student was found stabbed to death in the laundry room of an off-campus apartment building — and police are frantically searching for the killer who “should be considered armed and dangerous.”
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[2026-05-12 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: American Bankers Association (ABA) CEO Rob Nichols sent an emergency Sunday letter to every bank CEO in the country, urging “immediate engagement” against what he called a stablecoin yield loophole in the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, days before a Senate Banking Committee markup scheduled for Thursday.
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[2026-05-12 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Treasury Department building is pictured at dusk in Washington, June 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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[2026-05-12 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are proposing suspending the federal gas tax as prices at the pump continue to soar ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
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[2026-05-12 03:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump said the Iran ceasefire is on “life support” after he rejected the country’s latest proposal for not including a nuclear concession. He also claimed that Iran went back on his ceasefire proposal to allow the U.S. to come in and help extract its highly enriched uranium.
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[2026-05-12 03:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Donald Trump says the ceasefire with Iran is “on life support,” after dismissing Tehran’s response to a US peace proposal as “stupid.” The US president’s swift rejection of Iran’s response on Sunday has fuelled concerns that the 10-week-old conflict will drag on, and continue to paralyse shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-12 03:17 UTC+10:00] [US Senate] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Chuck Schumer accuses GOP of ‘asking working families to pay the price while Trump pockets the perks’ in letter
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[2026-05-12 03:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Foto del 27 de octubre del 2025, el defensive end de los Chiefs de Kansas City Mike Dana observa el marcador en el encuentro ante los Commanders de Washington. (AP Foto/Reed Hoffmann, Archivo)
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[2026-05-12 03:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Republican candidate for California Insurance Commissioner Stacy Korsgaden has warned she would crack down on insurance fraud and conduct a full audit of the California Department of Insurance if elected.
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[2026-05-12 02:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Trump administration is engaged in a targeted effort to censor Disney and its ABC network through a series of sweeping regulatory actions, the sole Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission said Monday.
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[2026-05-12 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Sergey Brin’s “MAGA girlfriend” is pushing back on claims that she dragged the Google co-founder to the political right, insisting the billionaire tech mogul’s political change of heart can be laid squarely at the feet of Democrats.
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