Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-09 05:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: En esta fotografía facilitada por el servicio de prensa de la 93na Brigada Mecanizada Independiente de Kholodnyi Yar de Ucrania, militares controlan drones FPV desde un refugio en Druzhkivka, región de Donetsk, Ucrania, el jueves 7 de mayo de 2026. (Iryna Rybakova/93ra Brigada Mecanizada de Ucrania vía AP)
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[2026-05-09 05:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Surveying the scale of Labour's disastrous elections performance, there are now at least a dozen Labour MPs saying publicly that Sir Keir Starmer should resign or attach a sell by date to his premiership.
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[2026-05-09 05:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, May 8 (Yonhap) -- The United States expects Iran to respond to its proposals to end hostilities on Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, noting that Tehran's "fractured" and "dysfunctional" system might impede its decision-making.
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[2026-05-09 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La doctora Zahra Shokri Varniab posa para una foto el viernes 1 de mayo de 2026, en Palo Alto, California. (AP Foto/Jeff Chiu)
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[2026-05-09 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Pentagon said the U.S. military launched “self-defense strikes” on Iranian targets on Thursday after “unprovoked” attacks from the Islamic republic on U.S. Navy vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-09 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump announced Friday that the leaders of Russia and Ukraine have agreed to his request for a three-day ceasefire and a major prisoner swap. He hailed in a Truth Social post that this could be the "beginning of the end" of the long war between them.
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[2026-05-09 05:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says the leaders of Russia and Ukraine have agreed to his request for a three-day ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners.
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[2026-05-09 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-09 05:00 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-09 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Despite Trump's disdain for his allies, the significant damage to US bases and military assets in the Middle East that are increasingly being reported means his military's physical options now seem more constrained. (Reuters: Eduardo Munoz)
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[2026-05-09 04:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ARCHIVO – El Pentágono, visto desde el Air Force One mientras vuela sobre Washington, el 2 de marzo de 2022. (AP Foto/Patrick Semansky, Archivo)
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[2026-05-09 04:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer wants key meeting in Beijing to help ‘achieve more balance’ economically between the two countries
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[2026-05-09 04:57 UTC+10:00] [US Trade Representative] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer wants key meeting in Beijing to help ‘achieve more balance’ economically between the two countries
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[2026-05-09 04:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Secretary of State Marco Rubio described himself as “a strong supporter of NATO” amid tensions between President Trump and the members of the alliance.
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[2026-05-09 04:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Laura Fernández was sworn in Friday as president of Costa Rica alongside her predecessor, outgoing President Rodrigo Chaves, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump who will be serving dual roles as her mi nisters of the presidency and finance.
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[2026-05-09 04:55 UTC+10:00] [Immigration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.
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[2026-05-09 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The War Department dumped 162 declassified files on Friday that show thousands of “flying saucers” reported in our skies since the 1940s.
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[2026-05-09 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump claimed in a Truth Social post on Friday that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a three-day ceasefire during Victory Day celebrations this weekend, a surprise announcement that further clouded a week of competing and ignored truce declarations.
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[2026-05-09 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia and Ukraine confirmed Friday that they have agreed to a three-day ceasefire and a prisoner exchange following a surprise diplomatic intervention by U.S. President Donald Trump.
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[2026-05-09 04:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump said Friday that Ukraine and Russia will embark on a three-day cease-fire that could be the “beginning of the end” of the more than four-year-old war — as both nations pause to celebrate the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
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[2026-05-09 04:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US President Donald Trump on Friday announced a three-day ceasefire in the Ukraine war ahead of Russia’s annual Victory Day parade.
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[2026-05-09 04:36 UTC+10:00] [World / Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said there will be a three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine over the weekend, as well as a prisoner swap.
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[2026-05-09 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Gov Gavin Newsom conspicuously sidestepped a question about his former colleague Xavier Becerra— a longtime California Democrat who’s now the frontrunner to succeed him.
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[2026-05-09 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rubio says Washington is awaiting Iran’s response to a new US proposal to end the conflict in the region
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[2026-05-09 04:30 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rubio says Washington is awaiting Iran’s response to a new US proposal to end the conflict in the region
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[2026-05-09 04:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A US military aircraft had a freaky chase encounter with a “super-hot” orb during a nighttime search mission just last year, the newly released UFO files show.
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[2026-05-09 04:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump walks through the Colonnade of the White House as he arrives to attend a luncheon for mothers Friday, May 8, 2026, in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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[2026-05-09 04:24 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president posts on Truth Social ceasefire will include suspension of all ‘kinetic activity’ and prisoner swaps
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[2026-05-09 04:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Minnesota state lawmaker is asking a powerful House committee to subpoena Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for refusing to cooperate with an investigation into her possible ties to Somali fraudsters who bilked Twin Citites taxpayers out of $250 million.
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[2026-05-09 04:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump says there will be a three-day ceasefire in the war between Russia and Ukraine.
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[2026-05-09 04:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has announced a three-day ceasefire and a major prisoner swap between Moscow and Kiev, expressing hopes the truce would become the “beginning of the end of a very long, deadly, and hard fought war.”
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[2026-05-09 04:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, May 8 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday raised questions about allies' lack of support for the United States' military efforts to address Iran's nuclear ambitions and reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-09 04:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump listens as Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaks at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during a visit to to see the new blue protective coating being applied as part of a renovation project, Thursday, May 7, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-05-09 03:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Voters want to see action on housing in Washington, DC, even if they don’t know all the details, a new poll has found.
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[2026-05-09 03:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Already looking like something right out of the dot com bubble, Intel stock soared even more moments ago, surging almost 20% and hitting a new all time high over $130 (it was trading at $80 a few days ago), after the WSJ reported that the White House-backed chipmaker has reached a preliminary agreement to manufacture some of the chips that power Apple devices.
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[2026-05-09 03:25 UTC+10:00] [Criminal Justice] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: Federal and local lawmakers in Puerto Rico, as well as civil rights and advocacy organizations, have called for investigations after ProPublica reported how a federal probe into a drugs-for-votes scheme in Puerto Rico prisons got quashed after the 2024 elections.
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[2026-05-09 03:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — America’s employers delivered a surprising 115,000 new jobs last month despite an economic shock from the Iran war.
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[2026-05-09 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-05-09 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-05-09 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: America’s reputation has been worsening under US President Donald Trump and the country now lags behind China and Russia, an annual study commissioned by the Alliance of Democracies Foundation indicates.
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[2026-05-09 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: America’s reputation has been worsening under US President Donald Trump and the country now lags behind China and Russia, an annual study commissioned by the Alliance of Democracies Foundation indicates.
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[2026-05-09 03:02 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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[2026-05-09 02:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Washington joined Israel’s war against Iran despite intelligence assessments that the Islamic Republic was not developing nuclear weapons, US President Donald Trump’s former counterterrorism chief, Joe Kent, has said.
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[2026-05-09 02:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Washington joined Israel’s war against Iran despite intelligence assessments that the Islamic Republic was not developing nuclear weapons, US President Donald Trump’s former counterterrorism chief, Joe Kent, has said.
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[2026-05-09 02:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This courtroom sketch depicts Cole Tomas Allen, center, listening as his attorney Eugene Ohm, left, speaks to U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui, Monday, May 4, 2026, in Washington, as Tony Towns, the acting general counsel for the District of Columbia Department of Corrections, listens at right. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)
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[2026-05-09 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Pentagon has declassified and released a batch of government files on unidentified flying objects (UFOs), describing the move as a “historic transparency effort.”
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[2026-05-09 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Pentagon has declassified and released a batch of government files on unidentified flying objects (UFOs), describing the move as a “historic transparency effort.”
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[2026-05-09 02:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Pentagon has released a trove of reports of historical UFO sightings that includes several videos of objects filmed in the UAE and across the Middle East.
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[2026-05-09 02:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mysterious footage released in the Pentagon’s UFO files on Friday appeared to capture a bizarre “eight-pointed star” streaking across the sky several years back.
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[2026-05-09 02:22 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Release follows Trump directive for agencies to declassify government files related to unidentified flying objects
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