Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-05-09 02:10 UTC+10:00] [Criminal Justice] [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 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: A CONSUMER advocacy group on Friday urged Congress to reconsider proposals to ban minors from using social media, warning that sweeping restrictions could push young users into less regulated online spaces instead of protecting them.
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[2026-05-09 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEN. Bong Go has issued a call for more institutionalized crisis support systems following the Senate’s approval on second reading of Senate Bill (SB) 1966, which seeks to formalize the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (AICS) program.
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[2026-05-09 01:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The ladies of The View shared a laugh during Friday’s (May 8) broadcast after a clip of First Lady Melania Trump praising President Trump’s went viral.
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[2026-05-09 01:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Pentagon’s release of UFO files showed for the first time unexplained visual phenomena from the Apollo missions to the moon and in footage above the Middle East, but an administration official told The Post that “even cooler information” is coming in future tranches.
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[2026-05-09 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Belying the Trump administration's claims that a US blockade on Iran's use of the Strait of Hormuz has the country on the ropes and its oil infrastructure in near-term peril, a confidential CIA analysis says Iran can persevere another three or four months, if not longer. In a second stark contradiction of White House narratives, US intelligence assesses that the bulk of Iran's pre-war missile inventory is still intact.
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[2026-05-09 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States Department of Defense has released its first tranche of previously classified files on unidentified flying objects (UFOs), following an order from US President Donald Trump in February.
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[2026-05-09 01:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Ruanda, Paul Kagame, habla durante una ceremonia de firma de un acuerdo con el presidente Donald Trump y el presidente de la República Democrática del Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, en el Instituto de la Paz de Estados Unidos, el 4 de diciembre de 2025, en Washington. (Foto AP/Evan Vucci, archivo)
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[2026-05-09 01:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Chinese solar and battery companies poured billions of dollars into setting up American factories to claim Biden-era tax credits. © Reuters
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[2026-05-09 01:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Washington Commanders quarterback Taylor Heinicke throws a pass in the first half of an NFL football game against the San Francisco 49ers, Dec. 24, 2022, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)
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[2026-05-09 01:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Virginia’s top court has thrown out a new electoral map that was crafted to flip four Republican-held US congressional seats to Democrats, handing President Donald Trump’s party a victory in the run-up to the November midterm elections.
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[2026-05-09 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: On the surface today's jobs report was very strong: headline payrolls came in nearly double the expected (115K vs 65K), with unemployment flat just so Trump's chief economist Kevin Hassett could push bullish taking points in today's TV circuit such as this one.
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[2026-05-09 00:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Apollo 17 lunar crew once reported seeing unidentified strange bright sparks that lit up space like the “Fourth of July,” according to newly released UFO files released by the Pentagon on Friday.
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[2026-05-09 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Three Iranian oil tankers have bypassed what US President Donald Trump has called a naval “wall of steel” in the Strait of Hormuz and reached Iranian ports through Pakistani waters over the past two days, Tehran’s IRNA state news agency reported on Friday, citing maritime tracking data.
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[2026-05-09 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Three Iranian oil tankers have bypassed what US President Donald Trump has called a naval “wall of steel” in the Strait of Hormuz and reached Iranian ports through Pakistani waters over the past two days, Tehran’s IRNA state news agency reported on Friday, citing maritime tracking data.
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[2026-05-09 00:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Supreme Court of Virginia has denied a request from Democrats and state officials to lift a lower-court order blocking certification of the April 21 redistricting referendum, leaving a voter-approved congressional map that could flip four Republican U.S. House seats in legal limbo just months before the 2026 midterm elections.
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[2026-05-09 00:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A wave of low-cost Chinese-made vehicles is slipping into California through Mexico — and the issue is now headed to Washington.
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[2026-05-09 00:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Kamala Harris needed her mouth washed out with soap after delivering a profane assessment of the war in Iran during an appearance in Las Vegas Thursday.
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[2026-05-09 00:35 UTC+10:00] [Trade] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-09 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington was expecting a response from Iran on Friday to US proposals for a deal to end the conflict.
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[2026-05-09 00:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. military said it struck two Iran-flagged unladen oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Friday, preventing the vessels from entering an Iranian port in violation of a U.S. naval blockade.
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[2026-05-09 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A person votes in the Virginia redistricting referendum at Lake Braddock Secondary School, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Burke, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-05-09 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, United States — Former journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winner Philip Caputo, best known for his memoirs as a US Marine officer in the Vietnam War, has died, his son said. He was 84.
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[2026-05-09 00:04 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Star Wars actor later deleted post and apologized, saying president should live ‘long enough to be held accountable’
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[2026-05-09 00:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Two countries will lock horns for foreseeable future, with key industry certain to be a point of negotiation at next week’s Trump-Xi summit
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[2026-05-09 00:01 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Two countries will lock horns for foreseeable future, with key industry certain to be a point of negotiation at next week’s Trump-Xi summit
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[2026-05-09 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S. Department of Justice logo is before a news conference, Monday, May 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-05-08 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has begun releasing new files on UFOs, saying members of the public can draw their own conclusions on “unidentified anomalous phenomena” like an object that a drone pilot says shone a bright light in the sky and then vanished.
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[2026-05-08 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: On Friday, the Trump administration released the first official tranche of declassified UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena) and UFO files through the new Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE) - which of course was the alternative to the real incriminating Elite Presidential Shielding Taskforce Ensuring Impunity Now (EPSTEIN) files.
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[2026-05-08 23:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Andrew Giuliani defended soaring World Cup ticket prices as proof of surging demand for the tournament after President Trump told The Post that he wouldn’t shell out more than $1,000 to watch Team USA’s opening match next month.
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[2026-05-08 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Last week, Sharyn Alfonsi told the crowd while picking up a Ridenhour Prize in Washington, DC: “My hope recently has been that I still have a job.”
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[2026-05-08 23:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The US military launched a new series of airstrikes Friday, targeting a group of empty tankers in the Strait of Hormuz that were trying to barrel through the blockade of Iranian ports, according to Fox News.
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[2026-05-08 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has met United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Rome, as tensions grow between Italy and Washington over the US-Israel war on Iran.
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[2026-05-08 23:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Pentagon said the public ‘can ultimately make up their own minds about the information contained in these files’
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[2026-05-08 23:12 UTC+10:00] [US government] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Pentagon said the public ‘can ultimately make up their own minds about the information contained in these files’
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[2026-05-08 22:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The War Department released more than 160 files Friday related to sightings of UFOs dating back nearly 80 years, two days after President Trump predicted “I think some of it’s going to be very interesting to people.”
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[2026-05-08 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-05-08 22:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This photo is from the US Air Force’s “The Roswell Report,” released June 24, 1997, which discusses the alleged UFO incident in Roswell, N.M., in 1947. (U..S Air Force via AP, File)
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[2026-05-08 22:27 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-08 22:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures are higher and just shy of a new record, with technology names leading futures higher ahead of April jobs report, after Trump’s assertion that the Iran ceasefire is still holding despite an exchange of weapons between the US and Iran overnight, and a deep weekly loss for oil help futures regain positive momentum.
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[2026-05-08 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Pope Leo XIV] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: One year on the job, the first US pope wins support for his progressive views and his defiance of Donald Trump
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[2026-05-08 21:20 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Legislature has eliminated the state’s one Democratic, Black-majority congressional district
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[2026-05-08 21:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The White House has called Star Wars actor Mark Hamill "one sick individual" after he posted an AI-generated image of US President Donald Trump in a shallow grave, alongside the caption "if only".
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[2026-05-08 21:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ROMA (AP) — El ministro de Exteriores de Italia, Antonio Tajani, afirmó el viernes que le dijo al secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Marco Rubio, que Europa necesita a Washington, y viceversa, mientras el principal diplomático estadounidense concluía dos días de conversaciones para recomponer las relaciones en Italia y el Vaticano, tras semanas de tensiones por la guerra entre Estados Unidos e Israel con Irán.
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[2026-05-08 21:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A plan to install permanent gates at the iconic Washington Square Park is igniting a tug-of-war between safety and preserving the Big Apple park’s historically “free” spirit.
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[2026-05-08 21:00 UTC+10:00] [US immigration] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Guardian analyzed ICE records from January-August 2025, as advocates say the family-separation crisis will lead to generational trauma
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[2026-05-08 20:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame speaks during a signing ceremony with President Donald Trump and Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi, at the U.S. Institute of Peace, on Dec. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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[2026-05-08 20:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Marco Rubio meets Pope Leo as US seeks to repair Vatican ties
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