Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-08 01:09 UTC+10:00] [Late-night TV roundup] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Late-night hosts discussed the situation in Iran and the Trump administration’s efforts to avoid using the word ‘war’
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[2026-05-08 01:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg is expected to join President Donald Trump on his visit to China next week, a source familiar with the planemaker's plans told CNBC on Thursday.
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[2026-05-08 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn is calling for a full-blown investigation into a Torrance gun store that sold a shotgun to White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter Cole Allen, the deranged CalTech grad accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump.
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[2026-05-08 00:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Grab your sneakers and tighten those laces — the Presidential Fitness Test is back.
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[2026-05-08 00:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos de Estados Unidos, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifica ante el Comité de Finanzas del Senado en el Capitolio, el miércoles 22 de abril de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Jose Luis Magana)
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[2026-05-08 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — \White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has given birth to a baby girl, she announced Thursday.
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[2026-05-08 00:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio jokes with Pope Leo XIV as they exchange gifts at the Vatican on Thursday. (Vatican Media via Reuters)
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[2026-05-08 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: While conventional wisdom, especially after Trump's counter-blockade of Iran's blockade, that the Strait of Hormuz is completely blocked, the reality is that the UAE is now running loaded crude tankers through the Iranian-controlled Strait of Hormuz with transponders switched off - just like sanctioned Iranian ghost fleets in the pre-war period - just to pry loose a fraction of the oil bottled up in the Gulf.
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[2026-05-08 00:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Trump administration’s counter-terrorism strategy is set shrink the space in which the Muslim Brotherhood can operate, a leading expert on the group has said.
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[2026-05-08 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is selling peace with Iran again. Leaks about draft memorandums and breakthrough talks are circulating, and the familiar choreography has resumed – inflated expectations, maximalist demands, brief rallies in energy markets and, eventually, strategic deadlock.
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[2026-05-07 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A mystery smear site popped up on Wednesday, targeting TKO CEO and WME chairman Ari Emanuel. A group dubbed the Hollywood Anti-Genocide Movement launched NoMoreGenocide[.com], which refers to Emanuel as “the censor” and casts the 65-year-old puppet master as overseeing a vast global conspiracy involving Donald Trump, Mohammed bin Salman, Live Nation and TMZ.
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[2026-05-07 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Tehran6:34 p.m. May 7
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[2026-05-07 23:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump blasted sky-high 2026 FIFA World Cup ticket prices in an exclusive interview with The Post, saying even he wouldn’t pony up the $1,000 needed to watch the US play in the team’s opening game against Paraguay next month.
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[2026-05-07 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump suspended a plan to have the military escort commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz after Saudi Arabian officials warned Riyadh would not allow the US to use its airspace or air bases to support the initiative.
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[2026-05-07 23:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before a Senate Committee on Finance hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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[2026-05-07 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Cuba] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As Trump ramps up pressure by cutting off fuel to the island, Havana’s refuse is rarely collected, forcing residents to burn it in the streets despite the pollution
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[2026-05-07 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Financial Times
Snippet: Steff Chávez in Washington
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[2026-05-07 22:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Ilia Topuria (left) and Justin Gaethje (right) met US President Donald Trump at the White House
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[2026-05-07 22:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: It's no secret that America's Gulf allies bore the brunt of Iran's military retaliation in the wake of Operation Epic Fury. Now there are reports of Washington being brushed back when it comes to ongoing base access in the region.
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[2026-05-07 22:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El juez de la Corte Suprema Clarence Thomas posa para una foto junto con otros magistrados, en la sede de la Corte Suprema, en Washington, el 7 de octubre del 2022. (AP foto/J. Scott Applewhite)
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[2026-05-07 22:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s abrupt reversal on his plans to ensure the passage of ships through the shuttered Strait of Hormuz came after Saudi Arabia and Kuwait suspended US access to airspace and bases.
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[2026-05-07 22:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s abrupt reversal on his plans to ensure the passage of ships through the shuttered Strait of Hormuz came after Saudi Arabia and Kuwait suspended US access to airspace and bases.
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[2026-05-07 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio came to the Vatican on Thursday for a potentially fraught encounter with Pope Leo as President Donald Trump has continued a series of disparaging attacks on the Catholic leader over the Iran war.
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[2026-05-07 21:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ukraine’s most popular format for political content recently seems to be reading aloud invective-laden transcripts of Vladimir Zelensky’s closest political allies scheming about stealing in Russian. The ‘Mindich tapes’ could have serious ramifications for the government, as they purport to implicate Zelensky in unabashed corruption.
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[2026-05-07 21:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ukraine’s most popular format for political content recently seems to be reading aloud invective-laden transcripts of Vladimir Zelensky’s closest political allies scheming about stealing in Russian. The ‘Mindich tapes’ could have serious ramifications for the government, as they purport to implicate Zelensky in unabashed corruption.
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[2026-05-07 21:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Thomas was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to succeed Justice Thurgood Marshall and has served since 1991.
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[2026-05-07 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: This information was used to understand the problems Americans face. The consequences of its erasure, experts warn, could affect generations to come
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[2026-05-07 21:00 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Such a move could reshape the electoral map ahead of the midterms by carving up a majority-Black congressional district
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[2026-05-07 20:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: An American citizen has applied for political asylum in Spain's Balearic Islands, claiming that he fears returning to the US due to his politics.
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[2026-05-07 20:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio opened a fence-mending visit to the Vatican on Thursday after President Donald Trump’s broadsides against Pope Leo XIV and the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran angered the Holy See and sparked ongoing sparring between the two American leaders.
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[2026-05-07 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Secretary of State Marco Rubio kicked off a two-day visit to Vatican City and Italy Thursday by meeting Pope Leo XIV, days after President Trump claimed the first American-born pontiff was “endangering a lot of Catholics and a lot of people.”
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[2026-05-07 20:42 UTC+10:00] [Air defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dispatched Kyiv's chief negotiator to meet with Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in the U.S., a top Ukrainian official told POLITICO.
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[2026-05-07 20:10 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: The United States was waiting on Thursday for Iran to convey its response to the latest American proposal to end the war, after public messages from top-ranking officials on both sides suggested a burst of behind-the-scenes diplomatic activity.
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[2026-05-07 20:07 UTC+10:00] [Trade] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-07 20:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s top diplomat also tells delegation led by close Trump ally the two countries should be ‘partners rather than adversaries’
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[2026-05-07 20:05 UTC+10:00] [Maria Cantwell] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s top diplomat also tells delegation led by close Trump ally the two countries should be ‘partners rather than adversaries’
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[2026-05-07 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Redistricting across the US has turned into all-out war between the Democrats and the Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterm elections in November.
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[2026-05-07 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Brent crude futures briefly tumbled below $100 a barrel on Wednesday morning after an Axios report indicated the Trump administration and Tehran were working toward a one-page memorandum of understanding to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-07 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Eisenhower Executive Office Building is seen at the White House complex, April 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
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[2026-05-07 19:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: US president Trump restarts Pope feud ahead of Rubio visit to Vatican
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[2026-05-07 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On May 1, 2026, the Pentagon announced that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth had ordered the withdrawal of some 5,000 American troops from Germany, out of roughly 36,000 US troops stationed there. Germany is the main American base of operations in Europe. This is therefore not merely a numerical reduction, but a potential blow to the logistical nerve center of US operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
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[2026-05-07 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, right, listens to Rep. John James, R-Mich., left, speak during a tour of Atomic Industries’ manufacturing facility, Thursday, April 9, 2026, in Warren, Mich. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-05-07 19:00 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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[2026-05-07 18:55 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The US and Iran have offered conflicting messages over the likelihood of a deal being reached imminently
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[2026-05-07 18:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States will hold their high-level defense talks in Washington next week, Seoul's defense ministry said Thursday, with the wartime operational control (OPCON) transfer and access control of the inter-Korean buffer zone expected to top the agenda.
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[2026-05-07 18:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: DUBÁI, Emiratos Árabes Unidos (AP) — Irán indicó que está revisando las últimas propuestas estadounidenses para poner fin a la guerra, mientras el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, amenazó al país con una nueva ola de bombardeos a menos que se alcance un acuerdo que incluya reabrir el crucial estrecho de Ormuz al transporte marítimo internacional.
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[2026-05-07 18:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A US judge on Wednesday ruled that the Justice Department can keep 2020 election ballots seized during an FBI search in January, a win for President Donald Trump’s administration as it pursues the president’s false claims of widespread voter fraud.
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[2026-05-07 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has said the US has held “very good talks” with Iran and suggested a deal to end the conflict could be within reach, as Tehran says it is still reviewing a US proposal delivered through mediator Pakistan.
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[2026-05-07 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Minnesota Twins (16-21, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Washington Nationals (17-20, third in the NL East)
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[2026-05-07 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran’s top negotiator has mocked US President Donald Trump after he abruptly suspended American efforts to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz, adding that Washington was again spreading falsehoods about ongoing talks.
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