Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-02 07:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Filipino tennis ace Alex Eala ousted former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka, 6-4, 6-2, to reach her first 500 WTA Tour final at the Mubadala D.C. Open at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center Stadium Court in Washington early Sunday morning in Manila.
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[2026-08-02 07:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to push forward with a fund to compensate his allies if two Republican holdouts do not support his nominee for attorney general, injecting fresh uncertainty into a Senate confirmation vote planned for next week and underscoring once more his interest in securing payouts for supporters who feel unjustly persecuted.
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[2026-08-02 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump, right, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, attend the dignified transfer of four U.S. service members recently killed in the Middle East, at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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[2026-08-02 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: COLUMBUS, Ohio — Faced with a narrow path to winning control of the U.S. House, Democrats are seeing fresh opportunity in a northeast Ohio congressional seat where the Republican incumbent is facing mounting pressure over domestic abuse allegations in a bitter and drawn-out dispute with his ex-wife.
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[2026-08-02 06:39 UTC+10:00] [California] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Gavin Newsom says new pay floor of $17.40, set to become highest of any US state, will go into effect on 1 January
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[2026-08-02 06:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Jay Clayton, left, listens during a cabinet meeting, Friday, July 31, 2026, at Camp David, the presidential retreat, near Thurmont, Md., Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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[2026-08-02 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEATTLE, Washington — Boeing on Tuesday reported a larger-than-expected quarterly loss after taking a $280 million charge on its troubled Air Force One replacement program, but generated positive free cash flow as its turnaround plans gained momentum.
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[2026-08-02 05:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Justice Department had said flawed installation caused the lining of the pool to peel but Trump insists it is a ‘pure case of vandalism’
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[2026-08-02 05:52 UTC+10:00] [Truth Social] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Justice Department had said flawed installation caused the lining of the pool to peel but Trump insists it is a ‘pure case of vandalism’
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[2026-08-02 05:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The announcement that Hamas has agreed to a plan for implementing the next stages of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace initiative is potentially a significant diplomatic development in Gaza.
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[2026-08-02 05:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A major diplomatic breakthrough appears to have emerged in negotiations over Gaza, with the US-backed Board of Peace announcing Friday, July 31, that Hamas had agreed to a detailed roadmap for implementing the next phases of the Trump administration's Gaza peace initiative.
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[2026-08-02 05:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Update (1245ET): President Trump has not taken kindly to the DoJ dropping their case against the former Olympian for vandalizing the Reflecting Pool, exclaiming his displeasure in a post on X:
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[2026-08-02 05:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El monumento a Washington al fondo, tras el estanque reflectante, hoy drenado, del monumento a Lincoln, el miércoles 29 de julio de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Rahmat Gul)
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[2026-08-02 05:16 UTC+10:00] [United States Politics and Government] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Jeanine Pirro faced the cameras on July 2 with characteristic self-assurance to announce the indictment of the 67-year-old ex-Olympian David Hearn for trashing “sacred” government property, President Trump’s highly prized but shoddily renovated Reflecting Pool.
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[2026-08-02 05:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has criticised his own Department of Justice after it decided to drop criminal charges against a former Olympic athlete for the alleged vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC.
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[2026-08-02 04:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sun 2 Aug 2026 at 4:56am
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[2026-08-02 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: There were no Friday night into Saturday morning US attacks on Iran, after President Trump warned he has given an order to hit Iran 'hard' - though didn't disclose a timeline. Friday reports in The Wall Street Journal, CNN, and Axios strongly suggested that large US strikes would commence at some point this weekend, as the region remains on edge.
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[2026-08-02 04:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The clip, which shows arrests of migrants, drew criticism on social media and can now only be viewed on TikTok without the music
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[2026-08-02 04:24 UTC+10:00] [Puerto Rican] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The clip, which shows arrests of migrants, drew criticism on social media and can now only be viewed on TikTok without the music
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[2026-08-02 04:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Washington Monument is seen in the background of the now drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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[2026-08-02 03:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has again renewed his support for a controversial “anti-weaponisation fund” that bipartisan critics say would use taxpayer dollars to reward his political allies.
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[2026-08-02 03:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-02 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Una mujer palestina revisa el lugar donde ocurrió un ataque israelí cerca del hospital al-Aqsa en Deir al-Balah, en el centro de la Franja de Gaza, el sábado 1 de agosto de 2026. (AP Foto/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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[2026-08-02 03:29 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Truth Social, where Trump’s account is by far the largest, to offer users early access for up to $100,000 per month
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[2026-08-02 02:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The warning by embassies including those in the UAE, Qatar, Israel, Oman and Bahrain came after Trump threatened to hit Iran ‘very hard’
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[2026-08-02 02:57 UTC+10:00] [Lebanon] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The warning by embassies including those in the UAE, Qatar, Israel, Oman and Bahrain came after Trump threatened to hit Iran ‘very hard’
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[2026-08-02 02:55 UTC+10:00] [Washington DC] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As charges are dropped against ex-Olympian, flawed work by Trump-connected contractor emerges as culprit
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[2026-08-02 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and fifteen colleagues sent a letter to Verizon on Thursday demanding the telecom giant explain how a 2023 grand jury subpoena tied to Jack Smith's "Arctic Frost" investigation vanished from its own paperwork for more than two years - only to resurface after the company chalked the omission up to "human error."
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[2026-08-02 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-02 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — All three US Federal Reserve (Fed) policymakers who dissented from the central bank’s decision to keep interest rates steady earlier this week said on Friday that rate hikes were needed now in order to avoid entrenched inflation.
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[2026-08-02 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE apparent highlight of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) last Monday, July 27, was his directive to Congress to eliminate the system loss charge and the value-added tax (VAT) levied on it from consumer electric bills. As I explained in part 1 of this column on Thursday (July 30), removing the VAT is relatively easy, and there are already bills in Congress that intend to do exactly that.
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[2026-08-02 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BALIWAG CITY — Sen. Joel Villanueva met with city and municipal mayors across Bulacan on Friday as part of continuing consultations to assess key provincial concerns ahead of the Senate’s deliberations on the proposed 2027 national budget.
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[2026-08-02 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-08-02 01:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Foto del 11 de abril del 2026, Blake Perkins de los Cerveceros de Milwaukee observa en el encuentro ante los Nacionales de Washington. (AP Foto/Aaron Gash, Archivo)
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[2026-08-02 01:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-02 01:38 UTC+10:00] [Estados Unidos] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Com a retomada de ataques contínuos entre Irã, Estados Unidos e aliados regionais de Washington no Oriente Médio, as embaixadas americanas alertaram seus cidadãos nesta sexta-feira (31/07) para uma "escalada imprevista" no conflito, aconselhando-os a se preparar para deixar a região.
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[2026-08-02 01:38 UTC+10:00] [Estados Unidos] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Com a retomada de ataques contínuos entre Irã, Estados Unidos e aliados regionais de Washington no Oriente Médio, as embaixadas americanas alertaram seus cidadãos nesta sexta-feira (31/07) para uma "escalada imprevista" no conflito, aconselhando-os a se preparar para deixar a região.
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[2026-08-02 01:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A series of diplomatic moves across the Middle East is raising the prospect of new regional arrangements even as the continuing confrontation between Washington and Tehran places governments under mounting military, economic and political pressure.
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[2026-08-02 01:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-02 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Max Blumenthal says he was singled out at airport after Trump ally Laura Loomer targeted him in online posts
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[2026-08-02 00:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump walked back his decision to let Ukraine produce its own Patriot interceptors in comments to the Financial Times on Thursday.
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[2026-08-02 00:31 UTC+10:00] [US Senate] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: After declaring ‘anti-weaponization’ fund ‘dead’, Trump reverses and says he’ll revive it despite Senate opposition
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[2026-08-02 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Details remain limited, but initial reports and footage on X suggest that one or more vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs), commonly known as car or truck bombs, detonated near a police station in Cúcuta, Colombia, close to the Venezuelan border.
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[2026-08-02 00:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Some Palestinians expressed scant hope on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that a deal has been reached for the militant group Hamas to disarm and for Israel to withdraw its forces in Gaza. But many hurdles, conditions and long timelines remained to wind down the war in the Palestinian territory.
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[2026-08-02 00:24 UTC+10:00] [International Relations] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Does Congress Have the Power to Stop the Iran War?2:23
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[2026-08-02 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Pentagon is planning to transfer leadership of the Germany-based NATO command coordinating military aid to Ukraine to another member of the military bloc as Washington continues to scale back its military presence in Europe, Politico reported on Friday, citing an unnamed NATO official.
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[2026-08-02 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A customer shops at a grocery store in Arlington Heights, Ill., Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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[2026-08-02 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-01 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Western Union CFO Matt Cagwin quietly acknowledged in yesterday’s earnings call that fewer border crossings under the Trump admin are chipping away at the remittance behemoth’s profits:
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[2026-08-01 23:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez speaks during a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey, File)
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