Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-01 14:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The winning numbers in Thursday’s drawing of the “Washington Keno” game were:
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[2026-05-01 14:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The winning numbers in Thursday’s drawing of the “Washington Pick 3" game were:
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[2026-05-01 14:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The winning numbers in Thursday’s drawing of the “Washington Match 4" game were:
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[2026-05-01 14:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The winning numbers in Thursday’s drawing of the “Washington Hit 5" game were:
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[2026-05-01 14:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: From l-r., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Danial Caine, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and acting undersecretary of defense during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Department of Defense budget, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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[2026-05-01 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sen, Tracie Davis speaks during debate on SB 8-D, a redistricting bill, during a special session of the Florida Legislature, Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
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[2026-05-01 13:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: It was a real snoozefest.
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[2026-05-01 13:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A US-Iran ceasefire that began in early April has "terminated" hostilities between the two sides for the purposes of an approaching congressional war powers deadline, a senior official of US President Donald Trump's administration said on Thursday.
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[2026-05-01 13:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The total cost of the Iran war is closer to $50 billion, significantly higher than the figure presented by the Pentagon, according to CBS news citing US officials familiar with the matter.
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[2026-05-01 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-05-01 13:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s supreme leader defiantly vowed Thursday to protect the Islamic Republic’s nuclear and missile capabilities, which U.S. President Donald Trump has sought to curtail through airstrikes and as part of a wider deal to cement the war’s shaky ceasefire.
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[2026-05-01 13:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The head of the Secret Service says an agent shot during an attack at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner was not hit by friendly fire.
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[2026-05-01 13:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SAO PAULO — Brazil’s Congress voted Thursday to override a presidential veto and adopt a bill to reduce former President Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup, in a blow to his political rival and current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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[2026-05-01 13:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Get news alerts fromYou can manage notifications at any time by clicking the notifications icon.SubscribeMaybe later
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[2026-05-01 13:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Get news alerts fromYou can manage notifications at any time by clicking the notifications icon.SubscribeMaybe later
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[2026-05-01 13:14 UTC+10:00] [The Apprentice] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Speculative reports say Amazon is considering relaunching the reality show once hosted by the US president, with his eldest son floated as a possible host
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[2026-05-01 13:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump swiftly signed a bipartisan legislation Thursday to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, but not its immigration enforcement operations, shortly after the package won final approval in the House, ending the longest agency shutdown in history.
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[2026-05-01 13:10 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president faced a 60-day deadline on Friday to end the Iran war or make the case to Congress for extending it
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[2026-05-01 12:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FIL:E - The New York Stock Exchange is shown in New York’s Financial District on Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)
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[2026-05-01 12:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The body of a missing Republican Senate candidate was found inside a truck in rural Oklahoma, according to authorities and reports.
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[2026-05-01 12:43 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-05-01 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil prices climbed Friday, a day after a volatile session that saw the Brent crude contract for June hit a four-year high before retreating.
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[2026-05-01 12:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente Donald Trump habla con los periodistas en el Despacho Oval de la Casa Blanca, el jueves 30 de abril de 2026, en Washington. (Foto AP/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-05-01 12:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal prosecutors released a video Thursday showing the moment authorities say a man armed with guns and knives tried to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner and attempt to kill President Donald Trump.
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[2026-05-01 12:05 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-01 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: We have been diligently tracking the Trump administration's war-economy mobilization across the homeland, from the rise of so-called "war unicorns" favored by the Department of War to Trump officials talking with GM, Ford, GE Aerospace, and Oshkosh about converting underused civilian industrial capacity into weapons production. The signal to investors is becoming hard to miss: the Trump administration is preparing to expand the defense industrial base at scale to refill depleted weapons stockpiles.
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[2026-05-01 11:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON/DUBAI — Iran said on Thursday it would respond with "long and painful strikes" on U.S. positions if Washington renewed attacks and restated its claim to the Strait of Hormuz, complicating U.S. plans for a coalition to reopen the waterway.
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[2026-05-01 11:57 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Beijing urges Washington to ‘make the right choices’ on Taiwan to maintain ‘stability’ between the two powers
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[2026-05-01 11:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A Republican state lawmaker in New Hampshire partnered with a notorious German Holocaust denier in an effort to insert Holocaust denial into the state’s public education guidelines.
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[2026-05-01 11:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A Republican state legislator in New Hampshire faced a disciplinary hearing this week for having tweeted a “final solution” reference at a Jewish Democratic colleague.
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[2026-05-01 11:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump welcomed the crew of NASA’s Artemis II to the Oval Office on Wednesday to celebrate their successful mission. The team returned last month from a 10-day trip to space, marking the world's first crewed Moon voyage in over half a century.
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[2026-05-01 11:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth accused a US congressman of spreading “falsehoods” regarding the fortification of US bases in Kuwait during the US’s Operation Epic Fury against Iran, at a US Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday.
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[2026-05-01 11:46 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Front Royal, Virginia: King Charles and Queen Camilla began wrapping up their four-day state visit to the United States with a swift stop by the White House to bid farewell to President Donald Trump, having already charmed him at a formal dinner two days ago.
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[2026-05-01 11:43 UTC+10:00] [White House correspondents' dinner shooting] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Footage posted on social media by federal prosecutors includes captions claiming Cole Tomas Allen shot first
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[2026-05-01 11:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top envoy to the U.N. on Thursday reaffirmed Seoul's commitment to "peaceful coexistence" on the Korean Peninsula and denuclearization, as he explained its policy to reduce military tensions and build trust with North Korea.
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[2026-05-01 11:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump was facing a midnight deadline Thursday to secure congressional authorization for the war against Iran, though the looming cutoff is not expected to rein in his military plans.
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[2026-05-01 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Jibril Rajoub (right) refuses to shake hands with Basim Sheikh Suliman after Gianni Infantino (not pictured) tried to bring them together. (The Canadian Press: Darryl Dyck)
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[2026-05-01 11:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Donald Trump weighed in on the ongoing drama surrounding LIV Golf after the Saudi Public Investment Fund pulled its funding of the rebel golf league.
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[2026-05-01 11:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Este boceto judicial muestra a Cole Tomas Allen --el hombre de California arrestado por el tiroteo ocurrido durante la cena de corresponsales en Washington--, sentado en el centro, mientras comparece ante la jueza federal Moxila Upadhyaya, el jueves 30 de abril de 2026, en Washington. (Dana Verkouteren vía AP)
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[2026-05-01 11:05 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump also said he may consider pulling US troops from bases in Italy and Spain, after being prompted by rightwing reporter – key US politics stories from Thursday 30 April
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[2026-05-01 11:05 UTC+10:00] [Midterm Elections (2026)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Senator Chuck Schumer, the Democratic minority leader, and Graham Platner, the party’s now presumed candidate in Maine’s crucial Senate race, talked by telephone on Thursday after Gov. Janet Mills, Mr. Schumer’s favored candidate, abruptly suspended her campaign.
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[2026-05-01 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — El gobierno de Estados Unidos argumentó el jueves que la guerra en Irán ya finalizó debido al alto el fuego que comenzó a principios de abril, una interpretación que le permitiría a la Casa Blanca evitar la necesidad de solicitar la aprobación del Congreso.
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[2026-05-01 10:55 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Golf] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The rumours turned out to be true and LIV Golf has lost its Saudi overdraft. If you care about a reunited professional golf world, you’ll say good riddance.
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[2026-05-01 10:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-05-01 10:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Americans are learning more about Cole Allen, the gunman who sought to unleash chaos at the White House Corespondents Association dinner, where President Donald Trump and much of the Cabinet were joining the annual gathering of journalists for the first time in this administration.
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[2026-05-01 10:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Vivian Kubrick, the daughter of legendary director Stanley Kubrick, unleashed a blistering social media tirade against Erika Kirk, calling her speech “ghastly,” “inauthentic,” and deeply unsettling in a post that quickly stirred backlash online.
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[2026-05-01 10:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un estudiante observa a agentes de la Policía de Tacoma luego de que varias personas resultaron heridas en un apuñalamiento masivo en la Escuela Secundaria Foss, el jueves 30 de abril de 2026, en Tacoma, Washington. (AP Foto/John Froschauer)
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[2026-05-01 10:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump says only a few people know the status of talks with Tehran as war enters its third month
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[2026-05-01 10:40 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump says only a few people know the status of talks with Tehran as war enters its third month
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[2026-05-01 10:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, April 30, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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