Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-30 14:46 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings start with Rodong Sinmun—North Korea’s state mouthpiece—before diving into the day’s headlines from Seoul and Washington.
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[2026-04-30 14:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The winning numbers in Wednesday’s drawing of the “Washington Lotto” game were:
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[2026-04-30 14:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The winning numbers in Wednesday’s drawing of the “Washington Pick 3" game were:
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[2026-04-30 14:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The winning numbers in Wednesday’s drawing of the “Washington Keno” game were:
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[2026-04-30 14:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The winning numbers in Wednesday’s drawing of the “Washington Match 4" game were:
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[2026-04-30 14:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A gas price is displayed as a customer holds a fuel pump nozzle before filling up her vehicle’s gas tank at a gas station, in Lincolnshire, Ill., Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file)
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[2026-04-30 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The winning numbers in Wednesday’s drawing of the “Washington Hit 5" game were:
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[2026-04-30 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The winning numbers in Wednesday’s drawing of the “Washington Cash Pop” game were:
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[2026-04-30 14:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Oil prices jumped on Thursday in Asia after a report that the US military is set to brief President Donald Trump on new plans for potential action in the Iran war.
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[2026-04-30 14:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth appears before a House Committee on Armed Services business meeting on the Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2027 on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey Jr.)
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[2026-04-30 14:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Rep. Cleo Fields, D-La., center, who represents Louisiana’s 6th congressional district, is joined by members of the Congressional Black Caucus as they speak to reporters in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling to strike down his majority Black congressional district in Louisiana, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 29, 2026.
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[2026-04-30 13:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SAO PAULO — Brazil's Senate dealt a political blow to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday by rejecting his nomination to the Supreme Court, the first in more than 130 years and a sign that the veteran leader is not popular among many important lawmakers as he seeks reelection.
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[2026-04-30 13:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Previous slideNext slide A lorry passes along the Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan International Road, near Al Shinayin hydropower site, heading towards central Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The NationalInfo Ethiopian migrants take a breather in a remote desert area during their journey along the so-called Eastern Route, returning from a failed attempt to cross into Yemen.
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[2026-04-30 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump, who has criticized Germany and other NATO allies for not sending their navies to help open the Strait of Hormuz, said on Wednesday his administration is looking at reducing the number of US troops in Germany.
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[2026-04-30 13:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The US is "studying" whether to reduce the thousands of troops it has stationed in Germany, Donald Trump has announced via social media.
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[2026-04-30 13:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-04-30 13:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The US Senate batted down a resolution on Tuesday that would bar President Trump from being able to attack Cuba without first obtaining Congressional approval.
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[2026-04-30 13:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has said he could withdraw some American troops stationed in Germany amid a public spat with Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the war in Iran.
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[2026-04-30 13:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Brady House, de los Nacionales de Washington, conecta un grand slam durante la cuarta entrada de un partido de béisbol contra los Mets de Nueva York el miércoles 29 de abril de 2026 en Nueva York. (Foto AP/Frank Franklin II)
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[2026-04-30 13:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: As Dr. Anthony Fauci’s right-hand man, David Morens, was charged this week with conspiracy and destruction of federal records in the COVID-19 cover-up, another scandal over the vaccine was unfolding on Capitol Hill.
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[2026-04-30 12:55 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Oil markets spooked as Donald Trump appears willing to maintain the US Navy blockade and Iran keeps strait of Hormuz all but shut
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[2026-04-30 12:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US Central Command has asked to send the Army’s long-delayed Dark Eagle hypersonic missile to the Middle East for possible use against Iran, seeking a longer-range system to hit ballistic-missile launchers deep inside the country Bloomberg reports.
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[2026-04-30 12:47 UTC+10:00] [United States Politics and Government] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: The House on Wednesday narrowly adopted a Republican budget blueprint that would allow the G.O.P. to blow past Democratic opposition and pour an additional $70 billion into immigration enforcement through the remainder of President Trump’s second term.
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[2026-04-30 12:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made a fervent appeal Wednesday for central bank independence, as he prepares to cap an eight-year term at its helm marked by insults and legal action under the Trump administration.
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[2026-04-30 12:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Michigan Democrat Mallory McMorrow, a candidate running for US Senate, deleted thousands of tweets, some of which defended “coastal elites” and were critical of “Middle America,” after The Post first reported on them last year.
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[2026-04-30 12:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States are not discussing drawing down the 28,500-strong U.S. forces stationed in Korea, a Seoul defense ministry official said Thursday, after U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration is weighing a possible reduction of American troops in Germany.
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[2026-04-30 12:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the US is considering reducing the number of its troops in Germany, amid a row with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the Iran war.
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[2026-04-30 12:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Washington Nationals’ Brady House hits a grand slam during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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[2026-04-30 12:20 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with US counterpart Donald Trump, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Wednesday, adding the two leaders discussed the Middle East war and Ukraine.
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[2026-04-30 12:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Page Six has reported that Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson have seemed in a hurry to get hitched.
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[2026-04-30 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: For someone who literally wrote the book on the state-sponsored surveillance of citizens, Anna Funder is surprisingly optimistic about the perils of artificial intelligence.
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[2026-04-30 11:57 UTC+10:00] [Business / Banking & finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: April 30, 2026 — 11:57am
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[2026-04-30 11:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: ROME (Reuters) -- The United States has handed back 337 antiquities looted from Italy in one of the largest recent returns of stolen cultural property, officials said on Wednesday, highlighting deepened cooperation between Rome and Washington.
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[2026-04-30 11:47 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth noted the Albanese government’s commitment to boost military spending but indicated there was still more to do before Australia would be considered a “model ally” in the Indo-Pacific.
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[2026-04-30 11:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: China's factory activity topped analysts' expectations, albeit growth slowed from the prior month when it hit a year-high, as new orders saw a slowdown.
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[2026-04-30 11:38 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
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[2026-04-30 11:22 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell closed out eight years as head of the US central bank on Wednesday with interest rates on hold, rising concern about inflation, and an announcement that he would stay on as a Fed governor for now to defend the agency's independence from Trump administration "battering."
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[2026-04-30 11:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Taken from CNBC’s Daily Open, our international markets newsletter — Subscribe today
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[2026-04-30 11:02 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Court’s 6-3 decision is a major upheaval in US civil rights law and gives lawmakers permission to draw districting plans that weaken the influence of Black and other minority voters– key US politics stories from Wednesday 29 April at a glance
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[2026-04-30 10:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-04-30 10:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: It is well past time to pull the plug on California’s high-speed rail project. A US Senate Transportation Committee revealed that the cost is now projected to be $231 billion — seven times the original estimate.
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[2026-04-30 10:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente Donald Trump se reúne con el canciller alemán Friedrich Merz en el Despacho Oval de la Casa Blanca, el 3 de marzo de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Mark Schiefelbein, archivo)
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[2026-04-30 10:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Making his first appearance before Congress since the Trump administration went to war against Iran, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced withering questioning Wednesday from skeptical Democrats over a costly conflict being waged without congressional approval.
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[2026-04-30 10:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil extended gains Thursday on signs of a prolonged U.S. blockade of Iranian exports and stalled nuclear negotiations, stoking fears that supplies will remain tight for longer.
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[2026-04-30 10:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday the United States is weighing a possible reduction of American troops in Germany, with a decision to be made over "the next short period of time," after he decried European allies over a lack of support for the US-Israeli war against Iran.
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[2026-04-30 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: New Delhi has to be wary of any move to challenge the US dollar as it seeks to sign an interim trade deal with Washington, analysts say
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[2026-04-30 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: New Delhi has to be wary of any move to challenge the US dollar as it seeks to sign an interim trade deal with Washington, analysts say
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[2026-04-30 10:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (right) offered an unusually pointed rebuke of the US earlier this week, prompting Donald Trump to lash out. Source: Getty
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[2026-04-30 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-04-30 09:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A US government court filing on Wednesday raised questions about officials’ initial assertions that a gunman shot a Secret Service officer while allegedly attempting to assassinate US President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
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