Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-28 04:08 UTC+10:00] [World Cup 2026] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Fans warned of uncertainty around protests and policing
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[2026-04-28 04:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Man accused in White House correspondents’ dinner shooting has been charged with attempted assassination of President Trump.
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[2026-04-28 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Atlanta Braves pitcher Reynaldo López throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)
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[2026-04-28 03:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Donald Trump called for US comedian Jimmy Kimmel to be sacked for likening First Lady Melania Trump to an "expectant widow," in a joke made days before a shooting at a dinner attended by the president.
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[2026-04-28 03:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The headquarters of the National Science Foundation is photographed May 29, 2025, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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[2026-04-28 03:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Gavin Newsom failed to protect California taxpayers from massive fraud, and now there’s a growing push for answers and accountability after widespread fraud was uncovered in the state’s hospice industry, as outlined in a scathing new letter from CA’s Republican congressional delegation.
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[2026-04-28 03:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump called on ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel after the comedian referred to Melania Trump as “an expectant widow” two days before Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
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[2026-04-28 03:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said senior US officials are reviewing an Iranian proposal to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-28 03:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The White House on Monday blamed what it called a "left-wing cult of hatred" for a shooting at a gala correspondents dinner in Washington attended by President Donald Trump.
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[2026-04-28 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Melania Trump has sounded off on Jimmy Kimmel, calling on ABC to “take a stand” against the Jimmy Kimmel Live host for what she described as his “hateful and violent rhetoric.”
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[2026-04-28 03:30 UTC+10:00] [King Charles III] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The monarch must do his best to wrest some diplomatic advantage from an ill-timed trip, which Donald Trump will treat as a personal tribute
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[2026-04-28 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Message via Pakistan outlines terms on nuclear work and Strait of Hormuz, as Moscow signals support and Washington considers next move
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[2026-04-28 03:18 UTC+10:00] [Islamabad] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Message via Pakistan outlines terms on nuclear work and Strait of Hormuz, as Moscow signals support and Washington considers next move
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[2026-04-28 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: First Lady Melania Trump has called on the ABC TV network to “take a stand” against comedian Jimmy Kimmel for jokes targeting her as the debate over free speech, polarising rhetoric and political violence grows louder in the United States.
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[2026-04-28 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Iran appears “serious” about reaching an agreement with Washington but stressed any deal must prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon.
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[2026-04-28 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Democrats faced tough questioning before the Virginia Supreme Court on Monday during oral arguments on a redistricting referendum that narrowly passed last week, though most of the justices were oddly quiet.
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[2026-04-28 02:55 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: US first lady Melania Trump has lashed out at Jimmy Kimmel and told American broadcaster ABC to “take a stand” after the late-night talk show host remarked she had the glow of an “expectant widow” in a monologue delivered before a shooting incident in Washington.
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[2026-04-28 02:40 UTC+10:00] [King Charles III] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: British officials pushed for White House meeting to be held privately fearing repeat of Zelenskyy scenes
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[2026-04-28 02:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Attendees and hotel workers evacuate after an incident at the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents Dinner, Saturday, April 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-04-28 02:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The White House will hold a meeting to review President Donald Trump's security in the wake of Saturday's shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, a senior official confirmed to the BBC.
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[2026-04-28 02:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Work continues on the construction of the ballroom at the White House, Thursday, April 9, 2026, in Washington, where the East Wing once stood. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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[2026-04-28 02:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Signs opposing Sable Offshore Corp.'s offshore oil operations are displayed at the Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival in Santa Barbara, Calif., Sunday, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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[2026-04-28 02:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at the G7 leaders' summit in Canada in June 2025. This year's summit could see disagreements about how to address the conflict in the Middle East. © Reuters
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[2026-04-28 02:11 UTC+10:00] [Melania Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: First lady accuses the comedian of ‘hateful and violent rhetoric’ in aftermath of White House press dinner shooting
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[2026-04-28 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Iran has made another offer to try to wind down its war with the US by reopening the Strait of Hormuz but has yet to address stalled talks over ending Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, according to a report.
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[2026-04-28 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The White House said it will not conduct negotiations with Iran through the press
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[2026-04-28 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. lifts its blockade of Iranian ports and the war ends, while setting aside negotiations on its nuclear ambitions for a later date, Axios and the Associated Press reported Monday.
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[2026-04-28 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BERLIN — What will Europe be like without a United States military and political presence? Europeans had better start preparing themselves for this eventuality, because there is no longer any doubt that US President Donald Trump wants to end the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and is well on his way to doing so.
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[2026-04-28 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The front-runner in the Republican primary to become Georgia’s next governor — whose platform calls to make the Peach State “number one in the nation for deporting criminal illegal immigrants” — failed to vet the citizenship status of workers on his own mansion, according to court documents obtained by The Post.
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[2026-04-28 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Ana Navarro was taken aback by the online response to shots being fired at Saturday night’s (April 25) White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
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[2026-04-28 01:46 UTC+10:00] [Conflict] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz tore into Washington on Monday, warning the Trump administration is being played and “humiliated” by the regime in Tehran and lacks a clear strategy to end the conflict.
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[2026-04-28 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted Republicans a significant boost in the ongoing battle over congressional boundaries, issuing a summary reversal that allows Texas to proceed with its 2025 mid-decade congressional map for the November 2026 elections.
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[2026-04-28 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El alcalde de Lancaster, Pensilvania, Jaime Arroyo, al centro, habla con los asistentes en la inauguración de una cooperativa de crédito Finanta en Reading, Pensilvania, el miércoles 8 de abril de 2026. (Foto AP/Matt Rourke)
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[2026-04-28 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Scott Kirby, second left, CEO of United Airlines, and Robert Isom, second right, CEO of American Airlines, listen as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announces a new air traffic control infrastructure plan, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
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[2026-04-28 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: MS NOW anchor Joe Scarborough said he “can’t think of a dumber place” to host the White House Correspondents’ Dinner than an “open hotel,” after a gunman opened fire before being apprehended by law enforcement during the Saturday event.
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[2026-04-28 01:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia — Iran's top diplomat blamed Washington on Monday for the failure of Middle East peace talks during a visit to Russia, where President Vladimir Putin promised him Moscow's support in bringing the war to a close.
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[2026-04-28 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: First Lady Melania Trump called late-night host Jimmy Kimmel a "coward" after he made a joke calling her an "expectant widow" days before a shooter stormed an event she attended with President Donald Trump.
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[2026-04-28 01:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Donald Trump endorsed the idea of renaming U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as National Immigration and Customs Enforcement (NICE).
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[2026-04-28 01:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Cole Tomas Allen, the man arrested after allegedly charging a security checkpoint for the White House Correspondents' Dinner, was criminally charged Monday with trying to assassinate President Donald Trump, who was in attendance at that event Saturday.
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[2026-04-28 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The suspect in the shooting at the White House Correspondents Association dinner, Cole Tomas Allen, 31, is set to appear in court in the coming hours.
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[2026-04-28 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in a rare moment torched US foreign policy and the Trump administration's Iran war gambit. There's been plenty of criticism out of Europe since Operation Epic Fury kicked off on February 28, but Merz's Monday words are especially direct and scathing.
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[2026-04-28 01:03 UTC+10:00] [Texas] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Redrawn map could flip up to five seats to Republicans as Trump’s party seeks to keep control of Congress
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[2026-04-28 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: There are five G10 central bank meetings scheduled this week and not a single policy move is expected between them. That said, the signalling of policymakers will be crucial. For each of the BoJ, Fed, BoC, ECB and the BoE, the market will be watching to see how rate setters are gauging the two sided the risks to growth and inflation implied by the Iran war.
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[2026-04-28 00:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — First lady Melania Trump spent a low-key birthday at the White House Sunday after what her husband described as a “traumatic” shooting at the gala White House Correspondents’ Dinner the previous evening.
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[2026-04-28 00:35 UTC+10:00] [White House correspondents' dinner shooting] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Michael Glantz, a senior talent agent, says he ‘wasn’t scared’ and ‘wanted to watch’ as chaos unfolded at the event
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[2026-04-28 00:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: First lady Melania Trump savagely criticized ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel as a “coward” after he referred to her as “an expectant widow” two days before Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
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[2026-04-28 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Jeff Louderbeck via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-04-28 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O chanceler federal alemão, Friedrich Merz, afirmou nesta segunda-feira (27/04) que os Estados Unidos estão sendo "humilhados" em sua guerra contra o Irã. Segundo ele, parece faltar a Washington uma estratégia clara, e há dúvidas sobre como os EUA pretendem sair do conflito.
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[2026-04-28 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O chanceler federal alemão, Friedrich Merz, afirmou nesta segunda-feira (27/04) que os Estados Unidos estão sendo "humilhados" em sua guerra contra o Irã. Segundo ele, parece faltar a Washington uma estratégia clara, e há dúvidas sobre como os EUA pretendem sair do conflito.
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[2026-04-28 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Tomorrow marks exactly two months since the strikes on Iran began. As DB's Jim Reid writes, while there is currently a rolling, open ended ceasefire that started on 8 April, the risk of it collapsing at any point remains real. Just as the weekend news looked like it was leaning negatively though, last night reports came through that Iran have offered the US a fresh proposal to reopen the strait and end the war.
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