Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-25 07:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Democrat governors, many believed to be vying for the party’s 2028 presidential nomination, gathered on Thursday for a pricey Los Angeles fundraising event.
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[2026-04-25 07:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Connecticut Democrats flexed their majority muscles on Thursday evening, giving final passage to a fiercely debated vaccine bill with over a week still left to go in the legislative session.
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[2026-04-25 06:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Justice Department will adopt firing squads as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases, officials said Friday.
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[2026-04-25 06:52 UTC+10:00] [US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: The United States rolled out a blitz of sanctions on Friday, targeting 40 shipping firms and vessels that it identified as being part of Iran’s so-called shadow fleet of oil tankers, as the Trump administration broadened its efforts to cripple the Iranian economy.
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[2026-04-25 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES throughout)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-04-25 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An appeals court on Friday reversed an $8.2 million defamation verdict awarded to Alabama politician Roy Moore, who sued a super PAC over a 2017 political ad detailing misconduct accusations against him.
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[2026-04-25 06:22 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
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[2026-04-25 06:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The administration of President Donald Trump plans to again end the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of people who applied for asylum in the United States via the CBP One app.
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[2026-04-25 06:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi arrived in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Friday to discuss proposals for restarting peace talks with the United States, amid conflicting signals on whether he would meet with US negotiators there.
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[2026-04-25 06:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Colombian President Gustavo Petro waves after his arrival to meet Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, April 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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[2026-04-25 06:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Em resposta ao fechamento do Estreito de Ormuz promovido pelo Irã durante a guerra contra Estados Unidos e Israel, a Marinha americana vem bloqueando os portos iranianos desde meados de abril. Com isso, Washington espera restringir as exportações de Teerã – principalmente petróleo –, colocando mais pressão sobre a liderança do regime islâmico.
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[2026-04-25 06:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El secretario del Tesoro de Estados Unidos, Scott Bessent, testifica sobre los cálculos del presupuesto propuesto por su agencia para el año fiscal 2027 en un subcomité de Asignaciones del Senado, en el Capitolio, Washington, el miércoles 22 de abril de 2026. (AP Foto/J. Scott Applewhite)
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[2026-04-25 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ARCHIVO – El logotipo del Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos en un podio antes de una conferencia de prensa, en la sede del organismo, en Washington, el 6 de mayo de 2025. (AP Foto/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Archivo)
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[2026-04-25 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A no trespassing sign is displayed outside the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
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[2026-04-25 06:05 UTC+10:00] [Democratic Party] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Pope Leo Says News Outlets Misunderstood Recent Remarks as Trump Criticism1:41
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[2026-04-25 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Washington at Michigan — Big Ten Plus
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[2026-04-25 05:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Trump administration has told several Gulf states that they should use American companies to rebuild their infrastructure damaged by Iran's retaliatory strikes amid the US-Israeli war on the Islamic Republic, US and Arab officials familiar with the discussions told Middle East Eye.
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[2026-04-25 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Trump administration has imposed fresh sanctions on a Chinese refinery accused of buying large volumes of Iranian oil, as Washington and Tehran prepare for another round of talks.
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[2026-04-25 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Trump administration again plans to terminate the legal status of hundreds of thousands of migrants, after a judge blocked its initial effort to revoke permissions to live in the United States granted under Democratic President Joe Biden.
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[2026-04-25 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump's administration plans to add firing squads, electrocution, and gas asphyxiation as alternative methods of executing people convicted of the gravest federal crimes, it announced on Friday, noting difficulties in obtaining drugs for lethal injections.
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[2026-04-25 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: He has lost the Catholics, the foreign policy isolationists and the millions of people affected by ICE’s immigration raids. But Donald Trump is still counting on the goodwill of one powerful constituency of American voters, to whom he appealed this week by reading a passage from the Bible urging people to repent their “wicked ways”.
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[2026-04-25 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks during a press briefing on flight safety, at the U.S. Department of Transportation, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
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[2026-04-25 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump arrives at a Turning Point USA event at Dream City Church, Friday, April 17, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-04-25 05:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: An appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s ban on asylum applications in the United States is unlawful, dealing a setback to the administration’s immigration crackdown.
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[2026-04-25 05:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday, April 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)
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[2026-04-25 05:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump pledged Thursday to clean up the “filthy” reflection pool outside the Lincoln Memorial and paint it an “American-flag blue” color in anticipation of the nation’s 250th birthday this Independence Day.
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[2026-04-25 05:19 UTC+10:00] [US immigration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US judge orders release of a woman and her five children who were family of the 2025 Colorado fire attack suspect
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[2026-04-25 05:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US State Department's top lawyer has argued that US President Donald Trump's war with Iran was launched in self-defense and to defend US ally Israel, arguing the bombing campaign was not the start of a new war but the continuation of an ongoing conflict.
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[2026-04-25 05:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ATHENS, Greece — French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday banded US President Donald Trump together with Russia's Vladmir Putin and China's Xi Jinping as world leaders who are "dead against" Europe.
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[2026-04-25 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: World War II veteran Fred Whitaker, 100, is drinking a Guinness out of a relative’s pewter mug when I ask if he considers himself wise. He puts down the beer. “Wise? No. Stroppy.”
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[2026-04-25 04:51 UTC+10:00] [US immigration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Appellate panel finds president can’t circumvent laws that allow people to apply for asylum at the US-Mexico border
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[2026-04-25 04:47 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hengli Petrochemical’s facility in Dalian can process 400,000 barrels per day, making it one of the biggest independent refineries in China
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[2026-04-25 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — An appeals court on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending asylum access, a key pillar of the Republican president’s plan to crack down on migration at the southern border of the US.
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[2026-04-25 04:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Qatar’s emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and US President Donald Trump have discussed the Iran ceasefire and rising concerns over maritime security and global supply chains.
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[2026-04-25 04:33 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump’s DoJ says it is taking steps to ‘strengthen the federal death penalty’ in opposition to Biden-era policies
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[2026-04-25 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals will make its newly approved gene therapy for a rare, genetic form of hearing loss available for free in the U.S. The company hasn't yet decided how much it will charge in other countries, Regeneron CEO Leonard Schleifer told CNBC on Friday."We haven't set a price yet, but they should pay their fair share outside the United States," Schleifer said in an interview with CNBC's Becky Quick.
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[2026-04-25 04:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel finds itself engaged in two semi-frozen conflicts in Lebanon and Iran. But the outcome of these battles will likely be determined not by Israel’s own political leaders, but by the United States and President Donald Trump, Israeli analysts have told Al Jazeera.
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[2026-04-25 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES throughout)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-04-25 04:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Electrocution and gas are also being added as methods, after the US president called for an expansion of the use of the death penalty
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[2026-04-25 04:16 UTC+10:00] [Justice Department] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Electrocution and gas are also being added as methods, after the US president called for an expansion of the use of the death penalty
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[2026-04-25 04:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-25 04:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The U.S. military's 55-day war with Iran has alarmingly drawn down several categories of high-end air-delivered munitions, forcing the Department of War to draw from critical stockpiles in Asia and Europe. The drawdown of these weapons only suggests a possible readiness problem and helps explain why President Trump's war economy is set to accelerate, with expected increases in munitions production.
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[2026-04-25 04:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies on his agency’s proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2027 at a Senate Appropriation subcommittee, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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[2026-04-25 04:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S. Department of Justice logo is seen on a podium before a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, on May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
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[2026-04-25 04:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Two buses crashed head-on outside the Pentagon early Friday, injuring at least 23 people, including 10 Department of War personnel, officials said.
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[2026-04-25 04:03 UTC+10:00] [Federal Reserve] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Move will remove obstacle for confirmation of Kevin Warsh, Trump’s pick to replace Powell as Federal Reserve chair
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[2026-04-25 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-04-25 03:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Steve Watson via modernity.news,
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[2026-04-25 03:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The Trump Justice Department said Friday it is seeking to expand the use of the death penalty in federal capital cases and add the firing squad, electrocution and gas to lethal injection as methods of execution.
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[2026-04-25 03:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 24 (Yonhap) -- Key U.S. negotiators will leave for Pakistan this weekend for peace talks with Iran, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Friday, as Washington has been doubling down on its naval blockade and other measures to pressure Tehran to make a deal to end hostilities.
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