Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-24 09:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: This appears to fall short of an earlier claim that the scheme had brought in US$1.3 billion ‘worth’ in just days
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[2026-04-24 09:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and her team are coming back from Washington, D.C. with more than just a beaming photo next to President Donald Trump, also hauling away some of his “Make America Great Again” merchandise.
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[2026-04-24 09:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump holds a picture of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during an event on health care affordability in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-04-24 09:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de la FIFA, Gianni Infantino, a la derecha, presenta al presidente Donald Trump el nuevo balón oficial de la Copa Mundial de Clubes de la FIFA en la Oficina Oval de la Casa Blanca en Washington, 7 de marzo de 2025. (Jim Watson/Pool Photo vía AP, archivo)
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[2026-04-24 09:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Ukrainian officials have pitched a plan to rename a section of the Donbas region, which is coveted by Russia, to “Donnyland” as a clear nod to President Trump and the aid he has provided against Moscow’s invasion, according to a new report.
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[2026-04-24 09:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ARCHIVO – Un cartel que muestra la Tarjeta Dorada de Trump mientras el presidente estadounidense Donald Trump firma órdenes ejecutivas en el Despacho Oval de la Casa Blanca, el 19 de septiembre de 2025, en Washington. (AP Foto/Alex Brandon, Archivo)
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[2026-04-24 08:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A female Utah lawmaker running for US Congress allegedly made aggressive and unwanted sexual advances on four women — with one accuser claiming she was choked and another saying an “incredibly embarrassing” incident left them in tears.
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[2026-04-24 08:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Chris Klomp, director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, right, speaks as President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listen during an event on health care affordability in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-04-24 08:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump says talks between Israeli and Lebanese delegations at the White House “went very well”, announcing a three-week extension to the ceasefire.
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[2026-04-24 08:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A group of Republican and Democratic state lawmakers are demanding California’s energy authorities comply with overdue action to address the state’s ongoing gas crisis.
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[2026-04-24 08:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: White House director of Science and Technology Policy Michael Kratsios speaks during a meeting of the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Education in the East Room of the White House, Sept. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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[2026-04-24 08:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Donald Trump has lashed out at a reporter who asked whether his threats to destroy Iranian power plants, bridges, and the entire civilization meant he was ready to use a nuclear weapon, dismissing the question as “stupid.”
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[2026-04-24 08:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Republican senator to lead bipartisan delegation to China next week; visit will begin on May 1, with stops planned in Shanghai and Beijing
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[2026-04-24 08:18 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Republican senator to lead bipartisan delegation to China next week; visit will begin on May 1, with stops planned in Shanghai and Beijing
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[2026-04-24 08:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Eight months after the collapse of an alleged $140 million Ponzi scheme, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced a third of the victims will obtain a $6.7 million settlement.
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[2026-04-24 08:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: India’s foreign ministry called the remarks ‘obviously uninformed, inappropriate and in poor taste’
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[2026-04-24 08:07 UTC+10:00] [Pakistan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: India’s foreign ministry called the remarks ‘obviously uninformed, inappropriate and in poor taste’
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[2026-04-24 07:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump habla mientras el secretario de Estado, Marco Rubio, derecha, y el vicepresidente, JD Vance, escuchan en el Despacho Oval de la Casa Blanca, el jueves 23 de abril de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-04-24 07:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Quds Force commander has reinforced calls for national unity, pushing back against claims of internal divisions made by US President Donald Trump.
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[2026-04-24 07:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 18-19)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-04-24 07:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A poster showing the Trump Gold Card is seen as President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Sept. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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[2026-04-24 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — El Departamento del Tesoro de Estados Unidos informó el jueves que impuso sanciones a una veintena de personas y entidades que presuntamente estarían relacionadas a una red de intermediarios que operaba en México, Guatemala y la India, y que se encargaba de proveer precursores químicos a facciones del Cártel de Sinaloa, que fue designado el año pasado como organización terrorista por la administración del presidente Donald Trump.
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[2026-04-24 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 8-10, 16)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-04-24 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Thursday ruled out striking Iran with a nuclear weapon, after his previous threats to completely destroy Iranian civilization.
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[2026-04-24 07:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Israel and Lebanon agreed to extend their ceasefire by three weeks following a meeting in the White House with top U.S. officials, President Donald Trump said Thursday.
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[2026-04-24 07:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump said Thursday afternoon that he plans to resume bombing Iran if there’s no peace deal.
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[2026-04-24 07:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Atlanta Braves starting pitcher JR Ritchie, back, hugs his fiancée Makena Miller after winning his major league debut baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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[2026-04-24 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FIFA President Gianni Infantino, right, presents President Donald Trump with the new FIFA Club World Cup official ball in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, March 7, 2025. (Jim Watson/Pool Photo via AP, file)
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[2026-04-24 07:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., was confronted in a new interview about campaigning with Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for Senate in Maine who has come under fire over having a tattoo viewed as a Nazi symbol among other controversies and saying he’s her “kind of man.”
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[2026-04-24 07:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 23 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday ruled out using a nuclear weapon in the war against Iran, noting that he hopes to make the "best" peace deal with the Islamic Republic and does not want to "rush himself".
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[2026-04-24 07:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz shrugged off the fraud scandal in his state during an interview on Jimmy Kimmel’s show on Wednesday, and said it was an excuse by Republicans to demonize the immigrant community.
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[2026-04-24 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-04-24 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Just one person has so far been approved for President Donald Trump’s “Gold Card” Visa programme granting foreigners US residency in return for a non-refundable “gift” to the government, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Thursday.
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[2026-04-24 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Nicki Minaj, who has embraced the MAGA movement, will be attending this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, also known as the “nerd prom” in Washington, D.C., this Saturday.
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[2026-04-24 06:45 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-04-24 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: JR Ritchie de los Bravos de Atlanta lanza contra los Nacionales de Washington, el jueves 23 de abril de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Nick Wass)
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[2026-04-24 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: It should come as no surprise that the Netanyahu government is not happy with this current lull in the Iran war, as Trump's initially declared 3-5 day ceasefire extension has become more of an indefinite truce, with the Hormuz Strait blockade still on.
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[2026-04-24 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A truck passes political signs outside a polling place at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in South Hill, Va., on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)
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[2026-04-24 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has said he would not use nuclear weapons against Iran, stepping back from earlier threats of overwhelming force.
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[2026-04-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and U.S. President Donald Trump in March announced the outline of the second round of Japan's investment plan in Washington. © Reuters
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[2026-04-24 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Several Iranian officials have stressed that their country is united, rejecting United States President Donald Trump’s claims of a rift in the leadership in Tehran.
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[2026-04-24 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-24 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The tail of a Spirit Airlines Airbus A320 is shown as the plane prepares to take off from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Jan. 19, 2021, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
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[2026-04-24 06:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Atlanta Braves starting pitcher JR Ritchie, back, hugs his fiancée Makena Miller after winning his major league debut baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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[2026-04-24 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Turbines are visible at Sunrise Wind offshore wind farm that is under construction off the coast of Montauk Point, New York, Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
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[2026-04-24 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump will meet Lebanese and Israeli envoys at a new round of peace talks Thursday, with Beirut seeking a one-month extension of a shaky ceasefire set to expire.
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[2026-04-24 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Washington at Michigan — Big Ten Plus
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[2026-04-24 05:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Pope Leo XIV on Thursday held an open-air mass in Equatorial Guinea in front of tens of thousands of followers, wrapping up his first major international tour that began with harsh criticism of his stance on Iran from US President Donald Trump.
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[2026-04-24 05:40 UTC+10:00] [US Politics] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Carlson helped bring Trump to power twice. But their latest fracture might finally be the end of a long-standing alliance. Source: Getty, SBS / Eugene Uymatiao
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[2026-04-24 05:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A child sits on a window ledge, chatting with an adult at a private bicycle wheel repair workshop in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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