Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-22 11:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Dylan Butts writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-04-22 11:07 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: President changed his tune at request of Pakistan’s leaders, though he said military blockade of Iranian ports will continue
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[2026-04-22 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Virginia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Result could help Democrats win four extra US House seats in tit-for-tat redistricting battle begun by Texas
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[2026-04-22 10:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente Donald Trump en el Despacho Oval de la Casa Blanca, el sábado 18 de abril de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-04-22 10:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil prices edged lower on Wednesday as uncertainty lingered over the trajectory of the U.S.–Iran conflict, after President Donald Trump extended a fragile ceasefire with Tehran but signaled tensions remain far from resolved.
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[2026-04-22 10:48 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: April 22, 2026 10:48 | News
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[2026-04-22 10:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: UNITED NATIONS — Iran on Tuesday called on the United Nations to condemn the seizure by the United States of an Iranian cargo ship, characterizing the move as an act of piracy and a breach of a ceasefire between Tehran and Washington.
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[2026-04-22 10:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Tuesday began as a frantic day of diplomacy in Washington, with Air Force Two ready to fly Vice President JD Vance to Islamabad for another round of peace talks between the US and Iran.
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[2026-04-22 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted on federal fraud charges that accused it of illegally raising millions of dollars to pay informants in white supremacist and other extremist groups, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said.
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[2026-04-22 10:25 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Todd Blanche announces 11-count indictment over payments to informants in extremist groups including Ku Klux Klan
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[2026-04-22 10:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: You can credit President Donald Trump with taking extreme risks for the sake of a possible peace, but we fear he’s simply putting off the inevitable by giving Tehran another cease-fire extension.
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[2026-04-22 10:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A pair of caregivers accused of murder in the horrific starving death of a 14-year-old special-needs girl in Northern California were tracked down and arrested in Washington state.
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[2026-04-22 10:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Republican Rep. Mike Lawler is accusing the campaign of one of his Democratic opponents of forging dozens of voter signatures on petitions to qualify for the June primary ballot, according to an explosive new lawsuit.
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[2026-04-22 10:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Tuesday the United States will extend a ceasefire with Iran until Tehran submits a "unified" proposal and bilateral discussions are "concluded, one way or the other," as uncertainty continued to cloud prospects for peace talks between the two countries.
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[2026-04-22 10:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The download screen for Truth Social app is seen on a laptop computer, March 20, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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[2026-04-22 10:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — President Donald Trump said Tuesday the United States was indefinitely extending its ceasefire with Iran — a day before it was to expire — as a new round of peace talks was on hold. The announcement appeared to ease fears that the fighting, which had shaken energy markets and the global economy, would promptly resume.
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[2026-04-22 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: A federal judge in Houston on Tuesday dismissed a 2025 lawsuit by FBI Director Kash Patel that alleged he was defamed by former FBI official Frank Figliuizzi, who had said Patel has "been visible at nightclubs far more than he has been on the seventh floor of" the bureau's headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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[2026-04-22 09:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to open broadly lower Wednesday as concerns grew that the Middle East conflict could drag on, after President Donald Trump extended a U.S. ceasefire in Iran.
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[2026-04-22 09:49 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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[2026-04-22 09:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has resigned from Congress following an investigation that found she committed more than 20 ethics violations, including breaking campaign finance laws.
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[2026-04-22 09:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US president has faced rare criticism from his evangelical supporters for sharing a meme in which he appears as a Jesus-like healer
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[2026-04-22 09:48 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US president has faced rare criticism from his evangelical supporters for sharing a meme in which he appears as a Jesus-like healer
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[2026-04-22 09:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El USS Gerald R. Ford llega al puerto de Split, el 28 de marzo de 2026, en Croacia. (AP Foto/Tom Dubravec)
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[2026-04-22 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Cuba confirmed on April 20 that it recently held direct talks with U.S. officials in Havana, marking a rare diplomatic engagement as tensions persist over Washington’s long-standing economic restrictions on the communist nation.
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[2026-04-22 09:30 UTC+10:00] [Japan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Protests are growing against moves to change Japan’s ‘supreme law’, a document written by the US that is now being challenged by Iran war
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[2026-04-22 09:27 UTC+10:00] [internal-open-access-from-nl] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Pope Leo Says News Outlets Misunderstood Recent Remarks as Trump Criticism1:41
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[2026-04-22 09:25 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: A wave of pre-winter warmth will sweep across southern Australia this week.Adelaide, Melbourne and Hobart are all facing a run of days above 20 degrees leading into the weekend.Adelaide's top temperatures will run to 27 or 28 degrees from today until Sunday, when it drops again.LIVE UPDATES: Trump announces ceasefire extension with IranUnseasonably warm weather will push across southern Australia this week.
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[2026-04-22 09:24 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Reciting of Old Testament passage comes days after clash with pope and posting AI image of himself as Jesus
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[2026-04-22 09:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The video opens on Donald Trump sitting at his desk in the Oval Office. One hand is held to his head, the other grips a mobile phone, about to blast a late-night rant across Truth Social.
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[2026-04-22 09:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The South American nation of Paraguay has announced it will receive non-citizens expelled from the United States as part of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation push.
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[2026-04-22 09:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump’s executive order to fast-track the rebuilding of Los Angeles after the wildfires has resulted in almost 2,000 permits approved since it was signed in January, The Post can exclusively reveal.
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[2026-04-22 09:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) in the United States has been indicted on federal fraud charges, after acting Attorney General Todd Blanche accused the civil rights group of improperly raised millions of dollars to pay informants to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan and other extremist groups.
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[2026-04-22 09:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks during an event for NCAA national champions in the State Dining Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-04-22 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Billionaire Mark Cuban flatly shut down any chance of backing Kamala Harris for another White House run – and revealed he might throw his support behind a Republican candidate.
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[2026-04-22 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Just as the Iran ceasefire seems on the brink of collapsing (though unilaterally extended late in the day Tuesday by Trump), so does the Lebanon one as well, as on Tuesday Israel accused Hezbollah of firing a new rocket volley at its IDF forces, effectively breaking the ceasefire.
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[2026-04-22 08:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States was considering helping the United Arab Emirates financially and that a currency swap with the Middle Eastern nation was under consideration.
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[2026-04-22 08:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump offered a bit of support on social media Monday for embattled British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who has faced calls to resign over his appointment of a friend of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as ambassador to the US.
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[2026-04-22 08:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El secretario de Justicia interino, Todd Blanche, acompañado del director del FBI, Kash Patel, durante una conferencia de prensa en la oficina del Departamento de Justicia, el martes 21 de abril de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Jacquelyn Martin)
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[2026-04-22 08:32 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Declaration comes amid intense efforts to bring two sides together in Pakistan for new round of talks
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[2026-04-22 08:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An adviser to Iran’s parliament speaker said Donald Trump’s extension of the ceasefire “means nothing”.
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[2026-04-22 07:55 UTC+10:00] [live-detached] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Virginia voters approved a plan on Tuesday to gerrymander the state’s congressional map to significantly favor Democrats, according to The Associated Press. The new map could eliminate four of the state’s five Republican-held seats for the 2026 midterm elections, giving Democrats a significant boost in their quest to regain control of the House.
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[2026-04-22 07:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: They’re cutting the fat.
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[2026-04-22 07:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An anti-billionaire group founded by far-left U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) said this week it endorses Democrat Tom Steyer — a billionaire — to be governor of California, sparking accusations of hypocrisy.
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[2026-04-22 07:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump issued a vague extension of his ceasefire with Iran on Tuesday hours before the agreement was set to expire, leaving the fate of peace talks between the two countries uncertain.
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[2026-04-22 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: For years, Democrats and the mainstream media treated 2020 as settled history: the system worked, the election was secure, and accusations of fraud were conspiracy theories.
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[2026-04-22 07:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will "remember" companies that do not seek refunds for payments they made on his tariffs that were deemed illegal by the Supreme Court, implying they would somehow benefit by abstaining from the US government's new refund portal.
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[2026-04-22 07:15 UTC+10:00] [Federal Reserve] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Kevin Warsh says ‘we need to take politics out of monetary policy’ as Elizabeth Warren calls him Trump’s ‘sock puppet’
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[2026-04-22 07:07 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has given Iran more time to submit a "unified proposal". Source: AP / Alex Brandon
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[2026-04-22 07:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS throughout)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-04-22 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Some polar bears and their cubs already in danger of extinction could be legally killed by private oil-drilling projects in northern Alaska, according to proposed new regulations.
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