Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-21 07:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A banner of President Donald Trump hangs outside the U.S. Department of Justice on Saturday, March 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
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[2026-04-21 07:33 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: President’s spokesperson announces Chavez-DeRemer, investigated over misconduct allegations, leaving for private sector job
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[2026-04-21 07:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Inside the rotunda at Donald Trump’s second inauguration the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, went down the line shaking hands with each tech billionaire who showed up to kiss the ring — all except Elon Musk.
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[2026-04-21 07:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned from her position on Monday amid a watchdog misconduct probe, making her the third cabinet official to depart the Trump administration this year, sources told The Post.
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[2026-04-21 07:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The White House is seen, Monday, April 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-04-21 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Department of Justice appears to be gaining fresh momentum in its criminal investigation into the 2016 Trump-Russia collusion narrative, with a significant overhaul of the team handling the case in southern Florida.
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[2026-04-21 07:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A California congressional hopeful Lourin Hubbard has admitted to a homophobic slur – just months after apologizing for making sleazy social media posts about women.
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[2026-04-21 07:01 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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[2026-04-21 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Virginians will decide one of the most aggressive gerrymandering proposals in the country on Tuesday that Democrats hope will help them net four seats in the midterm elections.
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[2026-04-21 06:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday said the United States would not lift its blockade of Iranian ports until Tehran had agreed a peace deal to end the war.
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[2026-04-21 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-04-21 06:35 UTC+10:00] [Big data] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: AMSTERDAM — Inside Amsterdam’s red-brick city hall, Alexander Scholtes, the official who spearheaded the Dutch capital’s push to break up with U.S. technology, looked down at his tablet.
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[2026-04-21 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Betty Yee speaks during a gubernatorial candidate forum in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
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[2026-04-21 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s pick to lead the Fed, is expected to face a heated grilling over his commitment to independence and whether he plans to slash interest rates during Tuesday’s Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing.
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[2026-04-21 06:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — ActBlue employees invoked their Fifth Amendment right at least 146 times in depositions with congressional committees investigating alleged donor fraud on the fundraising platform, according to an explosive report released Monday.
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[2026-04-21 06:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Washington and Tehran remain deadlocked over Iran’s nuclear program and its stockpile of highly enriched uranium. Iran has insisted that continuing its nuclear program is its sovereign right, while the US maintains that the program must be abandoned for good and the uranium surrendered.
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[2026-04-21 06:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our rolling coverage of the war in the Middle East on Tuesday, April 21.
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[2026-04-21 05:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Mais comércio, mais cooperação e mais laços políticos. O presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva e o chanceler federal Friedrich Merz propagandearam ao longo de uma agenda de dois dias o desejo de estreitar ainda mais as relações entre Brasil e Alemanha diante dos desafios provocados pela deterioração da ordem mundial e a intensificação da política de força dos Estados Unidos.
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[2026-04-21 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: While the electoral debut of popular film star Vijay has recast DMK’s prospects in Tamil Nadu, a resurgent BJP has emerged as a potent threat to the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal.
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[2026-04-21 05:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: No fim de 2018, o conselheiro de segurança nacional do primeiro mandato de Donald Trump, John Bolton, referiu-se a Venezuela, Cuba e Nicarágua como a "tríade da tirania", lançando as bases da posição de Washington em relação à região.
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[2026-04-21 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Reaffirming its commitment to offering superior network experience, SLT-MOBITEL Mobile has been crowned as Sri Lanka’s #1 Best Mobile Network by Ookla, the global leader in internet performance testing and analytics, at the recently concluded Mobile World Congress 2025.
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[2026-04-21 05:33 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: FBI director Kash Patel is suing The Atlantic magazine over an explosive article that portrayed him as “missing in action” and a problem drinker whose behaviour has alarmed those around him at the nation’s top crime-fighting agency.
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[2026-04-21 05:22 UTC+10:00] [Bridges] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Donald Trump’s Board of Peace is quietly engaging with international partners including the EU and the Palestinian Authority to stabilize Gaza and prepare for post-conflict governance, Norway’s foreign minister told POLITICO.
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[2026-04-21 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Democrat Betty Yee has suddenly pulled her campaign for California governor due to low polling, she revealed Monday.
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[2026-04-21 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES throughout)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-04-21 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: If Chris Pratt’s protagonist in the 2014 Lego Movie was destined to save the world from a tyrannical capitalist, Donald Trump has become the leading figure in dozens of unofficial short sequels.
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[2026-04-21 05:00 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: April 21, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-04-21 04:59 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Thank you for joining our continuing live coverage of the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-21 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed his top energy official's view that gas prices will not drop until 2027, saying Americans can expect lower costs as soon as the Iran war ends.
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[2026-04-21 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Pain at the pump might not ease up for American consumers until 2027, according to Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who said on April 19 that the price of a regular gallon of gas could stay above $3 for the rest of the year.
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[2026-04-21 04:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El ex director de la CIA John Brennan llega para una reunión en el Capitolio en Washington, el 21 de mayo del 2019. (AP foto/J. Scott Applewhite)
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[2026-04-21 04:36 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Pauline Hanson’s support for Donald Trump’s war in Iran has become a central battleground in the Farrer byelection, with a big-spending advertising campaign seeking to link the One Nation leader to rising fuel and fertiliser costs hitting regional voters.
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[2026-04-21 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LA HABANA (AP) — El gobierno cubano confirmó el lunes que las autoridades de la isla mantuvieron una reunión con funcionarios de Estados Unidos en el marco de un cerco petrolero impuesto por Washington a la nación caribeña.
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[2026-04-21 04:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Monday that US President Donald Trump had no right to bar South African President Cyril Ramaphosa from attending the G20 summit.
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[2026-04-21 04:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former CIA Director John Brennan arrives for a meeting at the Capitol in Washington, May 21, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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[2026-04-21 04:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON —Traffic once again seized up in the Strait of Hormuz as both Tehran and Washington imposed separate blockades, with Iranian vessels continuing to test the US shutdown, tracking data showed Monday.
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[2026-04-21 04:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 20 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said that South Korea and the United States have finalized a cooperation framework on critical minerals, expressing expectations that it will help address non-market policies and unfair trade practices, according to his department.
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[2026-04-21 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Arde el pozo petrolero Deepwater Horizon en el Golfo de México el 21 de abril del 2010. (AP foto/Gerald Herbert)
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[2026-04-21 03:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. importers, ranging from Target to Walmart, are due more than $160 billion in tariff refunds following a February Supreme Court decision as the Trump administration launches its claims filing portal Monday.
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[2026-04-21 03:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 20 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Iran can have a "great and prosperous" future if new Iranian leaders are smart, as he ratcheted up pressure on the Islamic Republic to agree to a peace deal.
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[2026-04-21 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns on April 21, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 50 miles southeast of Venice, La. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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[2026-04-21 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Forget covering protests, some reporters think they should be the ones making the ruckus.
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[2026-04-21 03:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump stated in a Truth Social post on Monday that Israel did not influence his decision to go to war with Iran.
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[2026-04-21 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to revive a wrongful death lawsuit that had been rejected by the lower courts against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo over his controversial COVID-19 era nursing home policy.
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[2026-04-21 02:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — A shocking 199 public schools in Vermont have policies on the books that allow staff to not disclose children’s transgender status to their parents, according to a study by a parental rights group.
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[2026-04-21 02:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Monday again threatened Iran with overwhelming military force, saying "lots of bombs [will] start going off" if no deal is reached before a shaky ceasefire with Tehran expires Tuesday evening.
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[2026-04-21 02:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh said Monday the central bank must be largely independent of political influence but also should stay focused on its primary goals.
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[2026-04-21 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Vista de la Corte Suprema de EEUU, el viernes 17 de abril de 2026 en Washington. (Foto AP/Mariam Zuhaib)
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[2026-04-21 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Trump administration on Monday launched an online portal that allows US businesses to file claims for tariff refunds as the federal government moves to comply with the historic Supreme Court order striking down the levies.
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[2026-04-21 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The House Ethics Committee published a list Monday of all its publicly disclosed sexual misconduct investigations into members stretching back to 1976.
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