Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-20 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A customs agent wears a patch for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, Oct. 27, 2017, at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)
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[2026-04-20 04:55 UTC+10:00] [US politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana, a long supporter of Trump, says president’s feud with the pope is a ‘distraction’
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[2026-04-20 04:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Turistas caminan frente a una manta con la imagen del presidente Donald Trump que cuelga en el Departamento de Justicia, el 27 de febrero de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Rahmat Gul, Archivo)
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[2026-04-20 04:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Congressman Eliot Engel, who passed away last week, knew the heights of Washington well. Over 32 years in the House of Representatives, he rose to chair the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee while representing his Bronx district with distinction, including the synagogues of Riverdale, where our own congregation is situated.
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[2026-04-20 04:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A California judge has ruled Sable Offshore Corp. — the company Donald Trump is using to give the state an oil lifeline — did not have the authority to restart its operations.
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[2026-04-20 03:54 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president’s unreliable style sows diplomatic confusion but leaves Tehran clear on strategic value of strait of Hormuz
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[2026-04-20 03:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El representante estatal republicano de Utah Doug Fiefia en conversación con ciudadanos en el patio trasero de una casa en Riverton, Utah, el 9 de abril del 2026. (AP foto/Nicholas Riccardi)
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[2026-04-20 03:33 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Reported response comes hours after Trump announced delegation to Islamabad, having earlier threatened to raze Iran’s infrastructure
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[2026-04-20 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The currently closed Strait of Hormuz, situated between Oman and Iran, connects the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, and has emerged as a major flashpoint in the US-Iran war. The Bab el-Mandeb Strait, off Yemen's coast, has also remained a focal point among critical maritime chokepoints, given ongoing threats from Iran-linked Houthi rebels.
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[2026-04-20 03:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran has refused to take part in a second round of negotiations, accusing Washington of undermining the process with shifting positions and continued pressure.
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[2026-04-20 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Just days before Independence Day, US President Donald Trump on Sunday posted a message on his social media platform praising Israel and extolling it as an exemplary ally.
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[2026-04-20 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A veteran DC cop heralded as the first openly gay union chair and tasked with helping to protect President Trump allegedly groomed a teen boy before trying to have sex with him.
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[2026-04-20 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Energy Secretary Chris Wright claims that Washington is closing in on a potential agreement with Iran, despite ongoing tensions.
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[2026-04-20 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US negotiating team is heading to Pakistan for the next round of Iran peace talks on Monday, President Donald Trump has announced, while renewing his threat to strike Iran’s infrastructure if no deal is reached.In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump accused Tehran of violating the temporary ceasefire – set to expire on Wednesday – with reported attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz amid a renewed blockade of the waterway.
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[2026-04-20 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has drawn attention to a detailed personal account from a longtime Trump supporter who now questions key elements of the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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[2026-04-20 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: IRRITATED by the Iran virus “threatening the US with its nuclear program,” President Donald Trump went on a sneeze spree in March 2026, spray-bombing over 1,000 targets in the opening day of the undeclared war on Iran predicting an easy, fast and complete victory.
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[2026-04-20 01:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The son of right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson has left Vice President JD Vance’s press team to set up his own political consulting firm amid escalating tensions between his father and President Trump.
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[2026-04-20 01:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mayor Zohran Mamdani blasted the Democratic Party’s lack of vision Sunday while touting his “productive” and surprising bromance with President Trump.
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[2026-04-20 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Via The Libertarian Institute
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[2026-04-20 01:22 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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[2026-04-20 00:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for about a fifth of the world’s oil, has again become the chaotic centre of the United States-Israel war on Iran, as a standoff between Washington and Tehran is complicating efforts to end the war.
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[2026-04-20 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A portrait of Donald Trump that is the basis for a proposed commemorative coin to mark the 250th anniversary of America's founding. © Reuters
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[2026-04-20 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Americas] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — America’s allies, stung by soaring energy costs due to Washington’s attacks on Iran, are confronting an uncomfortable truth: The escape route from fossil fuel shocks leads straight into China’s arms.
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[2026-04-19 23:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON,UNITED STATES — President Donald Trump said US negotiators will be in Pakistan Monday to resume talks on ending the war with Iran, as he again threatened to destroy its power plants and bridges if no deal is reached.
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[2026-04-19 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Sunday morning, the latest Bloomberg ship tracking data showed that tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz had largely ground to a halt. There were multiple incidents of tankers U-turning over the last 24 hours. At the same time, a senior Iranian official renewed threats to close the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
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[2026-04-19 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Prices at the gas pump likely peaked about a week ago and should start to slowly decline over the coming weeks as the war in Iran comes to a close, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday.
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[2026-04-19 23:42 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Like every advancing society in the past, it sees the future by seizing new energy sources and their associated technologies
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[2026-04-19 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump told Fox News that America will “blow up the whole country” if Iran does not sign a peace deal.
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[2026-04-19 23:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Washington’s 30-day waiver granting India permission to buy Iranian crude for the first time in seven years expires today, and there is no indication that it will be renewed.
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[2026-04-19 23:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 19 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that U.S. negotiators will be in Pakistan the following day for peace talks with Iran, renewing his threat to destroy Iranian power plants and bridges if the Islamic Republic does not agree to a deal.
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[2026-04-19 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Harvard is in a fix. The nation’s top university is under siege from the Trump administration for the heavily partisan diversity it has practiced for decades. Republicans have long been aware of the hostility that American universities show for them, but President Trump has led a policy reaction that could have occurred long ago.
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[2026-04-19 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Iran has committed a "serious violation" of the ceasefire but still thinks he can get a peace deal, ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl posted on X/Twitter on Sunday.
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[2026-04-19 22:37 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Donald Trump said on Truth Social that his representatives were going to be in Islamabad on Monday night for more negotiations.
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[2026-04-19 22:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, speaks during an event in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex on March 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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[2026-04-19 22:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON,D.C — Blue Origin, the US space company of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, successfully reused and recovered a booster for its New Glenn rocket on Sunday, confirming its mastery of a technical feat that could boost its launch cadence and expand its rivalry with SpaceX.
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[2026-04-19 22:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: ISLAMABAD — President Trump’s Middle East envoy is headed to Pakistan this week to restart negotiations to end the Iran War, the commander-in-chief told The Post Sunday.
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[2026-04-19 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump appears to have crossed a line with his Christian supporters. Will it come back to bite him in the midterms?
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[2026-04-19 21:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Tourists walk past a banner with President Donald Trump hanging on the Department of Justice, Feb. 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)
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[2026-04-19 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Utah State Rep. Doug Fiefia talks to Utah voters on the back deck of a house, Thursday, April 9, 2026, in Riverton, Utah. Fiefia, a Republican, has a background in technology and is running for the state senate with a pledge to tackle AI. (AP Photo/Nicholas Riccardi)
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[2026-04-19 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Both Kiev and Washington have been met with a new provocation related to North Korea's role in supporting Russia during the over four-year long Ukraine war, at a moment Russia continues to claim sovereignty over Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.
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[2026-04-19 21:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman says he has a plan to make New York safer and more affordable.
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[2026-04-19 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Pugilistic presence has laid waste to civil rights decision – her take-no-prisoners approach has alarmed legal experts but earned president’s plaudits
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[2026-04-19 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Democrats still face serious challenges to flipping the chamber. But Republicans are no longer dismissing the threat as quickly as they once did.
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[2026-04-19 20:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Police said "multiple" people were injured in a shooting at the University of Iowa early Sunday, after the midwestern US school issued an alert reporting gunshots in an area popular for nightlife.
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[2026-04-19 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Military advisers intentionally excluded President Donald Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes extraction of a downed American airman in Iran, fearing his erratic temper would jeopardize the mission, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing a senior administration official.
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[2026-04-19 20:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Al Jazeera is reporting that a second round of talks could take place in Islamabad between Tehran and Washington.
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[2026-04-19 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran ratcheted up its rhetoric against the U.S. on Sunday, a day after it said it had reasserted control of the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump confirmed peace talks with Iran are continuing, while warning Tehran not to try to use blackmail.
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[2026-04-19 19:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. forces under President Donald Trump have extensively used artificial intelligence in strikes against Iran during the war between the two countries.
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[2026-04-19 18:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump has no justification to deprive Iran of its nuclear rights, the Iranian Student News Agency quoted Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian as saying on Sunday, as Washington and Tehran continue to face disagreements over nuclear issues.
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[2026-04-19 18:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and LIG D&A became the first Korean companies to open a booth at Sea Air Space 2026, the largest maritime security exhibition in the US, being held through Tuesday in Washington.
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