Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-19 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Donald Trump is unpopular with voters. The problem for the Democrats is, so are they. Source: Getty, SBS / Rosemary Vasquez-Brown
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[2026-04-19 09:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: San Francisco Giants’ Jung Hoo Lee is tagged out at home plate by Washington Nationals catcher Drew Millas while attempting to score on double hit by San Francisco Giants’ Heliot Ramos against pitcher Cade Cavalli during the second inning of a baseball game, Saturday, April 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)
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[2026-04-19 09:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Washington running back Jordan Washington carries the ball against UC Davis during an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, FIle)
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[2026-04-19 09:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The event comes days after Republican US President Trump said Mamdani was destroying New York with his tax policies
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[2026-04-19 09:16 UTC+10:00] [New York] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The event comes days after Republican US President Trump said Mamdani was destroying New York with his tax policies
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[2026-04-19 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: J. D. Vance faces a classic bind: Loyalty to US President Donald Trump ties him to a presidency that is bound to fail, yet distancing himself invites charges of disloyalty. Either course imperils his prospects of becoming the next US president. His latest assignment as chief negotiator with Iran has only compounded this predicament.
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[2026-04-19 09:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: At least four people were injured in an industrial accident at BP Cherry Point Refinery in Blaine, Washington, on Saturday morning, BP said.
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[2026-04-19 09:00 UTC+10:00] [World / Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: London: King Charles seemed to work wonders when he hosted Donald Trump at Windsor Castle last year during a state visit that was generally judged to be an outstanding success.
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[2026-04-19 08:51 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
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[2026-04-19 08:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Work continues on the construction of the ballroom at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)
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[2026-04-19 07:55 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-04-19 07:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: As allegations of hospice fraud mount in California, Republican congressional candidate Jenny Rae Le Roux is calling out state leaders, accusing them of failing to act as oversight gaps allowed the issue to escalate.
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[2026-04-19 07:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Parlamentares do Partido Democrata pressionam pela destituição de Donald Trump do cargo de presidente com base na 25ª Emenda da Constituição dos Estados Unidos, após ele ameaçar exterminar "uma civilização inteira" caso o Irã não recuasse – declaração que muitos descreveram como um potencial crime de guerra.
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[2026-04-19 07:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGC) says the Strait of Hormuz is closed and that any ship that attempts to pass through the waterway will be targeted, a dramatic reversal less than 24 hours after the critical shipping lane was reopened.
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[2026-04-19 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-04-19 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: ISLAMABAD — While President Trump said the US has “defeated the Iranian navy,” pointing to waves of strikes that wiped out warships, submarines and key military sites since late February, Tehran was still able to force closed the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-19 07:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The leaders of Mexico, Brazil and Spain have pledged more aid to Cuba, while appealing for the island nation’s sovereignty to be respected amid an ongoing pressure campaign from United States President Donald Trump.
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[2026-04-19 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Dave McCormick (R-PA) introduced the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Deployment Act (NEIDA) on April 14th, presenting what could be one of the most significant regulatory shifts for U.S. nuclear power in decades.
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[2026-04-19 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A MAGA influencer was attacked in West Hollywood by a gay couple after questioning them if they were fit to be parents, leading to one of the men being arrested.
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[2026-04-19 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In the middle of the US-Israel war against the terrorist regime in Tehran, a small, well-intentioned but misinformed group of congressional leaders is unwittingly facilitating the spread of Iranian and radical Islamist influence in the very underbelly of Europe.
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[2026-04-19 06:23 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our rolling coverage of the war in the Middle East on Sunday, April 19.
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[2026-04-19 06:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Jacki Thrapp via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-04-19 06:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Pentagon claims a clerical error caused it to blow a congressional deadline to release 46 videos of UFOs — but President Trump vowed to the disclosure would come “very soon.”
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[2026-04-19 06:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Photos circulating on social media Saturday reveal that Hunter Biden, the son of former Democratic President Joe Biden, was at Coachella, the iconic music festival in the California desert.
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[2026-04-19 06:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The opposition leader called the US president a leader who ‘risked the lives of his country’s citizens’ for her nation’s freedom
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[2026-04-19 06:10 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The opposition leader called the US president a leader who ‘risked the lives of his country’s citizens’ for her nation’s freedom
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[2026-04-19 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Michigan State at Washington — Big Ten Plus
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[2026-04-19 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen sharply, and even after the ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump and accepted by Israel, the route is still moving at a fraction of its normal level.
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[2026-04-19 05:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, sostiene una orden ejecutiva firmada en la Oficina Oval de la Casa Blanca, el sábado 18 de abril de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-04-19 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Construction of the underground and above ground portions of President Donald Trump's White House ballroom project will be allowed to continue, a US appeals court said.
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[2026-04-19 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Religious Leaders
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[2026-04-19 05:06 UTC+10:00] [Pope Leo XIV] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Pontiff says that despite ‘certain narrative that has not been accurate’, he will continue to preach message of peace
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[2026-04-19 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel was surprised by US President Donald Trump's announcement that the IDF is “prohibited” from continuing strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to a Saturday Axios report.
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[2026-04-19 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: More than 495 Christian leaders, from Washington to Hollywood, will gather for a live event this week to read the Bible aloud from cover to cover.
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[2026-04-19 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado reacts before receiving the Golden Key of the City of Madrid from Madrid Mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida in Madrid, Spain, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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[2026-04-19 03:58 UTC+10:00] [Africa] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BARCELONA — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez vowed Saturday to “twist the arm” of the far-right forces trying to dismantle the international order, rallying left-leaning world leaders and activists at a summit billed as a show of resistance by progressive powers.
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[2026-04-19 03:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to speed up the review of a handful of psychedelic drugs, including the controversial ibogaine.
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[2026-04-19 03:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump listens to speeches before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Saturday, April 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-04-19 03:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A Democratic-led effort to limit US President Donald Trump’s authority to keep waging war on Iran has been rejected in the House of Representatives, a day after a similar measure was blocked in the Senate.
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[2026-04-19 03:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Teddy Roosevelt will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame next year, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum has claimed, citing the 26th commander in chief’s role in saving the sport from extinction more than a century ago.
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[2026-04-19 02:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Pope Leo XIV said Saturday that it was “not in my interest at all” to continue his feud with President Trump over the Iran war, after Trump posted a series of social media posts swiping at the pontiff.
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[2026-04-19 02:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Pope Leo has said he was not seeking to debate Donald Trump when he criticised "tyrants" for spending billions on wars in a speech earlier this week.
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[2026-04-19 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN — Iran's top national security body said Saturday that the country was reviewing "new proposals" received from the United States, even as it warned that its negotiators would cut no compromises with Washington.
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[2026-04-19 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Former US Attorney General Pam Bondi is heading back to the private sector — and her Epstein fumble won’t slow her down one bit, sources told The Post.
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[2026-04-19 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Venezuela’s main opposition leader Maria Corina Machado says she has “no regrets” about giving US President Donald Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal.
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[2026-04-19 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: YAOUNDÉ — Pope Leo XIV arrives on Saturday in Angola, the third leg of a landmark African tour marked by a war of words with US President Donald Trump over the Middle East conflict.
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[2026-04-19 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Amid ongoing hostilities with Iran, Democrats brushed off past calls from some figures in their party for US armed forces to “refuse illegal orders,” even as they broadly maintained that President Donald Trump’s use of the military is on shaky footing without lawmaker approval.
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[2026-04-19 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: I’M going to be brutally blunt about this: Donald Trump has to go. Whether it’s Americans finally waking up and starting to revolt or forcing Congress to impeach him, or whatever — he has to go.
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[2026-04-19 01:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday directed his administration to speed up reviews of certain psychedelic drugs, including ibogaine, which recently has been embraced by combat veterans and conservative lawmakers despite having serious safety risks.
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[2026-04-19 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has told Israel it was wrong. That was the message delivered Friday by US Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack at the fifth Antalya Diplomacy Forum, a day after a 10-day Lebanon ceasefire took effect and hours after Barrack met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the Syrian delegation’s Antalya residence.
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