Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-14 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US‑Israeli war on Iran and the recently announced ceasefire have exposed a fundamental clash of political interests between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to former acting Israeli President Avraham Burg.
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[2026-04-14 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump's four-and-a-half-month crusade across the Western Hemisphere, and now into the Middle East, increasingly looks like a massive blitz to acquire - or control - energy assets and maritime chokepoints as part of a broader economic pressure campaign against China, which depends heavily on the Gulf and Venezuelan crude.
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[2026-04-14 22:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Fuel prices are displayed on a sign at a gas station as a fuel truck drives by, March 17, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)
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[2026-04-14 22:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Megyn Kelly tore into President Donald Trump over a now-deleted AI-generated image depicting himself as a Christ-like figure.
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[2026-04-14 22:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Lebanon and Israel are sitting down in Washington for direct talks. This is important and is seen as the first talks of their kind in 43 years. The Middle East is watching the talks closely.
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[2026-04-14 22:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States naval blockade of Iran has come into effect as President Donald Trump’s administration tries to pressure Tehran into accepting its terms for an end to their war by trying to squeeze the Iranian economy.
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[2026-04-14 22:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures, and global stocks rise while oil slides on a Reuters report that negotiating teams from the US and Iran could return to Pakistan later this week to resume negotiations to end the war in the Gulf, days after the first peace talks ended without a breakthrough, with chatter from Pakistani media that Trump is said to be in attendance.
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[2026-04-14 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Wary of Iranian escalation that shuts down Red Sea traffic, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is asking the Trump administration to back off from its newly-implemented blockade of Iranian-linked shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday evening. On Sunday, a senior advisor to Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei warned that Iran has "large, untouched levers" to respond to such a blockade.
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[2026-04-14 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US has achieved its objectives in Iran, Vice President J.D. Vance has claimed, adding Washington could begin winding down its military operation against the Islamic Republic.
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[2026-04-14 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People enter an Elections Canada voting location, in Terrebonne, Quebec, Monday, April 13, 2026. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-04-14 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, habla sobre economía en un acto en el Circa Resort and Casino en Las Vegas, el 25 de enero de 2025. (AP Foto/John Locher, Archivo)
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[2026-04-14 21:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Negotiating teams from the US and Iran could return to Islamabad this week to resume talks to end the war, sources told Reuters on Tuesday, after the collapse of weekend negotiations prompted Washington to impose a blockade on Iranian ports.
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[2026-04-14 21:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US President Donald Trump says his blockade of the Strait of Hormuz will not impact America. However, it will severely affect some of the world’s poorest countries that are already threatened by famine.
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[2026-04-14 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks about the economy during an event at the Circa Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
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[2026-04-14 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Washington DC] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: This year’s conference had plenty of newsworthy aspects, but it’s a mystery why the press fails to talk about it
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[2026-04-14 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: First the administration sought to defund Title X. Now it’s reimagining what it stands for
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[2026-04-14 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s president has told France that Washington’s approach derailed efforts to reach an agreement during talks in Islamabad last week.
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[2026-04-14 20:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The ambassadors of Lebanon and Israel are set to join United States-brokered talks in Washington, DC, with Lebanese authorities seeking to secure a ceasefire, while Israel’s goal is the disarmament of the Hezbollah armed group.
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[2026-04-14 20:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran has condemned a ban imposed by YouTube on a pro-Iranian group that releases Lego-style artificial intelligence videos after posting one lampooning United States President Donald Trump and declaring “Iran won” last week.
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[2026-04-14 20:03 UTC+10:00] [US Congress] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Representatives Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat, and Tony Gonzales, a Texas Republican, announced Monday they would resign amid scrutiny over their conduct
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[2026-04-14 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Team Iran, perhaps fatally, miscalculated in Islamabad last weekend.
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[2026-04-14 19:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: India, even as it tilts towards the U.S., is increasingly finding that Washington's policies work to its detriment, particularly in matters of energy security. The Iran war has only exacerbated the issue.
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[2026-04-14 19:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, has criticised Washington over its handling of the war with Iran, warning the lack of clear objectives is worsening the fallout.
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[2026-04-14 19:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mohammed, de 8 años, llora junto al ataúd de su padre, Hussein Makkah, en el funeral de 13 funcionarios asesinados el día anterior en un ataque israelí en la ciudad costera de Sidón, Líbano, el sábado 11 de abril de 2026. (AP Foto/Emilio Morenatti)
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[2026-04-14 19:49 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.
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[2026-04-14 19:03 UTC+10:00] [Deportation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Inside the Race to Find a Downed U.S. Airman in Iran2:40
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[2026-04-14 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice under former President Joe Biden “withheld evidence” and approved “aggressive arrest tactics” when targeting pro-life defendants — and then slapped them with longer prison sentences than pro-abortion ones, according to an explosive internal review released Tuesday.
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[2026-04-14 19:00 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: Most American Catholic voters supported Donald Trump in his 2024 presidential victory. Yet across the broad Catholic political spectrum – even among conservative-leaning bishops – there is dismay over Trump’s unprecedented verbal assault on Pope Leo XIV, the first American to lead their church.
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[2026-04-14 18:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Critics said his comments suggested that Trump’s son-in-law should not be involved in negotiations with Iran because he is Jewish
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[2026-04-14 18:56 UTC+10:00] [Jewish] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Critics said his comments suggested that Trump’s son-in-law should not be involved in negotiations with Iran because he is Jewish
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[2026-04-14 18:46 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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[2026-04-14 18:46 UTC+10:00] [COMMENTARY] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The drama following U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” just over a year ago seemed to confirm a simple theory. On April 2, 2025, Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs; markets plunged even as 10-year Treasury yields spiked; then, when tariffs were paused, equities surged in one of the strongest rebounds since the global financial crisis.
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[2026-04-14 18:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: China has called the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz a "dangerous and irresponsible act" that will further enflame tensions in the region.
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[2026-04-14 18:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, habla ante la Oficina Oval de la Casa Blanca el lunes 13 de abril de 2026 en Washington. (AP Foto/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-04-14 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Washington Nationals (7-9, fourth in the NL East) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (10-6, first in the NL Central)
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[2026-04-14 17:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump confirmed Monday a U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports is underway, saying “we can’t let a country blackmail” the world.
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[2026-04-14 17:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump emphatically refused to back down from his ongoing war of words with Pope Leo XIV over the Iran war – warning him to keep out of politics.
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[2026-04-14 17:24 UTC+10:00] [ASIA PACIFIC] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Monday a "major" defense partnership with Indonesia following a meeting with the Southeast Asian nation's defense minister at the Pentagon.
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[2026-04-14 17:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The royal couple arrived shortly after 7 p.m. under light rain and were received by President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump for a formal dinner and overnight stay. The meeting, though not a state visit, carries diplomatic weight as both countries seek closer cooperation on trade, defence and security.
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[2026-04-14 17:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, is scheduled to meet today with Lebanon’s Ambassador to the United States, Nada Hamadeh, in what is being described as a historic meeting.
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[2026-04-14 17:05 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks rose nearly 3 percent Tuesday to inch toward the 6,000-point mark on hopes for renewed negotiations between Washington and Tehran. The local currency sharply gained against the US dollar.
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[2026-04-14 17:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The meeting, held during a two‑day visit, comes as Spain seeks to position itself between major powers while pushing for diplomatic solutions to the conflict in Iran. Sánchez is also scheduled to meet Premier Li Qiang and top legislator Zhao Leji before departing on Wednesday, underlining the importance of the trip for Spain’s foreign policy.
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[2026-04-14 16:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-04-14 16:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The event took place at the White House in Washington, where the president greeted the driver and presented the food to reporters. He highlighted a provision allowing eligible workers to deduct up to $25,000 in tip income from federal taxes, framing it as a benefit for service workers. The appearance involved a pre‑cleared visit, as White House access requires security checks.
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[2026-04-14 16:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks rose nearly 3 percent Tuesday to inch toward the 6,000-point mark on hopes for renewed negotiations between Washington and Tehran. The local currency sharply gained against the U.S. dollar.
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[2026-04-14 16:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The visit aims to secure discounted crude as global prices soar, even as Jakarta holds high-level defence talks with Washington
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[2026-04-14 16:04 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The visit aims to secure discounted crude as global prices soar, even as Jakarta holds high-level defence talks with Washington
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[2026-04-14 15:54 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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[2026-04-14 15:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump’s blockade is spurring questions about international law and leaves doubts about whether the pressure tactic will force Tehran to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-14 15:04 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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