Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-13 13:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Front-runner exits race as former staffers and fellow Democrats demand he also resign from Congress
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[2026-04-13 13:49 UTC+10:00] [Pramila Jayapal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Front-runner exits race as former staffers and fellow Democrats demand he also resign from Congress
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[2026-04-13 13:31 UTC+10:00] [Pope Leo XIV] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In unprecedented attack on the leader of the Catholic church, president says the US-born pope is ‘not doing a very good job’ and is ‘a very liberal person’
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[2026-04-13 13:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Oil prices surged on Monday after Pakistan-brokered US-Iran talks ended in failure and US President Donald Trump announced blockading the Strait of Hormuz and intercepting vessels in international waters that had paid a toll to Iran.
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[2026-04-13 13:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump criticised Pope Leo XIV after the pontiff called for an end to the war with Iran and warned against what he described as a “delusion of omnipotence” driving the conflict.
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[2026-04-13 13:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Eric Swalwell’s alleged sex scandal has set up a brutal fight in Congress as Republicans and Democrats plot shootouts over Swalwell and other colleagues with murky pasts.
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[2026-04-13 13:18 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.
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[2026-04-13 13:16 UTC+10:00] [Strait of Hormuz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The threat from the president has left global markets in another period of uncertainty, with questions over how the blockade will be enforced
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[2026-04-13 13:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United States and Iran left Islamabad on Sunday without a deal. More than 20 hours of talks, and both sides walked out, blaming the other. Washington said Tehran refused to make any enforceable commitment to abandon its nuclear program, and Tehran said the American demands were excessive and that the negotiations had been conducted in bad faith.
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[2026-04-13 13:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: After a stretch of roller-coaster temperature swings across the Mid-Atlantic in March and early April, the midpoint of the month is now shaping up to be unusually warm, with highs that could exceed the region's average for June. That kind of temperature anomaly could prompt left-wing corporate media outlets to kick off their seasonal global-warming doom news cycle as summer approaches.
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[2026-04-13 13:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Maryland — US President Donald Trump told reporters Sunday that he is "not a big fan" of Pope Leo XIV, after the global leader of Catholics made a plea for peace.
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[2026-04-13 13:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Donald Trump says the pope should "stop catering to the Radical Left". (Reuters: Kevin Lamarque)
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[2026-04-13 13:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: This would all be a lot more interesting if the Hawks hadn’t rid themselves of Trae Young back at the trade deadline, of course, if they hadn’t exiled him to Washington, D.C., which has been pro basketball purgatory, seemingly, since Calvin Coolidge sat courtside.
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[2026-04-13 13:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Vista aérea del Pentágono, el martes 7 de abril de 2026, en Washington. (Foto AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-04-13 12:57 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-04-13 12:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 13 (Yonhap) -- The leader of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) plans to meet with U.S. lawmakers and Trump administration officials during his weeklong trip to the United States, a PPP lawmaker said Monday.
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[2026-04-13 12:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that he doesn't care if Iran returns to the negotiating table or not.
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[2026-04-13 12:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Rory McIlroy left President Donald Trump plenty impressed with his second straight Masters win.
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[2026-04-13 12:37 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: DOHA, Qatar (AFP) -- A sense of dread spread across the Middle East after talks between the US and Iran collapsed, as fears of renewed fighting rattled an already tense region with Donald Trump ordering a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-13 12:33 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-04-13 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded lower late Monday morning as investor concerns grew over a prolonged conflict in the Middle East after the U.S.-Iran peace talks failed to make progress, while U.S. President Donald Trump threatened a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-13 12:15 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Centcom says blockade of Iranian ports to begin at 10am ET; Iran’s negotiator says ‘we will not bow to threats’; oil prices rise. Follow the latest news
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[2026-04-13 12:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said he is unconcerned about whether Iran returns to negotiations, telling reporters, “I don’t care … if they don’t come back, I’m fine,” as tensions persist following the collapse of talks.
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[2026-04-13 12:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US president shatters diplomatic norms with a direct attack on the first American pontiff for his anti-war messages
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[2026-04-13 12:02 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US president shatters diplomatic norms with a direct attack on the first American pontiff for his anti-war messages
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[2026-04-13 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Asian markets opened lower and oil prices surged past $100 a barrel after US-Iran talks failed and Washington ordered a naval blockade of Iranian ports.
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[2026-04-13 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australian motorists face an extended wait for relief at the petrol pump amid warnings the breakdown of Middle East peace talks and the United States’ plan to blockade Iranian ports threaten to keep global energy markets in a state of prolonged volatility.
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[2026-04-13 11:57 UTC+10:00] [US & Canada] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-13 11:52 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-13 11:42 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: MIAMI (Reuters) -- US President Donald Trump said Sunday that the price of oil and gasoline may remain high through November's midterm elections, a rare acknowledgement of the potential political fallout from his decision to attack Iran six weeks ago.
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[2026-04-13 11:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Pentagon is seen from an airplane, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-04-13 11:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump slammed Pope Leo XIV for being “weak on crime,” and “terrible for foreign policy” in a lengthy Truth Social post Sunday night.
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[2026-04-13 11:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump habla con periodistas en la Base Conjunta Andrews, Maryland, el domingo 12 de abril de 2026, tras su regreso de Miami. (Foto AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-04-13 11:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Anniek Bao writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-04-13 11:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Sunday bashed Pope Leo XIV over the U.S.-born pontiff's criticism of the U.S. war in Iran.
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[2026-04-13 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks with reporters at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, April 12, 2026, after he returned from Miami. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-04-13 11:17 UTC+10:00] [Australian foreign policy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As a regional power and signatory to the non-proliferation treaty, Australia has responsibilities. I am calling on the government to take four steps
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[2026-04-13 11:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Democratic Senator Patty Murray criticised President Donald Trump’s policies on Iran, saying they are contributing to rising inflation in the United States.
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[2026-04-13 11:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 13 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean won weakened markedly against the U.S. dollar Monday as U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a blockade of all ships entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz after high-stakes peace talks with Iran failed to make a breakthrough.
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[2026-04-13 11:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Bub Carrington (7), de los Wizards de Washington, dispara de larga distancia mientras Nae’qwan Tomlin (35), de los Cavaliers de Cleveland, defiende en la segunda mitad del juego de baloncesto de la NBA, el domingo 12 de abril de 2026, en Cleveland. (AP Foto/Sue Ogrocki)
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[2026-04-13 11:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The UK will not be involved in enforcing the US military blockade of Iran, the BBC understands.
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[2026-04-13 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: On Friday the Ron Paul Institute (RPI) has highlighted an important and fresh interview touching on the Republican Rep's political future: Governor Thomas Massie? - RPI's Adam Dick asks.
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[2026-04-13 10:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Crude oil prices climbed and Japan's benchmark Nikkei Stock Average declined after U.S.- Iran talks ended with no agreement.
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[2026-04-13 10:37 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
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[2026-04-13 10:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Whoever’s calling the shots in Iran wasted yet another chance for peace over the weekend, and now President Donald Trump will again call Tehran’s bluff.
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[2026-04-13 10:32 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks opened sharply lower Monday, the first trading day since the talks between Washington and Tehran ended without any progress while US President Donald Trump announced a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-13 10:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cleveland Cavaliers guard Max Strus (2) dunks next to Washington Wizards guard Jamir Watkins (5) in the first half of an NBA basketball game in Cleveland, Sunday, April 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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[2026-04-13 10:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Conflicting accounts have emerged over a US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz announced after peace talks with Iran failed, raising questions about its scope and legality.
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[2026-04-13 10:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO, Japan — The US oil benchmark rebounded above $100 a barrel on Monday after peace talks between the United States and Iran failed to make a breakthrough, and with US President Donald Trump ordering a blockade of Iranian ports.
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[2026-04-13 10:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump remains open to a diplomatic solution with Iran despite ordering a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz following the collapse of talks, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing White House sources.
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