Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-12 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Multiple Arlington County Fire Department units, including their Hazmat Team, responded to a "hazardous materials incident" at the Pentagon, the department announced on Thursday.
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[2026-06-12 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran fired a barrage of ballistic missiles into Israel on Sunday, and US President Donald Trump publicly ordered the prime minister of Israel “not to retaliate.” Trump also told the Financial Times that Benjamin Netanyahu “won’t have any choice” because the American president calls “all the shots.”
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[2026-06-12 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: While President Trump has softened his rhetoric on China since his recent visit to Beijing, he has continued to keep the answer to one question close to his chest: would the United States go to war to defend Taiwan if China attempts to seize the island by force?
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[2026-06-12 01:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The week the hosts try to untangle on this episode of The Deep Dive reads like a thriller no writers' room would dare pitch: Israeli strikes on Beirut, Iranian missiles aimed at the north, an American Apache downed over the Strait of Hormuz, and a US retaliation that Trump announced on social media before the dust had settled.
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[2026-06-12 01:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Several floors in the Pentagon building have been placed on lockdown following the detection of an "air quality issue", prompting hazardous material (hazmat) response teams to the scene.
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[2026-06-12 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Yet another White House construction project is underway, though this one is meant to be only temporary. Crews are erecting an octagon-shaped cage on the South Lawn that will host next month’s UFC bout, helping mark the nation’s 250th anniversary — and President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday. (Produced by Luke Garratt)
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[2026-06-12 01:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Democrat Brad Lander approaches microphones outside a federal court in New York on Thursday, June 11, 2026, after a judge exonerated him on a misdemeanor obstruction charge stemming from an immigration protest last September. (AP Photo/Larry Neumeister)
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[2026-06-12 01:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-06-12 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Several floors and corridors of the Pentagon were locked down and partially evacuated Thursday morning following the detection of a hazardous materials incident and air quality concerns, according to officials and multiple reports.
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[2026-06-12 01:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-06-12 01:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Firefighters are investigating a hazardous materials incident at the Pentagon, the sprawling facility that houses the US Department of Defense, according to authorities.
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[2026-06-12 01:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Update (1100ET): A key spy law could expire after the House blocked its short-term reauthorization.
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[2026-06-12 01:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Bill Pulte, director de la Agencia de Financiamiento de Viviendas, frente a la Casa Blanca, en Washington, el 24 de julio del 2025. (AP foto/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-06-12 01:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Pentagon updated its list of verified religious affiliations that US service members can identify with, and removed Christian as a classification for several religious groups, including the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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[2026-06-12 00:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-06-12 00:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF promoted two officers to the General Staff earlier this week, with Guy Markizeno becoming the new prime minister's military secretary, and Tal Politis becoming the new defense attaché in Washington.
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[2026-06-12 00:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has said the US will be hitting Iran “very hard tonight”, adding the military will be “taking Kharg Island” and other Iranian “oil infrastructure points in the not too distant future”.
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[2026-06-12 00:40 UTC+10:00] [Late-night TV roundup] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Late-night hosts discussed Trump getting booed at a Knicks game and Republican attempts to undermine US elections
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[2026-06-12 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La sede del Banco Mundial en Washington el 5 de abril del 2021. (AP foto/Andrew Harnik)
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[2026-06-12 00:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-06-12 00:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El Puente Gordie Howe entre Windsor, Ontario (Canadá) y Detroit, el 22 de mayo del 2026. (AP foto/Paul Sancya)
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[2026-06-12 00:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-06-12 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — El Niño, Nature's chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced Thursday.
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[2026-06-12 00:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The opening of a Canadian-U.S. bridge across the Detroit River that President Donald Trump previously threatened to block was delayed on Thursday due to “outstanding issues.”
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[2026-06-12 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US Treasury Secretary Bessent announced on X Thursday morning that Washington is moving forward on a plan to compensate America's Gulf regional allies for damage sustained during Iranian counterattacks on their energy and civic infrastructure.
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[2026-06-11 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A woman walks past the World Bank building in Washington on April 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)PRNTO
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[2026-06-11 23:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Thursday rejected Vice President Sara Duterte's claim that the conflict in the Senate reflected the weak leadership of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., insisting that the disarray in the upper chamber was motivated by attempts to shield her from impeachment.
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[2026-06-11 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In earlier messages seen on the hacked website, which has been restored, a group demanded accountability and slammed ‘corrupt networks’
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[2026-06-11 23:18 UTC+10:00] [Philippine Senate] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In earlier messages seen on the hacked website, which has been restored, a group demanded accountability and slammed ‘corrupt networks’
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[2026-06-11 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Financial Times
Snippet: James Politi in Washington
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[2026-06-11 22:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Gordie Howe Bridge is shown under construction between Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, May 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
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[2026-06-11 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Microsoft founder and mega-billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates told Congress that Jeffrey Epstein exploited knowledge of Gates' multiple marital infidelities. Gates insists, however, that he committed no crimes and that the women he had adulterous sexual relations with were not associated with Epstein. Nonetheless, Gates' highlighting of Epstein's leveraging of Gates' sexual secrets fans suspicions that he sought to exploit similar secrets of other powerful people.
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[2026-06-11 22:44 UTC+10:00] [World Cup 2026] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ted Lasso will deliver a message of hope before the USA’s first game, in an America that is not a fit or desirable host right now
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[2026-06-11 22:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has called on Republicans in Congress to pass a $350 billion military spending package that would also impose sweeping new national voting rules before the midterm elections.
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[2026-06-11 22:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. military will attack Iran "VERY HARD TONIGHT," and will soon take over the country's "oil infrastructure points," President Donald Trump said Thursday morning.
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[2026-06-11 22:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Live on television, President Donald Trump, sitting in the Oval Office, told reporters on Wednesday that the United States has been sneaking millions of barrels of oil out of the Strait of Hormuz despite tensions defying Iran’s restrictions on transit through the waterway.
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[2026-06-11 22:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures are higher led by tech and small caps, with traders buying the dip in stocks as a swift conclusion to the latest round of US strikes against Iran raised expectations that talks over a peace deal and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz will get back on track.
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[2026-06-11 22:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: British Secretary of Defense John Healey has tendered his resignation to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, in the latest blow to the embattled Labour government. Healey complained in an open letter that Starmer has been “unable, and the Treasury has been unwilling to commit the resources” required for sweeping reforms he sought to implement and to raise the spending level to 3% of GDP to meet Britain’s obligation to NATO.
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[2026-06-11 21:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will run for office again in the election later this year, his Likud party has announced.
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[2026-06-11 21:37 UTC+10:00] [US politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Democrats are wargaming messaging strategies over fears that Donald Trump may try to influence the midterm elections
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[2026-06-11 21:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A woman uses a walker as she exits an assisted living building, July 4, 2025, in Boca Raton, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
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[2026-06-11 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-06-11 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-06-11 21:00 UTC+10:00] [US politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Guardian review finds group tied to Cleta Mitchell and Heather Honey funded misleading ads in swing states
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[2026-06-11 20:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
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[2026-06-11 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: US military’s Central Command says it launched more strikes on Iran on second day of renewed fire
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[2026-06-11 20:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Three Indian sailors have died in a US military operation to halt a tanker off Oman as part of Washington’s efforts to blockade Iran-linked shipping, Indian authorities said on Thursday.
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[2026-06-11 20:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Trump administration has launched an investigation into prominent Iran war critic Trita Parsi, according to a report in the Free Press.
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[2026-06-11 20:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BARCELONA — Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday said Christians could not consider themselves such if they "promote war" — a thinly veiled reference to US President Donald Trump's administration.
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[2026-06-11 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A planned meeting between New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Colombian President Gustavo Petro was quietly called off following pressure from US President Donald Trump's administration, The Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing several people familiar with the affair.
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