Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-02 12:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump vowed to bomb the Iranian regime “back to the stone ages” during his primetime address to the nation Wednesday.“Thanks to the progress we’ve made, I can say tonight that we are on track to complete all of America’s military objectives shortly, very shortly,” Trump said.
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[2026-04-02 12:22 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: April 2, 2026 — 12:22pm
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[2026-04-02 12:22 UTC+10:00] [Lebanon] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Never in the history of warfare has an enemy suffered such clear and large-scale losses in a matter of weeks’, US president says
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[2026-04-02 12:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Dylan Butts writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-04-02 12:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said in a televised address to the nation said that the war on Iran has left it "decimated".
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[2026-04-02 12:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil rose in volatile trading as U.S. President Donald Trump in his address to the nation on Iran war said that he expected the conflict to last another two to three weeks.
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[2026-04-02 12:14 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-04-02 12:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Vanessa Trump is reportedly standing by boyfriend Tiger Woods following his DUI arrest, and has no plans to break up with him.
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[2026-04-02 11:57 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The South Korean won weakened against the US dollar Thursday, following a sharp gain in the previous session, ahead of US President Donald Trump's scheduled message on the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-02 11:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A murder suspect who was accidentally released from a California jail last year is back in custody after a dramatic multi-state manhunt that ended with his arrest in St. Louis, federal authorities said.Isaiah Jamon Andrews, 20, had been locked up at the Martinez Detention Facility in Contra Costa County while awaiting extradition to Washington state in connection with a deadly shooting in Seattle.
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[2026-04-02 11:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Democrats are fretting about the race to replace term-limited California Gov. Gavin Newsom — with a field so crowded that the two Republican candidates could lock Dems out of the general election in an overwhelmingly blue state.
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[2026-04-02 11:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks opened higher Thursday as US President Donald Trump hinted that an end to the monthlong war in the Middle East could be near.
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[2026-04-02 11:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired left-hander Jake Eder from the Washington Nationals and claimed right-hander Grant Holman off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday help their pitching depth.
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[2026-04-02 11:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: When President Trump left the courtroom midway through the argument in the case challenging his birthright-citizenship executive order, he was signaling what all of us following the argument were feeling: the administration was going to lose.
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[2026-04-02 11:08 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: April 2, 2026 11:08 | News
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[2026-04-02 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump (left), Australia's Anthony Albanese (centre) and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer (right) addressed their nations on Wednesday as the Middle East war drives global fuel disruptions. Source: SBS News
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[2026-04-02 10:58 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: President is expected to offer a timeline for end of the war, and speak about his threat to withdraw the US from Nato as he faces falling poll numbers and global energy crisis
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[2026-04-02 10:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to rise on Thursday, tracking similar moves on Wall Street as investors await an address by Donald Trump later in the day amid hopes that the U.S. president is looking to exit the Iran war.
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[2026-04-02 10:29 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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[2026-04-02 10:16 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Australia’s obsequiousness to Trump’s America has gone way beyond the national interest
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[2026-04-02 10:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that South Korea was "not helpful" to the United States, noting the presence of American troops "in harm's way" in the Asian country "right next to a nuclear force," as he highlighted the need for countries to secure the crucial Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-02 10:06 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addressed the National Press Club in Canberra on Thursday. Source: AAP / Lukas Coch
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[2026-04-02 09:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-04-02 09:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The shocking pictures of Kristi Noem’s cross-dressing husband sporting comically large fake breasts have prompted a new parlor game in Washington — who was behind the story and why did they do it?
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[2026-04-02 09:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El panameño Edmundo Sosa, de los Filis de Filadelfia, festeja su sencillo de dos carreras ante los Nacionales de Washington, en el juego del miércoles 1 de abril de 2026 (AP Foto/Matt Rourke)
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[2026-04-02 08:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House before signing an executive order Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-04-02 08:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: "The hard part is done," President Donald Trump said in his address to the nation Wednesday night about the Iran war. The recent jump in gas prices is a "short term increase" that "will rapidly come back down" once the vital Strait of Hormuz is reopened, he said.
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[2026-04-02 08:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump still believes in the core missions of the United Nations, and wants to work with it to "exceed its potential", the administration's envoy for UN reform told Middle East Eye at a briefing for reporters on Wednesday in Washington, DC.
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[2026-04-02 08:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sir Keir Starmer opted for a morning press conference to address the nation. (Reuters: Frank Augstein)
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[2026-04-02 08:21 UTC+10:00] [Amy Coney Barrett] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China benefiting from ‘birth tourism industry’, top litigator claims, with Trump in attendance – a historic first for a sitting president
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[2026-04-02 08:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's president asked the people of the United States if the Middle East conflict was truly putting "America First", accusing the US of war crimes and being influenced by Israel ahead of a much-anticipated address by Donald Trump.
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[2026-04-02 08:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel plans to fight Iran “to the last American soldier and the last American taxpayer dollar”, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian wrote in an open letter released on Wednesday, hours before US President Donald Trump is set to deliver a primetime address on the war.
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[2026-04-02 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Philadelphia Phillies’ Justin Crawford reacts after hitting a one run-single off of Washington Nationals pitcher Cole Henry during the tenth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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[2026-04-02 07:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former congressman David Rivera arrives at the James Lawrence King Federal Building on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Joshua Goodman)
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[2026-04-02 07:46 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-04-02 07:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington, DC – The United States Supreme Court has heard oral arguments on the administration of US President Donald Trump’s effort to end the longstanding practice of granting citizenship to anyone born in the United States.
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[2026-04-02 07:17 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Measure that would fund homeland security but exclude money for ICE could conclude lengthy funding lapse
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[2026-04-02 07:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A federal judge in Tyler dismissed a lawsuit on Tuesday that sought to allow churches to endorse political candidates without losing their tax-exempt status, dealing a blow to the Trump administration and other conservatives who have worked to eliminate the decades-old law barring nonprofits from supporting political office seekers.
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[2026-04-02 07:07 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is signalling the US could scale back its war on Iran while raising fresh doubts about its future role in NATO. Source: Getty / Alex Wong
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[2026-04-02 06:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer made clear Wednesday that the West’s response to the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz will be heavy on diplomacy — and light on hard power — a stance already frustrating President Trump as the US looks for partners to help secure the global shipping lane.
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[2026-04-02 06:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Stock markets surged and oil plunged below US$100 a barrel after President Donald Trump suggested the US would end its attack on Iran in two to three weeks.
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[2026-04-02 06:49 UTC+10:00] [US supreme court] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Most justices seemed skeptical of the administration’s argument, despite Trump’s unprecedented appearance
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[2026-04-02 06:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Of course, the news is sometimes contradictory. Trump claims Iran is virtually bombed to submission, while Iran carries on making strike after strike on American bases in the Gulf States and most successfully defending itself. It is left to us, the hapless viewers, to decode the news as best we can and wonder where we stand amidst all this turmoil.
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[2026-04-02 06:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-02 06:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, sale de la sede de la Corte Suprema, el miércoles 1 de abril de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Anthony Peltier)
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[2026-04-02 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The record-breaking 46-day partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security could end soon.
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[2026-04-02 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El líder de la mayoría del Senado, John Thune, habla con reporteros sobre un proyecto de ley de financiación para terminar el cierre del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional que inició hace más de un mes, en el Capitolio, Washington, el lunes 23 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/J. Scott Applewhite)
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[2026-04-02 06:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump plans to lambast Nato in his address at the White House on Wednesday night local time, in the latest sign that the US-Israeli war on Iran is causing fissures in the West's premier alliance.
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[2026-04-02 06:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Friday, March 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
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[2026-04-02 06:01 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: War shows little sign of easing despite Donald Trump claiming Iranian leadership ‘just asked’ for ceasefire
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