Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-19 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: June 19, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-06-19 04:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo realised by Iran Presidentcy Office, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signs a memorandum of understanding already signed by U.S. President Donald Trump aimed at ending the war and launching negotiations on a broader agreement, in Tehran, Iran, early Thursday, June 18, 2026. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
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[2026-06-19 04:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Vice President JD Vance speaks to reporters in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, June 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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[2026-06-19 04:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — México y Estados Unidos concluyeron el jueves sin mayores avances la segunda ronda de diálogos formales previo a la revisión del tratado comercial que mantienen con Canadá (el T-MEC) y que se iniciará en julio en medio de las presiones por los aranceles impuestos por el presidente Donald Trump a sus socios.
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[2026-06-19 04:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: D.C. Council member Janeese Lewis George waves to the crowd as she celebrates after winning D.C. Mayor primary election during an election night party at the Howard Theatre Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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[2026-06-19 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A Liberal Democrat MP has had the whip suspended pending the outcome of a police investigation, a party spokesperson said.
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[2026-06-19 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump es recibido por su homólogo francés Emmanuel Macron y la primera dama Brigitte Macron, a su llegada al Palacio de Versalles, el miércoles 17 de junio de 2026, en Versalles, Francia. (Foto AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-06-19 04:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes speaks at the Arizona State Prison, March 19, 2025, in Florence, Ariz. (AP Photo/Darryl Webb, File)
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[2026-06-19 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said that Iran will not submit to the "excessive demands" of the United States in future negotiations with the US in a series of posts on X/Twitter on Thursday.
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[2026-06-19 04:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-19 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this 2018 image provided by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, a buoy used to gather data floats in the Pioneer Mid-Atlantic Bight off the coast of North Carolina. (Darlene Trew Crist/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution via AP)
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[2026-06-19 04:14 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The memorandum of understanding signed in Versailles lays bare US failure and the pointlessness of this illegal war
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[2026-06-19 04:11 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ben Jennings on Trump’s ceasefire deal with Iran – cartoon
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[2026-06-19 04:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. Navy on Thursday lifted its blockade of Iran's ports and coastal areas at the direction of President Donald Trump.
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[2026-06-19 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump, izquierda, recorre el Palacio de Versalles con el presidente Emmanuel Macron antes de una cena el miércoles 17 de junio de 2026 en Versalles, Francia, tras la cumbre del G7 en Evian, Francia. (Anna Moneymaker/Pool Foto vía AP)
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[2026-06-19 04:01 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Media-shy financier Stephen Feinberg has quietly amassed extraordinary influence over US military spending
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[2026-06-19 03:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ventiladores, parte de un sistema de refrigeración, se observan en el techo de un centro de datos el 27 de abril de 2026 en Hillsboro, Oregon. (Foto AP/Jenny Kane, archivo)
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[2026-06-19 03:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, June 18 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Vice President JD Vance reiterated Thursday that "international waterways" should be "free of tolls" in reference to the Strait of Hormuz, stressing the need for a final peace deal with Iran to ensure the strait is not used as a "choke point for the global economy."
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[2026-06-19 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: June 19, 2026 03:30 | News
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[2026-06-19 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A person views posted signs on the locations of the now removed explanatory panels that were part of an exhibit on slavery at President’s House Site in Philadelphia, Jan. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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[2026-06-19 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump, right, speaks at a U.S. Steel plant in Pennsylvania on May 30, 2025. © Reuters
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[2026-06-19 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-19 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday against a broad federal ban on gun ownership by marijuana users, the latest in a line of firearm cases from a court that has expanded gun rights.
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[2026-06-19 03:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — U.S. health advisers are debating a new kind of flu vaccine Thursday, the first made with the same mRNA technology that was key to ending the COVID-19 pandemic.
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[2026-06-19 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump signed an agreement with Iran on Wednesday that calls for Tehran to dilute its stockpile of highly enriched uranium and waives U.S.-backed sanctions on the country, immediately allowing Iran to sell its oil freely in a major concession from Washington, according to details released by both countries.
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[2026-06-19 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-19 02:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: District of Columbia mayoral candidate Kenyan McDuffie fills out his ranked choice ballot during the D.C. primary election, Tuesday, June 16, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Gary Fields)
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[2026-06-19 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ex-presidents Joe Biden, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are also attending Thursday’s launch of the Obama Presidential Centre in Chicago
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[2026-06-19 02:33 UTC+10:00] [George W. Bush] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ex-presidents Joe Biden, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are also attending Thursday’s launch of the Obama Presidential Centre in Chicago
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[2026-06-19 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: American humorist Will Rogers famously said, “I never met a man I didn’t like.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has never met an American president he didn’t piss off.
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[2026-06-19 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that the US Navy has allowed more than a dozen ships through to Iranian ports, lifting a blockade as part of an agreement to end the war.
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[2026-06-19 02:12 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Donald Trump is claiming his Iran peace plan is a victory for Washington, despite the 14-point agreement revealing significant concessions to Tehran. Under the deal, Iran will reopen the strait of Hormuz in exchange for sanctions relief and the release of frozen assets, while talks will continue over the fate of Iran’s nuclear programme.
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[2026-06-19 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Grandes compañías navieras ya han comenzado a mover buques a través del estrecho de Ormuz desde que Estados Unidos e Irán firmaron un acuerdo el miércoles, según la empresa de datos marítimos Lloyd’s List Intelligence.
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[2026-06-19 02:07 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: With sanctions-relief and a US promise to avoid further meddling, the conflict has been settled on Tehran’s terms
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[2026-06-19 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump expressed some reservations about endorsing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the upcoming elections before he knew who the other candidates were.
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[2026-06-19 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-06-19 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE latest Senate saga validated what I have been saying all along: The DDS, or the Duterte diehard supporters or fanatics, are simply all noise and no muscle, all bark and no bite, however you put it.
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[2026-06-19 02:00 UTC+10:00] [California] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A prospecting company’s search for gold has the town of Lone Pine and Indigenous leaders on edge, as the Trump administration greenlights new projects across the American west
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[2026-06-19 01:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Homeowners inspected their properties for the first time in weeks, offering a stark reminder of the human cost of the conflict. Among them was Adnan Kaour, who returned to his apartment overlooking the Mediterranean Sea and discovered extensive damage caused by a strike in May. He said the home represented years of work and family memories.
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[2026-06-19 01:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters that he signed an agreement with Iran on Wednesday, while leaving a dinner in Versailles, France with French President Emmanuel Macron. “It’s signed, yeah. We signed it in Versailles. We signed it,” Trump commented.
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[2026-06-19 01:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The memorandum of understanding signed by President Donald Trump and President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran lays out the political, military and economic consequences of the ill-judged decision to attack Iran on 28 February.
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[2026-06-19 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-19 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Vice President JD Vance defended President Donald Trump's interim peace deal on Thursday, insisting the United States is not paying the Islamic Republic and that any economic benefits for Iran depend on full compliance with the agreement.
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[2026-06-19 01:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El vicepresidente JD Vance en la Casa Blanca en Washington, el 18 de junio del 2026. (AP foto/Jacquelyn Martin)
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[2026-06-19 01:41 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Plan is admission US could not achieve what it sought through war as red line after red line has been erased
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[2026-06-19 01:36 UTC+10:00] [Washington DC] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Funds meant for Secret Service were transferred to project president promised would be financed by private donations
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[2026-06-19 01:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Vice President JD Vance speaks to reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, June 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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[2026-06-19 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Fans, part of a cooling system, are visible on the roof of a data center April 27, 2026, in Hillsboro, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
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[2026-06-19 01:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington, DC – Janeese Lewis George, a Democratic Socialist who has promised an aggressive approach to United States President Donald Trump, is on track to become the next mayor of Washington, DC.
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[2026-06-19 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A memorandum of understanding (MOU) for ending the US-Iran war has been electronically signed near the French capital, Paris, after weeks of US President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that an agreement was close.
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