Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-21 08:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former Washington Redskins cornerback Darrell Green stands next to his bronze bust at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, Aug. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
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[2026-03-21 08:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Friday ruled out reaching a ceasefire agreement with Iran, as more Marines headed to the Middle East in a possible sign of a coming ground operation.
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[2026-03-21 07:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Miami Marlins starting pitcher Chris Paddack throws during the first inning of a spring training baseball game against the Washington Nationals Sunday, March 1, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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[2026-03-21 07:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump walks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, March 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-03-21 07:57 UTC+10:00] [Democrats] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Calls for Pennsylvania senator – Trump’s ‘favorite Democrat’ – to resign after casting decisive committee vote
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[2026-03-21 07:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Washington guard Avery Howell (2) shoots as South Dakota State’s Ellie Colbeck (5) defends in the first half in the first round of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 20, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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[2026-03-21 07:43 UTC+10:00] [Robert F Kennedy Jr] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Judge rules that Trump’s health secretary did not go through proper procedures when issuing declaration
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[2026-03-21 07:32 UTC+10:00] [NBA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Team says ‘timing just didn’t work out’ for visit
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[2026-03-21 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Senate failed for a fifth time to fund the Department of Homeland Security, as airline passengers fought through massive lines at security checkpoints and faced mounting delays and cancellations.
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[2026-03-21 07:13 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: President Trump said Thursday that he was not planning to put troops "anywhere" but that if he did, he would not tell journalists. Source: AAP / Julia Demaree Nikhinson
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[2026-03-21 07:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Fumaça preta se eleva sobre vários pontos do Golfo Pérsico, sinal de que campos de gás, usinas de energia, infraestrutura civil e instalações militares em toda a região sofreram ataques do Irã. Enquanto isso, o presidente dos Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, declara mais uma vez que o Irã foi derrotado militarmente.
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[2026-03-21 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday he is not interested in a ceasefire with Iran.
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[2026-03-21 06:43 UTC+10:00] [America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Policy aims to increase federal government’s ability to fight national security concerns and counter Beijing’s growing dominance in sector
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[2026-03-21 06:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The turmoil at security and customs lanes is tied to a partial government shutdown that began February 14 after Democrats and the White House were unable to reach a deal on legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Video: Jill Bleed)
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[2026-03-21 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: As the war in the Middle East continues, intelligence gathered by the Pentagon is being analysed by technology from the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, on a system run by the data analytics firm Palantir.
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[2026-03-21 05:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The United States could "take out" Iran's Kharg island whenever it wanted, the White House said Friday, after a report that President Donald Trump's administration was considering plans to occupy or blockade the oil hub.
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[2026-03-21 05:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Sitting behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, US President Donald Trump lifts a model of a B-2 bomber into his hands and turns it with obvious delight. “Let me just hug that little sucker,” he says.
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[2026-03-21 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: When Donald Trump bombed Iran's nuclear facilities last year, he set in motion a plan the "thinkers" inside the Iranian regime had long been devising. It's now in play and it all comes down to a stretch of water that, at its narrowest point, is little more than 30 kilometres wide.
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[2026-03-21 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron Trump, is reportedly a “carbon copy” of his father — with one major difference.
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[2026-03-21 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La obispa Jennifer Nagel, del Sínodo de Minneapolis de la Iglesia Evangélica Luterana en Estados Unidos, habla con reporteros fuera del tribunal federal en St. Paul, Minnesota, el viernes 20 de marzo de 2026, después de que un juez federal determinara que los clérigos pueden atender a los inmigrantes de un centro de retención en la sede de la ofensiva de control migratorio del gobierno de Trump en Minnesota.
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[2026-03-21 05:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The administration of United States President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against Harvard University, seeking billions of dollars in restitution for allegedly neglecting the civil rights of Jewish and Israeli students.
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[2026-03-21 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump lashes out at NATO, calling the alliance "cowards". (Reuters: Kevin Lamarque)
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[2026-03-21 05:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Flyers were smacked with another day of endlessly long security lines at local airports and across the country Friday as Congress continues to fail to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security.
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[2026-03-21 05:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Navy, left, and Army line up for the snap at the line of scrimmage during the first quarter of an NCAA football game at Gillette Stadium Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson, File)
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[2026-03-21 04:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia offered to stop its intelligence-sharing with Iran in exchange for the United States suspending intelligence support to Ukraine, but Washington rejected the offer, Politico reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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[2026-03-21 04:58 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ella Baron on Trump and interrupted shipping – cartoon
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[2026-03-21 04:57 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-21 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People listen as South Burlington Police Chief William Breault, right, speaks before a joint meeting of the House and Senate judiciary committees, Thursday, March 19, 2026, at the Statehouse in Montpelier, Vt., to discuss the role of local law enforcement in an ICE raid in South Burlington last week. (Glenn Russell/VTDigger via AP)
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[2026-03-21 04:29 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-21 04:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The annual Army-Navy football game is going exclusive.
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[2026-03-21 04:19 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Lawsuit alleges university violated civil rights of Jewish and Israeli people in aftermath of war in Gaza
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[2026-03-21 04:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The White House said on Friday that Congress should “preempt state AI laws” that it views as too burdensome, laying out a broad framework for how it wants Congress to address concerns about artificial intelligence without curbing growth or innovation in the sector.
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[2026-03-21 03:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: There’s growing unrest in Cuba as the communist government struggles to deal with island-wide blackouts and a collapsing economy. As President Donald Trump alludes to change on the island, the Cuban community in Miami is left wondering what is next.
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[2026-03-21 03:50 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-21 03:43 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-21 03:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sailed smoothly past a potential clash with Donald Trump over Iran on Thursday, though the United States president whipped up a bit of a storm about Pearl Harbor.
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[2026-03-21 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump is poised to issue an executive order to fix the controversial “name, image and likeness” model for college sports sponsorship deals – a multibillion-dollar cash grab that critics claim has become a tax on US higher education, On The Money has learned.
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[2026-03-21 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump on Friday argued he’s healthier than the Navy championship football team and got his former White House doctor to agree.
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[2026-03-21 02:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: President Donald Trump slammed NATO allies over their lack of support for the US-Israel war on Iran as the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed, with no end to the conflict in sight.
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[2026-03-21 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Pentagon is deploying another three-ship Marine Corps expeditionary unit — with about 2,500 Marines aboard — to the Middle East in the second such reassignment as President Trump attempts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping.
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[2026-03-21 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El secretario de Defensa de Estados Unidos Pete Hegseth en la Casa Blanca en Washington, el 18 de marzo del 2026. (AP foto/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-03-21 02:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington, DC – The administration of US President Donald Trump has offered a carousel of contradicting final objectives for the US-Israeli war with Iran: destroying its regional military might; decapitating its leadership; fomenting dissent; eliminating its nuclear programme.
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[2026-03-21 02:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump called Nato allies ‘cowards’ at the Commander in Chief trophy presentation at the White House for reluctance to support US war efforts in Iran or deploy forces to secure the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-21 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — El Departamento de Justicia presentó una nueva demanda contra la Universidad de Harvard el viernes, al afirmar que su dirigencia no abordó el antisemitismo en el campus, lo que crea bases para que el gobierno congele subvenciones vigentes y busque el reembolso de subvenciones ya pagadas.
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[2026-03-21 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE--Edward R. Murrow, a CBS correspondent who made his name from the front lines of World War II and from confronting Sen. Joseph McCarthy during the 1950s Red Scare, during a speaking engagement. (AP Photo/Washington State University/The Columbian via AP)
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[2026-03-21 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine walk to depart on Marine One with President Donald Trump from the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-03-21 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department filed a new lawsuit Friday against Harvard University, saying its leadership failed to address antisemitism on campus, creating grounds for the government to freeze existing grants and seek repayment for grants already paid.
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[2026-03-21 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Nos últimos dois anos, Cuba sofreu quatro apagões em todas as regiões do país. Desde fevereiro de 2024, dez apagões generalizados abalaram a economia e o ânimo da população. Enquanto aumenta a pressão do bloqueio petrolífero imposto pelos Estados Unidos, o governo cubano se viu forçado a iniciar negociações com Washington.
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[2026-03-21 01:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Food and Drug Administration seal is seen at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
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[2026-03-21 01:50 UTC+10:00] [Brussels] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trump has been calling for major US allies and others to help secure the safety of shipping through the Iran-controlled Strait of Hormuz
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