Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-20 05:40 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump says he's planning on "taking" Cuba. Source: SBS News / Lilian Cao
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[2026-03-20 05:36 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The US president wanted an easy win, but the conflict is spiralling following Israel’s attack on a gas field and Iranian retaliation across the region
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[2026-03-20 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during a Board of Peace meeting at the U.S. Institute of Peace, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-03-20 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Gov. Kathy Hochul said Manhattan’s Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station will keep its name — despite President Trump requesting that the major hub be renamed after him.
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[2026-03-20 05:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: King Charles and Queen Camilla are expected to make their much-anticipated state visit to the White House at the end of next month — but there are still some issues which could hinder the trip, multiple sources confirm to Page Six.
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[2026-03-20 05:12 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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[2026-03-20 05:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice is warning New York Attorney General Letitia James that it “will take all necessary actions to defend” one of the largest hospitals in the Big Apple if she punishes NYU Langone for failing to provide transgender treatments to minors.
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[2026-03-20 05:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the country will exercise "zero restraint" if its energy sites are targeted again.
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[2026-03-20 05:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has told Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi he expects her country to “step up” to assist with securing the Strait of Hormuz amid the US- and Israeli-led war against Iran.
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[2026-03-20 05:00 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: March 20, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-03-20 04:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — When President Donald Trump returned to office last year, he launched a crusade to shift the country away from renewable energy, drastically undoing the climate-friendly policies of his Democratic predecessor to focus instead on oil and other fossil fuels as the answer to his goal of American energy dominance.
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[2026-03-20 04:49 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday praised Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and said he believed Japan is “stepping up to the plate” on Iran, as the two held closely watched talks at the White House on Thursday,
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[2026-03-20 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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[2026-03-20 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Atlanta Braves’ Jurickson Profar reacts during a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)
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[2026-03-20 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, saluda a la coronela Matha “Jeannie” Sasnett, comandante de Asuntos Mortuorios de la Fuerza Aérea, al llegar en el Air Force One, el miércoles 18 de marzo de 2026, a la base Dover de la Fuerza Aérea, en Delaware, para asistir al regreso de los restos de los seis miembros de la tripulación de una aeronave de reabastecimiento de la Fuerza Aérea que murieron cuando su avión se estrelló en el oeste de
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[2026-03-20 04:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Federal agents look on as protesters gather outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Tom Baker, File)
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[2026-03-20 04:36 UTC+10:00] [Nigel Farage] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Taking money from just about anyone is just the latest example of Reform’s leader following the Trump school of self-enrichment
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[2026-03-20 04:28 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: March 20, 2026 04:28 | News
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[2026-03-20 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: For over a year, Israel, Washington and even Lebanon’s government have been speaking as if Hezbollah has been broken for good.
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[2026-03-20 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: For over a year, Israel, Washington and even Lebanon’s government have been speaking as if Hezbollah has been broken for good.
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[2026-03-20 04:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Thursday startled Japan's prime minister by mentioning the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, a seemingly light-hearted remark sure to elicit unease in a country now a firm US ally.
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[2026-03-20 04:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump claimed Thursday he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop attacking Iran’s gas and oil fields.
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[2026-03-20 04:21 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Two leaders tout bilateral relationship and pledge to work cooperatively on trade despite Trump joke about Pearl Harbour
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[2026-03-20 04:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Former National Counterterrorism Center boss Joe Kent gave a wink and nod Wednesday to an outlandish conspiracy theory that Israel may have been involved in the assassination of late conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
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[2026-03-20 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La sede del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de Estados Unidos, en Washington, el 5 de abril del 2009. (AP foto/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-03-20 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In notices sent to Congress on Thursday, the State Department said the US would sell more than $8 billion in air defense systems and related materiel, including drones, air-to-air missiles and F-16 fighter jet munitions to the UAE, $8 billion in missile defense and radar systems to Kuwait and $70.5 million of aircraft and munitions support to Jordan.
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[2026-03-20 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Trump administration said Thursday that it has launched investigations into 13 states that require state-regulated health insurance plans to cover abortion.
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[2026-03-20 03:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Belarus freed 250 political prisoners on Thursday following negotiations with the United States, while Washington agreed to remove sanctions on several Belarusian companies in return, a U.S. official said.
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[2026-03-20 03:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O presidente dos EUA, Donald Trump, disse que o Irã ainda é bem-vindo para participar da Copa do Mundo 2026, mas que talvez não devesse fazê-lo, por segurança. O Irã afirmou que os EUA deveriam ser expulsos do torneio, não eles. E o presidente da Federação Internacional de Futebol (Fifa), Gianni Infantino, diz que a Copa pode unir as pessoas.
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[2026-03-20 03:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-20 03:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have long debated the fentanyl trade between China and the US. (ABC)
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[2026-03-20 03:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — United States President Donald Trump may use a White House meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday to press for help in the war on Iran, placing her in an awkward position as Tokyo weighs how much support it can provide.
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[2026-03-20 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An airplane lifts off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as the sun rises Feb. 3, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
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[2026-03-20 03:00 UTC+10:00] [Denmark] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Amid Trump threats, Copenhagen also sent over explosives intended to blow up runways, according to Danish media
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[2026-03-20 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The ladies of The View offered their thoughts on Senator Markwayne Mullin, who is President Donald Trump‘s top pick to replace former Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.
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[2026-03-20 02:50 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Foreign minister claims Israel convinced Donald Trump to make ‘grave miscalculation’ of waging war on Iran
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[2026-03-20 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La gente observa la puesta de sol desde el Malecón durante un apagón en La Habana, el lunes 16 de marzo de 2026. (Foto AP/Ramón Espinosa)
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[2026-03-20 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Pentagon is seeking an additional $200bn from Congress to fund the United States-Israel war with Iran, a conflict Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warns has no “timeframe” for ending.
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[2026-03-20 02:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Markwayne Mullin, senador republicano por Oklahoma y nominado para ser secretario de Seguridad Nacional, en el Congreso en Washington, el 18 de marzo del 2026. (AP foto/Mariam Zuhaib)
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[2026-03-20 02:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Federal agents look on as protesters gather outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Tom Baker, File)
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[2026-03-20 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: ALBANY – Nassau County Executive and GOP candidate for governor Bruce Blakeman is mocking Gov. Kathy Hochul, who remarked last week that she wants rich former New Yorkers to return to the Empire State.
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[2026-03-20 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A lectern awaits the arrival of House Democrats to speak on the health care funding fight on the steps of the House at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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[2026-03-20 01:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian tore into Congress for forcing airport security agents to work without pay, calling the situation “inexcusable” and accusing lawmakers of using frontline workers as “political chips” while a partial government shutdown drags into its fifth week.
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[2026-03-20 01:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., the White House pick for homeland security secretary, testifies during Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing, Wednesday, March 18, 2026 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
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[2026-03-20 01:38 UTC+10:00] [Late-night TV roundup] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Late-night hosts discussed the confirmation hearing for Trump’s new homeland security pick, the about-face by Republicans on Iran and the war’s sticker-shock for ordinary Americans
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[2026-03-20 01:33 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-20 01:27 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Republican senator’s nomination will now be considered by full Senate, where the GOP appears poised to confirm him
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[2026-03-20 01:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People watch the sunset from the Malecón during a blackout in Havana, Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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[2026-03-20 01:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Starmer is in zugzwang. Mandelson arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office
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[2026-03-20 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Shortly after a now-infamous Seedance video depicting Tom Cruise “fighting” Brad Pitt sent Hollywood into conniptions, WME’s co-chair was blitzing Capitol Hill. Christian Muirhead met with Senators and the White House to gin up interest in the NO FAKES Act, a Senate bill seeking to protect people, like, well, Cruise and Pitt from unauthorized uses of their likeness by generative AI.
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