Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-18 15:09 UTC+10:00] [COMMENTARY] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Uh oh. Survey data from Politico, the media giant, shows that “the 21st century is more likely to belong to Beijing than to Washington,” at least if thinking among four key U.S. allies, Canada, France, Germany and the U.K. is indicative.
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[2026-03-18 15:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard exits the House chamber following President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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[2026-03-18 15:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A welder is seen inside the Allen Engineering Corporation plant Monday, March 16, 2026, in Paragould, Ark. (AP Photo/Kevin Wurm)
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[2026-03-18 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE -Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, at the Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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[2026-03-18 14:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Donald Trump and billionaire Larry Ellison have been dragged into the blockbuster legal war between Hollywood fixer RJ Cipriani and Paramount president Jeff Shell in a saga straight out of a film noir.
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[2026-03-18 14:31 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-18 14:30 UTC+10:00] [Gaza] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss Iran’s best weapon in negotiations, and how the leaders of China and the US can change the course of events in the Middle East
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[2026-03-18 14:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Donald Trump’s top counterterrorism official has resigned over the war in Iran, urging the president to “reverse course”.
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[2026-03-18 14:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de China Xi Jinping sostiene una taza de té durante la inauguración de la Conferencia Política Popular de China, el miércoles 4 de marzo de 2026, en Beijing. (AP Foto/Andy Wong)
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[2026-03-18 14:21 UTC+10:00] [World Baseball Classic] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Suárez double seals Venezuela’s first WBC title
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[2026-03-18 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A customer fills up a fuel tank of a vehicle at a gas station in Tokyo, on March 12, 2026. (Suo Takekuma/Kyodo News via AP)
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[2026-03-18 13:58 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ali Larijhani killed in an Israeli strike; Israeli military calls for evacuations in central Beirut, warning of an imminent attack on Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah
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[2026-03-18 13:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Progressive influencer Kat Abughazaleh’s bid for election to Congress failed Tuesday after Democratic primary voters opted for Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss.Biss’ victory came only hours after his campaign confirmed the mayor had a relationship with a former student while working as a professor at the University of Chicago in 2004.
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[2026-03-18 13:47 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-03-18 13:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton emerged victorious Tuesday from a bruising Democratic primary to succeed retiring Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), in a key test of billionaire Gov. JB Pritzker’s political clout as he draws 2028 buzz.
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[2026-03-18 13:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Chinese President Xi Jinping holds his cup of tea during the opening of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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[2026-03-18 13:08 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) -- US Attorney General Pam Bondi was subpoenaed Tuesday to answer questions from Congress about the Justice Department's sex trafficking investigation of Jeffrey Epstein and the agency's handling of millions of files related to the disgraced financier.
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[2026-03-18 13:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Organized labor groups have demanded that Congress convene a special session to pass the long-delayed ₱200 legislated wage increase, as commuters brace for higher fares in buses, jeepneys, and ferries driven by oil price spikes amid the Middle East conflict.
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[2026-03-18 12:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Jalen Duren (0) de los Pistons de Detroit completa una volcada ante los Wizards de Washington, el martes 17 de marzo de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/John McDonnell)
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[2026-03-18 12:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Susan Rice, who played leading roles in the Obama and Biden administrations, has broken a Washington code of silence by threatening that anyone who plays ball with the Trump administration will suffer payback the next time Democrats take control.
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[2026-03-18 12:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren (0) dunks the ball during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Washington Wizards, Tuesday, March 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
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[2026-03-18 12:37 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the US had been informed by most of its NATO allies that they did not want to get involved with the country's military operation in Iran, a move he described as a "very foolish mistake."
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[2026-03-18 12:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A top security official in US President Donald Trump's administration resigned over the war in Iran on Tuesday, saying the country had posed no imminent threat to the US.
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[2026-03-18 12:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Republican California State Sen. Tony Strickland has pitched an emergency plan to slash burdensome gas taxes and save Golden State drivers more than $1 per gallon — as even Dems are jumping on board.
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[2026-03-18 12:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Taken from CNBC’s Daily Open, our international markets newsletter — Subscribe today
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[2026-03-18 12:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump allowed the deadline for candidates to drop out to pass Tuesday without making an endorsement in the hotly contested Republican Texas Senate primary runoff race.
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[2026-03-18 12:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Donald Trump has not held back his anger at other countries for not stepping in to help him control the Strait of Hormuz. (AP: Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-03-18 12:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Trump says it’s a ‘good thing’ counterterrorism director resigned over Iran
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[2026-03-18 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Senior Democrat calls for Trump ally and far-right political figure Joe Kent to testify after resigning from his post
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[2026-03-18 11:59 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: March 18, 2026 — 11:59am
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[2026-03-18 11:53 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A certain Joe Kent, a complete unknown to most people until he resigned as director of Donald Trump’s National Counterterrorism Centre, briefly gave Trump-haters some solace as he scorched the earth on his way out.
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[2026-03-18 11:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) touted Tuesday that it has taken nearly 8,000 criminal illegal immigrant gang members off the streets since President Trump took office – figures released after an alleged MS-13 “monster” was sentenced to more than five decades behind bars for his role in two New York City murders.
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[2026-03-18 11:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: At the start of his second term, President Trump surveyed the slowly rotting swamp that was the post-Cold War landscape, and he did not like what he saw.
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[2026-03-18 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Foto del 5 de diciembre del 2025, el presidente de los Estados Unidos Donald Trump en el estrado tras recibir el Premio de la Paz de la FIFA durante el sorteo a la Copa Mundial 2026. (AP Foto/Jacquelyn Martin, Archivo)
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[2026-03-18 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: HAVANA, Cuba — Washington heaped pressure on Cuba's communist authorities Tuesday to allow free-market reforms as the impoverished island scrambled to recover from a nationwide electricity blackout.
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[2026-03-18 11:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States no longer needs naval assistance from North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies, South Korea, Japan or Australia to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, citing "military success" in ongoing operations against Iran.
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[2026-03-18 11:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A pervy Washington state teacher convicted of having sex with her teenage student even wired the boy gas money to keep their illicit affair rolling, his stunned mother discovered.
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[2026-03-18 11:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: United States allies have incurred Trump's wrath after declining to meet his request for naval support to reopen and accompany ships through the Strait of Hormuz. Source: Getty, SBS / Elana Kwong
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[2026-03-18 10:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Japan's exports climbed 4.2%% from a year ago in February, marking a sharp slowdown after hitting an over-three-year high in January.
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[2026-03-18 10:53 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
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[2026-03-18 10:50 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: March 18, 2026 10:50 | News
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[2026-03-18 10:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A former top White House official suggested Tuesday that Joe Kent – the intelligence official who resigned in protest of the Iran war – was already on the chopping block before he posted his resignation letter on social media.
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[2026-03-18 10:27 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Donald Trump has lashed out at a handful of countries, including Australia, for refusing help with Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Source: AAP / Niall Carson/PA
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[2026-03-18 10:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Alina Habba speaks after being sworn in as interim US Attorney General for New Jersey, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on March 28, 2025. (Pool File via AP, file)
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[2026-03-18 10:15 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-18 10:15 UTC+10:00] [Washington] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Although Trump is on the back foot and China may have the advantage, this will not affect Beijing’s consistent approach in dealing with the US
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[2026-03-18 09:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump stands on stage next to the FIFA World Cup after receiving the FIFA Peace Prize during the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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[2026-03-18 09:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin has met US President Donald Trump during an annual Saint Patrick’s Day visit to Washington, DC, delicately pushing back against the latter’s stances on several issues, from Iran to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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[2026-03-18 09:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Feverish Iran-war critics Tuesday seized on Joe Kent’s resignation as national counterterrorism director as somehow proving President Donald Trump was foolish to launch Operation Epic Fury, when in fact Kent’s “I quit” letter proves he never belonged in that high post.
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[2026-03-18 09:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: New York City Mayor Eric Adams appears before a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing with Sanctuary City Mayors on Capitol Hill, March 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.,File)
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