Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-07 08:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump told CNN he is “fine” if another religious figure becomes the leader of Iran and does not care if the Islamic Republic becomes a democracy.
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[2026-03-07 08:34 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: The United States is on its way toward controlling Iranian airspace and says it expects achievable objectives to be completed in four to six weeks. Source: AAP / SATELLITE IMAGE
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[2026-03-07 08:09 UTC+10:00] [Chuck Schumer] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Unemployment crept up, while job numbers showed a surprise reversal from growth in the previous month
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[2026-03-07 08:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday Cuba was next on his agenda after Iran, predicting that the communist-run island, crippled by a US energy blockade, is "gonna fall pretty soon."
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[2026-03-07 08:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Washington at Oregon — FS1
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[2026-03-07 07:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A woman walks outside The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts on Feb. 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)
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[2026-03-07 07:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Republican Rick Jackson speaks to schoolchildren after qualifying to run for governor on Friday, March 6, 2026, at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)
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[2026-03-07 07:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Australia is 12,000 kilometres away, but the ripples of the conflict in the Middle East could reverberate all the way into our power bills.
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[2026-03-07 07:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump estrecha la mano del futbolista argentino Lionel Messi en la Casa Blanca, el jueves 5 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-03-07 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: In a strange way, markets could come to be a surrogate institutional check on a country that otherwise doesn’t know restraint. The missiles are again flying and a thick fog of war has descended over the Middle East. US President Donald Trump has said it might take four to five weeks or longer to achieve America’s objectives, whatever those are.
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[2026-03-07 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday downplayed a report that Russia is providing Iran with targeting information about US forces in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-07 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said he is not worried about rising petrol prices in the United States during the ongoing conflict involving Iran, saying the military campaign remains his main focus, according to Reuters.
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[2026-03-07 06:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An employee works on the framework of a new home under construction in Richardson, Texas, on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
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[2026-03-07 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami teammates were honored by President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday for winning last year’s MLS Cup.
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[2026-03-07 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Bryon Noem‘s family members are hoping he finally leaves his wife, embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, after the ultimate “humiliation” from her alleged affair with a top adviser — but fear he’ll continue to stay in his marriage due to his Christian faith and commitment to his vows.
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[2026-03-07 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Amazon said Friday it will continue offering Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology to its cloud customers, excluding work involving the Department of Defense.
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[2026-03-07 06:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iranian officials have rejected Donald Trump’s push to be involved in the selection of the country’s next leader, insisting that only Iranians can decide the future of their country.
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[2026-03-07 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) — Scotty Washington had 19 points in High Point’s 81-59 victory against Gardner-Webb on Friday in the Big South Conference Tournament.
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[2026-03-07 06:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Pentagon is viewed from the window of an airplane Aug. 27, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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[2026-03-07 06:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US oil prices surged to $90 a barrel on Friday after President Trump demanded unconditional surrender from Iran – fueling fears of a lasting conflict that Qatar’s energy minister warned could “bring down the economies of the world.”
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[2026-03-07 06:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Nizhny Novgorod Region Governor Gleb Nikitin at the Kremlin, in , Russia, Friday, March 6, 2026. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
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[2026-03-07 06:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Washington is considering potential candidates to lead Iran, a day after President Donald Trump said the US must be involved in choosing the country’s next leader.
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[2026-03-07 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Washington forward Brynn McGaughy (21) defends UCLA center Lauren Betts (51) in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Conference tournament, Friday, March 6, 2026 in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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[2026-03-07 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Trump administration on Friday announced a $20 billion reinsurance program for oil tankers and other maritime traffic in an effort to get vessels moving through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-07 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Women's football] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In refusing to sing the national anthem these athletes have placed themselves in grave danger while Gianni Infantino sides with the American war machine
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[2026-03-07 05:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The top seed was getting bullied.
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[2026-03-07 05:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By RT newsroom, a team of multi-lingual journalists with over a decade of experience in Russian and international reporting, delivering original research and insights often missing from mainstream coverage
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[2026-03-07 05:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Donald Trump’s war on Iran marks the US president’s final break with his ‘America First’ allies and embrace of interventionism. It’s a decision that will haunt whoever inherits the leadership of his divided movement.
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[2026-03-07 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Washington Commanders center Tyler Biadasz during an NFL football game in Kansas City, Mo., on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga, File)
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[2026-03-07 05:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: CNN was accused of pushing out “pro-Iran regime propaganda” by the Trump administration Thursday after a reporter for the network said it appeared daily life was continuing despite the ongoing war.
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[2026-03-07 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A Dept. of Defense map entitled, Operation EPIC FURY Timeline - First 100 Hours, is displayed during a news conference with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, at the Pentagon, Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Konstantin Toropin)
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[2026-03-07 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The United States insists it attacked Iran to curb "direct threats" from the Islamic republic, but legal experts say the dangers cited by Washington do not justify war under international law.
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[2026-03-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Defence and National Security
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[2026-03-07 04:49 UTC+10:00] [Keir Starmer] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: PM justifies position on US-Israel war on Iran in social media post using the Dire Straits song Money for Nothing
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[2026-03-07 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto shake hands during their meeting at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
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[2026-03-07 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: ALBANY – Gov. Kathy Hochul said she warned President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan that she doesn’t want ICE to expand its presence in the Empire State during a high-stakes sit-down Friday.
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[2026-03-07 04:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Ousted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faced a slew of scandals, media snafus and ridiculous moments before President Trump finally fired her Thursday.
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[2026-03-07 04:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The United States Court of International Trade, center, in front of the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York, on Wednesday, March 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
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[2026-03-07 04:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Trump White House released a chaotic video montage of US military strikes on Iran combined with iconic movie scenes Thursday night, drawing backlash from both sides of the aisle for making light of the Middle East war.
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[2026-03-07 04:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: An explosion on Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon on Friday. (Reuters: Khalil Ashawi)
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[2026-03-07 04:22 UTC+10:00] [Marco Rubio] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The president has said it is ‘just a matter of time’ before the US turns to Cuba after finishing its war in Iran
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[2026-03-07 04:17 UTC+10:00] [Kristi Noem] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Senator Richard Blumenthal alleges the ousted DHS secretary lied to Congress about the agency’s contracts
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[2026-03-07 04:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ARCHIVO – Trabajadores de la construcción instalan un techo de madera en una nueva vivienda construida el martes 1 de abril de 2025, en Laveen, Arizona. (AP Foto/Ross D. Franklin, Archivo)
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[2026-03-07 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A US judge will meet behind closed doors with government lawyers on Friday seeking to hammer out a process to refund up to $166 billion in illegally collected tariffs, a meeting a court official described as a “settlement conference.”
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[2026-03-07 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has apologized for bashing the Trump administration in an explosive letter to staffers as he gears up for a court battle over the Pentagon’s blacklisting of his AI firm.
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[2026-03-07 03:58 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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[2026-03-07 03:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: President Donald Trump has criticised UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer after he refused to let the US launch strikes on Iran from British military bases.
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[2026-03-07 03:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: BEIRUT/WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM — Israel pounded Beirut on Friday after ordering an unprecedented evacuation of the entire southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, a major expansion of the war against Iran it began a week ago alongside the United States.
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