Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-28 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to travel to Israel next week as President Donald Trump expresses displeasure with the ongoing negotiations with Iran.
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[2026-02-28 06:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Former President Bill Clinton on Friday told lawmakers that he had no clue about crimes carried out by Jeffrey Epstein, the late sex offender who visited the Clinton White House at least 17 times while Bill was president, before letting Clinton fly on the 'Lolita Express' dozens of times.
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[2026-02-28 05:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Varias personas se reúnen en un mirador para ver la posible llegada del portaaviones estadounidense USS Gerald R. Ford en el mar Mediterráneo, cerca de la costa de Haifa, en el norte de Israel, el viernes 27 de febrero de 2026. (AP Foto/Leo Correa)
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[2026-02-28 05:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cardinals Robert McElroy, Christophe Pierre, Joseph Tobin and Archbishop Bernard Hebda, and speak to reporters after a mass in solidarity with migrants at the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026 in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)
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[2026-02-28 05:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump told his UAE counterpart, Mohammed bin Zayed, that Saudi Arabia asked him to impose sanctions on the emirates over their support for Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), The New York Times reported on Friday.
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[2026-02-28 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Bill Clinton says he had no inkling of Jeffrey Epstein's criminal behaviour during their "brief acquaintance" and would have turned him into police if he did, according to his opening statement to a congressional hearing.
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[2026-02-28 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEL AVIV, Israel — US President Donald Trump said Friday he's “not happy” with Iran talks so far but that he'll wait to see what happens in additional rounds of negotiations with the Middle Eastern country over its nuclear program.
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[2026-02-28 05:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Joe Biden is seen on a plane before takeoff traveling from Washington to South Carolina, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
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[2026-02-28 05:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Lawmakers will require people to show IDs to use Indiana’s needle exchange programs under legislation heading to Gov. Mike Braun’s desk.
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[2026-02-28 05:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA,
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[2026-02-28 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: As today's 5PM ET deadline looms for Anthropic to militarize Claude AI for the Pentagon, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman waded into the fray - telling staff on Thursday night that his company is working with the Department of War to see if their models can be used in classified settings in a way that maintains the same safety guardrails that are about to get Anthropic booted from the Pentagon.
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[2026-02-28 03:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: According to a U.S. contracting document, the Trump administration is aiming to process 4,500 refugee applications from South Africa.
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[2026-02-28 03:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Washington resident Maya Edwards is interviewed via Zoom on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo)
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[2026-02-28 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Republican panic as voting starts in the Texas primaries
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[2026-02-28 03:30 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Former US president Bill Clinton is testifying on Friday before members of Congress investigating convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, answering for his connections to the disgraced financier from more than two decades ago.
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[2026-02-28 03:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., arrives for a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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[2026-02-28 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump saluda al primer ministro israelí Benjamin Netanyahu al final de una conferencia de prensa en Mar-a-Lago, el 29 de diciembre de 2025, en Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Foto/Alex Brandon, Archivo)
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[2026-02-28 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s immigration policy is destroying America’s greatness. Immigrants are the backbone of that greatness, powering the country’s economy, enriching its culture and advancing its global leadership. Yet under the guise of “Making America Great Again,” Trump’s exclusionary, racist policies are dismantling that very foundation, stifling innovation and tarnishing the nation’s moral standing.
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[2026-02-28 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: With control of the US Congress in the balance, officials say President Donald Trump plans to campaign as if he were 'on the ballot'.
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[2026-02-28 02:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Protesters rally during a march by trade unions and opposition groups against a labor reform bill proposed by President Javier Milei’s government in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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[2026-02-28 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, testifies before a Senate committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
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[2026-02-28 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, attends a news conference with Republicans, Jan. 4, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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[2026-02-28 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton is testifying Friday before members of Congress investigating convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, answering for his connections to the disgraced financier from more than two decades ago.
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[2026-02-28 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ESPNU — American Athletic
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[2026-02-28 02:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump tariffs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The supreme court has deferred to executive power for decades. Its decision on tariffs is a long-overdue warning
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[2026-02-28 01:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Marilyn Vann, president of the Descendants of Freedmen of the Five Tribes Association of Oklahoma City, testifies before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee about the status of the descendants of enslaved people formerly held by the Muscogee (Creek), Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole and Cherokee Nations, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 27, 2022.
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[2026-02-28 01:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States military used a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone, members of Congress said, and the Federal Aviation Administration responded by closing more airspace near El Paso, Texas.
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[2026-02-28 01:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: How fast things change in Trump's America.
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[2026-02-28 01:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at Mar-a-Lag, Jan. 3, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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[2026-02-28 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Republicanism] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Amid the former Prince Andrew’s disgrace a republican PM leading a progressive government should go out and make the case, fighting to bring the country with him
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[2026-02-28 00:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Saw Ba Mya James, refugiado originario de la etnia karen de Myanmar, posa para una foto en St. Paul, Minnesota, el 28 de enero de 2026. (AP Foto/Jack Brook)
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[2026-02-28 00:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has filed a complaint to legally take ownership of a sanctioned tanker and nearly 2 million barrels of petroleum seized off the coast of Venezuela in December, another step by President Donald Trump's administration to assert power over the country's oil sector after capturing leader Nicolás Maduro.
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[2026-02-28 00:45 UTC+10:00] [US politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Clinton follows his wife, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, who testified on Thursday calling for Donald Trump to appear before the panel
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[2026-02-28 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Vehicles move along the 2023 Chevrolet Bolt EV and EUV assembly line at the General Motors Orion Assembly June 15, 2023, in Lake Orion, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
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[2026-02-28 00:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: If US President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth declared America a Christian republic at the National Prayer Breakfast in early February, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has now declared the country a white European Christian republic.
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[2026-02-28 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Front-loading expected but not at levels seen ahead of last year’s sweeping “Liberation Day” duties, analysts say
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[2026-02-27 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In his address to Congress, Trump emphasised that America ‘is back’. However, the US’ financial position tells a different story, one with global implications
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[2026-02-27 23:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former President Bill Clinton speaks in the Cash Room of the Treasury Department during an event for the anniversary of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund,, Nov. 21, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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[2026-02-27 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On March 3, 2015, a day before Purim, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood at the podium in the neoclassical, walnut-paneled House Chamber and delivered a speech against an impending nuclear deal with Iran to a special joint session of Congress. Some 58 Democratic senators and congressmen boycotted the speech.
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[2026-02-27 23:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., listens to testimony as the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight holds a field hearing on violent crime in Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File)
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[2026-02-27 23:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Support for Israel among United States citizens has dramatically decreased, according to a new Gallup poll, marking an unprecedented shift in decades of overwhelming, unconditional backing for Israel, regardless of which party was in the White House or had control of Congress.
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[2026-02-27 23:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: At least ten FBI agents linked to the 2022 investigation into US President Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents and the search of his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida were dismissed on Wednesday, according to multiple media reports.
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[2026-02-27 23:00 UTC+10:00] [US midterm elections 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: State election leaders have been raising concerns about the intent behind Trump’s recent moves on elections
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[2026-02-27 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Paul Bradford via American Greatness,
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[2026-02-27 22:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton strongly criticized Republican lawmakers who questioned her during a six-hour deposition. Clinton said she had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s or Ghislaine Maxwell’s crimes in the high-profile sex trafficking case.
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[2026-02-27 22:00 UTC+10:00] [US economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Despite claims, polls and economists say tariffs and structural pressures keep US households under strain
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[2026-02-27 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The US spent months promoting a false case for the invasion of Iraq. This time, we’re in the dark about Washington’s goals
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[2026-02-27 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: I’m a staff reporter for The Korea Herald, covering national security and foreign policy across the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly. Before entering journalism, I served as an Air Force lieutenant, working as an interpreter and junior planner at the South Korea–US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-02-27 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US vice-president said Trump’s options range from military strikes ‘to ensure Iran isn’t going to get a nuclear weapon’ to dialogue
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[2026-02-27 20:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told members of Congress on Thursday that she had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's or Ghislaine Maxwell's crimes, starting off two days of depositions that will also include former President Bill Clinton.
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