Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-27 08:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Diana Fox Carney board a government plane in Ottawa, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-02-27 08:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a news conference in Morningside Heights, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
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[2026-02-27 08:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The family of United Nations human rights rapporteur Francesca Albanese has sued the administration of United States President Donald Trump over the sanctions it imposed upon her.
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[2026-02-27 08:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Via White Papers Policy Institute,
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[2026-02-27 08:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met President Donald Trump in the White House on Thursday, in an unannounced trip to discuss housing and the detention of a student.
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[2026-02-27 08:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) said on Wednesday that it has filed a federal lawsuit against anti-Muslim Florida Republican Congressman Randy Fine for blocking an American who disagreed with his views on X.
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[2026-02-27 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A Nigerian defendant who suffered a stroke appeared in court Thursday as his lawyer sought bail on compassionate grounds, in a case unfolding against the backdrop of high-level US-Nigeria talks over Washington's designation of the country for religious freedom violations.
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[2026-02-27 07:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Tucker Carlson wants to present himself as the guardian of “America First.” In reality, he is becoming one of the most destabilizing forces inside the very movement that elevated him.
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[2026-02-27 07:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US aims to process 4,500 refugee applications from white South Africans per month, far above President Donald Trump's stated refugee program cap, and is installing trailers on embassy property in Pretoria to support the effort, a US contracting document said.
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[2026-02-27 07:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton testified before a congressional committee on Thursday as part of its investigation into late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, while Democrats called for President Donald Trump to face similar scrutiny.
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[2026-02-27 07:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Jacki Thrapp via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-02-27 07:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US Secretary of State says US and China now have ‘strategic stability’ in their long-fractious relationship as crucial Trump-Xi summit nears
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[2026-02-27 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Representatives approve the EU–Mercosur agreement through electronic voting at Congress in Montevideo, Uruguay, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
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[2026-02-27 07:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington, is photographed March 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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[2026-02-27 07:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Oman's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi (right) with White House special envoy Steve Witkoff (centre) and Jared Kushner. (AP Photo: Foreign Ministry of Oman)
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[2026-02-27 07:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States Department of Justice has asked the Supreme Court to allow the administration of President Donald Trump to move forward with plans to terminate deportation protections for 6,000 Syrian migrants living in the country.
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[2026-02-27 07:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s top spokesman has reiterated that the military wants to use Anthropic’s artificial intelligence technology in legal ways and will not let the company dictate any limits ahead of a Friday deadline to agree to its demands.
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[2026-02-27 07:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington, DC – United States President Donald Trump has hailed the first 13 months of his second term as nothing short of “transformative” during his State of the Union address, a message of victory the White House says he will continue to take on the road as he seeks to build support for his Republican Party before the midterm elections in November.
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[2026-02-27 07:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: There is a chilling but uncanny resemblance in the way that US President Donald Trump is preparing to attack Iran, and the way that Russian President Vladimir Putin prepared to invade Ukraine.
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[2026-02-27 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Infuriated over the Supreme Court decision to struck down his unilateral taxes on imports, US President Donald Trump has announced a new 10 percent tax with immediate effect. He has imposed through a different law and and threatened that will be raised to 15 percent.
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[2026-02-27 06:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Olympic gold medal-winning U.S. men’s hockey team visited President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday afternoon and later received about a two-minute bipartisan standing ovation during his State of the Union address that night.
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[2026-02-27 06:58 UTC+10:00] [US foreign policy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The rationale to justify the US striking first has shifted from the country killing protesters to its developing weapons
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[2026-02-27 06:55 UTC+10:00] [Melania Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: First lady to preside over meeting on ‘children, technology and education in conflict’ in New York next month
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[2026-02-27 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Politico is out with a crazy story on Thursday, but which will make sense to those following the trajectory of US foreign policy over the past couple decades plus.
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[2026-02-27 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Vice President JD Vance and Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dr. Mehmet Oz take questions from reporters following remarks on the administration’s efforts to combat fraud during a news conference in the Old Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Washington.
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[2026-02-27 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: India’s growth as the third largest economy in the world has been possible not just because of the country’s leadership, but also due to the hard work of its people, and this would enable the collective growth of the Asian continent, Senthil Thondaiman, leader of Ceylon Workers’ Congress, has said.
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[2026-02-27 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pages from the Anthropic website and the company’s logos are displayed on a computer screen in New York on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
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[2026-02-27 06:25 UTC+10:00] [New York] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: New York mayor to meet president – who called Mamdani a ‘nice guy’ during State of the Union – for second time
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[2026-02-27 06:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has condemned the conduct of a Republican-led panel investigating links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, accusing congressional lawmakers of trying to “protect one political party and one public official”.
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[2026-02-27 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. players celebrate after a semifinal match of women’s ice hockey between the United States and Sweden at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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[2026-02-27 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Freight trucks travel northbound on Interstate 5 Highway, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Tracy, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)
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[2026-02-27 06:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Hillary Clinton, pictured at an event last year, said the Republican-led committee was not questioning the right people. (Reuters: Kylie Cooper/File)
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[2026-02-27 05:57 UTC+10:00] [World / Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A snap election in Denmark is about to test popular support for a leader who has taken a hard line on European security and migration while staring down the United States in a dispute over Greenland.
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[2026-02-27 05:56 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Dateline travelled to Minneapolis for the first episode of this season, which will also take viewers to Austria, Nepal, Scotland and more. Credit: SBS Dateline
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[2026-02-27 05:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday rejected a preservationist group’s request to block the Trump administration from continuing construction of a $400 million ballroom where it demolished the East Wing of the White House.
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[2026-02-27 05:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Vista de la Casa Blanca, incluyendo el Ala Oeste y la construcción del nuevo salón de baile, el 25 de febrero de 2026, en Washington. (Foto AP/Tom Brenner)
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[2026-02-27 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The National Trust for Historic Preservation charity sued after Trump had the East Wing torn down in October to build the ballroom
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[2026-02-27 05:22 UTC+10:00] [Tommy Robinson] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The far-right activist’s trip came amid calls for the US to be included in a probe into foreign interference in UK politics
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[2026-02-27 05:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A crucial meeting took place in Geneva in what is being described as the ayatollah regime’s last opportunity to accept US President Donald Trump’s terms - or bear the consequences.
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[2026-02-27 05:15 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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[2026-02-27 05:14 UTC+10:00] [Iran nuclear programme] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Extension of Geneva negotiations into the night suggest gaps between the two sides remain
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[2026-02-27 05:01 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The United States and Iran remain locked in talks in Geneva as US president Donald Trump seeks to delay Tehran’s nuclear program while threatening it by deploying a massive number of aircraft and warships to the Middle East.
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[2026-02-27 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear programme in June, President Donald Trump boasted on Tuesday during his State of the Union address, just before adding that the Islamic Republic is now on the verge of starting it “all over again”.
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[2026-02-27 04:53 UTC+10:00] [United Nations] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Lawsuit against the Trump administration says penalties against Francesca Albanese violate the first amendment
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[2026-02-27 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Artist renderings and diagrams of the new White House East Wing and Ballroom, briefly posted on the National Capital Planning Commission’s website ahead of a March 5, hearing, are photographed Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
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[2026-02-27 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: UNITED NATIONS, United States — Melania Trump will preside over a UN Security Council meeting next week, her office has announced, in the first such appearance by a US first lady.
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[2026-02-27 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The The Washington Post lost more than $100 million last year, WSJ reports, citing people familiar with the matter - which explains why Jeff Bezos axed 30% of the newspaper's workforce three weeks ago, including CEO and publisher Will Lewis.
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[2026-02-27 04:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The former US secretary of state on Monday accused the House Oversight Committee of deposing her to ‘distract attention’ from Trump
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[2026-02-27 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Francesca Albanese, relatora especial de la ONU para Cisjordania y Gaza, en entrevista con The Associated Press en Roma, el 29 de julio de 2025. (AP Foto/Gregorio Borgia, Archivo)
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[2026-02-27 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Far-right activist Tommy Robinson has visited the US State Department in Washington DC for a tour.
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