Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-02-27 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, attends the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
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[2026-02-27 04:15 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Hillary Clinton released her opening statement.
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[2026-02-27 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran is weighing economic incentives to entice US President Donald Trump as nuclear negotiations with Washington continue, the Financial Times has reported.
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[2026-02-27 04:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El secretario del Tesoro de Estados Unidos, Scott Bessent, habla en una entrevista después del discurso sobre el Estado de la Unión del presidente Donald Trump ante una sesión conjunta del Congreso en el Capitolio, Washington, el martes 24 de febrero de 2026. (AP Foto/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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[2026-02-27 04:02 UTC+10:00] [Denmark] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Mette Frederiksen hopes to profit from her stand against Donald Trump’s attempt to claim the Arctic territory
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[2026-02-27 03:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump remains open to dialogue with North Korea "without any preconditions," the White House said Thursday, after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un expressed Pyongyang's willingness to talk with the United States if it drops its "hostile" policy toward his regime.
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[2026-02-27 03:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Stacy Robinson via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-02-27 03:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told US House lawmakers on Thursday that she had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's or Ghislaine Maxwell's crimes at the start of two days of depositions that will also include former President Bill Clinton.
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[2026-02-27 03:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Speaking at the inaugural meeting of his Board of Peace, President Donald Trump warned anew that “bad things will happen” if Iran refuses to make a deal on its nuclear program. Trump said the world will find out “over the next, probably, ten days.”
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[2026-02-27 03:20 UTC+10:00] [Late-night TV roundup] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Late-night hosts discussed the response to the long-winded speech and suspicious redactions from the Epstein files
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[2026-02-27 03:11 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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[2026-02-27 03:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BASSETERRE, Saint Kitts and Nevis — The United States and China have reached “stability” in their long-fractious relationship, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday, ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit to the East Asian country.
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[2026-02-27 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democrats on Wednesday accused United States President Donald Trump’s administration of the “largest government cover-up in modern history” over reports that it withheld documents relating to allegations that the Republican leader sexually abused a minor.
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[2026-02-27 02:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza, is interviewed by the Associated Press in Rome, July 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, file)
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[2026-02-27 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, speaks at a campaign event, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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[2026-02-27 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Natalie Silverlieb’s go-bag looks a little different from the last time she ran to the bomb shelter with Iranian missiles incoming. Since last summer, she has had a baby, so she now has packed diapers and wipes alongside passports and water.
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[2026-02-27 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent speaks during an interview 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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[2026-02-27 02:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La sede de la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos en Washington, el 13 de junio del 2026. (AP foto/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-02-27 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The seal of the United States is displayed on the facade of Federal court in Brooklyn, Jan. 17, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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[2026-02-27 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Supreme Court is seen, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
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[2026-02-27 02:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FS2 — AFL: Hawthorn at Western
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[2026-02-27 02:00 UTC+10:00] [Wyoming] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Photograph shows conservative activist handing slip to Darin McCann and Marlene Brady holding a similar paper
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[2026-02-27 02:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: DHS chose firm with ties to Corey Lewandowski after demanding partisan loyalty, in departure from federal procurement guidelines
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[2026-02-27 01:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Frederiksen triggered the March 24 vote seven months before a constitutional deadline in a bid for a third term as prime minister
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[2026-02-27 01:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts say German chancellor’s talks in Beijing helped build rapport with Chinese leaders and halt confrontation
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[2026-02-27 01:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: When Special Counsel Jack Smith was investigating Donald Trump and people in his orbit, he ended up surveilling then-private-citizen Kash Patel, and Trump Chief of Staff Susie Wiles during 2022 and 2003.
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[2026-02-27 01:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is seeking to capitalise on a surge in support for her defiant stance against US pressure over Greenland. (Reuters: Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix)
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[2026-02-27 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Financial Times
Snippet: James Politi in Washington
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[2026-02-27 00:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Slightly more Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remain at relatively healthy levels.
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[2026-02-27 00:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: American and Iranian delegations met in Geneva on Thursday for a new round of negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program and the possible easing of sanctions, as Washington simultaneously amasses military assets in the Middle East to increase pressure on Iran.
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[2026-02-27 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: In January 2003, President George W Bush stood before the United States Congress to warn of a “grave danger” from a “dictator”, a former US client in the Middle East, armed with weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
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[2026-02-26 23:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Israel Air Force (IAF) has issued a new directive asking soldiers not to order food to the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, fearing an uptick in orders could alert outsiders to military action, Ynet reported.
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[2026-02-26 23:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As tensions continue to mount between the United States and Iran, many find themselves asking: What will Donald Trump do next? Will he strike a deal with the Iranian regime, or will the US resort to military action? In this context, it’s essential to look at history to understand how past US presidents navigated similar situations.
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[2026-02-26 23:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The top Democrat on the congressional committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein has accused the US justice department of withholding files containing allegations of sexual abuse of a minor made against President Donald Trump.
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[2026-02-26 22:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Foreign Minister Sikorski pledged loyalty to Washington but called for greater EU security responsibility amid Trump’s policy shifts
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[2026-02-26 22:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A document that was included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, photographed Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, shows a photo of Epstein on a inmate report from the Federal Bureau of Prisons . (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
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[2026-02-26 22:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Hilary Knight has won two gold medals and three silvers at the Winter Olympics
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[2026-02-26 21:56 UTC+10:00] [Film] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: After the star made a fresh denunciation of the US president at an alternative State of the Union event, Trump returned fire at length on Truth Social, calling De Niro ‘sick and demented’
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[2026-02-26 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Markets assuming Trump will chicken out and downplaying risks contribute to the normalisation of Trump’s chaotic behaviour
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