Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-25 12:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Washington Wizards guard Trae Young, center, looks on from the bench during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers, Jan. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)
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[2026-02-25 12:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Victims of Jeffrey Epstein will attend US President Donald Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday and are seeking accountability for the crimes of the convicted sex offender, lawmakers said.
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[2026-02-25 12:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: From left, Sen. Ruben Gallego D-Ariz., Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., and Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., join Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for a news conference as they criticize President Donald Trump’s policies and agenda ahead of his State of the Union speech, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb.
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[2026-02-25 12:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Olympic gold-winning US women's ice hockey team said Tuesday it had declined an invitation to Donald Trump's State of the Union address, after the president joked he would be "impeached" if he did not ask them to attend.
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[2026-02-25 11:48 UTC+10:00] [Democrats] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Lawmaker says DoJ appears to have withheld interviews with survivor who accused Trump of ‘heinous crimes’
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[2026-02-25 11:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is due to address Congress for the annual State of the Union speech.
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[2026-02-25 11:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: One Franklin Square, home of the Washington Post newspaper in downtown Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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[2026-02-25 11:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A 32-year-old man in the United States has stabbed four people to death outside a home on the Key Peninsula, northwest of Tacoma, in Washington state. The suspect was later shot and killed by a Pierce County sheriff’s deputy.
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[2026-02-25 11:23 UTC+10:00] [California] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Lawsuit is latest action by Trump administration against a university and escalation of president’s feud with California
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[2026-02-25 11:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle gestures during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Washington Wizards, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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[2026-02-25 11:18 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
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[2026-02-25 11:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un letrero afuera del edificio del Servicio Interno de Impuestos del Departamento del Tesoro de Estados Unidos (IRS, por sus siglas en inglés), el 4 de mayo de 2021, en Washington. (AP Foto/Patrick Semansky, archivo)
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[2026-02-25 11:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Three Asian nations account for two-thirds of 2025 total imports, Washington says
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[2026-02-25 11:05 UTC+10:00] [State of the Union address] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Several Democratic lawmakers will boycott Donald Trump’s State of the Union address tonight. Instead, many will rally on the National Mall.
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[2026-02-25 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Congressional hearings reflect bipartisan concern and highlight persistent advanced tech market tension as key Trump-Xi summit looms
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[2026-02-25 11:00 UTC+10:00] [US Politics] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: At 1 hour, 47 minutes, and 46 seconds, Trump beat his own record for the longest annual address to Congress. Credit: Pool/Getty Images
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[2026-02-25 10:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Perhaps it's destiny - The last time the USA Men's Olympic Hockey Team won the gold in 1980 they had to first defeat the communist Soviet Union. It was not the final game of the Olympics, it was the second to final game, but it was the only game that was treated as an epic battle of cultural and political ideals and not just a sports competition.
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[2026-02-25 10:42 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is set for the biggest night of the US political calendar - the State of the Union.
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[2026-02-25 10:11 UTC+10:00] [Republicans] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Republican Tony Gonzales allegedly pressured Regina Ann Santos-Aviles, who died by suicide, into sexual relationship
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[2026-02-25 10:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, habla durante una rueda de prensa en la embajada colombiana en Washington, el martes 3 de febrero de 2026. (AP Foto/José Luis Magana)
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[2026-02-25 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un letrero afuera del edificio del Servicio Interno de Impuestos del Departamento del Tesoro de Estados Unidos (IRS, por sus siglas en inglés), el 4 de mayo de 2021, en Washington. (AP Foto/Patrick Semansky, archivo)
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[2026-02-25 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: As a foreign media reporter covering President Donald Trump, I take on “pool” duty at the White House about once a month.
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[2026-02-25 09:50 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-02-25 09:40 UTC+10:00] [USA ice hockey team] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Donald Trump invited team after Olympic gold
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[2026-02-25 09:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un buque petrolero atracado en el complejo de Sheskharis, parte de Chernomortransneft JSC, una subsidiaria de Transneft PJSC, el 11 de octubre de 2022, en Novorossiysk, Rusia. (AP Foto, Archivo)
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[2026-02-25 09:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La fiscal general de Arizona, Kris Mayes, habla con los periodistas mientras el fiscal general de Oregon, Dan Rayfield, escucha afuera de la Corte Suprema de EEUU, el 5 de noviembre de 2025, en Washington. (AP Foto/Mark Schiefelbein/Archivo)
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[2026-02-25 09:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dozens of diverse Iranian opposition figures have held a preliminary meeting in London and will convene a larger gathering next month to discuss how Iran might best move to democracy if the regime were toppled, a key organiser said on Tuesday.
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[2026-02-25 09:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The CIA has published a plea to potential informants in Iran with guidance on how to securely contact the organization as tensions between Washington and Tehran approach a critical juncture.
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[2026-02-25 08:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Children play outside Royce Hall at the University of California, Los Angeles, campus, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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[2026-02-25 08:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes speaks to reporters as Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield listens outside the Supreme Court, on Nov. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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[2026-02-25 08:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Las autoridades investigan el lugar de los hechos tras recibir informes de que un hombre mató a puñaladas a varias personas el martes 24 de febrero de 2026 en Gig Harbor, Washington. (AP Foto/John Froschauer)
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[2026-02-25 08:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Donald Trump will deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, and according to reports, many seats will be empty.
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[2026-02-25 08:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Anthropic has until Friday to accept the Pentagon's demands that it loosen restrictions on how the Defence Department uses its AI tools, it has been reported.
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[2026-02-25 08:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) building is seen in Washington on Sept. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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[2026-02-25 08:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An oil tanker is moored at the Sheskharis complex, part of Chernomortransneft JSC, a subsidiary of Transneft PJSC, in Novorossiysk, Russia, on Oct. 11, 2022. (AP Photo, File)
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[2026-02-25 08:04 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-02-25 08:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An “Epstein Reading Room” studio backdrop is set up at a rebuttal to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union hosted by Defiance.org, the Portland Frog Brigade and COURIER at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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[2026-02-25 07:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Authorities investigate the scene after reports that a person fatally stabbed multiple people on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in Gig Harbor, Wash. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)
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[2026-02-25 07:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pedestrians walk past a billboard depicting a U.S. aircraft carrier with damaged fighter jets on its deck and a sign in Farsi and English reading, “If you sow the wind, you’ll reap the whirlwind,” at Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) Square in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-02-25 07:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In mid-January lawmakers from the Hawaiʻi House and Senate committees on consumer protection called in executives from HMSA and Hawaiʻi Pacific Health to explain their proposal to create a new system designed to address Hawaiʻi’s health care crisis.
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[2026-02-25 07:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Protesters take part in an anti-war rally in Chania, Greece, opposing the docking of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford at the nearby Souda Bay naval base on the southern island of Crete, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Giannis Angelakis)
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[2026-02-25 07:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La gobernadora de Virginia, Abigail Spanberger, ofrece la respuesta del Partido Demócrata al discurso del Estado de la Unión del presidente Donald Trump, el 24 de febrero de 2026, en Williamsburg, Virginia. (AP Foto/Steve Helber, Pool)
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[2026-02-25 06:45 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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[2026-02-25 06:07 UTC+10:00] [Trump tariffs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The US president fights 1970s battles in a financialised age. America faces not a payments crisis but a slow erosion of industrial and technological power
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[2026-02-25 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, speaks during a news conference Dec. 7, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
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[2026-02-25 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill talks to reporters during a news conference in Trenton, N.J., Nov. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)
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[2026-02-25 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump has started his State of the Union address which is likely to be a test run of the message Republicans will give to voters in November’s elections for control of the House and the Senate.
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[2026-02-25 03:33 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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[2026-02-25 03:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump arrives for an event to proclaim “Angel Family Day” in the East Room of the White House, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-02-25 03:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ARCHIVO – El buque hospital de la Marina de Estados Unidos USNS Comfort atraca en el puerto Cristobal, operado por la Empresa de Puertos de Panamá, en Colon, Panamá, el domingo 29 de junio de 2025. (AP Foto/Matias Delacroix, Archivo)
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