Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-05 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by RFE/RL staff via OilPrice.com,
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[2026-09-05 21:56 UTC+10:00] [Volodimir Zelenski] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O presidente ucraniano, Volodimir Zelenski, denunciou neste sábado (05/09) ataques russos realizados durante a noite contra os dois aeroportos de Kiev, onde é esperada neste domingo a visita de dois representantes do presidente dos Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, para discutir formas de encerrar a guerra.
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[2026-09-05 21:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Washington Monument is seen beyond the East Potomac Park Golf Course, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-09-05 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The resumption of talks between the two armed forces comes as Ottawa reaches out to Beijing following a series of spats with Donald Trump
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[2026-09-05 21:00 UTC+10:00] [PLA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The resumption of talks between the two armed forces comes as Ottawa reaches out to Beijing following a series of spats with Donald Trump
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[2026-09-05 20:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Steve Witkoff (left) and Jared Kushner (right) are due to travel to Kyiv after talks in Moscow
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[2026-09-05 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Pete Hegseth] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The US defense secretary faces internal dissent and discord at the Pentagon, accused of focusing on culture war issues and his own political ambitions as the Iran war drags on
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[2026-09-05 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Candidate for Rhode Island governor Helena Buonanno Foulkes speaks during a Get Out the Vote event, Aug. 30, 2026, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell, File)
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[2026-09-05 19:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump says Washington may strike Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain “very soon”, in just the latest in a series of threats he has made against the heavily fortified underground site located next to the bombed-out Natanz enrichment complex.
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[2026-09-05 18:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States investigators have subjected about 50 members of the US military’s Joint Staff to lie detector tests following a series of unauthorised media leaks, according to a report by The New York Times (NYT).
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[2026-09-05 17:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The legal battle threatens Duterte-Carpio’s 2028 presidential bid as a Senate impeachment trial reaches the 10th week
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[2026-09-05 17:46 UTC+10:00] [Vice President] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The legal battle threatens Duterte-Carpio’s 2028 presidential bid as a Senate impeachment trial reaches the 10th week
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[2026-09-05 17:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump plans to continue flying in his new Qatari-gifted Boeing 747, which is set to serve as the president's new Air Force One, for upcoming domestic and international travel despite concerns regarding the security of the jet, The Washington Post reported Friday.
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[2026-09-05 17:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US has begun developing a post-war strategy aimed at expanding regional efforts to contain Iran and the normalization of relations between Israel and US allies, according to a Friday Axios report.
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[2026-09-05 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Fifa] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The order of discovery related to Fifa’s failed plan to sell the World Cup will worry the American president, a situation that tends to end badly for the culprit
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[2026-09-05 16:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US envoys are carrying a proposal to end the war in Ukraine and are due to meet Putin and Zelensky as drone strikes escalate
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[2026-09-05 16:31 UTC+10:00] [Steve Witkoff] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US envoys are carrying a proposal to end the war in Ukraine and are due to meet Putin and Zelensky as drone strikes escalate
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[2026-09-05 16:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El dominicano Teoscar Hernández, de los Dodgers de Los Ángeles corre luego de pegar un doble productor ante los Nacionales de Washington, el viernes 4 de septiembre de 2026 (AP Foto/William Liang)
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[2026-09-05 15:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on a Turkish bank and its subsidiaries over alleged ties to Iran, as Washington seeks to economically isolate Tehran.
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[2026-09-05 15:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump's administration on Friday pushed to drop endangered species protections for wolves, outraging conservationists who said the move would jeopardize the iconic predators' recovery from the brink of extinction.
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[2026-09-05 15:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)
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[2026-09-05 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will travel to Greenland's capital on Sunday, seeking to shore up support for the Arctic island against a backdrop of repeated threats from U.S. President Donald Trump.
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[2026-09-05 14:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-05 14:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SAN FRANCISCO — Tetris said on Friday that it did not give permission for the White House to use the game's iconic imagery for a controversial online arcade that the Trump administration released on Thursday.
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[2026-09-05 13:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The White House has reviewed candidates to replace US Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg, three people familiar with the discussions told Reuters, signaling that more leadership change could come for a Pentagon already facing unusually high staff turnover.
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[2026-09-05 13:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — Missouri appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to allow the use of new congressional districts backed by President Donald Trump in the fast-approaching midterm election.
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[2026-09-05 13:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US government investigators have subjected some 50 members of the US military's Joint Staff to polygraph tests over leaks to journalists, including information about the US's diminishing stockpile of munitions due to the Iran war, The New York Times reported on Saturday morning, citing officials briefed on the situation.
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[2026-09-05 13:10 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.
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[2026-09-05 12:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-05 12:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — America's midterm elections opened Friday in a fog of confusion over mail voting, with ballots already going out as President Donald Trump presses courts to let him impose sweeping new restrictions on how they are handled.
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[2026-09-05 12:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Giorgia Meloni has become one of the most prominent leaders in Europe. (Reuters: Manon Cruz)
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[2026-09-05 11:31 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Premier David Crisafulli has pitched Queensland’s critical minerals directly to US Vice President JD Vance on his trade mission to Washington DC, declaring it is Queensland’s time to get projects funded.
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[2026-09-05 11:20 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: United Nations – The United Nations General Assembly voted Friday to adopt a new world map that makes the African continent bigger while shrinking North America and Europe, drawing ire from Washington.
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[2026-09-05 10:50 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Interior department given three months to decide whether wolves can be removed from endangered species list
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[2026-09-05 10:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — US President Donald Trump on Friday said the conflict in Iran is “small potatoes” as he defended Vice President JD Vance for asserting that months of on-and-off attacks in the Middle East are not a “war.”
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[2026-09-05 09:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The company says it takes copyright infringement ‘very seriously’ and is currently reviewing the matter
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[2026-09-05 09:57 UTC+10:00] [Tetris] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The company says it takes copyright infringement ‘very seriously’ and is currently reviewing the matter
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[2026-09-05 09:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: As the United States and Israel’s war on Iran enters its seventh month with no clear end in sight, President Donald Trump has become the latest US official to downplay the conflict.
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[2026-09-05 09:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-05 09:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Boletas de voto por correo para las elecciones primarias presidenciales en la Oficina Electoral del Condado de Clark, en Vancouver, Washington, el 12 de marzo de 2024. (AP Foto/Jenny Kane/Archivo)
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[2026-09-05 08:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A mock website that directs users to the Epstein Files appears to be the primary search result on Google for the Republican Party’s upcoming midterm convention in Dallas, Texas.
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[2026-09-05 08:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente Donald Trump anuncia medidas para ayudar a agricultores y ganaderos con el procesamiento de carne, mientras un grupo de ellos permanece detrás, el viernes 4 de septiembre de 2026, en el Despacho Oval de la Casa Blanca, en Washington. (AP Foto/Jacquelyn Martin)
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[2026-09-05 08:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Miles Herbert
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[2026-09-05 08:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Pentagon is seen from the air, July 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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[2026-09-05 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Security concerns in Beijing and Washington could create ‘bottleneck’ if Elon Musk attempts to combine the two flagship companies
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[2026-09-05 08:00 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Security concerns in Beijing and Washington could create ‘bottleneck’ if Elon Musk attempts to combine the two flagship companies
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[2026-09-05 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The White House has returned to its prior talking point that the war against Iran shouldn't be called a war. In earlier stages of the conflict President Trump had applied various monikers that stopped far short, from an "excursion" to a "little detour" to a "stopover" to a mere limited "military operation".
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[2026-09-05 07:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: “Putin is not looking to attack NATO territory,” the president told reporters at the White House on Friday.
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[2026-09-05 07:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A large box of pre-assembled mail-in ballots at the Wake County Board of Elections on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Ramey)
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[2026-09-05 07:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Donald Trump said on Friday that the Iran war was "small potatoes" for the United States, in his administration's latest bid to play down the war ahead of crucial midterm elections.
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