Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-18 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The over 150-year-old antislavery documents currently on display at the Lincoln Memorial are being removed after exposure to unsafe temperatures, The Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing a spokesperson for philanthropist Kenneth C. Griffin.
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[2026-07-18 09:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose additional tariffs on Canada over wildfire smoke that has blanketed much of the northeastern United States, just days before the FIFA World Cup final in New Jersey.
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[2026-07-18 09:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose additional tariffs on Canada over wildfire smoke, which has blanketed much of the northeastern US just days before the World Cup final in New Jersey.
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[2026-07-18 09:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A male alligator snapping turtle is held after being trapped by the Turtle Survival Alliance-North American Freshwater Turtle Research Group, Nov. 24, 2018, as part of the process of tagging turtles. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)
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[2026-07-18 09:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sat 18 Jul 2026 at 9:26am
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[2026-07-18 09:25 UTC+10:00] [Americas] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The president also revealed that the FIFA president proposed having the U.S. and China co-host a World Cup.
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[2026-07-18 09:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Trump is expected to meet with China’s leader in Washington in September, and the White House gave no indication the topic would be on the agenda.
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[2026-07-18 09:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden speaks before President Donald Trump at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Friday, July 3, 2026, near Keystone, S.D. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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[2026-07-18 09:06 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-07-18 09:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Russell Vought, acting director, Office of Management and Budget, testifies before the House Financial Committee on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) semi-annual report, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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[2026-07-18 08:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El Monumento a Lincoln, el Monumento a Washington y el Capitolio de Estados Unidos apenas son visibles desde un mirador en Arlington, Virginia, mientras denso humo de incendios forestales cubre el paisaje, el viernes 17 de julio de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/J. Scott Applewhite)
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[2026-07-18 08:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has threatened to impose additional tariffs against Canada, as a penalty for the wildfire smoke that has clouded cities across North America.
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[2026-07-18 08:32 UTC+10:00] [Republicans] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Fires are also blazing across the US and the Trump administration has repealed several climate protections
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[2026-07-18 08:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The White House has defended the Argentinian football team's right to free speech after they controversially waved a banner in support of their country's territorial claim to the Falkland Islands while celebrating their World Cup win against England.
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[2026-07-18 08:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Trump administration has taken new steps to assert more control over the rollout of future artificial intelligence model releases by dictating which companies and entities are allowed access to the latest frontier models, two sources familiar with the matter told CNBC.
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[2026-07-18 07:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-18 07:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — A 28-year prison sentence is too lenient for a Libyan militant who was convicted of terrorism-related charges in the 2012 attacks on U.S. compounds in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
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[2026-07-18 07:45 UTC+10:00] [Trump Administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: For decades, the U.S. Department of State gave money to groups protecting free speech, human rights and persecuted minorities in poor and authoritarian countries.
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[2026-07-18 07:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: VENICE, Italy — Several hundred protesters marched Friday against the arrival in Venice of the billionaire American ambassador's luxury yacht, briefly clashing with riot police as they neared the vessel.
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[2026-07-18 07:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The download screen for the Truth Social app is displayed on a laptop computer, March 20, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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[2026-07-18 07:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-18 07:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US Ambassador Tilman Fertitta, a billionaire businessman, arrived amid strained ties between the president and Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni
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[2026-07-18 07:26 UTC+10:00] [US Ambassador] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US Ambassador Tilman Fertitta, a billionaire businessman, arrived amid strained ties between the president and Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni
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[2026-07-18 07:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, July 16, 2026, in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)
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[2026-07-18 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Thursday said that US TV networks that refused to air his primetime address on election integrity should have their licenses revoked.
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[2026-07-18 07:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)
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[2026-07-18 07:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s "Board of Peace" has shrunk its Gaza "recovery plan" from rebuilding territory to a temporary camp of "portable cabins" under Palestinian administration, police and a small international security force.
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[2026-07-18 07:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Kimi K3, a new artificial intelligence program from a Chinese startup called Moonshot AI, stunned the US tech industry on Friday, setting off fresh discussion over the China-US rivalry to dominate AI.
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[2026-07-18 06:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Brendan Carr is already scrutinizing TV broadcasters, but he may have to be careful echoing the president’s political grievances, legal experts say.
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[2026-07-18 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The top lawyer for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the federal tax-collecting agency in the United States, is scheduled to leave his post amid rumours of clashes with President Donald Trump’s White House.
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[2026-07-18 06:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Smoke from Canadian fires has enveloped a swathe of the US, raising questions about conditions for Sunday’s World Cup final in New Jersey
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[2026-07-18 06:46 UTC+10:00] [Detroit] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Smoke from Canadian fires has enveloped a swathe of the US, raising questions about conditions for Sunday’s World Cup final in New Jersey
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[2026-07-18 06:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-18 06:42 UTC+10:00] [South Carolina] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Sister of the South Carolina senator who died last Saturday has not previously held any elected office
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[2026-07-18 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The field of eight candidates was split into two groups of four, running the top-tier candidates first and dishing the rest out for a second round. By the time it wrapped, these eight took turns explaining why they, specifically, are the ones who can finally unseat an incumbent who has outlasted six presidential administrations, and ended up making Graham Platner look pretty good in the process.
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[2026-07-18 06:21 UTC+10:00] [World Cup 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Wildfires, transport issues and the appearance of the president could overshadow the final for a city that has embraced the tournament
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[2026-07-18 06:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by James Howard Kunstler,
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[2026-07-18 06:04 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president offered litany of misleading and false claims during Thursday speech on alleged threats to US elections
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[2026-07-18 05:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: COLUMBIA — President Donald Trump said Friday that Darline Graham, the sister of the late Lindsey Graham, has his support to run for a full term to replace her brother in the U.S. Senate.
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[2026-07-18 05:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Read the requests, demands and orders the president delivered to executive agencies during Thursday’s primetime address.
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[2026-07-18 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Friday blasted Canada for wildfires enveloping swaths of the United States in a smoky haze and said he would add the costs of that pollution to existing tariffs.
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[2026-07-18 05:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi speaks at the U.S. Iraq Business Summit at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Friday, July 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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[2026-07-18 05:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sat 18 Jul 2026 at 5:24am
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[2026-07-18 05:23 UTC+10:00] [Truth Social] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: A Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), empresa de mídia do presidente americano, Donald Trump, anunciou nesta sexta-feira (17/07) que planeja cobrar por um acesso especial e mais rápido às publicações da plataforma Truth Social, que pertence ao republicano.
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[2026-07-18 05:05 UTC+10:00] [politica] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O novo tarifaçoanunciado pelos Estados Unidos sob produtos brasileiros pode influenciar o debate político e eleitoral no Brasil a menos de três meses da data do pleito.
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[2026-07-18 05:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump used a primetime address to the nation Thursday to elevate his yearslong push to raise doubts about the legitimacy of U.S. elections and dispute his 2020 loss in an appeal for more restrictive voting laws ahead of the midterms.
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[2026-07-18 04:33 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The president’s Orwellian speech on Thursday was just the latest instance of his denialism. It is up to us to resist
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[2026-07-18 04:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The security situation in the Strait of Hormuz has returned to a "worse-case scenario" for oil tankers as Iran has repeatedly attacked ships over the past week, the CEO of a maritime risk services firm said.
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[2026-07-18 04:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: In a 26-minute speech from the White House, President Donald Trump revived some familiar claims about US election fraud and interference.
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[2026-07-18 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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