Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-02 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump says he held a “very productive” call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and claimed Israeli troops heading towards Beirut had been turned back.
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[2026-06-02 04:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES throughout)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-06-02 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Just two weeks ago, when fielding questions from reporters about the now paused massive US arms package to Taiwan, President Trump stated: "I have to speak to the person that right now is - you know who he is - that's running Taiwan."
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[2026-06-02 04:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El Pentágono, el martes 19 de mayo de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-06-02 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: An organisation established during the Biden administration to help promote artificial intelligence guidelines and standards has dropped the word “safety” from its name.
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[2026-06-02 04:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The US president’s war of choice has accomplished nothing and cost the world greatly
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[2026-06-02 03:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-06-02 03:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MARSEILLE, France — The New York Times publisher on Monday slammed artificial intelligence companies for "brazen theft of intellectual property", warning they threaten the future of journalism during a speech at the World News Media Congress in the French city of Marseille.
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[2026-06-02 03:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Pentagon is seen, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-06-02 03:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump says Iran has not notified Washington that it is suspending negotiations, but indicated he was prepared to wait if communications had stopped.
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[2026-06-02 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Monday, with the assumption being that they were discussing the potential for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, as communicated to the United States by Lebanon.
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[2026-06-02 03:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Now that the numbers game in the Senate is "11-11" with the arrest of Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, will Senate President (SP) Alan Peter Cayetano deliberately cancel the last two session days of Congress to secure his position?
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[2026-06-02 03:01 UTC+10:00] [Balkans] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Albanian anti-corruption prosecutors are investigating a luxury resort project linked to U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as protests from citizens and environmental organizations over the development persist.
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[2026-06-02 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-06-02 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Families of several prominent pre-martial law senators issued a scathing statement on Monday, saying the present Senate has strayed far from the standards of integrity, competence, and public service that once defined the institution.
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[2026-06-02 02:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Tina Peters, exfuncionaria del condado Mesa, en Colorado, durante su juicio, el 3 de marzo de 2023, en Grand Junction, Colorado (Foto, Scott Crabtree/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel vía AP, Pool, Archivo)
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[2026-06-02 01:55 UTC+10:00] [John Oliver] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The late-night host discussed Trump granting clemency to allies and white-collar criminals who donate to Maga
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[2026-06-02 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has held talks with Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis on mediation efforts between Tehran and Washington.
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[2026-06-02 01:28 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-06-02 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Democrat-led US states are considering imposing a 100% tax on payouts by a $1.8 billion fund set up by US President Donald Trump for victims of attempts to weaponize the legal and political system against them.
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[2026-06-02 01:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The United States and Iran have both signalled that they would prefer not to go back to the war that has been on hold since the ceasefire was announced on 8 April.
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[2026-06-02 01:03 UTC+10:00] [Jerome Powell] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Powell says central bank has been facing ‘stress test’ under Trump, as supreme court weighs decision on Fed governor that president tried to fire
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[2026-06-02 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: If the Coalition wants to take some real paint off the government over its more contentious budget measures, it won’t get much of a better chance than another week of Senate estimates
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[2026-06-02 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The US-Iran ceasefire is being tested on multiple fronts, with Tehran already having announced Monday the suspension of contact with Washington over the escalation of Israel's ground war in Lebanon, where the IDF keeps pushing further north of the Litani River. Israel looks poised to resume major airstrikes on Beirut, despite that technically it has a US-mediated ceasefire in place with the government of Lebanon.
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[2026-06-02 00:54 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Nos Estados Unidos de Donald Trump, o termo "projeto de vaidade" (do inglês "vanity project") reaparece sempre que o presidente apresenta um novo plano para dar à capital, Washington D.C., uma repaginada de alto custo. Embora o conceito seja nebuloso entre especialistas, ele se refere, em geral, à construção de monumentos para atender aos desejos de uma liderança política, sem benefício claro para a sociedade.
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[2026-06-02 00:52 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-06-02 00:44 UTC+10:00] [Colombia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Success of far-right presidential candidate, Abelardo de la Espriella, suggests some voters are ‘fed up with politics’
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[2026-06-02 00:44 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-06-02 00:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, June 1 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday peace talks with Iran would result in a "good" deal for the United States, berating critics in both the Democratic and Republican parties for "negatively chirping" about the negotiations.
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[2026-06-02 00:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-06-02 00:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-06-02 00:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-06-02 00:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hasan Piker speaks at a campaign rally for Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, April 7, 2026, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, file)
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[2026-06-02 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Senate minority bloc on Monday slammed the majority group's attempt to label as Senate "independence" its "boycott" of session amid their duty to tackle pending measures before Congress adjourns on Friday.
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[2026-06-01 23:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: As the U.S. and China vie for dominance in AI , Japan aims to deepen its alignment with Washington. © Reuters
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[2026-06-01 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El senador Ted Cruz, republicano de Texas, habla en la Conferencia de Acción Política Conservadora (CPAC) en Dallas, el 28 de marzo de 2026. (Foto AP/Gabriela Passos, Archivo)
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[2026-06-01 23:16 UTC+10:00] [Energy and Climate UK] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — The British government on Monday began releasing a second batch of documents covering Peter Mandelson’s appointment as U.S. ambassador to Washington despite his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
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[2026-06-01 23:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: IBM shares jumped as much as 15% in premarket trading after Bloomberg described a recirculated video of President Trump stating that the stock is "going to go up a lot more."
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[2026-06-01 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Washington is also not happy about Beijing’s rare earth controls, according to people familiar with the talks
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[2026-06-01 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A “Welcome to Montana” sign is seen along Montana State Highway 72 near Chance, Mont., May 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Robert Yoon, File)
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[2026-06-01 22:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Monday said the Senate has lost the privilege of providing protective custody over its members in cases of arrests when Sen. Ronald dela Rosa escaped its premises.
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[2026-06-01 22:44 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-06-01 22:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Envoy Tom Barrack has played a key role in US policy in the Middle East over the past year. He was appointed Special Envoy to Syria last year. He is also the US Ambassador to Turkey.
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[2026-06-01 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US and China have an opportunity to move beyond ideological confrontation towards coexistence, strategic stability and managed competition
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[2026-06-01 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US and China have an opportunity to move beyond ideological confrontation towards coexistence, strategic stability and managed competition
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[2026-06-01 22:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines—For the first time in the history of the Senate, the session was suspended for no valid reason.
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[2026-06-01 22:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-06-01 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Iowa Capitol building is viewed Jan. 7, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
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[2026-06-01 22:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Bombastic pro-Trump lawyer Aberaldo de la Espriella pulled ahead as a leader in Colombia’s race for the presidency in the first round of elections over the weekend, capitalizing on a growing appetite for heavy-handed crackdowns on criminal groups across Latin America.
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[2026-06-01 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Tough-on-crime outsider Aberaldo de la Espriella took the lead in Colombia’s presidential race in the first round of voting Sunday night, setting up a runoff with Iván Cepeda, an ally of Colombia’s outgoing President Gustavo Petro who questioned the results of the election. (AP video shot by: Marko Alvarez)
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