Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-25 08:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump's administration is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status in the United States, the Associated Press reported on Monday.
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[2026-08-25 08:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-25 08:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has met privately with Jared Kushner, US President Trump’s son-in-law and a top outside adviser, in a signal that the White House is seeking ways to work with Democrats if they wrestle majority control from Republicans in the midterm elections.
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[2026-08-25 08:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday postponed a trial in the U.S. for a Libyan man charged in 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, citing the discovery of new evidence that defense attorneys want to examine.
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[2026-08-25 08:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-25 08:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has proposed a fee of more than US$103,000 on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers, a government notice on the Federal Register showed Monday.
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[2026-08-25 08:00 UTC+10:00] [18th party congress] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Far from a temporary crackdown, the campaign has proved to be a key tool for enforcing party discipline and driving economic strategy
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[2026-08-25 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Fresh on the heels of President Trump controversially ordering scaled-down US-South Korea military drills last week, there are emerging reports of more canceled plans for joint exercises.
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[2026-08-25 07:53 UTC+10:00] [US supreme court] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Justices’ ruling comes after lower courts had blocked president’s election order ahead of November midterms
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[2026-08-25 07:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump listens during a back to school event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-08-25 07:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, talks poolside with streamer Hasan Piker at a party for content creators supporting his campaign, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-08-25 07:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, talks poolside with streamer Hasan Piker at a party for content creators supporting his campaign, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-08-25 07:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Congressional delegate candidate Robert White greets supporters after attending a news conference at Freedom Plaza in Washington, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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[2026-08-25 07:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Supreme Court sided with President Trump over his plan to use the Postal Service to impose broad new restrictions on the distribution of mail ballots.
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[2026-08-25 07:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Support in the United States for the war on Iran has fallen as President Donald Trump’s approval remains at a record low, a Reuters/Ipsos poll suggests.
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[2026-08-25 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trump has vowed to end the use of mail-in ballots, which he has blamed – without credible evidence – for his loss to Joe Biden in 2020
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[2026-08-25 07:30 UTC+10:00] [US Postal Service] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trump has vowed to end the use of mail-in ballots, which he has blamed – without credible evidence – for his loss to Joe Biden in 2020
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[2026-08-25 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-25 07:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S. Forest Service in July began a 30-day public comment period on its plan to review a rare-earth element mining project in northeast Wyoming — the only opportunity for the public to weigh in on the federal process that is being fast-tracked by the Trump administration.
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[2026-08-25 07:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un camión de transporte que lleva Chrysler Pacificas sale de la planta de ensamblaje de Windsor, en Ontario, Canadá, el lunes 24 de agosto de 2026. (Dax Melmer/The Canadian Press vía AP)
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[2026-08-25 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Trump administration on Monday formally removed Syria from the State Sponsor of Terrorism (SST) blacklist, in a landmark move that unlocks export restrictions and allows for the US to supply military aid to the country.
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[2026-08-25 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Donald Trump accused Canada on Monday of "ripping America off", threatening to hike US tariffs on Canadian autos in the new year
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[2026-08-25 07:08 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: An arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to reinstate a black opinion writer fired over social media posts about violent white men following last year’s killing of American influencer and MAGA supporter Charlie Kirk.
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[2026-08-25 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Supreme Court is seen Monday, July 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
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[2026-08-25 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US public approval of the war with Iran fell to its lowest level since the conflict's early days, helping to hold President Donald Trump's popularity at a record low, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Monday.
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[2026-08-25 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Monday that US President Donald Trump's administration was not ruling out using military force against Iran, even as Washington unveiled an "economic D-Day" against Tehran.
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[2026-08-25 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El escudo del Departamento de Estado de EEUU en el atril de la sala de prensa del Departamento de Estado en Washington, el 31 de enero de 2022. (Mandel Ngan, Pool vía AP/Archivo)
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[2026-08-25 06:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In the United States, elections are big business.
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[2026-08-25 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump walks past Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he arrives for a roundtable on the American mining industry, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-08-25 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: In a Reuters photo from late July, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent can be seen holding a to-do list with just one item: purchase $5 billion-$10 billion worth of yen. As he explained soon thereafter, invoking the famous phrase that then-European Central Bank President Mario Draghi used to save the euro in 2012, the Trump administration will do “whatever it takes” to prop up the Japanese currency.
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[2026-08-25 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Move could test Huawei and ZTE’s long-standing foothold as Washington extends its China reach from oil to another strategic sector
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[2026-08-25 06:23 UTC+10:00] [Huawei] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Move could test Huawei and ZTE’s long-standing foothold as Washington extends its China reach from oil to another strategic sector
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[2026-08-25 06:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Transport trucks cross the Ambassador Bridge into the United States of America, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. (Dax Melmer/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-08-25 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: An independent arbitrator has ordered the Washington Post to reinstate opinion columnist Karen Attiah and award her back pay after finding the newspaper lacked sufficient grounds to fire her.
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[2026-08-25 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The world's oceans simmered to their hottest temperatures on record over the weekend and are likely to warm even further in the next few months, putting stress on life in the water and on land too, the European climate service Copernicus announced Monday.
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[2026-08-25 05:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to raise US tariffs on all cars, lorries and automotive parts from Canada to 50 per cent starting on January 1, intensifying a trade fight after negotiations collapsed last week.
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[2026-08-25 05:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The United States on Monday removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, rescinding a decades-old designation that came with severe economic restrictions and marking another step in warming ties between the countries.
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[2026-08-25 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday announced a new wave of sanctions against Iran and its "enablers", towards what he described as an "asphyxiation of this regime" amid the standoff in the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-08-25 05:25 UTC+10:00] [tarifas] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O presidente dos Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, ameaçou nesta segunda-feira (24/08) impor uma tarifa de 50% sobre carros, caminhões, autopeças e aço canadenses a partir de 2027.
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[2026-08-25 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-25 05:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El tight end de los Titans de Tennessee Joel Wilson tacleado por el cornerback de los Seahawks de Seattle Jodan Washington en el encuentro de pretemporada el domingo 23 de agosto del 2026. (AP Foto/George Walker IV)
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[2026-08-25 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Update(1900ET): While it was largely Israeli media's Ch.14 which first called attention to the "Where to kill Barron Trump" clip, the short video does appear to be a creation of Iranian state media. It is indeed authentic.
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[2026-08-25 04:57 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Washington launches campaign to isolate Tehran but it is unclear whether it will apply measures to China
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[2026-08-25 04:36 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: The US is issuing deadlines to countries to cease all financial dealings with Iran as part of a new “Operation Economic Outcast” aimed at isolating the Islamic regime in Tehran from the rest of the world.
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[2026-08-25 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Gov. Henry McMaster, R-S.C., left, looks on as Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., speaks at a news conference for her campaign a day ahead of the special GOP Senate runoff to replace her brother, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
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[2026-08-25 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump's administration on Monday moved to impose a more than $100,000 fee on employers hiring foreign workers through a highly-skilled visa program, after facing a legal setback in an earlier effort.
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[2026-08-25 04:22 UTC+10:00] [Trump tariffs] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Prime minister praised for rejecting US trade proposal as Trump shows little interest in retreating from dispute
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[2026-08-25 04:16 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: internal correspondence reveals USCIS anti-fraud officers shifted on to two ‘high-priority’ initiatives
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[2026-08-25 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Delivery vans bearing the logo sit during a protest staged as part of a countrywide National Day of Action Tuesday, July 28, 2026, outside the main United States Postal Service headquarters in northeast Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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[2026-08-25 04:03 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Washington warns Iran-linked entities face removal from US dollar system as Trump presses world leaders to cut financial ties
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