12 minutes ago Jimmy Carter lies in state at US Capitol, with Kamala Harris holding eulogy – US politics live

Former US president’s funeral to be held on Thursday; vice-president also expected to lay wreath at ceremonyContinuing his expansionist streak, Donald Trump said the Gulf of Mexico should instead be called the “Gulf of America”.“We’re going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, which has a beautiful ring that covers a lot of territory,” the president-elect said at his ongoing press conference in Mar-a-Lago. “What a beautiful name. And it’s appropriate.”Mexico has to stop allowing millions of people to pour into our country. They can stop them. And we’re going to put very serious tariffs on Mexico and Canada, because Canada, they come through Canada too, and the drugs that are coming through are at record numbers, record numbers. So we’re going to make up for that by putting tariffs on Mexico and Canada, substantial tariffs. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Amazon is paying $40 million to license new Melania documentary directed by disgraced Brett Ratner

Documentary will offer a ‘behind the scenes’ look at the incoming First Lady’s life

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5 hours ago Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal plot Bellingham deal, Chelsea lead Mainoo race; Man Utd, Liverpool latest

Huge deals being linked as Premier League giants look to strengthen

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28 minutes ago Sen. Warren presses Hegseth to answer questions about his past actions and statements

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is pressing Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, to answer additional questions about his past actions and statements before next Tuesday’s confirmation hearing

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4 hours ago Facebook lifts restrictions on calling women ‘property’ and transgender people ‘freaks’

The social media giant Meta has loosened its public rules on hate speech as Mark Zuckerberg seeks to curry favour with Donald Trump

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2 hours ago Why did Mark Zuckerberg end Facebook and Instagram’s factchecking program?

The social media giant enters a more partisan political era as its CEO pursues Donald Trump’s approvalMeta is shifting to the right, following the prevailing political winds blowing through the United States. A more partisan era now looms for the social media giant and its corporate leaders, though Mark Zuckerberg himself has few personal politics other than ambition.On Tuesday morning, Meta disbanded Facebook and Instagram’s third-party factchecking program. The company will also recommend more political content across its social networks. Continue reading...

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7 hours ago Luke Littler's dream car purchase says a lot about him with darts star unable to drive

Newly-crowned darts world champion Luke Littler is eyeing up his first car following his stunning victory over Michael van Gerwen, with driving lessons first on the Nuke's agenda

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18 minutes ago Trump says he wants to rename Gulf of Mexico and retake Panama Canal during press conference: Live

President-elect held baffling — at times alarming — press event at Mar-a-Lago, wandering from topic to topic and threatening allied nations

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10 hours ago Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal plot Bellingham deal, Rashford bid considered; Man Utd, Liverpool latest

Huge deals being linked as Premier League giants look to strengthen

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12 hours ago Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal plot Bellingham swoop, Vlahovic to Man Utd update; Liverpool eye Igor Paixao

Huge deals being linked as Premier League giants look to strengthen

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55 minutes ago Israel's military on high alert amid 'large scale war' warning as Iran could attack in days

Israel's military has been put on high alert amid warnings that Iran could be preparing for a huge attack with Tehran thought to be preparing to strike beore Donald Trump takes office

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7 hours ago Kash Patel’s Maga kids’ book is embarrassing. I should know – I’m a children’s author

The Plot Against the King, a thinly veiled take on the ‘stolen’ 2020 election, has a few hits and lots of missesYou don’t have to agree with someone’s politics to appreciate their writing. Roald Dahl was a terrible, antisemitic man, but he came up with a story about four grandparents who stay in bed 24/7 that gives us all something to aspire to.So I was intrigued to find out that Donald Trump’s choice for FBI director, Kash Patel, wrote a trilogy of thinly veiled political children’s books called The Plot Against the King. The King is – you guessed it – Trump. And the plot? Well, we’ll get there. Continue reading...

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22 minutes ago Justin Trudeau latest: Outgoing PM says there isn’t ‘a snowball’s chance in hell’ Canada will join US

Trudeau announced Monday that he will step down as leader of the Liberal Party and as prime minister once a successor has been chosen

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12 hours ago DWP confirms state pension 'review' will be carried out as deadline set

There are changes to state pension policy coming in over the next two years

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15 hours ago Transfer news LIVE Arsenal plot Bellingham swoop, Vlahovic to Man Utd update; Liverpool eye Igor Paixao

Huge deals being linked as Premier League giants look to strengthen

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1 hour ago QUENTIN LETTS from Westminster: Did Big Ange just compare her housing policy to the Titanic? Indeed she did!

Big Ange had sauntered up the corridor beforehand with a careless confidence while her permanent secretary, Sarah Healey, had already been there for some time.

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12 hours ago Smiling together before 'Christmas cake plot' ripped family apart: Chilling photo shows woman next to mother

Deise Moura is pictured next to her now gravely ill mother-in-law Zeli Dos Anjos - and in front of a Christmas cake identical to the one that killed three members of the family.

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27 minutes ago Man who exploded Tesla Cybertruck outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI, police say

Last Vegas police say the highly decorated soldier who exploded a Tesla outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack

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31 hours ago Debenhams £70 lights reduced to £16 will look 'beautiful' in any room all year round

If you’re keen to bring a bit of magic to your home, now’s the time

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22 hours ago From violent riot to peaceful transfer of power, AP photographers retrace their steps on Jan. 6

Monday’s certification by Congress of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election was the first official step in the peaceful transfer of power. From outside the White House to the U.S. Capitol, the streets of Washington were blanketed in freshly fallen snow, the wintry scene providing the only complications to members of the House and Senate carrying out their duties to affirm the election results.

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3 hours ago Trump refuses to rule out using military to take Panama Canal and Greenland

Remarks likely to set off alarm bells around the world as Trump prepares to return to the White House this monthDonald Trump is refusing to rule out using American military force to retake control of the Panama Canal and seize Greenland, citing economic security as a driving factor.Speaking at a Tuesday press conference at Mar-a-Lago, the incoming US president explicitly declined to give assurances against using military or economic coercion when pressed about his plans regarding Panama and Greenland. Continue reading...

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29 hours ago Failed businesses, wannabe authors, and law school — what the Jan 6 rioters did next

This is what has happened to some of the January 6 rioters since the storming of the Capitol four years ago today

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35 minutes ago Rosary over Rogan: Trump ally’s podcast knocked off number one spot by religion show

The Rosary in a Year podcast held the No. 1 spot on the Apple charts for three days in a row

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35 hours ago Hidden European spot has 19C temperatures in winter and flights are under £100

The beautiful region of São Vicente in Madeira, Portugal, is a hidden European gem with rainforests, dramatic mountains, and summer temperatures in the middle of January

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4 hours ago Trump says he wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico... and doesn't rule out using military on Panama Canal and Greenland

The president-elect, 78, announced the name swap during a wide-ranging press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday morning.

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49 minutes ago The normalizers are exuding calm – but Trump 2.0 is anything but normal

Trump’s repeated threats to US allies mark a new and alarming departure, indicating he’ll top his first term by going more extremeHollywood actors at Sunday’s Golden Globe awards did not make their usual jokes or protests. Silicon Valley titans are falling over each other to donate to his inauguration fund. In Washington, some Democrats who boycotted his first inauguration have signalled their intention to attend this time.There is no doubt the resistance to Donald Trump feels muted second time around. The word “fascist” has disappeared from political discourse as quickly as it appeared. The meeker tone gives the impression that Trump 2.0 will be more conventional, moderate and palatable than the first version. Continue reading...

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37 hours ago Russia claims it has captured another town in eastern Ukraine but Kyiv doesn't confirm the loss

Russia’s Defense Ministry is claiming that its troops in eastern Ukraine have captured the town of Kurakhove after a monthslong battle

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4 hours ago Trump won’t rule out sending military to take Panama Canal and Greenland in rambling press conference: Live

President-elect hopes to stop release of dossier covering classified documents and election interference investigations and dreams of making legacy acquisition after Congress certifies election win

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77 minutes ago Annual ‘winners’ for most egregious US healthcare profiteering announced

Selling body parts without consent and billing desperate parents $97,599 for air transport among worst examplesThe 2024 “winners” of the annual Shkreli awards, given each year to perpetrators of the most egregious examples of profiteering and dysfunction within the healthcare industry, have been released from the Lown Institute, an independent healthcare thinktank.The recipients are chosen by a panel made up of health policy experts, clinicians, journalists and advocates. The awards are named after Martin Shkreli, the infamous “pharma bro” who rose to international notoriety after increasing the price of lifesaving anti-parasitic drug Daraprim 50-fold. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Donald Trump wouldn't rule out military force to seize Panama Canal and Greenland

Donald Trump says he wouldn't rule out military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland.

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84 minutes ago Trump has a narrow window to advance his aggressive agenda. He’ll need these right

Analysis: Trump is angling to dismantle the hurdles that sapped his first-term momentum by calling all corners of the GOP to him

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5 hours ago Trump says he won’t rule out sending in military to reclaim Panama Canal in rambling press conference: Live

President-elect hopes to stop release of dossier covering classified documents and election interference investigations and dreams of making legacy acquisition after Congress certifies election win

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1 hour ago Trump wants to buy Greenland: Here's how much it would cost the United States

Donald Trump is renewing his calls for the U.S. to purchase Danish's autonomous territory of Greenland.

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5 hours ago No end in sight as rare patroller strike in Park City fouls operations at the biggest US ski resort

A rare labor strike that began over the busy holidays and carried on into the new year has put a wrench in operations at the biggest U.S. ski resort

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2 hours ago ‘A snowball’s chance in hell’: Trudeau rejects Trump threat to annex Canada

President-elect threatened to use ‘economic force’ to make northern neighbor part of USJustin Trudeau has rejected threats from Donald Trump that the US could use “economic force” to annex its closest ally, saying: “There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States.“Workers and communities in both our countries benefit from being each other’s biggest trading and security partner,” Canada’s prime minister wrote on social media. Continue reading...

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7 hours ago Adam Kinzinger tells Stephen Colbert he’s willing to go to prison in order to stand up to Trump

Asked why he would refuse presidential pardon offered by Joe Biden, ex-congressman answers: ‘Because I didn’t do anything wrong’

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2 hours ago Trump kicks off rambling press conference by airing grievances — then starts threatening U.S. allies

Trump suggests he could use force — economic or military — to turn American allies into vassal states

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8 hours ago Hero dad rescues daughter imprisoned on boat for 26 'days of hell' in 'Taken' style plot

Emmarae Gervasi, 14, is recuperating in hospital after 26 days captivity since she went missing from her home in Long Island, New York, in December, as police made an arrest

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2 hours ago Donald Trump tells Greenland residents why they should join the U.S. in surprise call

Donald Trump spoke directly to locals of Nuuk, Greenland on Tuesday during his son's visit to the Danish territory.

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9 hours ago How hero dad rescued his 'kidnapped' daughter, 14, from boat after she was missing for '26 days of hell' in Taken

A large-scale search operation for the missing teenager ensued with her father, Frank Gervasi, working closely with local police to track down his daughter.

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3 hours ago Appeals court refuses Trump's latest attempt to get Friday's hush money sentencing called off

Donald Trump launched another eleventh hour attempt to get his hush money case  thrown out on Tuesday, days before he is due to be sentenced. It was dismissed within hours.

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12 hours ago Scotland's Highland Wildlife Park announces unexpected death of 'beloved' snow leopard

Highland Wildlife Park near Kingussie announced on Tuesday morning that its snow leopard Animesh had passed away at 11 years old, with tributes pouring in for the "beautiful" animal.

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3 hours ago Trump rants about Biden’s offshore 625 million acre drilling ban, ‘That’s like the whole ocean!’ (It’s just 2 percent)

The President-elect’s math was off by large margin during latest wild press conference at Mar-a-Lago

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15 hours ago Street Trash review – grisly remake of cult horror sends exploding corpses to South Africa

A gang of homeless misfits fight for survival in this dull reboot of the 1987 American horror film This is less a remake than an echo of the 1987 American cult horror flick of the same title. As in the previous film, it contains lashings of melted flesh courtesy of practical effects, and a plot engine wherein evil powers are trying to kill off the homeless. This time though the action has been transposed from urban America to a dystopian Cape Town, South Africa, where there is seemingly no middle class: just propertied rich folk making jokes about crypto currency over their phones and everyone else.The grubby majority live on the streets, picking through trash to survive. Assorted gangs get into internecine squabbles with each other when it’s pretty obvious the real foes are the rich. That goes especially for Mayor Mostert (Warrick Grier, a cackle and a hoot) who has devised an airborne poison that liquifies people after an especially icky prelude in which they grow brightly coloure...

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3 hours ago GOP leaders are moving ahead with the Laken Riley Act. What’s in the bill?

Laken Riley was brutally murdered in February while on a run

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17 hours ago New Orleans attack came as the FBI was facing political heat and bracing for a transition

The attack that killed 14 in New Orleans comes at a difficult time for the FBI, as it finds itself buffeted by suspicion and public criticism from lawmakers, especially allies of President-elect Donald Trump

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3 hours ago ‘Melania is glad to have a babysitter for Donald’: Elon Musk finds a friend in the first lady

‘Melania is glad to have her husband busy with his work,’ a source said

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21 hours ago Court proceedings for man charged in UnitedHealthcare CEO's killing are delayed several weeks

Lawyers in the criminal case of the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare’s CEO in front of a Manhattan hotel have agreed to postpone any court proceedings until mid-February

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3 hours ago Trump threatens Canada with ‘economic force’ amid turmoil over Trudeau exit

With an outgoing PM, suspended parliament and promised harsh tariffs, Canada scrambles to find a new leaderPresident-elect Donald Trump has said the US will use “economic force” against its close ally Canada, doubling down on threats to impose protectionist tariffs on one of the US’s biggest trading partners.The remarks are likely to further fuel political turmoil in Canada after the resignation of its prime minister, Justin Trudeau, and the suspension of parliament until late March. Continue reading...

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25 hours ago Rudy Giuliani held in contempt and hit with sanctions for defying court orders in defamation case

Trump’s former attorney blew deadlines and evaded document requests to ‘run out the clock,’ judge says

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3 hours ago NASA proposes cheaper, quicker way to get Mars rocks and soil to Earth

NASA is pitching a cheaper and quicker way of getting rocks and soil back from Mars

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25 hours ago Rudy Giuliani found in contempt of court over response to defamation judgment

Judge makes ruling after Trump ally fails to comply with requests for information as he turns over assetsRudy Giuliani has been found in contempt of court for failing to provide financial information related to the $148m defamation judgment he owes to two Georgia election workers.Federal judge Lewis Liman issued the ruling at a hearing on Monday at which the former New York mayor appeared remotely from his Palm Beach condominium, having given in-person testimony for three hours last Friday. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Justin Trudeau latest: Trump threatens ‘economic force’ to make Canada ‘51st State’ after PM resignation

The race to succeed Trudeau as Liberal Party leader is underway following the Canadian prime minister’s exit over his handling of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed trade tariffs

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25 hours ago Giuliani found in contempt of court over response to defamation judgment

Judge makes ruling after Trump ally fails to comply with requests for information as he turns over assetsA federal judge in New York City on Monday said Rudy Giuliani was in contempt of court for failing to properly respond to requests for information as he turned over assets to satisfy a $148m defamation judgment granted to two Georgia election workers.Judge Lewis Liman ruled after hearing Giuliani testify for a second day at a contempt hearing called after lawyers for the election workers said the former New York City mayor had failed to properly comply with requests to produce evidence over the last few months. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Donald Trump won't rule out invading Greenland saying it's 'vital to our country'

Hey, remember those days in early 2017 when everyone was all like "he...can't do that, can he?" Well strap yourselves in and prepare to buy a new map, because those days are well and truly back.

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27 hours ago Marcus Rashford a loan target for Milan as Manchester United mull Zirkzee exit

Milan want United to foot much of Rashford’s salaryJuventus interested in loan deal for Netherlands forwardMarcus Rashford is being targeted by Milan regarding a potential loan, with any deal dependent on Manchester United paying a sizeable portion of the forward’s salary of about £365,000 a week.Whether United are willing to do so is yet to be decided. It is not their preference to provide a considerable percentage of Rashford’s wage, which makes him United’s highest-paid player. But Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who controls football policy, may decide Rashford departing for the rest of the season is in the best interests of all parties, particularly the head coach, Ruben Amorim. Continue reading...

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