42 minutes ago In Trump’s fantasy politics, he can accomplish anything – but reality will prevail | Andy Beckett

His second term seems to represent an unassailable victory for conservative white men – but soon he’ll be another incumbent in an anti-incumbent worldWhy exactly is Donald Trump’s new presidency so disorienting? So far, explanations have tended to focus on its manic pace, contempt for political conventions and blatant subversion of supposedly one of the world’s most robust democracies.But all these elements were also present in his first presidency. Meanwhile, other features of both his terms, such as his cult of personality, scapegoating of immigrants and accusation that liberal elites have caused national decline, are standard practice for hard-right strongmen, and have been for at least a century.Andy Beckett is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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11 hours ago Federal employees ordered to remove pronouns from their email signature and urged to find ‘higher productivity jobs’

Critics have warned government can’t offer or fund Trump’s promised buyouts of federal workers

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7 hours ago Wealthy families could face a crackdown on inheritance tax payments this year amid claims they may have underpaid by millions

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) believes families could owe as much as £325million, which it is currently investigating, according to accountancy group UHY Hacker Young.

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2 hours ago Adam Azim preparing for big fight by reading Harry Potter and watching rom

BOXING CLEVER COLUMN: Adam Azim takes on former world champion Sergey Lipinets in his 13th outing as a professional on Saturday night at Wembley Arena

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22 minutes ago Washington plane crash: Black box recovered from Black Hawk helicopter as 41 bodies pulled from Potomac river

Questions grow about air safety in the US capital as Donald Trump says Black Hawk chopper was 'flying too high' at time of collision

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10 hours ago Stranded NASA astronaut says she's lost ability to perform vital bodily function after being in space so long

A NASA astronaut revealed she has lost a bodily function since being stranded in space for eight months. Sunita Williams, and crewmate, Barry Wilmore were supposed to be in space for 8 days.

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43 minutes ago Snooker No1 Judd Trump’s ‘life has changed for the better' in new Hong Kong home

Judd Trump has become a leading figure in snooker and has now moved to Hong Kong after gaining residency in the region, where he will be based with his girlfriend, Maisy Ma

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19 hours ago Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds ask for Justin Baldoni’s lawsuit to be thrown out of court

As lawyers for Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni prepare for their first hearing on Monday, Lively and Reynolds have made it clear what they think of Justin Baldoni’s $400m lawsuit against them

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18 hours ago AstraZeneca cancels £450m Liverpool investment, blaming UK government funding cuts – business live

Pharmaceutical company says that it will not go ahead with investment at Speke, near LiverpoolDonald Trump’s White House will invoke emergency powers to introduce tariffs on Canada and Mexico, Reuters reports:Two sources familiar with the matter said that Trump was expected to invoke the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) as the legal basis for the tariffs, declaring a national emergency over fentanyl overdoses that killed nearly 75,000 Americans in 2023 and illegal immigration.The statute enacted in 1977 and modified after the 9/11 attacks in 2001 gives the president broad powers to impose economic sanctions in a crisis. Continue reading...

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26 hours ago Arsenal transfer news: Gunners favourites for £30m wonder kid – despite Spurs competition

Arsenal's pursuit of Ollie Watkins is looking tricky, with many speculating the North London side may make a late switch and target another centre forward to bolster their front line

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28 minutes ago Inside ‘ladies’ man’ Barron Trump’s wild college life and business venture

Barron Trump's father may be navigating his second presidency, but Barron is also navigating a new chapter at college - and he seems to be following in his father's footsteps

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72 minutes ago Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte review – ‘like being inside the internet’

A questionable male feminist, a closet sadist and a disaffected Twitter addict populate this acerbic story collection that captures the spirit of our doomscrolling ageIn 2019, the Brooklyn-based literary magazine n+1 published a short story that went viral. Titled The Feminist, it follows the life of a man who turns from a bell hooks-reading Supporter of Women into a bitter moderator in an online forum about how feminism is a cancer. Rejection has hardened him over the years. In university, he always supported his friends – predominantly women – throughout their emotional crises, and was surprised to discover that his attentiveness was not rewarded with love or sex. After university, his online dates ghost him. He fears the nerves of his penis have been dulled by vigorous masturbation. The Feminist satirised in witty and lurid detail a familiar type in the online zeitgeist: the staunch male ally, emerging out of the political currents of #MeToo and the movement against Trump. The mo...

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20 hours ago FTSE 100 on course for biggest monthly gain in two years – business live

Live rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as Smiths Group leads index after promising break-up of FTSE 100 engineering companyDonald Trump’s White House will invoke emergency powers to introduce tariffs on Canada and Mexico, Reuters reports:Two sources familiar with the matter said that Trump was expected to invoke the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) as the legal basis for the tariffs, declaring a national emergency over fentanyl overdoses that killed nearly 75,000 Americans in 2023 and illegal immigration.The statute enacted in 1977 and modified after the 9/11 attacks in 2001 gives the president broad powers to impose economic sanctions in a crisis. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Motherwell manager latest as Stephen Frail opens up on supporter abuse and how his kids are 'mad' on Steelmen

Caretaker boss is preparing players to face Celtic on Sunday just days after Stuart Kettlewell's shock resignation.

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1 hour ago The tragic air collision revealed Trump’s rancid, irredeemable character once again | Sidney Blumenthal

Trump’s pretense as king has quickly devolved into his strutting insult routine. He will always exploit tragedy to display his self-regardOutrages of Donald Trump’s rancid character topple over each other so rapidly and in such volume that they long ago became banal. His vileness is unremarked upon, his rottenness unworthy of further commentary. Trump’s offensiveness is an unspoken assumption. Rules and norms exist for him to break. More, he is rewarded. Meta, after discarding monitoring of hateful content and disinformation on Facebook, is paying him $25m in tribute to settle his lawsuit against it for having banned him after his attempted coup on January 6 and his potential “instances of violence” and threats to “public safety”. All is forgiven, if not forgotten. There are no gates; there are no gatekeepers. Let the bad times roll.But Trump crashed through a new boundary after an army helicopter collided with an airliner about to land at Washington’s Reagan National airport on 29 ...

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23 hours ago Rashford has heart set on Barcelona but deal rests on exits from La Liga club

Rashford has rejected teams including TottenhamManchester United keen on Mathys Tel as replacementMarcus Rashford has his heart set on a loan move to Barcelona before Monday’s transfer deadline but a deal will go through only if the Catalan club can offload up to two players.Rashford has rejected offers from several other clubs including Tottenham because of his determination to join Barcelona. Under La Liga’s squad cost limit rules Barcelona will have to generate funds to be able to spend the money required to sign Rashford from Manchester United. They are prepared in principle to cover most or all of Rashford’s £375,000-a-week salary. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago A deadly flight out of Wichita has one of America's most historic aviation cities reeling

A deadly collision between a passenger airliner and an Army helicopter left Kansas’ largest city grieving

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1 hour ago Snooker star Judd Trump's life in Hong Kong as he says it has 'changed for the better'

Former World Snooker Champion Judd Trump has taken up residency in Hong Kong, a move that has been inspired by his girlfriend Maisy Ma and snooker legend Ronnie O'Sullivan

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26 hours ago Arsenal transfer news: Gunners favourites for £30 million Prem wonder kid

Arsenal's pursuit of Ollie Watkins is looking tricky, with many speculating the North London side may make a late switch and target another centre forward to bolster their front line

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4 hours ago Moms whose children were raped and murdered by illegal migrants slam Selena Gomez for weeping over deportations

The White House has posted a video featuring grieving parents who lost children to undocumented migrants as a response to Selena Gomez's emotional social media post earlier this week.

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2 hours ago Woke staff leave surprise for Mark Zuckerberg in Meta restrooms amid crackdown on tampons in men's toilets

Silicon Valley's workforce is grappling with a dramatic ideological shift as top tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg, align with President Trump's administration.

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31 hours ago Fury at London Labour council's new '£750 parking permits' in yet another capital crackdown on motorists in favour of 'sustainable streets'

EXCLUSIVE: Lewisham Council is expected to make thousands of pounds from fining motorists by rolling out new controlled parking zones across the borough.

Economics

4 hours ago Inside Kylie Jenner's Hello Kitty themed 'sleepover party' for daughter Stormi's 7th birthday

Kylie Jenner has begun preparations for her daughter Stormi's bash ahead of her 7th birthday on February 1st. She shared a behind the scenes look at the adorable decor.

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2 hours ago How to turn a bag of chicken giblets into a classic Italian sauce | Waste not

A surprisingly luxurious sauce from such humble originsThe bag of giblets inside a good chicken includes the heart, liver, neck and sometimes the lungs, kidneys and crop (the throat muscle chickens use to grind up their food). To prepare the giblets, give them a rinse, then cut away any thick fat or ventricles from the top of the heart and liver. Cibrèo is a traditional Florentine sauce made using chicken offal, and often also includes the cockscomb, wattle and gonads, but I’ve adapted it to turn a more accessible bag of giblets into this remarkably flavourful dish. Continue reading...

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6 hours ago Blair says digital IDs will allow Labour to curb illegal immigration and make Britain more efficient

Sir Tony Blair said he believes the public would be willing to sacrifice some privacy to take back control of immigration, crime and benefit fraud.

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3 hours ago Judd Trump's life in Hong Kong – figure skater TV host girlfriend and Ronnie O’Sullivan loophole

Snooker star and former world champion Judd Trump has decided to move away from his native Bristol and will base himself in both Dubai and Hong Kong for the foreseeable future

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7 hours ago Trump White House marks Black History Month while Defense Department declares 'identity months dead'

The Trump White House has issued a proclamation recognizing February as Black History Month around the same time the Defense Department issued guidance declaring “identity months dead.”

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7 hours ago Trump administration erases mention of climate change and LGBTQ+ health data from key government sites

The changes come amid an overhaul of most Biden-era policies

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9 hours ago Aviation expert's sickening admission about DC plane crash at 'dangerous' Reagan airport

Daily Mail's reporters broke down the red flags that pointed to a potential on-air collision on the latest episode of Welcome to Magaland: Inside Trump's Second 100 Days. Listen now.

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7 hours ago A list of government web pages that have gone dark to comply with Trump orders

U.S. government websites have gone dark as agencies scrambled to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive orders declaring his administration would recognize only two genders and ordering an end to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives

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9 hours ago Trump drops European Union tariff bombshell as astonishing new front opens up in global trade war

On the eve of new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, President Trump said he would 'absolutely' slap them on the European Union as well. It was not immediately clear when.

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8 hours ago Trump admits tariffs may cause ‘disruption’ as Canada, Mexico, China come into effect: Live

Further tariffs being considered for European Union and for energy, metals, pharmaceuticals, and semiconductor sectors

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9 hours ago Trump is discussing military strikes against Mexican drug cartels, Pete Hegseth suggests

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump are open to using military force like airstrikes and special forces against drug cartels in Mexico.

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8 hours ago CBS agrees to hand over '60 Minutes' Harris interview transcripts to FCC

CBS says it will turn over unedited transcripts of its October interview with Kamala Harris to the Federal Communications Commission

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10 hours ago Health data and webpages disappear as Trump administration targets 'gender ideology'

A government memo aimed at implementing President Donald Trump’s order rolling back protections for transgender people has rippled through the federal government as agencies scrambled to make changes to strip “gender ideology” from websites, contracts and emails

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8 hours ago Leaders in the Pacific raise alarm over ‘direct impact’ of Trump’s climate retreat and aid freeze

Samoa’s prime minister says US withdrawal from Paris climate agreement is ‘very disappointing’ and puts the survival of Pacific countries at greater riskLeaders and environmental advocates in the Pacific have expressed alarm over Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement and freeze foreign aid, warning the moves will accelerate the existential threats they face as nations on the frontlines of the climate crisis.The Paris agreement is the world’s main effort to address the impacts of the climate crisis. Trump has called it “unfair” and a “rip off”. Continue reading...

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10 hours ago Trump targets FAA diversity efforts in plane crash probe despite no evidence they played any role

President Donald Trump's remarks this week blaming diversity recruitment at the FAA as a potential reason for the plane crash that killed 67 people has drawn attention to the agency’s attempts to address its most pressing and long-standing staffing problem

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8 hours ago Air traffic controllers were initially offered buyouts and told to consider leaving government

Just a day before a deadly midair collision at Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D

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13 hours ago White House stresses 25% tariffs start tomorrow on Mexico and Canada despite reports

The tariffs on Mexico and Canada will start Saturday, the White House confirmed

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13 hours ago Iraq arrests former security official over execution of Shiite cleric who opposed Saddam Hussein

Iraq’s National Security Agency says it has arrested a former high-level security official for his involvement in the 1980 execution of a prominent Shiite cleric and his sister during Saddam Hussein’s brutal crackdown on religious opposition

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9 hours ago Justice Department official orders firing some of some prosecutors who worked on Jan. 6 cases

A top Justice Department official has ordered the firing of some prosecutors who were hired to work on cases against rioters charged in the U.S. Capitol riot, according to memo obtained by The Associated Press

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14 hours ago Trump challenged over his attack on DEI after DC crash as Canada, Mexico tariffs deadline looms: Live

Trump baselessly claims the U.S.’s aviation regulator hired ‘dwarves’ and people with paralysis

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9 hours ago Donald Trump sparks a huge gold rush as the US swipes Britain's bullion

EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump has sparked a gold rush with the US swiping Britain’s bullion leaving London currently facing a shortage as those across the pond stockpile

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15 hours ago Pete Hegseth says Trump is 'exactly right' to blame DEI for DC plane crash and details the key to the probe

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended Donald Trump's criticism of DEI hiring practices in government and revealed new details about the plane crash investigation.

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10 hours ago Mark Robinson is not running for Senate – here’s why that's bad news for Trump

Analysis: North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis has had to appeal to the Trumpian right to avoid a primary challenge. Eric Garcia says Robinson’s departure gives him an opening to pivot to the center and sink some of Trump’s nominees

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15 hours ago Disabled pilot responds after Trump blames diversity and inclusion policies for DC crash

A disabled pilot has called President Trump’s suggestion that diversity and inclusion policies contributed to the Washington DC plane crash a "gut punch" to disabled people.

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10 hours ago David Moyes delivers Everton reality check despite transfer breakthrough

Everton take on Leicester City on Saturday in a huge clash at the bottom of the Premier League, but there's work going on behind the scenes to bolster the Toffees' squad

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15 hours ago 'WW3 has already begun' as we 'prepare for serious conflict with Russia and China'

World's top banker Jamie Dimon has warned the third world war is already upon us and nuclear armageddon poses a much bigger risk to humanity than climate change

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10 hours ago Trump admits tariffs may cause ‘disruption’ as Canada, Mexico, China to be hit tomorrow: Live

Further tariffs being considered for European Union and for energy, metals, pharmaceuticals, and semiconductor sectors

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15 hours ago China is preparing for WW3 with the world's largest military command centre ten times bigger than the Pentagon featuring nuke

The vast facility on the outskirts of Beijin has raised alarm among Western intelligence agencies, who fear it signals Beijing's preparations for a major global conflict.

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