2 hours ago Trump’s defense pick Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny over sexual assault claims and attacks on UN and Nato – US politics live

Hegseth comments on the Geneva conventions and new sexual misconduct allegations raise questions over suitability to lead PentagonTrump Pentagon pick urges US to ignore Geneva conventionsIn the last three days president-elect Donald Trump finished up making his major cabinet announcements.If you missed them, here is a quick roundup.Trump chose Brooke Rollins, president of the America First Policy Institute, to be agriculture secretary.Trump named Scott Bessent, a longtime hedge-fund investor who taught at Yale University for several years, to serve as Treasury secretary.Trump picked Russ Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget. Vought was OMB chief during Trump’s previous term in office and has been deeply involved in Project 2025 in recent years.Trump announced Sebastian Gor...

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3 hours ago Cop29 key moments: from $300 billion deal to controversial 'oil and gas are a gift from God' statement

One common goal among negotiators in Baku was preventing a second Donald Trump presidency from undermining years of careful climate discussions

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5 hours ago RFK Jr will cut prescription drugs and increase weed and psychedelics access

Trump’s health department pick has expressed distrust of pharmaceuticals and attacked ‘suppression of psychedelics’Public health experts are concerned that, if confirmed, Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) – Robert F Kennedy Jr – could upend access to pharmaceutical drugs in favor of more experimental treatments.Kennedy, who the president-elect picked earlier this month, has repeatedly expressed distrust for pharmaceuticals, and criticized the FDA for its “aggressive suppression of psychedelics”. On his podcast, he called the US “the sickest country in the world”, blaming its healthcare system for devoting billions to “the pills and the potions and the powders rather than on actually getting people healthy, building their immune syst...

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7 hours ago The UN has failed us on Gaza. We need to decolonize and radically reform it | Omar Barghouti

By decolonizing, I mean a transformative process that embeds the views of marginalized and most affected communitiesWell before US president-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated in January 2025, the UN has been atrophying in power, credibility, and even relevance. The international organization has faced many challenges since its establishment in 1945 in the shadow of the most horrific chapter in modern human history. Yet few chapters of the UN have been darker than its meek looking on as Israel livestreams the genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza with “total impunity”.The fact that Israel’s ongoing genocide is armed, funded and shielded from accountability by powerful western states, led by the US, has made this impunity more blatant than ever. Western hypocrisy in slapping R...

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11 hours ago Stock market today: Asian shares mostly gain after Trump picks billionaire for Treasury post

Shares are mostly higher in Asia, tracking last week's gains on Wall Street

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13 hours ago Trump plans to kick transgender troops out of the military with 15,000 service members to be 'medically discharged' on his first day in office, report claims

President elect Donald Trump reportedly plans to issue an executive order on his 'first day in office' to ban transgender members of the military.

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16 hours ago Fox News pundit makes shock personal revelation while arguing against Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense

Fox News contributor Leslie Marshall spoke out against Pete Hegseth's nomination for Secretary of Defense by Donald Trump, making a personal admission that swayed her opinion.

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19 hours ago GOP senators warned they must ‘step up’ to approve Trump Cabinet picks or face recess appointments

Donald Trump could appoint ‘temporary’ leaders for major agencies without Senate approval - but one GOP senator has urged potential objectors to get on board before that happens

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20 hours ago Donald Trump, Scottish independence, Brexit: Why there is an escape from our toxic political debates

Restorative justice, which uses the power of constructive dialogue to resolve issues great and small, can help us get through what feels like the age of rage

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21 hours ago Chilling list of every US criminal who has asked Donald Trump for a presidential pardon

After issuing clemency to 143 individuals back in 2021, Donald Trump has been inundated with requests from disgraced politicians, Netflix stars and rappers as he heads to the White House

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