6 h. ago 7 unsettling things Donald Trump did in last 24 hours as he sacks top military chief

Donald Trump unexpectedly sacked the most senior member of the US military - only the second black person to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs - after Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth demanded a clear out of "woke" and "DEI" generals

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23 h. ago Zelensky surrenders to Trump and 'will sign mineral deal within hours'

Donald Trump appears to have won his trade standoff with Volodymyr Zelensky , as the Ukrainian president is set to give in and sign a deal giving the U.S. access to deposits of minerals.

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30 h. ago Senate passes budget funding Trump’s mass deportations; Pentagon reportedly delays firing civilians – US politics live

Republicans approve spending plan that will pay for hardline immigration policies; sackings on hold amid concerns they could hit military readinessMass firings could cause ‘monumental’ bill, say expertsNational security adviser Mike Waltz told a crowd of Donald Trump loyalists that he believes the president will receive the Nobel peace prize.“This is the presidency of peace. He’s going to end the war in Europe. He is going to end the wars in the Middle East. He is going to reinvest the United States and our leadership in our own hemisphere, from the Arctic to the border to Panama all the way down to our good friends in Argentina,” Waltz told the Conservative Political Action Conference.The pause comes after CNN reported on Wednesday that the mass terminations, which could affect over 50,000 civilian employees across the Pentagon, could run afoul of Title 10 section 129a of the US code. Following that report, Pentagon lawyers began reviewing the legality of the planned terminations m...

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57 h. ago How will Trump and Musk’s freeze on USAid affect millions around the world?

Immediately after his inauguration, the US president and the head of Doge froze funding for all foreign assistance, creating chaos for staff and for humanitarian projects, charities, governments and people around the worldWithin hours of taking office on 20 January, the US president, Donald Trump, announced an immediate 90-day freeze on all US foreign assistance, including over $40bn (£32bn) for international projects coming from USAid, the US Agency for International Development.In that time, there would be a review conducted to ensure the agency was backing work that aligned with the administration’s “America First” agenda. Waivers were later announced for “lifesaving humanitarian assistance” but it was quickly apparent the guidelines were confusing and contradictory. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Donald Trump asks baffling question about 'condoms for Hamas' in latest mad ramblings

Donald Trump has made another rambling speech about public expenditure hours after making wild claims against Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky where he went as far as to call him a 'dictator'

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3 d. ago Six wild and troubling things Donald Trump and Elon Musk did in last 24 hours after joint interview

As well as a weird joint interview and a deeply troubling press conference - the Donald relaxed at a party attended by several convicted felons - and Russell Brand

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3 d. ago Trump savages Zelensky and green lights Europe putting peacekeeping troops in Ukraine

Hours after his negotiators met with their Russian counterparts, Trump blamed Zelensky for the war in his country, saying: 'You should have ended it - three years, you should have never started it.

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4 d. ago Donald Trump began firing hundreds of FAA staff hours before Delta Air Lines Toronto flight crash horror

Flight CRJ-900 was inbound to Ontario from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport when it skidded on the ice and flipped over, but amazingly only around fifteen people were injured after a chilling warning

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5 d. ago Horror crash at Daytona 500 as car flies through the air and flips over... hours after Donald Trump appearance

His car flipped over and came crashing back down on to the track - as sparks flew everywhere - during the scary wreck. The crash occurred after Christopher Bell veered into the wall and bounced back.

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