5 hours ago Trump vows to rename Denali, North America’s tallest mountain, as Mount McKinley

Democratic former President Barack Obama renamed the mountain using the local natives’ name of Denali in 2015, after a decades-long naming battleUS president-elect Donald Trump has said he will rename Denali, Alaska natives’ name for North America’s tallest mountain, after William McKinley, the 25th US president who was assassinated in 1901.Democratic former President Barack Obama in 2015 officially renamed the mountain as Denali, siding with the state of Alaska and ending a decades-long naming battle. The peak had been officially called Mount McKinley since 1917. Continue reading...

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11 hours ago Donald Trump says 'Putin wants to meet me as soon as possible' to end Ukraine war

US President-elect Donald Trump addressed a MAGA happy crowd at AmFest in Phoenix today (December 22) as he told the crowd about his conversation with Vladimir Putin

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17 hours ago Mandelson must make his voice ‘the most important’ as ambassador to US – Darroch

The former British ambassador in Washington also said life under a Donald Trump presidency will be ‘like a 24/7 bar-room brawl’.

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19 hours ago How The Apprentice creator Mark Burnett went from east London to Donald Trump's inner circle (via the Falklands)

Donald Trump's new choice of special envoy to the UK is making a return of sorts to his roots - having grown up in east London before fighting for Britain in the Falklands.

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19 hours ago How The Apprentice creator Mark Burnett went from east London to Donald Trump's inner circle (via the Falkland

How The Apprentice creator Mark Burnett went from east London to Donald Trump's inner circle (via the Falkland  Daily Mail

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19 hours ago Inside Joe Exotic's sad Christmas behind bars as he begs Donald Trump for freedom

Tiger King's Joe Exotic is repeating his plea for freedom five years after his conviction on 17 federal charges and has opened up on the apparent conditions he'll face in jail this Christmas

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22 hours ago Faced with Trump and Farage, Britain’s natural ally is Europe | William Keegan

The Labour party’s determination to stick to Brexit simply condemns the UK to fight a lone hand against the far-right forces ranged against itThe sight of other world leaders toadying up to the US president-elect – the criminal Donald Trump – and his henchman Elon Musk is distasteful enough, but in the world of realpolitik they probably feel they have no option.The great American journalist HL Mencken did not live to see the fulfilment of his 1920 prophecy that “one day the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and complete narcissistic moron” but he is no doubt turning in his grave. Continue reading...

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23 hours ago Fox News star quits show after nearly 30 years and as one of the only anchors to criticise Donald Trump

In a statement Fox News said that Neil Cavuto's career was "illustrious" and had been a "master class in journalism"

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23 hours ago UK must not make Putin's mistake as Trump's return increases risk of Ukraine War escalation

Donald Trump’s decidedly lukewarm support for Ukraine have raised fears he will cut off US military support

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