2 h. ago Zohhran Mamdani elected Mayor of New York in major headache for Donald Trump

The result is likely to infuriate the US President, who has branded Mamdani a "communist". Trump had repeatedly threatened to cut off funding to America's biggest city if Mamdani was elected

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5 h. ago A cultural revolution? Trump’s America feels oddly familiar to those watching from China

Demands of absolute loyalty and attacks on institutions have raise memories of Mao-style chaos from US watchers in ChinaWhen Vickie Wang, a budding standup comedian, gets on stage in New York, she’s not just thinking about what jokes to crack. She’s also thinking about which ones to avoid. “I don’t criticise the administration directly,” she said. Or if she does, she makes sure it’s not recorded for social media. “I would never publicly publish something where I directly criticise the government I think it’s a learned behaviour from China”.Wang, 39, lived in Shanghai for nearly a decade, leaving in 2022. In 2025 she relocated to the US. When she arrived, she went on a frenzy of “revenge bingeing on democracy”, going to talks, protests and diving into New York’s public library. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago I went to America's most divided neighbourhoods and a year of Donald Trump is tearing them apart

Wisconsin voted for Trump by 0.9% last year - so we returned to Milwaukee to see if there's any buyers remorse

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20 h. ago MIKEY SMITH: 6 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he goes on wild rant about Zohran Mamdani

It's election day in America - and Donald Trump is about to have a very bad day. But could his bad day be exactly what he really wants?

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56 h. ago Nearly half in US don’t think Trump or anyone else will make America great again, shocking new poll finds

Trump and Harris voters now agree: ‘Radical change’ is needed to stop the death of the American Dream

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3 d. ago Trump’s military pressure on Maduro evokes Latin America’s coup

US forces and CIA actions target Venezuela’s leader, recalling coups and assassinations across the regionThe ghosts of sometimes deadly Latin American coups of the past are being evoked by Donald Trump’s relentless military buildup targeting Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s autocratic socialist leader, whom Washington has branded a narco-terrorist.Salvador Allende, the democratically elected Marxist president of Chile toppled in a military coup in 1973, and Rafael Trujillo, the longstanding dictator of the Dominican Republic who was assassinated in 1961 in an ambush organized by political opponents, are just two regional leaders whose fates serve as a warning to Maduro. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago “Where would America be without us?” A community of refugees is stunned by White House limits

In Minneapolis, where Somali refugees helped revitalize entire neighborhoods, the community was stunned by the presidential order capping annual refugee admissions at 7,500, the lowest number since the program began in 1980

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4 d. ago Trump calls on Republicans to abolish the Senate filibuster rule

Calling Democrats ‘stone cold crazy’, president says ‘nuclear option’ is necessary to end government shutdownUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump on Thursday night called on Republicans to abolish the Senate filibuster to bring an end to the ongoing government shutdown and the standoff with Democrats.“BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE GONE STONE COLD ‘CRAZY,’ THE CHOICE IS CLEAR – INITIATE THE ‘NUCLEAR OPTION,’ GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER AND, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social account. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Donald Trump's nuclear move branded 'nonsensical' by former Navy officer amid WW3 fears

As President Donald Trump announces America's first nuclear tests since 1992, there are fears he could trigger a new nuclear arms race with China, Russia, and the rest of the world

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4 d. ago UN human rights chief says US strikes on alleged drug boats are 'unacceptable'

The U.N. human rights chief says U.S. military strikes on vessels allegedly carrying illegal drugs from South America are unacceptable and must stop

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5 d. ago ‘Rely on America at your peril’: the vagaries of Trump’s foreign policy

A year on from his re-election, diplomacy is being driven by the personal whims of the president to an extent that is unprecedented in the modern era

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5 d. ago Radio Free Asia says it is halting its news operations due to funding troubles

Radio Free Asia says it is shutting down its news operations starting on Friday

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5 d. ago The challenging history of the South African apartheid movement and America’s right

America’s evangelical Christian community was a strong supporter of the apartheid regime in South Africa

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5 d. ago Mushroom clouds over Vegas? What Trump’s nuclear weapons tests could mean for America and the world

Trump’s command risks a global arms race while the Doomsday clock ticks closer than ever to midnight, experts say

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6 d. ago Could Trump really become King of America? He's planning a family dynasty, bullies the courts and has put out videos of himself wearing a crown... now fears are growing

TOM LEONARD: They chose to release them on the same day that nearly seven million Americans took to the streets for the 'No Kings' mass rallies against Trump's autocratic behaviour.

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6 d. ago Trump live: Hot mic catches president discussing Xi talks while tribal nations warn federal shutdown will spark hunger crisis

Trump ‘has strengthened China’s hand while weakening America’s leverage,’ a new report from Senate Democrats states

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7 d. ago Trump who has long promoted America First tells US troops to buy Japanese

Trump told U.S. soldiers to buy the Japanese cars following news that Toyota is set to invest $10 billion to build manufacturing plants in America

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9 d. ago Ryan Gosling surprises diners at London restaurant as he and Eva Mendes flee Trump's America

Ryan Gosling surprises diners at London restaurant as he and Eva Mendes flee Trump's America  The Mirror US

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1 week ago New book details infighting behind Trump’s ‘obviously unqualified’ cabinet picks

Retribution, by Jonathan Karl, describes backroom squabbling over Kristi Noem and Sean Duffy appointmentsDonald Trump picked Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary as a personal favour to his former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski despite objections that she was “obviously unqualified”, according to a new book.The factional infighting behind Trump’s cabinet selection, where inexperience was no barrier to success, is detailed by journalist Jonathan Karl in Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign That Changed America. The Guardian obtained a copy. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Inflatable costumes used to deflate tensions at rallies against Trump, in photos

Protesters have taken to wearing oversized inflatable costumes to deflate tensions and draw attention at rallies against Trump administration’s policies. Crowds across the U.S. and abroad rallied Saturday during “No Kings” demonstrations against what they call a slide into authoritarianism under President Donald Trump. Republicans dismissed the gatherings as “Hate America” rallies, but many had a festive feel. The trend began several weeks ago in Portland, Oregon, when a protester showed up at nightly protests wearing an inflatable frog costume. Now, crowds in that city that gather daily and nightly outside an immigration facility have further embraced the absurd, donning inflatable frog, unicorn, axolotl, dinosaur and banana costumes.

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