13 h. ago Barron Trump tipped for top job at TikTok after dad tells users they ‘owe’ him for saving platform

The president has previously claimed that users ‘owe’ Barron Trump for saving the social media platform in a video from the Oval Office

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3 d. ago Solar and wind power has grown faster than electricity demand this year, report says

A new analysis of solar and wind power shows its generation worldwide has outpaced electricity demand this year

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3 d. ago Trump sends Navy officers absolutely wild as he rips Barack 'Hussein' Obama: 'Have you heard of him?'

While speaking to the military officers, Trump claimed that his former White House doctor said he was a healthier president than Barack Obama and George W. Bush.

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3 d. ago ‘Supremely satisfying’: why Strictly Ballroom is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers explaining their favourite comfort watches is a recommendation of Baz Luhrmann’s irresistible audience hitStuck on the wall above the desk where I write is a Post-it note, which I look at for inspiration whenever I feel that the chapter I’m working on needs some extra oomph. If you’ve seen Strictly Ballroom, Baz Luhrmann’s 1992 directorial debut, the words on it – Scott’s knee-slide – will be immediately and ecstatically familiar. If not, allow me to introduce you to what is, for my money, one of the most purely enjoyable films ever made.Scott Hastings, the son of two retired ballroom dancers who now run a teaching studio, is a future champion. Or he would be, if he didn’t keep deviating from the stiff steps laid down by the Australian Dance Federation’s Barry Fife (a Trumpian ogre in a toupee) and throwing in his own moves. When his dancing partner dumps him after he goes rogue during a competition, Fran, the studio’s wallflower, offers to take o...

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4 d. ago After being benched by the Vikings, Jordan Addison plays hero in London

After being benched by the Vikings, Jordan Addison plays hero in London  Pioneer Press

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6 d. ago LA City Hall evacuated after driver with note addressed to Trump crashes into steps and barricades himself

Officials say Los Angeles’s City Hall was evacuated after a car crashed into the steps of the building

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7 d. ago Trump’s crackdown on lawyers shows ‘no place is immune’, says US bar chief

Michelle Behnke says lawyers from around the world have given support as ABA challenges ‘policy of intimidation’The Trump administration’s crackdown on lawyers it does not like is something people thought “could never happen in the United States”, the president of the American Bar Association (ABA) has said.In an interview with the Guardian, Michelle Behnke, who was in London for a gathering on the safety and protection of lawyers, said the ABA was used to dispensing advice to associations in other countries but the tables had turned to an extent. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Donald Trump's son Barron, 19, shuts down entire floor of Trump Tower for a date

Donald and Melania Trump's son Barron, 19, recently had a date at Trump Tower in New York - and an entire floor was shut down for security reasons, according to a source

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9 d. ago First son Barron Trump went on a date — and it wreaked havoc inside Trump Tower: report

The romantic hang was at home solely because of security concerns, the report said

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9 d. ago Trump compliments Obama’s ability to walk down stairs in rambling speech to military leaders

Watch as Donald Trump raises Barack Obama’s “great” ability to walk down the stairs in a rambling speech to military leaders.

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9 d. ago UFC boss Dana White lifts lid on surprising talk with Barack Obama at Donald Trump inauguration

White is a close friend of US president Donald Trump and is planning a UFC event at the White House in 2026

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9 d. ago Donald Trump's massive son closes down entire floor of Trump Towers for a date

Barron Trump, the son of former US President Donald Trump and Melania, has been worth $150 million thanks to his family's negotiations and is now a ladies' man in college

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1 week ago Michigan church shooting latest: Man drives through barricade near scene as Trump calls rampage an ‘attack on Christians’

Police believe attacker ‘deliberately’ set fire to the Church of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township

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1 week ago ‘Free speech for me, not for thee’: how Trump’s censorship blitz is splitting the right

After Charlie Kirk’s killing, the US president has unleashed an assault on free speech. Some conservatives are questioning his razor sharp U-turnIt has taken barely two weeks for Donald Trump to turn the horrific killing of Charlie Kirk to his political advantage, unleashing an unprecedented peacetime assault on free speech and a free press on the back of the assassination.Since Kirk’s death, the president and his top team have:forced a private media company to suspend late-night TV star Jimmy Kimmel for inaccurate comments he made about Kirk’s suspected shooter;threatened other TV networks with losing their licences should they say things Trump doesn’t like;vowed to prosecute “hate speech” that is fully protected under the first amendment;declared antifa a terrorist organisation in an indiscriminate attack on political ideology;and told journalists covering the Pentagon that they will have their access revoked unless they agree to restrictions on their reporting. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘Dangerous abuse of power’: lawmakers sound alarm over Comey indictment

Democrats and legal experts say indictment is latest sign Trump is turning justice system into weapon to silence criticsFor Donald Trump, the indictment of former FBI director and longtime foe James Comey was,“justice in America”. Legal observers and lawmakers see something far more troubling.A former Republican appointed to lead the bureau by Barack Obama and kept on by Trump until he fired him in 2017, Comey was indicted Thursday on charges related to allegedly lying to Congress five years ago during a hearing on the FBI’s investigation into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago JD Vance turns on Donald Trump as he makes 'very simple' Tylenol claim

President Donald Trump was criticised by his Vice President and also his predecessor, Barack Obama, after his comments about pregnant women taking Tylenol

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2 w. ago Obama says Trump linking paracetamol to autism is ‘violence against the truth’

Former president says successor’s claims about drug branded Tylenol in US ‘undermines public health that can do harm to women’Barack Obama has said Donald Trump’s claims linking paracetamol to autism in infants is “violence against the truth” that could harm pregnant women if they were too scared to take pain relief.Obama, who was being interviewed by David Olusoga at the O2 Arena, told the audience that Trump’s claims about paracetamol – branded as Tylenol in the US – had been “continuously disproved” and posed a danger to public health. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Donald Trump Ryder Cup appearance plans laid bare as Team Europe speak out

Justin Rose opens up on US President’s visit to Bethpage State Park for opening day of team clash

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2 w. ago Trump delivered an embarassing performance at the UN general assembly | Mohamad Bazzi

This was Trump unfiltered and unleashed – as he has been since the start of his second term, with no restraint and no need for even the mildest nicetiesFor almost an hour on Tuesday, Donald Trump stood at the podium of the UN general assembly, where presidents, kings and statesmen have delivered some of the most important and moving speeches in modern history. But Trump delivered a long and humiliating rant, filled with personal grievances and attacks on the UN, European leaders, migration policies and clean energy.Trump set a low bar with his often rambling and incoherent campaign speeches, but it was still an embarrassing performance for the US president on the global stage. In his past appearances before the general assembly, Trump generally stuck to his prepared remarks and did not hector US allies sitting in the audience. But this was Trump unfiltered and unleashed – as he has been since the start of his second term, with no domestic or international restraint on his power and ...

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2 w. ago Barrio 18 gang designated as foreign terrorist organization by Trump administration

Barrio 18, largely based in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, originated in the United States as a street gang in Los Angeles

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