65 h. ago Black churches back embattled Smithsonian African American history museum after Trump's order

Some Black churches are pledging to support the National Museum of African American History and Culture following an executive order by President Donald Trump alleging exhibits there and at other Smithsonian Institution sites have expressed a “divisive, race-centered ideology.”

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3 d. ago Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper again flames Donald Trump for historic economic bungle

Then he tried to make it worse with threats to fire Federal Reserve chairman, which sent the market spiraling

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5 d. ago Donald Trump's WWE Wrestlemania history as President rumoured for Vegas appearance

The US President has a long history affiliated with WWE, even having performed in the wrestling competition's Battle of the Billionaires, but will he make a surprise return this weekend?

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6 d. ago Trump administration’s letter of demands to Harvard that sparked standoff ‘sent without authorization’

The letter from the White House’s task force on antisemitism triggered a standoff between the Trump administration and the historic institution that continues to rumble on

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8 d. ago Allies At War by Tim Bouverie: A history lesson for Donald Trump

A brilliant account of double-dealing between the Allies in WWII shows the mistake Roosevelt made - with the result that the Russians came out on top...

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9 d. ago Donald Trump could close historic US Consulate in Edinburgh as part of DOGE cut backs

The United States has had a continual government presence in the Scots capital since the 18th century.

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1 week ago Trump lashes out at Zelenskyy as Witkoff signals Putin’s wider security demands – Europe live

US president questions Ukraine counterpart’s competency as his envoy outlines ‘detail attached’ to any peace dealDavid Shimer, the former director for eastern Europe and Ukraine on Joe Biden’s national security council, writes for the Guardian today, asking “two key questions for Ukraine’s European allies” as he worries about the US military aid ceasing soon.The war between Russia and Ukraine is approaching a historic turning point: unless the Trump administration adjusts course, US military aid for Ukraine is about to cease.Since taking office, Trump has not approved a single military aid package for Ukraine. Even if Trump were to reverse course and utilize this remaining drawdown authority, the amount available is insufficient to sustain US support for Ukraine over time. To do that, Congress would need to approve additional Ukraine funding, which will not happen while the Republican party controls both chambers and the White House. As a result, the era of US military aid to Ukrain...

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1 week ago US military aid for Ukraine is about to cease. Is Europe ready? | David Shimer

Putin is planning for this war to continue. That leaves two key questions for Ukraine’s European alliesDavid Shimer was the director for eastern Europe and Ukraine on Joe Biden’s National Security CouncilThe war between Russia and Ukraine is approaching a historic turning point: unless the Trump administration adjusts course, US military aid for Ukraine is about to cease.In the months before leaving office, Joe Biden made a series of decisions to augment Ukraine’s stockpiles of vital munitions. Toward the end of 2024, the Department of Defense surged hundreds of thousands of artillery rounds, thousands of rockets and hundreds of armored vehicles to Ukraine, and that December, he approved an additional $1.25bn security assistance package for Ukraine, which has enabled the continued flow of US arms ever since (with the exception of the damaging pause ordered by Donald Trump in March).David Shimer served on the White House National Security Council from 2021-25, including as the direct...

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1 week ago The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s Congo deal: mineral riches for protection | Editorial

Faced with regional chaos and shrinking options, Kinshasa seeks terms of trade that echo the old extractive order in modern disguise“The vilest scramble for loot that has ever disfigured the history of human conscience” is how Joseph Conrad described colonial-era concessions granted to private companies for Congo’s natural resources in Heart of Darkness. Under Donald Trump, that scramble may be back. If news reports are right, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is offering the US a blunt deal: minerals for military help – a slice of sovereignty traded for a shot at stability.The concern is this isn’t a return, it’s a sequel. For three decades, Washington supported Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, a cold war ally and brutal dictator who looted the Congo until his 1997 fall. That history of power politics still casts a long shadow. The Trump administration openly favours muscle over diplomacy. Fadhel Kaboub, an associate professor of economics at Denison University, notes that Biden-era ...

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2 w. ago US risky debt funds hit by historic outflows as Trump’s tariffs shake markets

Investors rush away from junk bonds and leveraged loans on rising recession fears

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2 w. ago US stocks fall again after rally following Trump’s shock retreat on tariffs

Sell-off comes amid anger from Democrats over retreat that rattled markets, while Republicans praise Trump’s ‘art of the deal’ in actionUS politics live – latest updatesUS stocks fell again on Thursday after a historic rally following Donald Trump’s shock retreat on Wednesday on the hefty tariffs he had just imposed on dozens of countries.The falls came as the president blamed “transition problems” for the market reaction and the sell-off deepened after a White House clarification noted that total tariffs on China had been raised by 145% since Trump took office. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump live updates: US stocks plunge day after historic surge in response to president’s 90

S&P 500 down five percent in midday trading, cutting into 9.5 percent surge that came on Wednesday after president paused many of his global tariffs

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2 w. ago Trump live updates: US stocks plunge day after historic soar in response to president’s 90

S&P 500 down five percent in midday trading, cutting into 9.5 percent surge that came on Wednesday after president paused many of his global tariffs

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2 w. ago Stock markets tumble day after Trump’s tariff pause erasing most of the record gains seen Wednesday

After a day of historic gains, the markets tumbled as uncertainty reigns following Trump’s tariff plan pause

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2 w. ago How Trump just made EVERYONE'S iPhone more expensive. The truth about how much more it could cost. And can the most complex supply chain in history really be relocated to America?

It is near-ubiquitous on Britain's high streets. But experts say Donald Trump's new trade tariffs on China - which is the world's greatest producer of the iPhone - could send its cost soaring.

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2 w. ago Why Trump just made EVERYONE's iPhone more expensive. The truth about how much more it could cost. And can the most complex supply chain in history really be relocated to America?

It is near-ubiquitous on Britain's high streets. But experts say Donald Trump's new trade tariffs on China - which is the world's greatest producer of the iPhone - could send its cost soaring.

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2 w. ago China vows to fight tariffs to end, saying trade with US is already balanced

China again vowed to “fight to the end” against Donald Trump’s tariffs in a lengthy policy statement published Wednesday, while arguing that trade between the two countries is in balance as a 104% tax on the country’s exports to the U.S. came into effect

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2 w. ago The Latest: US stocks rise as global financial markets show signs of relief

Stocks are rising on Wall Street and around the world to recover some of the historic losses since last week when President Donald Trump announced sharp increases in taxes on goods imported to the U.S. The S&P 500 was up 3.4% in early trading Tuesday

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2 w. ago Trump will help plant a sapling to replace a historic White House tree cut down over safety concerns

President Donald Trump is set to help plant a sapling to replace a historic White House tree that had to be cut down due to safety concerns

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2 w. ago ‘Everything is political’: how film can guide us through difficult times

As Trump’s divisive second term threatens the liberties of many Americans, movies from Z to Spartacus to V for Vendetta have become more and more relevantFrom its opening frame, Costa-Gavras’s political thriller Z promises to be an unflinching denunciation of authoritarianism. The kinetic camera work matches its forthright narrative of state-sponsored violence and the erosion of democracy. The Greek expatriate director’s film is loosely based on the 1963 assassination of the democratic leader Grigoris Lambrakis and although it was released in 1969, when Costa-Gavras reigned as a political storyteller, the film still has something to say today in this “golden age” for the United States.In the flurry of Donald Trump’s executive orders, I found myself watching Z again as I contemplated how we arrived at this political moment – the polarization, disinformation, corruption and complicity by individuals and institutions that precede and abet the collapse of democracy – and what cinema can...

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