70 m. ago Donald Trump Jr launches ‘Executive Branch’ membership club with $500k fees

The club’s founding members include entrepreneur David Sacks and the Winklevoss twins

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1 hour ago Trump promised peace but brings rapid increase in civilian casualties to Yemen | Dan Sabbagh

Escalation from US military suggests previous restraints on causing civilian casualties have been relaxed“I am the candidate of peace,” Donald Trump declared on the campaign trail last November. Three months into his presidency, not only is the war in Ukraine continuing and the war in Gaza restarted, but in Yemen, the number of civilian casualties caused by US bombing is rapidly and deliberately escalating.Sixty-eight were killed overnight, the Houthis said, when the US military bombed a detention centre holding African migrants in Saada, north-west Yemen, as part of a campaign against the rebel group. In the words of the US Central Command (Centcom), its purpose is to “restore freedom of navigation” in the Red Sea and, most significantly, “American deterrence”. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Trump’s granddaughter Kai shows off White House bowling alley in behind

Donald Trump’s granddaughter Kai has given a rare behind-the-scenes tour of the White House, revealing a luxurious bowling alley.

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2 h. ago Trump’s 100 days pushes the world toward instability, economic decline and diplomatic crisis

Donald Trump has gutted American diplomacy, disparaged NATO allies, cosied up to autocrats, floated wild ambitions to annexe Greenland, and even suggested Canada should become the 51st state

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2 h. ago The Latest: America’s allies and partners approach China to hedge their bets

As President Donald Trump’s trade war locks the world’s two largest economies on a collision course, nations are being forced to choose between China and the United States

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2 h. ago Philadelphia Eagles star Saquon Barkley responds to backlash over golfing with Donald Trump

Barkley and the Eagles are visiting the White House on Monday to celebrate their Super Bowl win

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2 h. ago Whitehall officials ‘pushing for the Open to return to Trump

Revealed: Sources say bosses at R&A, which organises the annual golf tournament, were quizzed about 2028 eventSenior Whitehall officials have asked golf bosses whether they can host the 2028 Open championship at Donald Trump’s Turnberry course after repeated requests from the US president, sources have said.Officials had asked senior people at the R&A, which organises the world’s oldest major golf championship, what the hurdles would be to hosting the 2028 Open at Turnberry. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Starmer says ‘I don’t trust Putin’ as Russian leader promises 72

Vladimir Putin announced a unilateral three-day ceasefire to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe.

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4 h. ago Canada election 2025 live: voting under way as Trump told to ‘stay out of our election’

Canadians go to the polls after US president’s tariffs and talk of country becoming 51st US state upended electionA record number of people – 7.3 million – have already voted during an early voting period that was held last weekend. That topped the 5.8 million Canadians who voted early at the last federal election in 2021.All ballots in a Canadian federal election are counted by hand in front of witnesses, and the final results are validated over a period of time then made available online. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Who is Pierre Poilievre? Conservative leader who could become Canada’s next prime minister

Canada’s election comes in the shadow of Donald Trump, who has threatened his North American neighbour with tariffs and annexation

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5 h. ago Prince William made hidden 'move' which led to Trump's impromptu Zelensky peace talks at Pope's funeral

Prince William was among the world leaders to attend the funeral of Pope Francis in Vatican City, with the service seeing Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky have a private meeting

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5 h. ago Donald Trump and Brigitte Macron 'broke etiquette rules' with their outfits at Pope Francis' funeral, expert claims

The US President, 78, and the French First Lady, 72, joined world leaders, clergymen, and reigning monarchs in St Peter's Square as the Argentine Pontiff was laid to rest on Saturday.

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6 h. ago Canada election: polls open as shadow of Trump looms over Liberal

Dramatic interventions from US president have upended electionCanadians head to pollsA record number of people – 7.3 million – have already voted during an early voting period that was held last weekend. That topped the 5.8 million Canadians who voted early at the last federal election in 2021.All ballots in a Canadian federal election are counted by hand in front of witnesses, and the final results are validated over a period of time then made available online. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Maga’s sinister obsession with IQ is leading us towards an inhuman future | Quinn Slobodian

A coalition fixated on intelligence is staking the US economy on AI – which will devalue the very skills the right fetishisesOne thing that Donald Trump and his Silicon Valley partners share is an obsession with IQ. Being a “low-IQ individual” is a standard insult in the president’s repertoire, and being “high-IQ” is an equally standard form of praise for those on the tech right. Yet in the drive for US supremacy in artificial intelligence – signalled by the $500bn (£375bn) Stargate project announcement in the White House and an executive order to integrate AI into public education, beginning in kindergarten – there is a hidden irony. If their vision for our economic future is realised, IQ in the sense that they value will lose its meaning.IQ testing arose at a time when the US and other industrialised nations were worried about the health of their populations. Recruitment campaigns for the Boer war in the UK, and then the first world war elsewhere, showed male populations that were...

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7 h. ago Trump to step up immigration crackdown with extra powers for law enforcement – US politics live

Press secretary says president also to sign executive orders increasing pressure on sanctuary cities and statesHere is an extract from The Atlantic’s piece on Trump’s first 100 days – in an interview secured after initially being canceled by the president over previous reporting from the journalists, who then reached the president on his cellphone – detailing some of the key development’s of his second term so far.The president seemed exhilarated by everything he had managed to do in the first two months of his second term: He had begun a purge of diversity efforts from the federal government; granted clemency to nearly 1,600 supporters who had participated in the invasion of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, including those caught beating police officers on camera; and signed 98 executive orders and counting (26 of them on his first day in office). He had fired independent regulators; gutted entire agencies; laid off great swaths of the federal workforce; and invoked 18th-century ...

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7 h. ago Host of CBS’s 60 Minutes rebukes corporate owners Paramount on

Scott Pelley castigated network over news independence pending a sale to Skydance Media requiring Trump’s OKA host of CBS’s 60 Minutes flagship news show rebuked the show’s corporate owners Sunday evening, part of a dispute over journalists’ independence amid a lawsuit from Donald Trump and attempted sale.For decades, the broadcast news program has been a destination for investigative journalism and home to America’s most venerated broadcast journalists – including Sunday evening’s host Scott Pelley. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Daily Star Question of the Week: Have Donald Trump's first 100 days been a success?

Massive rows, massive wars, massive bombs, massive tarriffs, massive trade wars, massive stock market losses, there's no doubt Donald Trumps first 100 days have been big, but have they been good?

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8 h. ago Donald Trump's 100 days of disaster as second term places world in recession, ruin and rebellion

Diplomatic ties are fraying, global markets are tanking, and fears of a catastrophic recession are mounting as the US leader barrels ahead with a reckless agenda after only 100 days in office

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8 h. ago Downing Street hails ‘undoubtedly good’ meeting between Trump and Zelensky

There are suggestions the Ukrainian leader could be willing to cede control of Crimea.

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8 h. ago US tariff war hurting trade with China; M&S tells hundreds of warehouse agency staff not to come to work after cyber

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsBack in Beijing, China’s foreign ministry has said President Xi Jinping had not spoken to Donald Trump.The ministry also denied that the two administrations are in talks to strike a tariff deal, which contradicts a claim from Trump last week.“As far as I know, the two heads of state have not called each other recently,“I would like to reiterate that China and the U.S. have not conducted consultations or negotiations on the tariffs issue. Continue reading...

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