64 m. ago Republicans in Washington circle the wagons around an increasingly damaged Pete Hegseth

Two Republicans are willing to say Trump’s defense secretary acted improperly, but predictably neither one is sticking around, writes John Bowden

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8 h. ago AUKUS will survive Trump, says former defense minister Smith

AUKUS will survive Trump, says former defense minister Smith  abc.net.au

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33 h. ago Canada pivots further away from US in latest defense fund move

Prime Minister Carney has consistently expressed his intention for Canada to strengthen its relationship with the EU

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55 h. ago Hegseth says he did not ‘stick around’ to watch second strike on alleged drug boat, but says admiral made ‘right call’ – US politics live

Defense secretary’s comments comes after Trump said Hegseth ‘didn’t know’ about second strike that killed two shipwrecked survivorsTrump administration is ‘selling out’ admiral to shield Hegseth over boat strikes, officials sayPete Hegseth told US soldiers in Iraq to ignore legal advice on rules of engagementJoseph Gedeon is a politics breaking news reporter based in WashingtonThe FBI director, Kash Patel, is “in over his head” and leading a “chronically under-performing” agency paralyzed by fear and plummeting morale, according to a scathing 115-page report compiled by a national alliance of retired and active-duty FBI special agents and analysts. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago US justice department memo about boat strikes diverges from Trump narrative

Exclusive: Officials frame strikes as self-defense against violence, without naming aggressor, while Trump claims they’re to stop US overdose deathsThe Trump administration is framing its boat strikes against drug cartels in the Caribbean in part as a collective self-defense effort on behalf of US allies in the region, according to three people directly familiar with the administration’s internal legal argument.The legal analysis rests on a premise – for which there is no immediate public evidence – that the cartels are waging armed violence against the security forces of allies like Mexico, and that the violence is financed by cocaine shipments. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Hegseth orders US Navy secretary to investigate Arizona senator Mark Kelly for ‘potentially unlawful comments’

Donald Trump’s defense secretary sends memo to John Phelan asking him to review Kelly’s comments; House Democrats from video confirm FBI is seeking to investigate Senator Mark Kelly has responded to the Pentagon’s announcement that it is investigating the Arizona lawmaker for possible breaches of military law after he joined five other Democratic members of Congress in a video calling for US troops to refuse illegal orders.“I said something that was pretty simple and non controversial, and that was that members of the military should follow the law,” Kelly said in an MS NOW interview with Rachel on Monday. “And in response to that, Donald Trump said I should be executed.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Government must make ‘hard choices and change course’, CBI boss to say

Rain Newton-Smith will tell ministers and business leaders that firms are worried the UK could ‘risk getting locked in a stop-start economy’.

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2 w. ago Trump's heinous 'piggy' insult for female reporter ignites jaw

MAGA loyalists online are claiming Trump's 'piggy' insult was misinterpreted by Democrats.

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2 w. ago Number of young people not in work, education or training ‘a scandal’ – minister

Skills minister Baroness Jacqui Smith said it is ‘a waste of young lives’ when young people are not in education, employment or training.

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2 w. ago Melania's subtle gesture to Saudi prince as she stuns in strapless green gown after Trump's extraordinary Oval Office defense sparked outrage

Melania Trump stunned in a strapless emerald dress - to match Saudi Arabia 's flag - as she joined President Trump in hosting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for a dinner.

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2 w. ago Supreme court to review Trump policy of limiting asylum claims at border

Trump administration’s claim it has authority to ‘meter’ applications may turn on definition of arriving in USThe US supreme court agreed on Monday to hear a defense by the Trump administration of the government’s authority to limit the processing of asylum claims at ports of entry along the US-Mexico border.The court took up the administration’s appeal of a lower court’s determination that the “metering” policy, under which US immigration officials could stop asylum seekers at the border and decline to process their claims, violated federal law. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Hegseth says six people killed in two new US attacks on alleged drug boats

US defense secretary says without providing evidence that dead from strikes in eastern Pacific were ‘narco-terrorists’US forces struck two more alleged drug trafficking boats off the coast of South America, killing six people, the Trump administration’s defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has said.The US began carrying out such strikes – which some experts say amount to extrajudicial killings even if they target known traffickers – in early September, taking aim at vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. Continue reading...

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