42 h. ago US planning to deport migrants to Libya despite ‘hellish’ conditions – reports

Libya’s provisional government has denied claims flight could happen as soon as this weekThe Trump administration is planning to deport a group of migrants to Libya, according to reports, despite the state department’s previous condemnation of the “life-threatening” prison conditions in the country.Libya’s provisional government has denied the reports. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago MIKEY SMITH: 7 unhinged things Donald Trump did in 24 hours as he says Catholics 'can't take a joke'

He wants to reopen Alcatraz, slap movie firms with massive tariffs - and he's still trying to bankrupt Harvard University. Here's a roundup of the most insane things to happen in Trump world in the last day or so

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2 w. ago Recession ‘absolutely’ will happen if Trump’s tariffs remain, top financial expert says

‘We will have bankruptcies of retailers of very significant magnitudes if this is allowed to continue,’ Torsten Slok says

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3 w. ago Bernie Sanders rally in LA draws thousands to protest Trump: ‘We can’t just let this happen’

US Vermont senator’s tour with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes has been drawing record-breaking crowds since FebruaryThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders drew a record-breaking crowd at his rally in Los Angeles on Saturday, which included musical acts from Joan Baez and Neil Young, who encouraged the crowd to “take America back”.Sanders’s Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go from Here tour has been drawing massive crowds. Aided by the progressive New York representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the team set the record in Tempe, Arizona, for biggest-ever political rally in that state three weeks ago. In Denver, Colorado, more than 34,000 people showed up – a career-high crowd for the 83-year-old Sanders. Saturday in Los Angeles saw another record: at least 36,000 people packed a downtown park. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Could there be an upside to Trump’s unhinged attacks on Canada? | Chris Michael

The US president has inadvertently united the country against him – and now his tariffs may make Canada rethink its dependence on US tradeDonald Trump is rather obviously the worst thing to happen to Canada since, well, the last time Americans tried to invade. But another possibility is brewing, if in a quiet, careful, Canuckian way: that he could also be one of the best.Trump’s threats towards Canada appear delusional. But it’s useless to ask if his remarks about the “51st state” are a joke. He doesn’t joke about things he doesn’t want, and the jokes are designed to soften the ground. He says Canada is freeloading militarily (because the two countries both defend the Arctic). He says the US is subsidising Canada economically (because Americans buy Canadian oil). He says fentanyl is flooding over the border (it isn’t). He wants to renegotiate that border, calling it “artificial” (like every other border on Earth). Now he has taken concrete action, slamming 25% tariffs on the crucial...

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last month Donald Trump insists 'China wants deal badly and it will happen' in social media rant

Donald Trump has posted about China after Beijing threatened to fight the president's recent Liberation Day tariffs of 34% against the nation with reciprocal measures

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