57 h. ago Bezos’s Washington Post jumps to the defense of Trump’s new ballroom: ‘A shot across the bow at NIMBYs everywhere’

The newspaper’s editorial board argued in an op-ed that other presidents have also left their mark on the White House

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4 d. ago MIKEY SMITH: 11 unhinged Donald Trump moments as election chief plotted 'emergency' to rig midterms

Trump's team have gone on the defensive about the demolition of the White House, and one of his senior election chiefs plotted an 'emergency' to rig the midterms.

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5 d. ago UN chief defends science and weather forecasting as Trump threatens both

The United Nations chief has delivered a strong defense of science and weather forecasting as the Trump administration threatens both

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6 d. ago A timeline of US attacks in the Caribbean and what Congress has had to say

In less than two months, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth say the U.S. military has killed 32 people in strikes against drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean Sea

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2 w. ago Department of Fail? Three quarters of Americans say they will keep calling the Pentagon the Department of Defense

Pete Hegseth’s macho rebrand appears not to have struck a chord with voters, according to new polling

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3 w. ago Federal judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from deploying troops in Portland

A federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland

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3 w. ago Trump signs order promising measures, including military, to defend Qatar

Text appears meant to assure the Qataris following Israel’s surprise attack on the country targeting Hamas leadersDonald Trump has signed an executive order vowing to use all measures including US military action to defend the energy-rich nation of Qatar – though it remains unclear just what weight the pledge will carry.The text of the order, available Wednesday on the White House’s website but dated Monday, appears to be another measure by Trump to assure the Qataris following Israel’s surprise attack on the country targeting Hamas leaders as they weighed accepting a ceasefire with Israel over the war in the Gaza Strip. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago What do Trump and Hegseth’s inflammatory speeches to military generals signal? | Moira Donegan

The Trump administration evidently seeks to transform the US military into a partisan tool of the president’s regimeShortly after Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s defense secretary, summoned all the military’s generals to Quantico, Virginia, from their positions around the world in an unusual demand for an in-person assembly, Ben Hodges, a retired general, took to social media to evoke a bit of history. “July 1935,” Hodges said. “German generals were called to a surprise assembly in Berlin and informed that their previous oath to the Weiman constitution was void and that they would be required to swear a personal oath to the Führer. Most generals took the new oath to keep their positions.” Hegseth’s account replied to Hodges post: “Cool story, General”.Yet when the meeting finally happened on Tuesday morning, the army generals and navy admirals were treated to a 45-minute speech by Hegseth, followed by a rambling, hour-long address by Trump, which confirmed at least some of what Hodges ...

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