86 m. ago Judge denies Trump administration’s attempt to dismiss Mahmoud Khalil’s challenge to his deportation – live

Judge also rules case of detained Palestinian activist should be heard in New Jersey, not LouisianaExclusive: Mahmoud Khalil says he’s being targeted for political beliefsDemocratic congressman Glenn Ivey told constituents at a town hall meeting in his Maryland district that Chuck Schumer, the Senate’s Democratic minority leader, should step down from his position after a bitter intraparty fight over government funding last week, HuffPost reports.Ivey is the first member of Congress to say Schumer should leave his leadership position, after the leader supplied enough votes to pass a Republican-backed government funding bill through the Senate. House Democrats had near-unanimously rejected the measure, and many in the party believe Schumer, who argued the bill was better than allowing a shutdown that could be exploited by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, gave up leverage he could have used against the administration. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Pentagon reportedly planning to cut workforce by at least 50,000 – US politics live

Cuts are expected to come from hiring freezes, dismissing some probationary workers and by people taking up an offer to resignDonald Trump’s zeal to roll back environmental regulations could have real impacts on health in the United States, reports the Guardian’s Oliver Milman, Dharna Noor and Aliya Uteuova:A push by Donald Trump’s administration to repeal a barrage of clean air and water regulations may deal a severe blow to US public health, with a Guardian analysis finding that the targeted rules were set to save the lives of nearly 200,000 people in the years ahead. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Elon Musk’s xAI and Nvidia join BlackRock and Microsoft’s $30bn AI fund

Tech groups and financial institutions join forces in plans to build data centres and energy projects to underpin AI boom

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3 h. ago Elon Musk accused of 'destroying' Tesla’s brand by being on 'wrong side' of buyers

Teslas were once a symbol of progressive values, but after Elon Musk's foray into politics, many liberals have boycotted the firm as many of its core customers feel alienated by its CEO

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4 h. ago Biggest JFK file revelations as we asked Elon Musk's AI – here's what it told us

EXCLUSIVE: The Daily Star turned to Elon Musk's artificial intelligence-powered large language model called Grok to find out what the seven biggest JFK files revelations are

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6 h. ago All the biggest bombshells from JFK assassination files released by Donald Trump

Previously heavily classified files on the 1963 assassination of President John F Kennedy have been released to the public overnight, with several shock revelations within

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8 h. ago Musk exposes chilling new conspiracy against him and Tesla: 'I've never seen anything like this'

Musk went on Fox News and said there's a vast conspiracy against him and Tesla that potentially puts his life in danger. He believes the anger focused at him is due to his waste-cutting efforts.

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8 h. ago FBI’s joint terrorism task force investigating latest arson attack on Tesla facility

An investigation into another arson attack on Teslas has been elevated to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, officials have revealed.

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9 h. ago All the biggest bombshells in new JFK assassination files as Trump's own national security team is left stunned

The new trove of top secret files released on the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy left experts trawling for new clues and Donald Trump's own staff scrambling.

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10 h. ago CBS' '60 Minutes' is unflinching in its White House coverage in the shadow of Trump's $20B lawsuit

As CBS' parent company considers settlement of President Donald Trump's lawsuit against “60 Minutes,” America’s storied newsmagazine is pulling no punches in its coverage of the new administration

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10 h. ago Violent attacks on Tesla dealerships spike as Musk takes prominent role in Trump White House

Attacks on property carrying the logo of Elon Musk’s electric-car company are cropping up from coast to coast and even overseas

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13 h. ago Conor Mcgregor enters the political ring: How shamed UFC fighter teased Irish presidential bid backed by Elon Musk months before launching anti

Conor McGregor used his podium at the White House on Monday to rally against what he called an 'illegal immigration racket ravaging our country' in a fiery rant

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14 h. ago Controversial boxer Imane Khelif sends fierce warning to Donald Trump over LA Olympics after gender storm

Khelif was at the center of a bitter furor during last year's Olympics, when she was criticized by the likes of Trump, Elon Musk and JK Rowling.

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17 h. ago Howard Lutnick touts Elon Musk’s Starlink for US broadband scheme

Commerce secretary urges officials to consider Trump adviser’s satellite connection for rural households

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18 h. ago Musk and Doge’s USAid shutdown likely violated US constitution, judge rules

Judge halts efforts to fire USAid workers, a major setback in administration’s attempts to bulldoze federal governmentNever miss global breaking news. Download our free app to keep up with key stories in real time.A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that Elon Musk and the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) likely violated the US constitution by shutting down USAid, ordering the Trump administration to reverse some of the actions it took to dismantle the agency.The decision by US district judge Theodore Chuang was sweeping in its scope and marked a major setback for the administration’s signature takedown in its effort to bulldoze through the federal government. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago DOGE's bitter blow after massive USAID shuttering is rejected as 'unconstitutional' by Obama

A U.S. judge has ordered the Trump administration and billionaire Elon Musk from further dismantling USAID as DOGE looks to make cuts across the federal government.

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18 h. ago Elon Musk anger? Police probe Tesla car fire at London shopping mall

Elon Musk anger? Police probe Tesla car fire at London shopping mall  Windsor Star

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19 h. ago Trump live updates: Judge rules Elon Musk’s DOGE ‘likely violated’ Constitution by shutting down USAID

President and allies round on district court justice overseeing case of alleged Venezuelan gang members flown to El Salvador and accuse him of overstepping his authority

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19 h. ago Elon Musk and DOGE ‘likely violated the Constitution’ by shutting down USAID, judge rules

The billionaire and his DOGE team are temporarily blocked from ‘any work’ related to shutting down the global aid agency

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19 h. ago Judge rules against Musk and ‘Doge’, finding USAid shutdown ‘likely violated’ constitution – US politics live

Federal judge orders halt on any work to shut down USAid and tells Musk’s so-called Department for government efficiency to reinstate workers’ email accessDonald Trump has called for the impeachment of the judge handling lawsuits over his administration’s deportation of suspected Venezuelan gang members, a significant escalation of rightwing attacks on the judiciary.While allies of the president such as Elon Musk have repeatedly said judges who rule against him should be impeached, this appears to be the first time the president has backed such calls publicly. Trump’s post on Truth Social does not name the judge, but seems to reference James Boasberg, the Washington DC-based justice who was appointed by Barack Obama and attempted to prevent the government from deporting the alleged gang members under the Alien Enemies Act. Here’s what Trump wrote:This Radical Left Lunatic of a Judge, a troublemaker and agitator who was sadly appointed by Barack Hussein Obama, was not elected Preside...

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