77 m. ago US military kills 11 with missile strike on boat ‘carrying drugs’ from Venezuela

Donald Trump claimed that the boat was carrying ‘a lot of drugs’ when it was struck in the Caribbean Sea

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10 h. ago Melania 'spotted' at hospital amid rumors around Trump's health

Walter Reed Medical Center responded to a woman's claim that she spotted Melania Trump at the Maryland hospital Thursday as health rumors swirled around the president's health.

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10 h. ago Trump claims video of items thrown from White House is fake AI and he knows the culprit

The White House has confirmed that a contractor threw a bag out of a window at the White House - but President Trump insists the viral video is AI

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13 h. ago US conducts ‘kinetic strike’ against drug boat from Venezuela, killing 11, Trump says

Trump says ‘we took it out’ referring to the operation in international waters, amid US-Caracas tensions The US military has killed 11 drug traffickers from Venezuela during a “a kinetic strike” in the Caribbean Sea, the US president, Donald Trump, has claimed amid growing tensions between Washington and Caracas.Trump trailed the announcement during an address at the White House on Tuesday afternoon, telling reporters the US had “just, over the last few minutes, literally shot out a drug-carrying boat”. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Mystery deepens over weird video of objects thrown from Donald Trump's White House window

Donald Trump claims the viral video is "probably AI" - but the White House had already confirmed it's real. It's unclear why there is a discrepancy between the two accounts

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25 h. ago Why Trump’s undermining of US statistics is so dangerous | Daniel Malinsky

From the firing of the labor statistics chief to plans for a new census, the president’s moves serve to entrench authoritarianismIn 1937, Joseph Stalin commissioned a sweeping census of the Soviet Union. The data reflected some uncomfortable facts – in particular, the dampening of population growth in areas devastated by the 1933 famine – and so Stalin’s government suppressed the release of the survey results. Several high-level government statistical workers responsible for the census were subsequently imprisoned and apparently executed. Though the Soviet authorities would proudly trumpet national statistics that glorified the USSR’s achievements, any numbers that did not fit the preferred narrative were buried.A few weeks ago, following the release of “disappointing” jobs data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Donald Trump fired the commissioner of labor statistics, Dr Erika McEntarfer, and claimed the numbers were “rigged”. He also announced his intention to commission a...

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37 h. ago Trump says he will award Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Former NYC mayor was sanctioned by courts and disbarred for amplifying false claims about the 2020 electionDonald Trump said Monday he will award Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, two days after his longtime political ally was seriously injured in a car crash.The decision places the award on a man once lauded for leading New York after the September 11, 2001, attacks and later sanctioned by courts and disbarred for amplifying false claims about the 2020 US presidential election. Giuliani, the former New York mayor, was also criminally charged in two states; he has denied wrongdoing. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Putin claims he's reached 'understandings' with Trump over Ukraine war

Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken of his 'understandings' with Donald Trump over the war in Ukraine as the world awaited his decision on talks with Volodymyr Zelensky

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60 h. ago Trump aides scramble to defend tariffs after bombshell court ruling – and as crucial jobs report looms

Trump claims the tariffs generate revenue even as the economy has shown signs that they will increase prices for consumers

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64 h. ago Trump says he plans unconstitutional executive order to mandate ID for voters

President also wants to ban most voting by mail in push stemming from baseless claims related to 2020 election lossDonald Trump has said he will issue an executive order to mandate identification for all US elections, a move likely to be challenged in court as unconstitutional.“Voter I.D. Must Be Part of Every Single Vote. NO EXCEPTIONS! I Will Be Doing An Executive Order To That End!!!,” the US president said on Truth Social late on Saturday. Continue reading...

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65 h. ago Newsom derides Kristi Noem claim that LA ‘wouldn’t be standing today’ had Trump not sent in the National Guard

Homeland Security Secretary claims Los Angeles ‘would’ve burned down if left to the devices of the mayor and the governor’

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3 d. ago Sleuths claim The Simpsons correctly predicted 'Trump's death' as conspiracy swirls

Donald Trump has been trending on social media after some users have predicted his death – but some claim his death was already written in the stars due to one animated series

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4 d. ago Trump vows to appeal court ruling striking down ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs claiming it ‘would literally destroy’ the country

The anticipated decision finds sweeping tariffs unconstitutional but leaves them in place as legal challenges continue

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5 d. ago White House picks Kennedy deputy Jim O’Neill to replace fired CDC chief

Deputy health secretary chosen as agency’s interim director after firing of Susan MonarezWho’s who in the CDC crisis?The White House has chosen a deputy of Robert F Kennedy Jr to serve as the acting head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a decision that comes as the standoff over the firing of director Susan Monarez has deepened, with Monarez’s lawyers claiming she will not depart unless Donald Trump himself removes her.A White House official confirmed to the Guardian that Jim O’Neill, currently the deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), had been selected to temporarily lead the public health agency, giving Kennedy an ally in his efforts to overhaul US vaccine policy. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago ‘He’s being played everywhere’: Newsom says world leaders laugh at Trump behind his back

California Governor Gavin Newsom claims world leaders laugh at President Donald Trump behind his back.

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5 d. ago Fired CDC chief Susan Monarez refuses to step down, defying White House

Susan Monarez says only Trump can remove her as four other senior CDC leaders quit over political interferenceUS politics live – latest updatesA standoff over the firing of the Susan Monarez, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has deepened, with Monarez’s lawyers claiming she will not depart unless Donald Trump himself removes her.Monarez, an infectious disease specialist who was confirmed as CDC chief just a month ago, was fired on Wednesday, according to a statement from the Department of Health and Human Services, which gave no reason for the departure. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago California's Democrat governor Gavin Newsom suggests Trump has dementia in jibe about repeating 'false things over and over again'

The dig by Newsom, viewed as a potential Democratic presidential candidate, comes after Trump repeated debunked claims about aid sent to Los Angeles during the wildfires in January.

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6 d. ago Guard not needed in Chicago, Pritzker tells AP during tour of city to counter Trump’s crime claims

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is doubling down on his message to President Donald Trump that the nation’s third-largest city doesn’t need or want military intervention to fight crime

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7 d. ago California Governor suggests Donald Trump has dementia as president repeats 'false' claim

California Governor Gavin Newsom took to X to suggest Donald Trump has dementia after the President called him 'Newscum' in a televised cabinet meeting

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7 d. ago Donald Trump claims UK in for 'bad awakening' thanks to Starmer's energy policy

Trump's comments come despite the UK's reliance on fossil fuels being one of the factors driving up energy costs, with wind power being significantly cheaper than nuclear, gas or coal

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