36 h. ago ‘A classic authoritarian tactic’: outrage over Trump’s pardons for friends and allies

Ex-prosecutors and legal scholars say US president ‘meting out pardons for blatantly corrupt and self-serving ends’Donald Trump’s unprecedented pardoning spree for political and business friends since returning to the White House has prompted warnings from ex-prosecutors and legal scholars of “corrupt” pay-to-play schemes, conflicts of interest and blatant partisanship.It has included hundreds of Maga allies, a cryptocurrency mogul with ties to a Trump family crypto firm, disgraced politicians, and others who could yield political and financial benefits. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago UK probes whether buses made in China can be turned off from afar

Investigation comes after Norway found Yutong vehicles could be ‘stopped or rendered inoperable’ by Chinese company

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3 d. ago UK investigates whether buses made in China can be turned off from afar

Investigation comes after Norway found Yutong vehicles could be ‘stopped or rendered inoperable’ by Chinese company

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4 d. ago British Crypto Firm KR1 Eyes London Main Stock Market—A Sign That Institutional Money Is Finally Ready To Pile In

British Crypto Firm KR1 Eyes London Main Stock Market—A Sign That Institutional Money Is Finally Ready To Pile In  Yahoo Finance

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7 d. ago Eric Trump doesn’t rule out dad running for president again in 2028

President’s son also hints he would consider mounting a campaign himself ‘if there was no other choice and it got so bad that you had to do it’

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7 d. ago Five biggest takeaways from Democrats’ blue tsunami election night that should have Trump worried

Record voter turnout, a revolt against Trump and DOGE in Virginia, affordability remains a throughline and all should worry Trump, Mike Johnson and the Republicans, Eric Garcia writes. Plus, one tough lesson for Democrats

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7 d. ago British Crypto Firm KR1 Pushes for London Main Market as UK Embraces Digital Assets

British Crypto Firm KR1 Pushes for London Main Market as UK Embraces Digital Assets  London Post

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1 week ago Trump throws down ultimate loyalty test for GOP with nuclear option dare. Are they willing to break the Senate for him?

Republicans have resisted the temptation to eliminate the filibuster so far, writes Eric Garcia. But Trump has a way of beating them into submission

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2 w. ago Americans go hungry and all Republicans and Democrats will do is point fingers while shutdown nears milestone

The whole exchange in the Senate about SNAP shows nobody is serious about stopping people from going hungry. Eric Garcia writes that Democrats aren’t blameless, but Trump bears the most responsibility

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2 w. ago Crypto firm eyes London listing amid ‘growing role’ of digital assets

Crypto firm eyes London listing amid ‘growing role’ of digital assets  UKTN

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2 w. ago British crypto firm KR1 aims for London Stock Exchange main market listing

British crypto firm KR1 aims for London Stock Exchange main market listing  Latest news from Azerbaijan

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2 w. ago British crypto firm KR1 eyes London Stock Exchange as UK warms to industry: FT

British crypto firm KR1 eyes London Stock Exchange as UK warms to industry: FT  TradingView

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3 w. ago Go nuclear or ‘go hungry’: GOP senators warm to drastic move of killing filibuster as voters suffer and shutdown nears record

Democrats’ nuclear option had wide-reaching consequences that ultimately empowered Trump, Eric Garcia writes. If Republicans kill the filibuster to reopen the government, it might permanently break the Senate

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3 w. ago Eric Trump posts AI video of crowd in White House holding up his book to promote his memoir

The video appeared to use artificial intelligence powered by Grok to depict a crowd in a room where Eric Trump hosted a book tour event this week

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3 w. ago Crypto Firm Near Deal for Top of Brookfield’s New London Tower

Crypto Firm Near Deal for Top of Brookfield’s New London Tower  Bloomberg.com

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3 w. ago Trump back to feuding with Zelensky over Ukraine — even as he tries to hold together his fragile Middle East ‘peace’ deal

Trump has seen a reversal of fortune in foreign affairs, Eric Garcia writes. It turns out, Putin, Zelensky, Hamas and Netanyahu are not the Senate and House Republicans

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3 w. ago How can blue states fight back against Trump? With fiscal disobedience | Eric Reinhart

By holding back federal tax revenues, Democratic governors can turn a one-sided assault into a constitutional showdownAgainst Illinois governor JB Pritzker’s objections, Donald Trump’s Pentagon has ordered hundreds of national guard troops to join his regime’s assault on Chicago communities. Trump subsequently called for Brandon Johnson, Chicago’s mayor, and Pritzker to be jailed for not supporting his agenda. These are simply the latest steps in Trump’s plan not to govern as the president of all Americans but to rule as the dictatorial head of a punitive factional state. Federal funding to Democratic cities is being slashed through executive maneuvers; the justice department is conducting politically targeted investigations and arrests; and the military is being deployed to intimidate fellow citizens. Los Angeles, Portland, my home town of Chicago and other cities have been cast as enemies to be subdued, not communities to be served.This weaponization of federal power represents a ...

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3 w. ago ‘I am a good boy’: Eric Trump responds after hot mic catches Indonesian president asking his dad for meeting

Donald Trump’s son grilled about possible conflict of interest in father arranging personal business matters on political trip but insists ‘huge wall’ keeps the two concerns apart

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3 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: 9 unhinged Donald Trump moments as RFK Jr goes on wild rant about teenage boys' sperm

JFK's disappointing nephew is at it again, Zelensky is on his way to the White House and Eric Trump is glad daddy thinks he's a good boy. All this and more

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4 w. ago Chinese stole secrets from No. 10 for YEARS: Newly exposed outrage by communist regime heaps fresh pressure on Starmer over collapsed spying case

the Mail understands that the Chinese were allowed to purchase a company that controlled a data hub used by government departments to exchange information, including on highly classified projects.

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