65 m. ago How does an Obama speechwriter befriend a Joe Rogan fan? Via surfing

David Litt’s new book It’s Only Drowning centres on an improbable friendship and how shared experience provides a neutral ground for connectionWhat do men want? Democrats need to know after their election drubbing by Donald Trump and the “manosphere” last year. They have responded by commissioning “Speaking with American Men”, a strategic plan that will study “the syntax, language and content that gains attention and virality” in online spaces.News of the two-year $20m project reinforced critics’ view that Democrats have become the party of an aloof, college-educated liberal elite whose pursuit of working class men resembles a Victorian explorer wielding a butterfly net. Which makes the publication of David Litt’s book, It’s Only Drowning, a timely contribution to Democrats’ ongoing post-mortem. Continue reading...

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80 m. ago Donald Trump moans he 'won't get Nobel Prize' as he claims to end 'violent war'

Donald Trump says he has ended yet another international conflict after taking credit for a ceasefire between India and Pakistan and claiming to be at the helm of negotiations between Israel and Iran

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4 h. ago Billy Porter says Trump would be in jail if he was a black man

Broadway and Pose star Billy Porter has said that if Donald Trump was a black man he would have been in jail by now.

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4 h. ago Florida pitches mad 'Alligator Alcatraz' prison surrounded by killer beasts to Donald Trump

Donald Trump has been given a new proposal from a government official to help with the over crowding in ICE centres – a new prison surrounded by deadly pythons and alligators

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5 h. ago CHRISTOPHER BUCKTIN: 'Donald Trump's latest gimmick has been exposed

Eagle-eyed socal media users have called foul on Donald Trump's latest gimmick, as it isn't quite the stars-and-stripes as advertised

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8 h. ago Many Americans are witnessing immigration arrests for the first time and reacting

With the Trump administration aggressively trying to increase the number of immigration arrests, raids are now being conducted at all hours and more Americans are witnessing people being hauled off

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8 h. ago Trump's top spy confirms worst fears about Iran after public rebuke from president as US prepares military strike

Trump's Director of National Intelligence had testified in March that the U.S. intelligence community 'continues to assess Iran is not building a nuclear weapon.'

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11 h. ago Disney CEO Bob Iger's dramatic move following LA protests that will be sure to infuriate Trump

Disney CEO Bob Iger is fighting Donald Trump through his women's soccer team, who have publicly protested the ICE raids on Los Angeles and the president's response to riots.

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14 h. ago The Latest: Judge halts Trump’s effort to block Harvard from hosting international students

A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s efforts to keep Harvard University from hosting international students

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15 h. ago Court blocks Louisiana law requiring schools to post Ten Commandments in classrooms

A panel of three federal appellate judges has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in each of the state’s public school classrooms is unconstitutional

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15 h. ago Donald Trump slams spy chief and says Iran has two weeks 'to come to senses'

The US President said he had given Iran a 'period of time' to see if its leaders would 'come to their senses' after saying his two week deadline would be the 'maximum'

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15 h. ago R. Kelly claims prison officials plotted to kill him. Judge denies his release

A judge has denied singer R. Kelly’s request for furlough from prison after the convicted sex offender accused federal prison officials of plotting to murder him

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16 h. ago Judge asks if troops in Los Angeles are violating Posse Comitatus Act

A federal judge held a brief hearing over whether the Trump administration should continue its deployment of troops to Los Angeles

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16 h. ago Verdict against a pardoned Capitol rioter is only a partial victory for a police officer's widow

A police officer’s widow wanted to prove that a man assaulted her husband during a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol and ultimately was responsible for her husband’s suicide nine days later

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17 h. ago California challenges troop deployment after appeals court rules for Trump

State to argue in federal court that control of national guard – deployed to Los Angeles – should return to Gavin NewsomCalifornia’s challenge of the Trump administration’s military deployment on the streets of Los Angeles returned to a federal courtroom in San Francisco on Friday after an appeals court handed Donald Trump a key procedural win in the case.Friday’s hearing comes a day after the ninth circuit appellate panel allowed the president to keep control of national guard troops he deployed in response to protests over immigration raids. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Fed starts to split on when to begin cutting US interest rates

Pressure from Donald Trump and concerns over economic growth open schism among central bank’s officials

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19 h. ago Canada poised to pass infrastructure bill despite pushback from Indigenous people

Bill prioritizes ‘nation-building’ pipelines and mines, causing concern that sped-up approvals will override constitutional rightsCanada’s Liberal government is poised to pass controversial legislation on Friday that aims to kick-start “nation building” infrastructure projects but has received widespread pushback from Indigenous communities over fears it tramples on their constitutional rights.On its final day of sitting before breaking for summer, parliament is expected to vote on Bill C-5. The legislation promised by Mark Carney, the prime minister, during the federal election, is meant to strengthen Canada’s economy amid a trade war launched by Donald Trump. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Weak retail sales and falls in key oil and drug stocks stifle FTSE 100

The FTSE 100 index closed down 17.15 points, 0.2%, at 8,774.65.

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19 h. ago Martin Rowson on Donald Trump delaying action on Iran for two weeks – cartoon

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20 h. ago Emmett Till memorial in Mississippi could be removed as part of DOGE

Massive reduction to National Parks Service budget and Donald Trump’s culture war against ‘DEI’ could spell end for national monument to Black teen murdered by a mob of white men in 1955

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