25 h. ago Trump’s Truth Social posts make no sense – what do they say about his mentality?

The president’s little used social media platform offers him a forum for his nonstop haranguing and score-settlingNo political leader has used social media quite like Donald Trump. But his recent posts on Truth Social, the social media platform he founded in 2021, have become increasingly bizarre: the president using the lack of scrutiny afforded by the platform’s small user base to truly let loose.In the hundreds of “Truths” since he took office, Trump has variously used Truth Social to reimagine himself as a king and to urge Americans to “BE COOL!” as the stock market tanked in the wake of his trade war, the president’s seemingly random use of capital letters, punctuation and inaccurate spelling consistent across the messages. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago King Charles to open Canada parliament as PM Carney reacts to Trump threats

Liberal PM will also meet with US president on Tuesday amid tensions over threatened annexation and tariffsKing Charles has accepted an invitation to open Canada’s parliament on 27 May, in “an historic honour that matches the weight of our times”, the country’s prime minister, Mark Carney, said on Friday.In his first news conference since an election dominated by Donald Trump’s threats to Canada’s sovereignty, the prime minister also confirmed he would meet the US president at the White House on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago Prominent pastor notified books loaned to African American museum may be returned amid review

A prominent pastor and veteran of the Civil Rights Movement says he was told items he had loaned to the Smithsonian Institution would be under review for whether they should remain on display at the institution

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64 h. ago 'Legend of the game' – Judd Trump’s comments about Mark Williams say it all

Crucible king Judd Trump will face Mark 'The Welsh Potting Machine' Williams in the semi-finals of the 2025 World Snooker Championship - and he has revealed precisely what he thinks of his foe

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4 d. ago Senate Democrats to mark Trump’s ‘100 days from hell’ with marathon speeches

Minority leader Chuck Schumer accuses president of ‘acting like a king, a despot, a wannabe dictator’Trump’s first 100 daysUS politics live – latest updatesDemocratic senators will on Tuesday mark Donald Trump’s 100th day in office with marathon floor speeches intended to highlight his administration’s failures, seizing on his divisive tariff policy and attacks on the judiciary to argue he was not joking when he mulled governing as “a dictator”.Republicans, meanwhile, praised the president’s actions over the first 100 days, though the House speaker, Mike Johnson, acknowledged “some bumps along the road” he described as the necessary byproduct of the radical changes Trump campaigned on. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Boston celebrates 1965 Freedom Rally led by MLK as advocates urge continued fight against injustice

Sixty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led a rally protesting housing discrimination and segregated schools in Boston, hundreds of people gathered at the same site to honor and reflect on the historic event

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8 d. ago William pays respects to Pope on behalf of King at historic funeral

The prince travelled to the Vatican for the historic farewell to Pope Francis and stood in front of the pontiff’s coffin in solemn silence.

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9 d. ago Nigel Farage blasted over 'fake news' claim about children's health

Nigel Farage was branded 'completely out of touch' and accused of spreading fake news after crass claims that mental illness is being 'overdiagnosed' by GPs

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1 week ago Sir Keir Starmer among world leaders to attend Pope Francis’s funeral

US President Donald Trump has already said on social media that he and his wife Melania plan to attend the funeral.

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2 w. ago Macron ‘to make state visit before Trump’ as UK seeks closer ties with Europe

The French President is said to have received an invitation from the King to travel to the UK at the end of May, eight years after taking office.

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2 w. ago Donald Trump will meet with 'his friend' the King at Windsor Castle to fix arrangements for 'unprecedented' second State visit

Sir Keir Starmer urged Donald Trump to drop his tariffs on British exports yesterday after the US President warned he could keep 'substantial' levies in place.

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2 w. ago Trump praises King Charles as he reveals date for UK state visit

Donald Trump praised King Charles as he revealed the date for his second UK state visit.

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2 w. ago Trump expected to make UK state visit and visit King Charles in September

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer brought Trump a letter from the King in February in which he was offered an unprecedented second state visit to the UK

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2 w. ago Donald Trump ‘expecting to make second state visit to UK in September’

US president and first lady received invitation in February from King Charles for unprecedented repeat tripDonald Trump has said he is expecting to travel to to the UK in September for his second state visit.King Charles is preparing to host the US president and first lady as the UK government tries to bolster transatlantic ties after Trump imposed a series of tariffs on trading partners. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Donald Trump says he will visit his 'friend' King Charles and Prince William in the coming months for an 'important' meeting

The US President will likely make the trip with his wife Melania in September, he told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday.

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2 w. ago Donald Trump boasts he's 'friends' with King Charles as he confirms date for trip to UK

US President Donald Trump is set to make a trip to the UK later this year to meet with King Charles at Windsor Castle and boost relations between the two countries

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2 w. ago Donald Trump in astonishing King Charles boast as he confirms date for UK trip

US President Donald Trump is set to make a trip to the UK later this year to meet with King Charles at Windsor Castle and boost relations between the two countries

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2 w. ago Donald Trump expected to visit King Charles in the coming months in the hopes of 'building transatlantic ties' amid US trade war

The US President will supposedly make the trip with his wife Melania in September to meet with the Monarch at the royal residence, the Telegraph reported.

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2 w. ago Californian salmon industry suffers despite Trump promise to put ‘people over fish’

This is the first time ever that salmon fishing will be closed in California for the third time running

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2 w. ago Rory McIlroy drops hint on Masters Champions Dinner menu with subtle Scottie Scheffler dig

Rory McIlroy won his first ever Masters title this week after beating Justin Rose in the play-off to win the fifth major of his career and with it, become the sixth man to win the Career Grand Slam

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