4 h. ago Trump allies stumped over his secret plan to deport 'homegrown' criminals

Donald Trump's allies are scratching their heads over the president considering sending Americans convicted of violent crimes to the notorious El Salvadorian prison.

Politics

9 h. ago US tariffs explained: what they are, how they work and who they affect

President Trump’s tariff plan, which included a 10% charge on imports from the UK, has shaken the world’s financial markets

Economics

14 h. ago Nvidia says it will build up to $500bn of US AI infrastructure as chip tariff looms

Plan comes after Donald Trump reiterated import threats and chipmaker’s CEO dined at US president’s resortThe chip designer Nvidia has said it will build up to $500bn (£378bn) worth of artificial intelligence infrastructure in the US over the next four years, in a sign of manufacturers investing in operations on American soil amid Donald Trump’s tariffs.The announcement comes after Trump reiterated threats on Sunday to impose imminent tariffs on the semiconductors that Nvidia makes mostly in Taiwan, and after the chipmaker’s chief executive, Jensen Huang, dined at the president’s Mar-a-Lago resort earlier this month. Continue reading...

Economics

18 h. ago Obama judge blocks Trump's plan to deport hundreds of thousands of migrants from four countries

An Obama-appointed judge will prevent the Trump administration from deporting hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans with temporary legal status.

Politics

24 h. ago UK consumers plan to ‘buy British’ as Trump’s trade war bites

More than 70% of people said they intend to support UK businesses

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28 h. ago Trump memo outlines plan to slash US state department budget in half

Cuts would mean dramatic decreases in funding for humanitarian aid, global health and international groupsThe Trump administration is reportedly proposing to slash the state department budget by nearly half in a move that could drastically reduce US international spending and end its funding for Nato and the United Nations, according to an internal memorandum.The memo based on spending cuts devised by the White House office of management and budget envisions the total budget of the state department and USAID, the main foreign assistance body which has been largely dismantled by Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency”, or Doge, being reduced to $28.4bn, a reduction of $27bn or 48% from what Congress approved for 2025. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago Soviet soldiers ‘turned to stone’ by aliens in bonkers Cold War UFO clash, CIA documents reveal

Newly declassified intelligence files explain a Cold War incident involving unexplained phenoma, with humaoids and UFOs, that allegedly turned cold war soldiers to stone

Events

52 h. ago Majority believes the wealthy and large corporations will benefit the most from Trump’s tariff plan

Americans’ view of tariff outcomes mirror opinion of 2017 Republican tax cuts set to be extended by Congress this year

Politics

63 h. ago Teen 'murdered parents to finance Trump assassination plan' to 'save the white race'

Nikita Casap, 17, from Wisconsin allegedly killed his mum and stepdad - with their bullet-strewn bodies found covered up a state of decomposition two weeks later

Events

2 d. ago Teen 'killed parents to raise funds for Trump assassination'

Nikita Casap, 17, allegedly killed his mother and stepfather in February as part of an elaborate plan to assassinate President Donald Trump and overthrow the government

Events

3 d. ago ‘There’s no way’: Experts doubt Trump team’s plan to reach 90 trade deals in three months

‘There's no way during this timeframe we're doing a comprehensive agreement with any of these countries,’ one expert said

Politics

4 d. ago Documents reveal Trump’s plan to gut funding for Nasa and climate science

Critics say Nasa faces ‘extinction-level event’ with budget plan, with climate research funding also to be slashedDonald Trump shows no signs of easing his assault on climate science as plans of more sweeping cuts to key US research centers surfaced on Friday.The administration is planning to slash budgets at both the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (Noaa) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa), according to internal budget documents, taking aim specifically at programs used to study impacts from the climate crisis. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Reporter from MyPillow guy’s network asks White House the secret behind Trump looking ‘healthier than ever before’

‘Will you guys also consider releasing the president’s fitness plan?’ Cara Castronuova asked. ‘Is he working out with Bobby Kennedy, and is he eating less McDonald’s?’

Society

4 d. ago Judge says Trump lawyers’ failure to explain how they plan to return wrongly deported man ‘extremely troubling’ – live

US district judge Paula Xinis demands administration identify whereabouts of Kilmar Abrego GarciaAdvocates for academic freedom are bracing for what they expect to be the next phase of the government’s effort to reshape higher education: an overhaul of the system accrediting institutions of higher learning.Donald Trump has made no secret of such plans. During the campaign, he boasted that accreditation would be his “secret weapon” against colleges and universities the right has long viewed as too progressive.We may lose a lot of materials.All of the states, we are in dire shape. We have had a reconsideration of everything with regard to what Doge [is doing].” Continue reading...

Events

4 d. ago Chinese meme machine mocks Trump and JD Vance with more AI videos of them as factory workers

Chinese accounts have been promoting video and photos ridiculing the so-called 'US Manufacturing Revival Plan' since Trump centred his tariffs on Chinese exports.

Politics

5 d. ago Trump has slowed his global tariff plan. Here’s what happens next and the impact on your wallet

The president caught the world – and most of his administration – off guard with his sudden announcement that he was pausing tariffs

Politics

5 d. ago Inside the Oval Office where phone calls during Fox News commercials and desperate world leaders changed Trump’s mind on tariff plan

The president said he was acting ‘instinctively’ after announcing the surprise 180 on Wednesday. However multiple sources said that the build up to the decision was drawn out over a number of days

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5 d. ago Stock markets tumble day after Trump’s tariff pause erasing most of the record gains seen Wednesday

After a day of historic gains, the markets tumbled as uncertainty reigns following Trump’s tariff plan pause

Economics

5 d. ago Fund managers quietly fear Trump doesn’t have a tariff plan and that he ‘might be insane’

Some fund managers concerned ‘that the White House is not acting rationally, but rather on ideology. And some even fear that this may not even be ideology’

Politics

5 d. ago ‘This was the plan’: Fox News hosts unashamedly celebrate Trump backing down on tariffs

Sean Hannity, Laura Ingram, Jesse Watters and Jean Pirro are among hosts who say the president’s 90 freeze was President Donald Trump’s ‘plan all along’

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