30 h. ago Trump’s Medicaid cuts are coming for rural Americans: ‘It’s going to have to hit them first’

Experts worry the tax-and-spending bill will gut healthcare and hospitals, especially in states like North CarolinaWhen Hurricane Helene drowned western North Carolina in muck and floodwater last year, it caught folks off-guard.Now, local leaders in places like Asheville expect the Republican-led reconciliation bill – called the “big, beautiful bill” by Donald Trump – to bear down on rural America. And they wonder whether people are missing the warning signs. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Keir Starmer opens up on Donald Trump's moving act after death of his brother

Keir Starmer said he understands what 'anchors' the US President, and said Donald Trump had called him following the death of his brother Nick on Boxing Day

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47 h. ago Donald Trump sent chilling WW3 warning by Vladimir Putin as Russia's rhetoric ramps up

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump held a phone call on Thursday, with Putin issuing a chilling warning to Trump over the conflict in Ukraine

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55 h. ago America is over neoliberalism and neoconservatism. Trump is not | Samuel Moyn

Between his so-called ‘big, beautiful bill’ and his bombing of Iran, Trump has confirmed he is a man of a familiar pastThe convergence of the US Senate’s passage of Donald Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill” in domestic policy with his strike on Iran in foreign policy has finally resolved the meaning of his presidency. His place in history is now clear. His rise, like that of a reawakened left, indicated that America is ready to move on from its long era of neoliberalism and neoconservatism. In office, Trump has blocked the exits by doubling down on both.The first of those slurs, neoliberalism, refers to the commitment across the political spectrum to use government to protect markets and their hierarchies, rather than to moderate or undo them. The second, neoconservatism, is epitomized by a belligerent and militaristic foreign policy. The domestic policy bill now making its way through Congress, with its payoff to the rich and punishment of the poor, is a monument to neoliberal...

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3 d. ago Donald Trump's 'devastating' bill passed by Senate GOP as warning issued to Americans

The Republican-controlled Senate narrowly passed the centerpiece of President Donald Trump's legislative agenda, a move that has been called "devastating" by the Democrats

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4 d. ago Watch Trump’s ‘awkward’ interaction with ‘beautiful’ reporter

Watch as Donald Trump calls a female reporter “beautiful” in a bizarre White House interaction.

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5 d. ago Israel launches waves of Gaza airstrikes after new displacement orders

Scores of Palestinians reported killed as senior Netanyahu adviser due to arrive in Washington for ceasefire talks Middle East crisis – live updatesIsrael ramped up its offensive in Gaza on Monday, with new displacement orders sending tens of thousands of people fleeing the north of the devastated territory and waves of airstrikes killing about 60 Palestinians, according to local officials and medical staff.The violence in Gaza came as a senior adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, was due to arrive in Washington for talks on a new ceasefire, a day after Donald Trump called in a social media post for a deal to end the 20-month war and free 50 hostages held by Hamas. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Iran says it has ‘serious doubts’ over Israel’s commitment to ceasefire – Middle East crisis live

Iran’s armed forces chief of staff says it is ‘ready to respond with force’ if attacked again; Iran says airstrikes on Evin prison killed at least 71 Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli attacks have killed at least 14 people, including three children, so far on Sunday.Civil defence spokesperson Mahmud Bassal told the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency that 13 people were killed in airstrikes at four locations around the Gaza Strip, and another from Israeli gunfire near an aid distribution centre. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Donald Trump reiterates calls for ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas – Middle East crisis live

US president says online ‘make the deal in Gaza’ and ‘get the hostages back’ as he says he believes a ceasefire can be reached within a weekDuring the 12-day war, Israeli airstrikes killed at least 627 civilians and injured nearly 4,900 others in Iran, according to official figures.The war on Iran – cast as a preemptive attack for self-defence – was launched by Israel and later joined in by the US. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Elon Musk calls Trump’s big bill ‘utterly insane and destructive’ as Senate debates

Passing the package, Musk said, would be ‘political suicide’ for the Republican partyThe billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk on Saturday criticized the latest version of Donald Trump’s sprawling tax and spending bill, calling it “utterly insane and destructive.“The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country!” Musk wrote on Saturday as the Senate was scheduled to call a vote to open debate on the nearly 1,000-page bill. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago As NATO chief embarassingly called Donald Trump "Daddy', was Sir Keir Starmer trying to impress the US President with his turbo

War talk appearing to say more about our European leaders than the threats they are ramping up

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9 d. ago NATO chief Mark Rutte squirms under criticism after calling Donald Trump 'Daddy'

Mark Rutte, who has been Secretary General of NATO since October 2024, referred to Donald Trump as "Daddy" when he praised the US President's approach to the Iran-Israel ceasefire

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9 d. ago 'I DIDN'T call him daddy!' Nato chief denies using grovelling nickname for Donald Trump

Nato chief Mark Rutte said on Wednesday that 'Daddy has to use strong language' to get Israel and Iran to sort things out, to which Donald Trump agreed.

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9 d. ago 'I didn't call him daddy!' Nato chief insists he did not call Donald Trump daddy... like that

Nato chief Mark Rutte said on Wednesday that 'Daddy has to use strong language' to get Israel and Iran to sort things out, to which Donald Trump agreed.

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9 d. ago NATO chief Mark Rutte battles fierce backlash after calling Donald Trump 'Daddy'

Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary General, referred to Donald Trump as 'Daddy' as he praised the US president's approach to the Iran-Israel ceasefire in reference to Trump's F-bomb tirade on live TV

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1 week ago Trump responds to Nato head’s ‘daddy’ remark: ‘I think he likes me’

Donald Trump has responded to being called “daddy” by Nato chief Mark Rutte during a summit in The Hague on Wednesday (25 June).

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1 week ago Watch: Awkward moment Nato chief Mark Rutte calls Donald Trump ‘daddy’

Nato secretary general Mark Rutte was caught in an awkward exchange with Donald Trump as he referred to the US president as ‘daddy’.

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1 week ago Trump's snarky swipe at Vladimir Putin as he reveals details about their private call

President Donald Trump revealed Vladimir Putin called him and offered to help with Iran but he, instead, had a snarky comeback for the Russian president.

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1 week ago Starmer to commit to spending 5% of GDP on defence by 2035 at Nato summit

The figure is in line with the demands of President Donald Trump, who has called for Nato allies to shoulder more of the burden of European defence.

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1 week ago Trump is still ‘stinging’ from brutal TACO jibe, a member of his family claims, so he decided to attack Iran

Mary Trump says her uncle, President Donald Trump, bombed Iran because he is still “stinging” from being called TACO.

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