5 h. ago Putin aides say there is a 'lot of work ahead' after 'useful' US

The Russian leader hosted a face to face meeting with Donald Trump's top envoys in the Kremlin on Tuesday in a bid  to discuss possible peace plans to end the invasion of Ukraine.

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5 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Peace push fizzles as Witkoff leaves Moscow with no sign of deal

Zelenskyy says ready to meet Trump and that Russia is hoping US loses interest; Briton held in Ukraine on Russian spy allegations. What we know on day 1,379See all our Ukraine war coverageSteve Witkoff was reported to have flown out of Moscow on Tuesday night after Kremlin aides said no progress was made towards ending the Ukraine war. It came after two weeks of diplomatic chaos and haggling beginning with the Russian leaking of a 28-point wishlist that Moscow had discussed with the US, followed by frenzied efforts involving Ukraine and Europe to produce a counter-proposal more acceptable to Kyiv.Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said that after their five-hour meeting the two sides were “neither further nor closer to resolving the crisis in Ukraine. There is a lot of work to be done.” On Tuesday, a video feed showed Vladimir Putin asking Witkoff, Donald Trump’s envoy, about a short tour of Moscow he had taken before the meeting, with Witkoff calling it a “magnificent city”. The feed then c...

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5 h. ago Donald Trump cancels all Joe Biden pardons as 'null and void' in another shot at former president

The 47th president of the United States has taken to his own social media platform to tell the he has nixed 'any and all Documents' signed by Biden with autopen.

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6 h. ago Trump claims to void all documents signed by Biden, citing autopen use

Presidents of both major parties have used the device and experts called into question legality of Trump’s move Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is terminating all documents, including pardons, that he said his predecessor Joe Biden signed using an autopen – an unprecedented attempt to rollback a previous president’s actions using what legal thinkers view as a flimsy pretext.The autopen is a device used to replicate a person’s signature with precision, typically for high-volume or ceremonial documents. It has been employed by presidents of both major parties to sign letters and proclamations. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Russia says talks with US on Ukraine ‘useful’ but no deal reached

Vladimir Putin holds meeting with Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow

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6 h. ago Trump terminates all documents, including pardons, signed by Joe Biden

US president claims predecessor’s use of autopen, used by presidents of both major parties, invalidates his actions Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is terminating all documents, including pardons, that he said his predecessor Joe Biden signed using an autopen.The autopen is a device used to replicate a person’s signature with precision, typically for high-volume or ceremonial documents. It has been employed by presidents of both major parties to sign letters and proclamations. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Festive welcome ready for German president from King and Queen at Windsor Castle

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Budenbender, will begin a three-day visit to the UK on Wednesday.

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8 h. ago Kristi Noem pays bizarre tribute to Trump for ‘keeping the hurricanes away’

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has bizarrely thanked Donald Trump for "keeping the hurricanes away".

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8 h. ago Talks between Russia and US on Ukraine were useful but work remains, says Putin aide

Russian president holds meeting with Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow

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10 h. ago Russia ‘ready’ for war with Europe, Putin says as peace talks with US begin

Russian president accuses European powers of preventing peace in Ukraine as he meets with Witkoff and KushnerRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesVladimir Putin has accused European powers of preventing peace in Ukraine and threatened that Russia was ready for war as Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, arrived for talks at the Kremlin on Tuesday evening.Moments before the closed-door meeting with Witkoff and Kushner, Putin made a series of hard-edged remarks. Speaking to reporters, he accused European governments of sabotaging the peace process and said that “European demands” on ending the war in Ukraine were “not acceptable to Russia”. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Donald Trump brands people 'garbage' in most shockingly racist rant yet

And at the end of today's two-hour long cabinet meeting, he launched into a shocking rant, claiming people of Somali heritage "contribute nothing" and saying he doesn't want them in the country

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10 h. ago 'Dozy Don' accused of falling ASLEEP as he closes his eyes during Cabinet meeting

Sleepy Joe has been replaced by 'Dozy Don, as President Donald Trump appeared to nod off during Tuesday's Cabinet meeting, which stretched two hours and 18 minutes.

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10 h. ago Trump fires off furious expletive as he's grilled on 'war crime' strike on drug smugglers

President Donald Trump and Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth lauded the commander in charge of authorizing controversial lethal strikes on Venezuelan drug boats on Tuesday.

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10 h. ago Hegseth says he ‘didn’t stick around’ to watch second strike on alleged drug boat; Trump vows land strikes on cartels are coming ‘very soon’ – live

President says countries manufacturing and selling drugs to the US are “subject to attack”, adding that strikes wouldn’t be limited to VenezuelaTrump says he and Hegseth didn’t know about second strike on alleged Venezuelan drug boatPete Hegseth told US soldiers in Iraq to ignore legal advice on rules of engagementJoseph Gedeon is a politics breaking news reporter based in WashingtonThe FBI director, Kash Patel, is “in over his head” and leading a “chronically under-performing” agency paralyzed by fear and plummeting morale, according to a scathing 115-page report compiled by a national alliance of retired and active-duty FBI special agents and analysts. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago President Donald Trump vows to target any nation bringing drugs into US

The former US president made the remarks during a White House cabinet meeting, where he focused on cocaine from Colombia.

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11 h. ago BREAKING: Donald Trump says he would target ANY country trafficking drugs into US

The US has already targeted an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea

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11 h. ago Donald Trump says he would target ANY country trafficking drugs into US

During a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday, US president Donald Trump said any country trafficking drugs into the US is 'subject to attack'

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11 h. ago Sabrina Carpenter condemns ‘evil and disgusting’ ICE video that uses her song

Pop star calls out White House’s ‘inhumane agenda’ after post that soundtracks immigration raids to her song JunoSabrina Carpenter has spoken out against Donald Trump’s White House for using her song Juno to soundtrack videos of immigration raids.In response to a video posted on the official White House X account, which depicts Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) officials arresting several people in what appears to be Chicago, the singer wrote: “this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.” Continue reading...

Culture

11 h. ago Despite legal challenge, Florida college votes again to transfer land for Trump presidential library

The board of the South Florida college that’s giving away a valuable piece of property for Donald Trump’s future presidential library redid its vote to transfer the land

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11 h. ago Pope fires warning at Trump amid fears US is preparing for war against Venezuela

The Pope has warned Donald Trump not to oust Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro amid ratcheting fears of a US invasion.

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