1 hour ago SNP accused of 'rank hypocrisy' as John Swinney visits US for whisky talks ahead of Donald Trump state visit

Scottish Labour MP Graeme Downie said the SNP ‘can't criticise the US to please your base then expect them to take you seriously on behalf of Scottish business’.

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1 hour ago Takeaways from an AP analysis about longer delays in approving US disaster aid

An Associated Press analysis reveals that survivors of major natural disasters in the U.S. are waiting longer for federal aid

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1 hour ago AP analysis: Presidents are taking longer to approve disaster aid. For some, the wait is agonizing

Disaster survivors are waiting longer for federal aid

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2 h. ago Top EU official von der Leyen to outline plans for dealing with Europe's challenges in major speech

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is set to deliver a major state of the union speech on the challenges facing the world’s biggest trading bloc and laying out her vision for tackling them

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4 h. ago John Swinney 'pressing the case' for Scotch whisky in battle against Donald Trump tariffs

The First Minister has jetted off to Washington DC as part of a trade mission pushing for a better deal for Scotland's most famous export.

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4 h. ago Trump 'drew lewd cartoon' for Epstein as British lord now caught up with bathrobe pic

Newly released files include a lewd drawing of a woman's nude silhouette allegedly sent to Epstein by Donald Trump and a photo of the UK's man in Washington talking to the paedo in a bathrobe

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7 h. ago Lord Mandelson 'called Jeffrey Epstein his best pal' in newly

Epstein’s ‘50th birthday book’ has been seen in full for the first time

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8 h. ago New photo from Epstein 'birthday book' shows joke about Trump 'buying girl' after his 'lewd birthday message' was revealed

President Donald Trump is under fire once again after a lewd birthday letter bearing his signature was released by Jeffrey Epstein's estate.

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8 h. ago Prime Minister urged to cancel Donald Trump’s visit to the UK

The FBU said Buckinghamshire fire and rescue service has emailed staff offering overtime for the visit

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8 h. ago Call for Sir Keir Starmer to cancel Donald Trump's state visit to the UK

The firefighter's union is calling on the Prime Minister to cancel Donald Trump's state visit

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8 h. ago Bill Clinton's birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein praising 'childlike curiosity' is revealed along with creepy drawing of billionaire pedophile

The Clinton missive has been published for the first time on the same day that a similar letter written by Donald Trump to Epstein was released.

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9 h. ago Stephen King says Donald Trump is 'basically an idiot' and 'dangerous' for one reason

Stephen King has never been one to hold back his thoughts on Donald Trump, despite facing threats of a boycott for making a joke about the former President

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9 h. ago Home Depot stores, long a hub for day laborers, now draw immigration agents out on raids

Home Depot stores in Southern California have long been an informal hub for day laborers in the country both legally and illegally who are seeking work

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10 h. ago Most US adults think individual choices keep people in poverty, new AP

A new AP-NORC poll finds that most U.S. adults think personal choices are a major driver of poverty and homelessness, while fewer blame a lack of government support

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10 h. ago Majority in EU’s biggest states believes bloc ‘sold out’ in US tariff deal, poll finds

Average of 77% of respondents across five countries thought agreement would benefit US economy above allWhere there’s a will there’s a whey: cheese producers lean into their craft as Trump tariffs biteA majority of people across the EU’s five biggest member states believe the European Commission sold citizens out when negotiating a “humiliating” tariff deal with Donald Trump that “benefits the US” far more than Europe, a survey has shown.The poll by Cluster17, which is published on Tuesday, found 77% of respondents – ranging from 89% in France to 50% in Poland – thought the deal would benefit above all the US economy, with only 2% believing it would benefit Europe’s. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago House committee releases image of entire Epstein birthday album, including letter signed by Trump – follow live

James Comer, the Republican chair of committee, scolded his Democratic colleagues of ‘cherry-picking documents’House Democrats share screenshot of apparent Trump birthday note to EpsteinIntent on vindication after spending four months in prison last year, Peter Navarro asked a federal appeals court on Sunday night to force Donald Trump’s justice department to explain why it would not defend his 2022 conviction for defying a January 6 committee subpoena.The request to the US court of appeals for the DC circuit is fraught for the department as it would have to confront the appearance that it quietly dropped the case in order to shield Navarro after he was tapped as a senior adviser to the president. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Ivanka Trump rocks TINY bikini as she hangs with Gisele Bundchen on yacht after ditching husband Jared at the US Open

Ivanka Trump flaunted her physique on a yacht with her celebrity pals instead of joining dad Donald Trump at the US Open as Carlos Alcaraz took home the tennis trophy.

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13 h. ago Charlotte officials under fire after man with long criminal history kills Ukrainian woman on train

Charlotte, North Carolina, officials are facing criticism for failing to keep a man with a history of erratic behavior off the streets before he fatally stabbed a young Ukrainian refugee on a commuter train last month

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14 h. ago House committee releases image of apparent Trump birthday note and entire Epstein album

Image mirrors report of letter, turned over by estate lawyers after subpoena and part of ‘infamous “Birthday Book”’US politics live – latest updatesHouse Democrats on Monday released an image of a sexually suggestive letter and drawing that appears to bear the signature of Donald Trump, the very same note the president had denied writing after reports of its existence were published earlier this year in the Wall Street Journal.The letter, which was turned over by lawyers for disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s estate in response to a subpoena from the House oversight committee, was included in a set of notes sent to the convicted sex offender for his 50th birthday. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Epstein birthday letter DECODED: All the cryptic clues, the bizarre links to famous kids' book... and the revealing details behind Trump's signature

A birthday note sent to Jeffrey Epstein, allegedly bearing Donald Trump's signature, has resurfaced, filled with puzzling lines that reference a children's book and echo Trump's trademark turns of phrase.

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