5 h. ago John Swinney 'can't abide Donald Trump but must face reality', says Nigel Farage

It comes after the First Minister said the President's state visit should be rescinded if the US withdraws support for Ukraine.

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28 h. ago Donald Trump facing backlash from his own party after attack on Zelensky

The US President had a stormy meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky where Donald Trump called the Ukrainian leader "disrespectful" and it has not gone down well with members of his Republican Party

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53 h. ago Moment Zelensky gets standing ovation in US after furious row with Donald Trump

Volodymyr Zelensky is given a standing ovation by soldiers and Ukrainians who have fled the war in a new footage taken in the hours after his face-off with Donald Trump in the Oval Office

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4 d. ago Rep. Joe Wilson wants to put Donald Trump’s face on $250 bill in latest Republican attempt to pay tribute to the president

Republican lawmaker says he wants to introduce the ‘most valuable bill for [the] most valuable president’

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5 d. ago Donald Trump faces backlash from his OWN supporters over AI video of future Gaza

The US president shared an AI video to his Truth Social social media platform showing the possible "Gaza Riviera" future his administration has previously teased for Palestine

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5 d. ago House Republicans to vote on spending deal that could slash Medicaid funding

Budget central to Trump’s agenda might get stalled before 14 March deadline as lawmakers warn of nearly $1tn in cutsHouse Republicans are planning to vote on Tuesday on a spending blueprint central to Donald Trump’s agenda, but the package faces potential derailment over nearly $1tn in Medicaid cuts that could fracture their slim majority.The fiscal year 2025 proposal includes approximately $4.5tn in tax cuts alongside increased spending for defense and border security. To offset these costs, the plan tasks congressional committees with finding about $2tn in spending reductions over the next decade. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Fears UK faces £24bn trade attack from Donald Trump after US President says 'reciprocal' tariffs against VAT WILL go ahead

The US President doubled down on his proposals yesterday as he met with France 's Emmanuel Macron in the White House .

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7 d. ago Donald Trump warned he faces 'massive collapse' in just 30 days

Trump was elected back into the White House after sweeping aside Democrat Kamala Harris, winning both the electoral college and popular vote.

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9 d. ago Preparations under way for meeting between Trump and Putin, Russia says

Russian and US leaders will meet face to face in move towards normalising relations, deputy foreign minister saysPreparations for a face-to-face meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are under way, Russia’s deputy foreign minister has said.The event would mark a dramatic shift away from western isolation of Moscow, which has been in place since Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. Speaking to Russian state media, Sergei Ryabkov said a possible Putin-Trump summit could involve broad talks on global issues, not just Ukraine. “The question is about starting to move towards normalising relations between our countries, finding ways to resolve the most acute and potentially very, very dangerous situations, of which there are many, Ukraine among them,” he said. But he said efforts to organise such a meeting were at an early stage, and that making it happen would require “the most intensive preparatory work”. Ryabkov added that US and Russian envoys could meet “within the next two...

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9 d. ago Macron tells Trump: ‘Don’t be weak in the face of Putin’ ahead of US visit

French president Emmanuel Macron says he will tell Donald Trump to "not be weak" in the face of Vladimir Putin, when he travels to the White House to discuss America's move to end Russia's war in Ukraine on Monday.

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1 week ago Trump is the world’s greatest showman – and the weakest strongman it has ever seen | Jonathan Freedland

His capitulation to Putin over Ukraine reveals a pattern. He’s the patsy: giving everything away, getting little in returnHe parades as a strongman, but in fact he’s weak, weak, weak. In the face of America’s adversaries Donald Trump is, as he might put it, a patsy, a sucker, a pushover. He folds like a pack of cards. He’s a human doormat. A loser.Just consider the gifts he has handed Vladimir Putin this week. He has brought Russia in from the diplomatic cold after three years of ostracism following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, whose anniversary is nearly upon us. Sergei Lavrov, Putin’s foreign minister, was meant to be persona non grata; he remains under international sanctions. Nevertheless, this week in Riyadh he met Trump’s secretary of state, Marco Rubio, in so-called peace talks.Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump would boost ‘proud’ US ice hockey team at Canada game, says GM

North American rivals play each other on ThursdayBuild-up has been marked by political tensionThe general manager of the US men’s ice hockey team said he would welcome a visit from Donald Trump to the 4 Nations Face-Off final between the United States and Canada on Thursday night.Bill Guerin, who played 18 years in the NHL, said on Fox News that Trump’s presence would give a boost to the rivalry between the North American hockey powers. He credited Trump’s tariff threats and talk of making Canada the 51st US state for raising the intensity in their fight-filled matchup in the preliminary round. Continue reading...

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