66 m. ago Kennedy Center ticket sales take a nosedive after Trump takeover

Prestigious Stuttgart Ballet likely to face 80% empty seats at DC’s premier arts venue as audiences ‘vote with their feet’Ticket sales at the Kennedy Center have continued to plummet following Donald Trump’s takeover of Washington DC’s premier performing arts venue, with the prestigious Stuttgart Ballet expected to dance next month to houses less than 20% full.Audiences are “voting with their feet to skip out” on shows that would once have been packed, in protest at the US president inserting himself into the center’s management and operations as its new chairman, amid discussions around the notion of renaming it after Trump, according to an analysis by the Washingtonian magazine. Continue reading...

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69 m. ago Canada's Carney to delay EV mandate as country deals with Trump's tariffs

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is delaying a requirement for automakers that sell in Canada to begin hitting minimum sales levels for electric vehicles next year

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90 m. ago Melania Trump makes subtle tribute to Giorgio Armani after late designer was one of few fashion bigwigs to stand by her

Despite a slew of designers refusing to dress Melania Trump following Donald Trump's election, Giorgio Armani was not one of them.

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2 h. ago Pentagon expected to become ‘Department of War’ as US cities brace for Trump’s next national guard deployment – live

Move to rename Pentagon could cost tens of millions of dollars, with letterheads and signs needing to be changed; Chicago and Boston brace for troops after Trump’s threats this weekTrump expected to order rebrand of Pentagon as ‘Department of War’Chicago gears up for Trump’s national guard deploymentTensions between Michelle Wu, the mayor of Boston, and the Trump administration have been escalating in recent months over the administration’s aggressive immigration policies, with reports now signaling the possibility of a federal immigration enforcement surge in the city.The friction came to a head last week when the Trump administration reportedly began preparing an “immigration enforcement blitz” for Boston in the coming weeks, according to Politico. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Inside the gun absolutists’ bold plot to repeal one of America’s strongest firearms laws

Gun Owners of America, which sees the NRA as soft, has the National Firearms Act in its sights – and it’s ready for battleBefore Donald Trump had even won last year’s presidential election, Gun Owners of America, one of the country’s most aggressive second amendment champions, saw an opportunity to use the coming budget bill to overturn one of the country’s core gun laws. Their target: the National Firearms Act.Passed in 1934 in response to gangster-era crime, the NFA imposed registration and a $200 tax on machine guns, silencers, and short-barreled rifles and shotguns. The tax roughly equaled nearly $5,000 back then, acting as a de facto ban for most would-be buyers. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Why is much of the media ignoring questions about Trump’s health? | Margaret Sullivan

Most of the mainstream media is overly cautious in approaching the fair topic of the president’s healthPrestigious news organizations gave scant attention when, for several days recently, Donald Trump faded from public view. Other than some social media posts and some blurry golf-course images, the normally ubiquitous president seemed almost to disappear.But most of Big Journalism gave that subject a pass.Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist writing on media, politics and culture Continue reading...

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3 h. ago US jobs growth worse than expected in first report since Trump fired agency head for bad jobs report

The August jobs report is the first since President Donald Trump fired the non-partisan Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer

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3 h. ago The Latest: US employers added just 22,000 jobs last month amid uncertainty over Trump’s policies

U.S. employers added just 22,000 jobs last month as the labor market continued to cool under uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s economic policies

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4 h. ago Trump hits out at media over death rumours as he is forced to address health concerns again

Donald Trump has addressed rumours about his death during a White House dinner with tech CEOs.

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5 h. ago Oh my God, they riled Donny! The 15 biggest South Park scandals ranked

After 28 years of scandal, Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s eviscerations of Donald Trump are some of their greatest work. We rate their most explosive storylines from ruining Ed Sheeran’s life to episodes banned to this dayIt has been hailed as the most important TV show of the second Trump presidency. It’s currently in the form of its life and clocking up record ratings. Not bad for a cartoon about four potty-mouthed Colorado schoolboys.NSFW sitcom South Park might have been been on air since 1997, but it has never been more relevant. In an era when satirical talkshows are being axed, Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s creation fulfils a vital function as it mercilessly mocks both sides of the political spectrum. Written and made the week of transmission, it has been able to incorporate topical stories and hold power to account. No wonder parent company Paramount recently won a $1.5bn bidding war for a five-year, 50-episode deal. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago The golden rule of Trump and Farage’s free speech crusade: they’re allowed to chat rubbish – you’re not | Marina Hyde

The Reform leader has been in the US, bemoaning Britain’s ‘awful authoritarian situation’. It’s a shame about his party’s own anti-media huff back homeSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and morePop quiz. Of whom did Donald Trump say admiringly: “I also learned that he loves his country very much”? And: “He wrote me beautiful letters. And they are great letters. We fell in love”?If you answered “Nigel Farage”, then I’m sorry. The Reform UK leader might have spent this pre-party conference week in his happy place – lodged several feet up the US presidential colon – and rhetorically demanding of US lawmakers: “At what point did [the UK] become North Korea?” But those Trump compliments were in fact previously made about Kim Jong-un, the dictator of well, you know the rest.Marina Hyde is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Trump’s radical agenda will ultimately reach a supreme court stacked in favor of conservatives

Court has already dramatically limited ability of lower courts to issue injunctions to pause administration policies across the USUS politics live – latest updatesThis week’s dramatic court ruling that Donald Trump’s sweeping trade tariffs, which he has used to upend global trade, were in fact illegal is the latest in a series of losses for the president’s radical agenda that are ultimately heading for a final showdown in the US supreme court.Trump has already asked the supreme court to overturn the lower court ruling in the tariffs case. Almost certain to follow are Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans, his hostile conflict with Harvard University and his deployment of the national guard and marines to Los Angeles. All have been deemed unlawful in lower courts. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Zizians group member to be arraigned on murder charge in Vermont border agent's death

A woman accused of killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont is set to make her first court appearance since prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty against her

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6 h. ago Vascular surgeon explains warning signs a 'Trump bruise' is serious

President Donald Trump sparked health concerns with a large mark on the back of his hand

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6 h. ago Britain is 'heading to a civil war' because of the rise of radical Islam, Steve Bannon says

Bannon, who was Donald Trump's chief strategist for the first seven months of his first term and remains a key ally, made the remarks at a gathering of America First supporters in Washington last night.

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6 h. ago Piers Morgan’s Uncensored YouTube show to move on to TV channel 5

The show has featured interviews with the likes of US President Donald Trump, rapper Kanye West and footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.

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7 h. ago Donald Trump ramps up WW3 fears as he renames Pentagon the 'Department of War'

Fears of a potential World War Three have worsened after Donald Trump announced the Pentagon will now be known as the 'Department of War' and as global military tensions heighten

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8 h. ago Trump administration investigates Medicaid spending on immigrants in Democratic states

The Trump administration is investigating Medicaid spending in at least six Democratic-led states that provide comprehensive health coverage to poor and disabled immigrants living in the U.S. without permanent legal status

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10 h. ago Trump to sign executive order renaming the Pentagon in historic move

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order renaming the Department of Defense on Friday to its former namesake.

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11 h. ago Donald Trump health fears grow during awkward White House dinner he can't understand

Donald Trump appeared to struggle to understand a question during a dinner in the White House Rose Garden, but his wife Melania was on hand to help

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