3 h. ago Trump agrees to delay 50% tariffs on EU imports until July 9

Mr Trump had recommended that the 50% tariff rate comes into effect on June 1.

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3 h. ago Trump admits he 'doesn't know what the hell happened to Putin' after Russian leader fired missiles into Ukraine amid peace talks

President Donald Trump tore into Russian President Vladimir Putin when asked Sunday evening by a reporter for an update on the Ukraine war.

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4 h. ago Trump says he is ‘very surprised’ Putin has ramped up attacks on Ukraine

Trump, who has worked to broker ceasefire deal, told reporters that Russian leader is ‘killing a lot of people’Donald Trump told reporters on Sunday that was “very surprised” that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, has intensified the bombardment of Ukrainian cities despite the US president’s efforts to broker a ceasefire.“I’m not happy with what Putin is doing. He’s killing a lot of people and I don’t know what the hell happened to Putin”, Trump said at an airport in New Jersey. “I’ve known him a long time, always gotten along with him, but he’s sending rockets into cities and killing people and I don’t like it at all.” Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Donald Trump's envoy Keith Kellogg calls for ‘ceasefire now’ after Russia's ‘shameful’ bombardment on Kyiv

Russia launched its largest aerial bombardment on Ukraine this week. Ukrainian forces shot down six missiles and neutralized 245 drones — 128 drones were shot down and 117 were thwarted

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6 h. ago DOMINIC LAWSON: What a farce! Labour is happy to import oil from Norway's side of the North Sea

Donald Trump , as is his (uncontrollable) wont, has sent an urgent memo to the British Government , not privately, but through his own social media platform, Truth Social.

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7 h. ago Colorado man plotted to bomb US embassy in Israel and left note saying ‘Death to America,’ prosecutors say

Joseph Neumayer allegedly also threatened to assassinate President Donald Trump

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7 h. ago Donald Trump's savage cuts leads to scientists exodus and making American dumb again

President Trump has overseen huge cuts to scientific funding, as well as bringing in controversial legislation to boot out non-US Harvard students from the country

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7 h. ago Donald Trump's savage cuts leads to scientists exodus and making Americans dumb again

President Trump has overseen huge cuts to scientific funding, as well as bringing in controversial legislation to boot out non-US Harvard students from the country

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9 h. ago Neil Young tells Donald Trump 'STOP THINKING ABOUT ROCKERS' as he backs Bruce Springsteen

Neil Young has become the latest musician to hit out at Donald Trump, after the President launched a vicious tirade against Bruce Springsteen

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10 h. ago Top Republicans threaten to block Trump’s spending bill if national debt is not reduced

Prominent senators warn Trump to ‘get serious’ about addressing budget deficit or they will block ‘beautiful bill’Donald Trump has been warned by fiscal hawks within his own party in the US Senate that he must “get serious” about cutting government spending and reducing the national debt or else they will block the passage of his signature tax-cutting legislation known as the “big beautiful bill”.Ron Johnson, the Republican senator from Wisconsin who rose to prominence as a fiscal hardliner with the Tea party movement, issued the warning to the president on Sunday. Asked by CNN’s State of the Union whether his faction had the numbers to halt the bill, he replied: “I think we have enough to stop the process until the president gets serious about spending reduction and reducing the deficit.” Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Inside Princess Elisabeth's first year at Harvard as Belgian royal's future at Ivy League university remains uncertain amid Trump's war on international students

The academic future of Belgian's future Queen Princess Elisabeth hangs in the balance amid Donald Trump 's battle with Harvard University.

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13 h. ago US military shifts messaging in Africa, telling allies to prepare to stand more on their own

The U.S. military is backing off its usual talk of good governance and countering underlying causes of African insurgencies

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13 h. ago How Donald Trump and son Don Jr reacted to Tiger Woods and Vanessa's relationship

Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump went public with their relationship in March, but have kept their romance away from the limelight since - but Donald Trump has given his views on the couple

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13 h. ago Whatever happened to Elon Musk? Tech boss drifts to margins of Trump world

The president’s billionaire backer was ever-present at the start of Trump’s term but is now pulling back from politics – and Republicans want to keep it that wayThe Oval Office was crowded, with reporters cautioned not to collide with the Resolute Desk. Standing beside them, dressed in black, was Elon Musk, billionaire ally of Donald Trump and head of his government efficiency drive.“Elon is from South Africa – I don’t want to get Elon involved,” the US president told his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, during a discussion about crime against white farmers. “He actually came here on a different subject: sending rockets to Mars. He likes that better.” Continue reading...

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14 h. ago How Trump has turbocharged a Canadian province’s quest for independence | Lisa Young

The president has upended Canadian politics - and offered Alberta’s seccesionists a new political route forward For Canadians, there’s nothing new about a province contemplating secession. Two referendums on Quebec’s potential independence – in 1980 and 1995 – brought the country uncomfortably close to the precipice. Today, it’s not Quebec but the oil-rich western province of Alberta that is chafing under the constraints of Canadian confederation. US president Donald Trump’s tariffs and comments about turning Canada into the 51st state have set in motion a chain of political events that will probably result in a referendum on Albertan independence sometime in 2026.Conservative political leaders in Alberta have traditionally stoked resentment of the federal government in Ottawa without crossing the line to advocate separation. The grievances are largely economic and in recent years have focused on environmental policies. The Conservative-led Alberta provincial government has portraye...

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14 h. ago ‘An autoimmune disorder’: how Trump is turning American democracy against itself

Unlike autocracies such as Russia or China, the US has strong liberal guardrails to prevent a dictatorship. But Trump has a plan for dismantling themThere is some mystery surrounding Donald Trump’s moves to dismantle many cherished principles of American history and its culture of governance: his globalization denialism; his romance with Russia; his demolition of universities; his contempt for European values and histories; his campaign to humiliate Canada. These are all known examples, but it can be hard to see across them to discern anything like a unified theory of Trumpism.There are two possibilities here. One is that there is no rhyme or reason to Trump’s actions. He is simply a randomizing generator of chaos. The other is that there is a method. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago In an uneasy climate, diverse pride groups converge on DC with differing interests but common goals

Members of different LGBTQ and transgender communities are descending on the nation's capital with plans for celebrations, parades, concerts and more

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16 h. ago Original Sin: how Team Biden wished away his decline until it was too late

Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson issue a stinging verdict on a cover-up that may have cost Democrats the 2024 electionJoe Biden mistook his victory in 2020 for a sweeping, FDR-like mandate. Officially, that was before age and decay caught up. Horrifically, for Democrats, in June 2024 a debacle of a debate against Donald Trump confirmed what Washington insiders had only dared whisper but what most voters had known: Biden should not have sought re-election.Less than a month later, he was out, replaced as Democratic nominee by his vice-president, Kamala Harris. Now, Trump runs wild and Biden’s legacy is buried beneath a heap of unkind reporting – and bouquets of sympathy, after news of his cancer.Original Sin is published in the US by Penguin Random House Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Trump refuses to accept that for Netanyahu and Putin forever war is the only option | Simon Tisdall

The US president thought he could impose peace through sheer personality, but he didn’t reckon with two leaders with so much to loseBenjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin enjoyed a friendly phone chat earlier this month, marking the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat. The Israeli and Russian leaders have much in common. Both claim to be still heroically battling Nazis, in Gaza and Ukraine respectively. This fiction is used to justify the mass murder of civilians, spiralling troop casualties and huge economic and reputational costs. Maybe it helps them sleep at night.Bibi and Vlad: the world’s most wanted men – and possibly the most despised.Simon Tisdall is a Guardian foreign affairs commentator Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Taylor Swift's face says it all as she has cozy dinner with boyfriend Travis Kelce after Blake Lively subpoena twist

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are swimming in President Donald Trump's waters as the Kansas City Chiefs star enjoys his offseason on Florida's Atlantic coast ahead of next week's OTAs.

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