7 h. ago Trump declares tariffs will be ‘best thing’ US has ever done

Donald Trump declared tariffs will be the “best thing” the US has ever done, despite refusing to rule out a recession.

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7 d. ago Zelensky should give in to Trump and commit to ceasefire before Putin, says Mandelson in clash with No 10

The UK’s envoy in Washington said Ukraine must sign Donald Trump’s minerals deal and declare a ceasefire in its war against Russia

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7 d. ago Zelenskyy offers no apology to Trump and says row brought nothing positive

Ukraine’s president says after Oval Office meltdown that when delicate talks are in public ‘foes can take advantage’Ukraine war: live updatesA defiant but tactful President Volodymyr Zelenskyy refused to apologise to Donald Trump after Friday’s spat in the White House, and declared that the row in the Oval Office “did not bring anything positive” to peace for Ukraine.Speaking to journalists only in Ukrainian at the end of a two-day visit to the UK, the president said that when such delicate negotiations are held in public “foes can take advantage of them” though he said he hoped the row would eventually pass. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Defiant but tactful Zelenskyy seeks to move on from White House fiasco

Ukraine’s president says after Oval Office meltdown best ‘left to history’, adding minerals deal is ready to signUkraine war: live updatesA defiant but tactful President Volodymyr Zelenskyy refused to apologise to Donald Trump after Friday’s spat in the White House, and declared that the row in the Oval Office “did not bring anything positive” to peace for Ukraine.Speaking to journalists only in Ukrainian at the end of a two-day visit to the UK, the president said that when such delicate negotiations are held in public “foes can take advantage of them” though he said he hoped the row would eventually pass. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Trump’s firing of watchdog agency chief illegal and would give ‘license to bully officials’, judge rules

Case is seen as early test of scope of presidential authority as Trump seeks to rein in federal agencies’ independenceA US judge on Saturday declared president Donald Trump’s firing of the head of a federal watchdog agency illegal in an early test of the scope of presidential power likely to be decided at the US supreme court.US district judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington had previously ruled that Hampton Dellinger, head of the Office of Special Counsel who is responsible for protecting whistleblowers, could remain in his post pending a ruling. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Donald Trump Jr. declares that QAnon has ‘probably been right about a lot of things’

‘Listen, they’ve probably been right about a lot of things,’ Donald Trump Jr. said on Monday. ‘I definitely agree on the pedophile thing.’

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2 w. ago Conservatives projected to win German election in ‘last chance’ to fight off far right

Donald Trump declares the conservative victory a ‘great day for Germany’ before congratulating himself

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2 w. ago Conservatives projected to win German election in ‘last chance’ to fight off rising far

US president Donald Trump declared the conservative victory as a ‘great day for Germany’ before congratulating himself

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2 w. ago Donald Trump source warns Zelenskyy must flee with Putin declaring victory on set date

A source close to Donald Trump has said that Volodymyr Zelenskyy needs to get out of Ukraine immediately as Russia is about to win the war. This comes as tensions between Ukraine and the US grow

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2 w. ago Donald Trump declares himself 'King' in mad boast as White House and world spiral into chaos

After barely a month back in the White House, much of the American electorate and the world are not comparing Trump to King Charles, but to King George III - afflicted with madness.

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2 w. ago Vladimir Putin to 'declare victory over Ukraine and Nato' as Donald Trump told not to be 'weak' in peace talks

Russian president expected to make the claims on the third anniversary of his Ukraine war on February 24

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2 w. ago Donald Trump declares himself ‘king’ after striking down New York congestion pricing

Trump faces legal challenge after threatening to kill Manhattan toll that raises money for mass transit

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2 w. ago Elon Musk claims friends suffer from ‘Trump derangement syndrome’

Elon Musk declared that "[Donald] Trump derangement syndrome" is real in a joint interview with the US president broadcast on Monday, 17 February.

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