3 h. ago Head of group suing over White House ballroom says she trusts Trump

The president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation says she trusts the Trump-appointed chairman of a federal planning commission to do his job and seriously review President Donald Trump's proposal to build a ballroom at the White House

Politics

7 h. ago Donald Trump planning 'superiority in space' as real life Star Wars kicks off

As Trump continues to ramp up his aggressive rhetoric, it has been revealed that the US President is not just looking at his fellow nations to boss about, but even those in space

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3 d. ago Trust takes Trump to court over ‘damaging’ $300 million White House makeover plan

Donald Trump’s plan for a $300 million ballroom on White House grounds faces an early courtroom test on Tuesday. Preservationists accuse him of illegally tearing down the East Wing in a sweeping makeover critics call an abuse of power.

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6 d. ago Top Putin aide issues chilling WW3 threat to UK and NATO over Zelensky peace talks

Vladimir Putin's sycophant aide Kirill Dmitriev claimed NATTO was undermining President Donald Trump's peace plan and accused it of wanting to start WW3 rather than see him succeed

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8 d. ago Trump and Europe want ‘same thing’ for Ukraine, insists Starmer

The Prime Minister said there were a ‘number of issues still to be resolved’ but dismissed suggestions his optimism had been frayed

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8 d. ago Merz offers to host Ukraine talks so deal not done ‘above Europe’s head’

Leaders of Germany, France and UK hold ‘detailed’ call with Donald Trump about latest draft of peace plan

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9 d. ago Tartan Army heading to World Cup could be forced to hand over social media history to US Border Control

THE Tartan Army could have to hand over five years worth of social media history before they enter the United States for our World Cup games. Under draconian plans by Donald Trump, travellers may have to provide the details along with email addresses, phone numbers and names and birthdays of close relatives. The proposal, posted...

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1 week ago Albanese is taking away social media for children but hanging out mistletoe for AI. It’s magical thinking | Peter Lewis

The PM won big by convincing us we could avoid the madness of Donald Trump’s new world order but Labor’s feeble AI plan embeds Australia deeply in its orbitGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastI’m blaming Santa. As 2025 reaches its inevitable endgame, I can’t help thinking we have all become gullible children enthralled by the promise of tech cornucopia, refusing to see the folds in our logic because deep down we don’t want to break the magic.While the federal government prepares to take the toys off the children with its world-first social media ban, it is hanging out the stockings for the self-same tech overlords to fill with new goodies via its light-touch National AI Plan. Continue reading...

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1 week ago BUCKTIN: 'Trump’s "peace plan" is just a billionaire power play to make Ukraine surrender'

'Behind the glossy talk of diplomacy, Donald Trump’s “peace plan” reveals itself as a cynical billionaire power play - a calculated effort to pressure Ukraine into capitulation so wealthy allies can cash in on the aftermath'

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1 week ago The Guardian view on Marwan Barghouti: Palestinians need a political future as well as aid and reconstruction | Editorial

Pushing for the release of the jailed leader could prove central to the peace that Donald Trump claims to seek in the Middle EastIn a sort-of ceasefire, the killings – including of children – have slowed, not stopped. Israeli military operations continue to displace hundreds of families in Gaza. Aid has increased but Israel is still blocking vital supplies. Palestinians desperately require security, humanitarian relief and reconstruction. But they need and expect a political horizon too. Donald Trump’s plans make only the vaguest and most conditional reference to a Palestinian state, and Israelis – as well as their ultra-right government – have entrenched their opposition since the atrocities of 7 October 2023. Yet after two years of annihilation, Palestinian nationhood has won international support that many thought unimaginable.The political fate of Palestinians is bound to the personal fate of Marwan Barghouti. After more than two decades in an Israeli jail for murder, the charis...

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2 w. ago ‘Civilisational erasure’: US strategy document appears to echo far

Official text, signed by Donald Trump, outlines plan to ‘cultivate resistance’ in EU nations to their ‘current trajectory’Donald Trump’s administration has said that Europe faces “civilisational erasure” within the next two decades as a result of migration and EU integration. In a policy document, it argues that the US must “cultivate resistance” within the continent to “Europe’s current trajectory”.Billed as “a roadmap to ensure America remains the greatest and most successful nation in human history and the home of freedom on earth”, the US National Security Strategy makes explicit Washington’s support for Europe’s far-right parties. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Vladimir Putin's WW3 threat 'has hidden meaning with ploy to influence Donald Trump'

Vladimir Putin torpedoed Donald Trump's Moscow-pandering peace plan to end the war in Ukraine with the Russian leader keen to squeeze more concessions from the US President

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2 w. ago Israel prepares to reopen Rafah crossing ‘in the coming days’

Under U.S. President Donald Trump's 20-point plan, the crossing was to open in both directions

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2 w. ago Trump says he's rebuilding Dulles airport while his administration is fixing the 'people movers'

President Donald Trump has announced plans to reconstruct Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia

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2 w. ago Donald Trump's security chief planning US travel ban after National Guard shooting

Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, vowed to slap the ban on nations sending "killers, leeches and entitlement junkies" in the wake of a double shooting in Washington DC

Events

3 w. ago US and Russia peace plan: Six things you need to know ahead of talks on Ukraine

US special envoy Steve Witkoff is set to visit Moscow next week after US officials met with Ukrainian counterparts to discuss a heavily-criticised plan put forward by Donald Trump

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3 w. ago Why Ukrainians, hardened by war, will take the fight to Russia if Donald Trump betrays them

Donald Trump’s peace plan is not like the infamous 1938 Munich Agreement with Hitler, it’s far worse and ordinary Ukrainians are angry, writes Andrew Sweeney from Kyiv

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3 w. ago US & Russia meet for ‘secret talks’ over Trump’s peace plan as Putin unleashes brutal strikes on Ukraine killing 6

WASHINGTON has held secret, high-stakes talks with Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi as Donald Trump’s team races to lock down a reworked peace plan. It comes as Vladimir Putin unleashed one of his most brutal overnight strikes in weeks, killing at least six people. Donald Trump stoked expectations on Monday, hinting that the breakthrough...

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3 w. ago CNN interrupts news of Trump’s healthcare unveiling to say it’s been postponed

CNN's report on Donald Trump's plans for a new healthcare proposal was interrupted by the announcement that it was being postponed on Monday (24 November).

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3 w. ago Trump to announce extension of ACA tax credits for two years

President Donald Trump planning intervention to stop expiration of Obamacare subsidies sending insurance premiums skyrocketing for millions of Americans

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