16 h. ago Musk may soon leave the White House, but his bromance with Trump will remain

Rather than an explosive split that many predicted, Musk instead appears set to keep close ties with Trump and retain influence on US politicsAfter months of exerting extraordinary power over the US government and becoming a mascot for Donald Trump’s new administration, the first signs that Elon Musk may shift away from his prominent role in the White House began to appear this week.Both Trump and JD Vance have stated in interviews over the past few days that Musk would eventually leave the administration and the “department of government efficiency” (Doge) that he founded, their most direct statements yet on his tenure. Politico also reported on Wednesday that Trump had told members of his inner circle that the Tesla CEO would be departing in the coming weeks, though Musk called the article “fake news”. Musk is a “special government employee”, a designation that technically carries a 130-day term that, depending on how the administration chooses to log those days, could run out at ...

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40 h. ago Stock markets plunge as China announces retaliatory 34% tariffs on US goods – business live

Global trade war escalate as Beijing hits back against Donald Trump with new tariffs on US goodsIMF warns of ‘significant risk’ to global economy from Trump tariffs as markets slideGlobal markets in turmoil as Trump tariffs wipe $2.5tn off Wall StreetAnalysis: Trump’s ‘idiotic’ and flawed tariff calculations stun economistsNew Civil Liberties Alliance, a conservative legal group, has filed what it says is the first lawsuit seeking to block Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports, saying the US president overstepped his authority. Reuters reports:The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Florida, alleges that Trump lacked the legal authority to impose the sweeping tariffs unveiled on Wednesday as well as duties authorized on February 1 under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.“By invoking emergency power to impose an across-the-board tariff on imports from China that the statute does not authorize, President Trump has misused that power, usurped Congress’s right to contro...

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44 h. ago IMF warns of ‘significant risk’ to global economy from Trump tariffs as markets plunge

Fund boss Kristalina Georgieva says it is important that US and trading partners avoid escalating trade warBusiness live – latest updatesThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that Donald Trump’s implementation of swingeing tariffs poses a “significant risk” to the global economy, as stock markets were hit by a punishing worldwide sell-off by investors.Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the IMF, said it was important that the US and its trading partners avoided further escalating Trump’s trade war, while stock markets plunged on Friday as China retaliated against the tariffs. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago EEOC chief shift focus to investigating DEI but her methods provoke outcries

The acting chief of the top federal agency for protecting worker rights has signaled a pivot toward prioritizing President Donald Trump’s campaign to stamp out diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the private and public sectors

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69 h. ago Trump shuts major online shopping loophole in blow to bargain hunters as his sweeping tariffs take effect

Donald Trump signed an executive order as part of his 'Liberation Day' plans that charges a 30% tax on orders under $800 from foreign retailers that could change the face of online shopping forever.

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3 d. ago Two more law firms reach deals with Trump to avoid executive orders: ‘They’re all bending’

Settlements, one with Doug Emhoff’s firm, come as many fear Trumps’s effort to target firms affiliated with his rivalsTwo more legal firms have reached agreements with Donald Trump to avoid executive orders that could significantly harm their business.The settlements come as many have expressed deep alarm at the president’s effort to target law firms affiliated with his political rivals and see the actions as a thinly-veiled anti-democratic effort to intimidate lawyers from taking cases hostile to the administration. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Government declines to put date on when Chagos Islands deal will be agreed

Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty was responding to an urgent question in the Commons.

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4 d. ago Fox News reporter makes fun of Kid Rock’s Oval Office outfit

A Fox News reporter made fun of Kid Rock's flamboyant outfit he wore as he joined Donald Trump in the Oval Office for an executive order signing on Monday, 31 March.

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4 d. ago Trump signs off Chagos Islands deal between UK and Mauritius

Agreement has security implications for joint military base with US on Indian Ocean archipelago

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4 d. ago Donald Trump signs off Keir Starmer’s controversial Chagos Islands deal

Donald Trump has formally signed off Keir Starmer’s controversial Chagos islands deal, No 10 has said.

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4 d. ago Donald Trump has approved Chagos Islands 'surrender' deal, says No10, paving the way for £9billion deal to give strategic archipelago to Mauritius

Hopes has been high among opponents of Sir Keir Starmer's plan to hand over the strategically important archipelago - and £9billion - that the US president might veto it.

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5 d. ago AP PHOTOS: Under the new Trump administration, Transgender Day of Visibility has a different tone

Supporters of transgender rights gathered on the National Mall on Monday to rally for equality on Transgender Day of Visibility, following a wave of policies signed by President Donald Trump aimed at erasing transgender people from government records, sports and even history.

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5 d. ago Trump targets concert ticket scalping with Kid Rock at his side

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order aimed at protecting fans from 'exploitative ticket scalping' and reforming the U.S. live entertainment ticketing industry.

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5 d. ago Trump welcomes Kid Rock to White House for order targeting ticket scalpers

President Donald Trump invited Kid Rock into the Oval Office and signed an executive order that he says will help curb ticket scalping and bring “commonsense” changes to the way live entertainment events are priced

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5 d. ago Trump's 'idiot' national security aide under fire for hosting other sensitive Signal group chats

National security advisor Michael Waltz, who took responsibility for setting up the Signal group chat on the attack on the Houthis, has formed other 'national security groups.'

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6 d. ago Trans people are less than 1% of the population. Trump made them a political lightning rod

Donald Trump has signed a slew of policies aimed at wiping trans people out of records, sports and even history

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6 d. ago Transgender people are about 1% of the US population. Yet they're a political lightning rod

President Donald Trump has signed a slew of policies aimed at wiping transgender people out of government records, sports and even history

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7 d. ago What is the Smithsonian Institution and why is it important?

A Trump executive order aims to uproot ‘anti-American ideology’ from the US museum and research complexOn Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order targeting the Smithsonian Institution, a behemoth of a research and museum organization that operates more than 20 museum and research centers and is visited by millions of people each year, mainly in Washington DC and New York City. The museums include the National Museum of African Art, the National Portrait Gallery, the National Museum of the American Indian and the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), which Trump name-checked in his executive order. Trump’s executive order instructs Vice-President JD Vance to “eliminate improper, divisive or anti-American ideology” from the Smithsonian’s museums.The Smithsonian has already come under scrutiny by Trump and his allies. Earlier this year, the institution was forced to close its diversity office and froze all federal hiring. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Trump threatens to unleash new global nuclear arms race with his team's 'incredibly damaging' rhetoric towards America's allies, defence expert Patrick Turner claims on new Mail podcast

Turner is a tech editor and former colleague of Jeffrey Goldberg, the journalist embroiled in the signal 'war plan' leak scandal. Listen to his interview on Mail podcast Apocalypse Now?

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8 d. ago Donald Trump is 'holding a gun to Volodymyr Zelensky's head' with latest Ukraine move

The US is set to have control of Ukraine's mineral wealth and infrastructure linked to natural resources after Donald Trump signed an order - and it's said it will have huge consequences

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