20 h. ago US set to be host to biggest sporting events with guests it doesn’t want | Emma John

Donald Trump is closing the borders even though the World Cup and 2028 Olympics will take place in his countryCall it big, beautiful timing. On Tuesday, Fifa announced it had taken an office in Trump Tower. On Wednesday, Donald Trump announced he would attend the Club World Cup final. And who could begrudge the US president a little sporting entertainment after the week he has had? Those Nobel peace prize applications don’t write themselves.Trump’s attendance at a tournament that we can be 95% sure he doesn’t understand is, doubtless, a huge coup and political victory for football. This is a sport that only a decade ago was openly considered un-American, scrawled into the rightwing commentator’s list of pet peeves between meteorologists and Judy Blume. Ann Coulter described soccer’s growing popularity as a “sign of the nation’s moral decay”. Glenn Beck likened it to Obamacare: “It doesn’t matter how you try to sell it to us, it doesn’t matter how many celebrities you get we want not...

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24 h. ago Donald Trump takes another swipe at Canada with alarming new threat

Donald Trump has threatened Mark Carney's Canada, a large country already feeling the pain of the new US administration's global steel, aluminium and auto tariffs

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4 d. ago Europe does not have to choose between guns and butter. There is another way | Shahin Vallée and Joseph de Weck

Yes, defence spending has to rise – but slashing the welfare state to fund it would be a big mistakeEuropean governments are once again haunted by a tough choice between financing the military or spending on social programmes. That, at any rate, is the narrative that has taken hold since Donald Trump’s retreat from the postwar global security order and the urgent pressure to rearm Europe.But to frame the dilemma facing Europe in this way is a big mistake. History teaches us that the political choice has never been about guns or butter, but rather guns or taxes. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Elon Musk starts 'America Party' as he goes against President Trump after fall

The announcement comes after the pair fell out . . . made up and then fell out again last week, which saw Donald Trump confirm that he would take a look at deporting Elon Musk from the US

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8 d. ago I’m no fan of Elon Musk. But Trump’s threat to deport him is sickening | Justice Malala

The president said he would ‘take a look’ at deporting the US citizen amid a political feud, as Republicans make similar remarks about Zohran MamdaniElon Musk is an utterly deplorable human being. He has unashamedly flashed an apparent Nazi salute; encouraged rightwing extremists in Germany and elsewhere; falsely claimed there is a “genocide” in South Africa against white farmers; callously celebrated the dismantling of USAID, whose shuttering will lead to the deaths of millions, according to a study published in the Lancet this week; and increased misinformation and empowered extremists on his Twitter/X platform while advancing his sham “I am a free speech absolutist” claims. And so much more.So the news that Donald Trump “will take a look” at deporting his billionaire former “first buddy” Musk has many smirking and shrugging: “Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.” Continue reading...

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9 d. ago When bromances go bad – from Musk and Trump to executions and hermaphrodites

Once a billionaire double act, Elon Musk and Donald Trump are now solidly handbags at dawn. Now we take a look at the pitfalls of befriending a world leader

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1 week ago Watch: Donald Trump says he will ‘take a look’ at deporting Elon Musk after bill backlash

Donald Trump has said that he will “take a look” at deporting Elon Musk after the billionaire reignited their ongoing feud over the US president’s tax and spending megabill.

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1 week ago President Donald Trump to 'take a look at' potentially deporting Elon Musk

After Elon Musk vowed to unseat those who support Donald Trump's spending bill, the President said today he 'might have to put DOGE on Elon' when asked about possible deportation

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2 w. ago Change in Nato mindset brought on by Vladimir Putin as much as Donald Trump

Allies agreed to raise defence spending to counter likely prospect of Russian remilitarisation if Ukraine war endsThe price was high, but for now, at least, a crisis in Nato has been averted. Donald Trump may like to take the credit for almost all of the 32 allies agreeing to a sharp increase in defence spending, but the reality is that the dramatic change in the Nato mindset was as much brought on by Vladimir Putin.The Russian president’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was the first jolt, but there is a second uncomfortable reality. If there is a sustainable ceasefire in Ukraine, it will mean the deployment of a European-led peacekeeping force in the country – and after a while, Russia’s military might will inevitably recover. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago This is the shocking next move desperate Donald Trump will take if the ceasefire between Israel and Iran fails

Amid the fog of war, one thing remains quite clear: in spite of increasingly furious calls for peace from the world's most powerful man, Israel and Iran want to fight.

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2 w. ago Shock poll reveals how Americans really feel about Donald Trump's Iran attack

A poll taken in the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump 's decision to unleash 'bunker buster' bombs on Iran 's nuclear facilities reveals how Americans feel about the attack.

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2 w. ago Can Donald Trump secure a ceasefire that lasts? Take our poll and have your say

Despite Trump hailing a massive breakthrough, the ceasefire between Israel and Iran collapsed in a matter of hours. With missiles flying and tensions surging, his claim of peace now looks embarrassingly premature. Can the president secure a robust truce?

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2 w. ago Donald Trump issues Nobel Peace Prize warning as he makes 'violent war' claim

US President Donald Trump has taken credit for a spate of peace deals in recent weeks, most recently claiming to have ended a 'violent' conflict between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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3 w. ago Wimbledon hero Martina Navratilova fears losing US citizenship after what happened to TikTok star

Martina Navratilova has lived in the United States since she was 18 years old but fears her citizenship could be taken away following Donald Trump's immigration raids

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3 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: 8 wild Donald Trump moments as JD Vance takes surprise trip to protest

Meanwhile, Donald Trump says he'll do pretty much everything in two weeks, he shut down an LGBTQ+ specific suicide hotline and he went on a Juneteenth journey

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3 w. ago Paris Hilton takes brutal swipe at Donald Trump years after she 'pretended' to vote for him

The former reality star, 44, was pressed about her relationship with the President during a recent sit-down with Louis Theroux at Spotify Beach in Cannes, France, on Monday.

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3 w. ago ‘People didn’t like women in space’: how Sally Ride made history and paid the price

Ride was the first US woman in space – but a National Geographic documentary looks at how she was forced to hide her queerness to succeedA week before Sally – a documentary about the first American woman to fly into space – landed at the Sundance film festival in January, Nasa employees received emails informing them how Donald Trump’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) rollbacks would take effect.Contracts and offices associated with DEI programs were to be terminated. Staff were given Orwellian instruction to inform the government of any attempt to disguise inclusion efforts in “coded or imprecise language”. In the weeks to follow, Nasa would take back its promise to send the first woman and person of color to the moon’s surface. Meanwhile, employees are reported to be hiding their rainbow flags and any other expressions of solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community, allegedly because they were instructed to do so though Nasa denies those claims. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump is deeply obsessed with US history – but he has learned all the wrong lessons from it | David Reynolds

His ostentatious birthday parade is his latest reimagining of America’s past. He’d do well to remember that pride must be rooted in honestyDavid Reynolds is the author of Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the leaders who shaped himToday the US army will parade in style along the National Mall in Washington DC to celebrate its 250th anniversary. This also just happens to be the 79th birthday of President Donald J Trump. As commander-in-chief, he will take the salute from a viewing platform on Constitution Avenue.But this is not a mere vanity project, as some critics have claimed. History really matters to the US’s 47th president. One of Trump’s last acts before reluctantly leaving the White House in January 2021 was to publish a report by his “1776 Commission”, created to “restore understanding of the greatness of the American Founding”. Deliberately, the commissioners included few university historians because universities were described as often being “hotbeds of anti-Americanism...

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4 w. ago Keir Starmer should lead diplomacy effort as tensions rise in Middle East

Donald Trump should take a leaf out of the Labour leader's book, says Record View.

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4 w. ago Donald Trump booed by theatre as he takes seat for opening night of Les Misérables

Some cast members threatened to pull out of Wednesday night's gig at the John F Kennedy Centre for Performing Arts in Washington DC.

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