50 m. ago Beef prices have soared in the US — and not just during grilling season

Anyone firing up the grill this summer already knows hamburgers and steaks are expensive, but the latest numbers show prices have only continued to climb

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62 m. ago Trump officials tour Alcatraz in bid to reopen prison amid outcry from California leaders

Doug Burgum, interior secretary, and Pam Bondi, attorney general, visited island jail as Nancy Pelosi calls idea ‘lunacy’A delegation of US officials toured Alcatraz on Thursday as part of Donald Trump’s pledge to reopen the shuttered federal prison and tourist attraction in the San Francisco Bay, amid an outcry from California leaders who have called the plan “lunacy”.Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, who visited the island prison with attorney general Pam Bondi, said the federal government was beginning “the work to renovate and reopen the site to house the most dangerous criminals and illegals”. Continue reading...

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62 m. ago Trump: Moscow’s Man in the White House? review – a lazy, galling failure of a documentary

This Dispatches episode about Putin and Trump is a weird rundown of everything we’ve known for a decade – like reading a Twitter thread in 2018. What’s so frustrating is that this really matters right nowIt’s never a particularly encouraging sign when the title of a documentary ends with a question mark. It might just be a tiny scrap of punctuation, and yet it can single-handedly undermine an entire thesis.Take the latest episode of Dispatches. A film called Trump: Moscow’s Man in the White House would hit like a juggernaut. That film would be an authoritative, definitive hammer blow, confirming beyond doubt what many have suspected for years: that Donald Trump is either working with or an unwitting puppet of Putin’s Russia. This film would represent a clean punch landed. It would reverberate around the world.Dispatches: Trump: Moscow’s Man in the White House? is on Channel 4 Continue reading...

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65 m. ago Attorneys sue to restore deportation protections for abused and neglected migrant children

Legal advocates have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to restore deportation protection for migrant children and youth who suffered parental abuse, neglect, or abandonment

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80 m. ago Poster of Trump with Epstein put up in London ahead of state visit

A poster of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein has been put up in London ahead of the US president’s trip to the UK in September.

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89 m. ago Dates of Donald Trump's trip to Scotland confirmed as President set to visit Turnberry and Aberdeen

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the US president will visit between July 25 to 29.

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92 m. ago Interior Secretary Burgum must personally approve all wind and solar projects, a new order says

All solar and wind energy projects on federal lands and waters must be personally approved by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum

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1 hour ago Trump won't appoint a special prosecutor for Epstein 'hoax' as Karoline Leavitt mocks renewed interest

The White House clarified Thursday that President Donald Trump did not support the idea of appointing a special prosecutor to review files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case.

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1 hour ago Emails show DeSantis administration blindsided county officials with plans for 'Alligator Alcatraz'

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration left many local officials in the dark about the immigration detention center that rose from an isolated airstrip in the Everglades

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2 h. ago Top human rights group leaves El Salvador after threats made by country’s president

Cristosal says decision to leave country and relocate employees comes after organisation was targeted by Nayib BukeleEl Salvador’s top human rights organisation, Cristosal, announced on Thursday it is leaving the country because of mounting harassment and legal threats by the government of President Nayib Bukele.The organisation has been one of the most visible critics of Bukele, documenting abuses in the strongman’s war on the country’s gangs and the detention of hundreds of Venezuelan deportees in an agreement with the US president Donald Trump. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Top rights group leaves El Salvador after threats from its government

Cristosal says decision to relocate employees was because of organisation being targeted by President Nayib BukeleEl Salvador’s top human rights organisation, Cristosal, announced on Thursday it is leaving the country because of mounting harassment and legal threats by the government of President Nayib Bukele.The organisation has been one of the most visible critics of Bukele, documenting abuses in the strongman’s war on the country’s gangs and the detention of hundreds of Venezuelan deportees in an agreement with the US president Donald Trump. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago In American life, a growing and forbidding visual rises: the law

Immigration enforcement agents are detaining people and taking them into custody, at times under public anger and outcry

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2 h. ago Donald Trump 'undergoes medical testing' after swelling and bruising on hands

Donald Trump sparked major concern with both supporters and critics – but not for international relations this time – after snaps of the president revealed huge bruising and swellings across his hands

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2 h. ago White House reveals Trump's 'chronic' health condition as he suffers swelling and bruises

The White House disclosed that President Donald Trump was checked out by his doctor after noticeable 'swelling' on his hands and legs.

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2 h. ago House votes on trio of cryptocurrency bills aimed at legitimizing the industry

The House is voting on a trio of bills intended to boost the legitimacy of the cryptocurrency industry with new regulations

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3 h. ago Trump is checked for swelling in legs and was diagnosed with a common condition in older adults

The White House says President Donald Trump had a recent medical checkup after he noticed “mild swelling” in his legs

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3 h. ago White House says Trump won’t recommend special prosecutor in Epstein case and calls Democrats wanting transparency ‘asinine’ – live

White House press secretary doubles down on Trump’s partisan lines of attack about the Jeffrey Epstein case, which as cause turmoil among his Maga baseTrump supporters burn Maga hats after he dismisses Epstein files furorDonald Trump has lashed out against his own supporters, calling them gullible “weaklings” for questioning the transparency of a secretive government inquiry into the late high-profile socialite and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The US president is struggling to contain a political crisis within his usually loyal Make America Great Again (Maga) base over suspicion that the administration is hiding details of Epstein’s crimes to protect the rich elite Epstein associated with, which included Trump. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Donald Trump diagnosed with medical condition after suffering with swollen legs

Donald Trump diagnosed with medical condition after suffering with swollen legs, his Press Secretary has said, amid bruising on the President's hand and swelling of his legs

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4 h. ago MAGA fans turn on Donald Trump over alleged Epstein photos with 'topless girls'

Donald Trump's supporters are demanding the truth after explosive claims that Trump was photographed with topless girls on his lap while with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein

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4 h. ago ‘There’s not much to do’: National Guard troops deployed to LA mainly fought one thing

President Donald Trump deployed thousands of troops to quell protests in Los Angeles last month

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