1 hour ago World's eyes on the Vatican as cardinals gather to arrange Pope Francis's funeral and take first step in deciding his successor

Tributes continue to pour in following the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, the 88-year-old Pontiff died after a cerebral stroke that led to a coma and irreversible heart failure.

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3 h. ago White Tennessee GOP rep calls Texas Democrat Al Green, 77, ‘boy’ in putdown

Diana Harshbarger also implied that Texas Representative Al Green, 77, may have been hiding a gun in his cane as he protested during Donald Trump’s speech in Congress last month against reported planned cuts to Medicaid

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3 h. ago White Tennessee GOP rep calls Texas Democrat Al Green, 77, ‘boy’ in putdown on Christian podcast

Diana Harshbarger also implied that Texas Representative Al Green, 77, may have been hiding a gun in his cane as he protested during Donald Trump’s speech in Congress last month against reported planned cuts to Medicaid

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3 h. ago Asian shares trade mixed amid investor worries after Wall Street tumble

Asian shares are trading mixed amid global skepticism about U.S. investments and President Donald Trump’s trade war

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4 h. ago Some GOP states are targeting driver's licenses issued to immigrants illegally in the US

A growing number of Republican-led states are taking aim at driver's licenses issued by other states to people in the U.S. illegally

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5 h. ago Larry David skewers Bill Maher’s Trump dinner with My Visit With Adolf essay

Curb Your Enthusiasm star pulls snide attack on talk-show host Bill Maher’s defensive and gushing meeting with Donald Trump

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5 h. ago Larry David essay ‘My Dinner with Adolf’ skewers Bill Maher’s dinner with Trump

Curb Your Enthusiasm star pulls snide attack on talk-show host Bill Maher’s defensive and gushing meeting with Donald Trump

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6 h. ago 'I was locked up under Donald Trump's brutal border crackdown

Rebecca Burke, a graphic artist from Monmouthshire, southeast Wales, was detained in the US for three weeks because of a visa mix-up - and was held "in horrendous conditions"

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7 h. ago First Republican calls on Trump to FIRE Pete Hegseth over inexperience 'concerns'

A day after the former Pentagon press secretary wrote about 'dysfunction' inside the building, a Republican Armed Services Committee member called for Hegseth to go.

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7 h. ago The innocent tourists locked up under Donald Trump's US border crackdown: How holidays have turned to nightmares as the number of rich European visitors plummet

For many, visiting America is the dream of a lifetime. But for some, that dream has turned into a nightmare, and instead of spending relaxing days on the beach, they have been locked up for weeks in jail.

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7 h. ago Army immediately suspends Fort McCoy commander after astonishing insult to Trump, Vance and Hegseth

A senior Army commander was suspended after the Wisconsin fort she ran failed to post photos of Donald Trump, JD Vance and Pete Hegseth on her base's chain-of-command board.

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8 h. ago Person found on 'elevated surface' inside Trump Tower in New York is arrested, police say

A 30-year-old person was arrested after being spotted inside midtown Manhattan's Trump Tower on what authorities described as an “elevated surface.”

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8 h. ago Trump Tower incident: Man arrested after being spotted inside Donald Trump's skyscraper

The male suspect, whose identity and motives remain undisclosed, was reportedly stopped by security personnel before he could reach the roof of the Trump Tower skyscraper

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8 h. ago Trump praised for sweet interactions with kids at Easter egg roll after years of awkward Biden moments

Donald Trump was handing out high fives and celebrating the holiday with children at the annual White House Easter egg roll, earning favorable comparisons to predecessor Joe Biden.

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10 h. ago Kristi Noem says purse – and $3,000 in cash – stolen from DC restaurant

Passport, driver’s license and keys also reportedly taken but not clear if theft was random or if Trump ally was targetedA purse belonging to Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security secretary, Kristi Noem, that contained $3,000 in cash, her passport, driver’s license and her apartment keys was stolen while she ate dinner at a restaurant in downtown Washington on Sunday night.The secretary revealed the theft to reporters at the White House Easter egg roll on Monday. Noem said the incident remained unresolved. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Boffins fear Donald Trump's proposed cuts to NASA could stop us from finding aliens

The Orange Manbaby could slash £2.7bn from the space agency budget - a cut of nearly half - making boffins concerned that there may not be enough funding to find aliens

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10 h. ago Harvard sues Trump administration over efforts to ‘gain control of academic decision

University fights back against threats to cut about $9bn in funding for school after it refused to comply with demandsIn a new lawsuit, Harvard University alleged that the Donald Trump administration is trying to “gain control of academic decision-making at Harvard”, several news outlets are reporting.The university is fighting back against the administration’s threat to review about $9bn in federal funding after Harvard officials refused to comply with a list of demands that included appointing an outside overseer to ensure that the viewpoints being taught at the university were “diverse”. Harvard is specifically looking to halt a freeze on $2.2bn in grants. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Donald Trump and Melania will travel to Rome for Pope Francis' funeral

President Donald Trump announced he and first lady Melania Trump would travel to Rome for Pope Francis' funeral.

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11 h. ago Donald Trump 'hopes' to visit Scotland during second UK state visit

Donald Trump says, 'I will be there', when speaking about visiting Scotland during his second state visit to the UK.

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11 h. ago US stocks and dollar sink as Donald Trump renews attacks on Fed chair Jay Powell

Currency sell-off intensifies after president steps up criticism of central bank head for not cutting rates

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