68 m. ago Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Doge are expected to produce no savings – live

Almost 40% of federal contracts canceled as part of Doge’s cost-cutting efforts aren’t expected to save government any money, Trump administration’s own data showsIt’s coming down to the wire for beleaguered House speaker Mike Johnson, who is trying to rally GOP holdouts behind his budget plan for enacting Donald Trump’s agenda before the showdown vote this evening.Amid Republican opposition threatening to derail his bill, Johnson was up late last night locked in talks with holdouts from across his party who remain skeptical of his outline plan for tax and spending cuts - as well as border security, energy and defense policy - via a single reconciliation bill. Continue reading...

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69 m. ago People speculate about bruise on Trump's hand after his three awkward handshakes with France's Macron went viral

Photos of the bruise emerged after Trump, 78, met with French President Emmanuel Marcon at the White House on Monday to discuss a possible end to Russia 's war against Ukraine.

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86 m. ago CCTV shows moment thieves roll £4.75 million gold toilet out of palace

They smashed through locked wooden gates into the grounds of Blenheim Palace before breaking in through a window, jurors heard.

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1 hour ago Musk says failure to respond to achievements email will result in sacking – US politics live

US office for personal management, which manages federal workforce, says that responding to Musk is not mandatoryThe Kremlin appeared to contradict Donald Trump’s assertion that Russia was open to European peacekeepers being deployed in Ukraine, and referred reporters to an earlier statement that such a move would be unacceptable to Moscow.Russia has repeatedly said it opposes having Nato troops on the ground in Ukraine, with foreign minister Sergei Lavrov saying last week that Moscow would view that as a “direct threat” to Russia’s sovereignty, even if the troops operated there under a different flag, Reuters reports.There is a position on this matter that was expressed by the Russian foreign minister, Lavrov. I have nothing to add to this and nothing to comment on. I leave this without comment. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Keir Starmer slashes aid budget to fund 'biggest sustained rise' in defence spending since Cold War

The Prime Minister said ‘extremely difficult and painful choices’ would be needed to reach the spending goal, including the cut to foreign aid

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2 h. ago The Latest: Musk renews threat to fire federal workers despite pushback from various agencies

Elon Musk is vowing yet again to fire any federal workers who don’t respond to an email asking them to list five things they accomplished last week

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2 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer announces cuts to UK aid budget to fund defence spending increase

The Prime Minister announced the increase ahead of a meeting with Donald Trump

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2 h. ago Apple shareholders not expected to scrap diversity programs despite broader backlash

Apple shareholders are expected to reject an attempt to pressure the technology trendsetter into scrapping corporate programs designed to diversify its workforce

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2 h. ago British defence experts fear US has 'changed sides' to give Putin a victory that will destroy Nato and trigger the start of a Russian

Senior academics have claimed America has simply 'changed sides' as Donald Trump seeks to end the war between Russia and Ukraine as rapidly as possible.

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2 h. ago US officials have been absent from global climate forums during Trump 2.0

Exclusive: The ‘deeply troubling’ move comes amid concerns US ignoring international climate ramificationsUS officials have missed recent international climate forums sparking concerns about a potentially significant shift from Donald Trump’s first term, a review of meeting records and interviews with meeting attendees by the Centre for Climate Reporting and the Guardian show.On his first day back as president, Trump signed an executive order on stage in front of supporters at an arena in Washington DC which he said was aimed at quitting what he called the “unfair one-sided Paris climate accord rip off”. Trump’s exit from the Paris agreement means the US will join Iran, Libya and Yemen as the only countries outside the international agreement adopted in 2015 to limit global warming. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Donald Trump talks call for 'strong' Keir Starmer to save Europe from wider war

Keir Starmer will meet with Donald Trump in Washington DC this week in what has been called one of the most important meeting between a UK Prime Minister and a US President in decades

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2 h. ago Alec Baldwin threatens Donald Trump impersonator after sick prank following Rust tragedy

Alec Baldwin was ambushed by Donald Trump impersonator, Jason Scoop, who goaded the actor about the tragic death of Halyna Hutchins, who died on set of Baldwin's film, Rust, in 2021

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2 h. ago Badenoch says US being realistic and UK needs ‘to be so too’

The Conservative leader also said she ‘wouldn’t be afraid’ to call Vladimir Putin a dictator if it were her heading to the White House for talks.

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2 h. ago Watch live: Keir Starmer gives statement on defence ahead of pivotal meeting with Donald Trump

Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer is expected to give an unexpected statement on defence today (25 February), ahead of his pivotal meeting with Donald Trump later this week.

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3 h. ago BREAKING: Watch live as Keir Starmer gives major update on defence and security

The Prime Minister is making a rare statement to the Commons about defence and security amid growing calls to ramp up spending due to the crisis in Ukraine and Donald Trump's interventions

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3 h. ago Keir Starmer to make major defence spending announcement ahead of crunch Ukraine talks with Trump

The Prime Minister is under increasing pressure to increase the UK’s defence spending amid the war in Ukraine

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3 h. ago Kemi Bandeoch says UK should be more like Donald Trump in latest desperate claim

Kemi Badenoch said Donald Trump is acting 'in the national interest' despite his interventions causing chaos around the world - and said the UK should do the same

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3 h. ago Apple to invest $500bn to build servers and hire 20,000 people to boost AI

Apple's investment in the US comes as the company has been under pressure from President Donald Trump to move its manufacturing back home and avoid tariffs on its products made in China

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3 h. ago Social media speculates on what caused bruise on Trump's hand after President's three awkward handshakes with France's Macron went viral

Photos of the bruise emerged after Trump, 78, met with French President Emmanuel Marcon at the White House on Monday to discuss a possible end to Russia 's war against Ukraine.

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4 h. ago Who came out best after Trump and Macron's awkward exchanges? Body language expert analyses Donald's 'Shake and yank'

A body language expert has revealed how French president Emmanuel Macron managed to put Donald Trump in his place during their 'handshake martial arts' at the White House yesterday. 

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