3 h. ago ‘Testing ground for Project 2025’: behind Oklahoma’s rightwing push to erode the line between church and state

With Trump back in the White House, the state’s superintendent is making efforts to install Christian viewpoints in governanceRyan Walters bowed his head in prayer at his desk in the Oklahoma state superintendent’s office.“Dear God, thank you for all the blessings you’ve given our country,” the rising star on the Christian right said in the mid-November video. “I pray for our leaders to make the right decisions. I pray in particular for President Donald Trump and his team as they continue to bring about change for our country.” Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Donald Trump's decisions could see mystery deadly Congo virus 'take over the US'

Cuts to the US foreign aid budget could leave the country at risk of new diseases due to a lack of information from local sources, an expert has warned, as Trump and Musk take the axe to USAID contracts

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3 d. ago ‘We have nothing now’: Myanmar’s exiled media face existential crisis after Trump severs aid

Organisations that take extreme risks to document atrocities, corruption and war crimes fear for their future after USAid cutsEach month Su Myat secretly crosses the border from Thailand into Myanmar to report on her conflict-ridden homeland, covering military airstrikes and illegal scam compounds that have become a haven for organised, transnational crime.The editor of the online news outlet ThanLwinKhet News, Su is part of a community of exiled journalists from Myanmar whose organisations are facing an existential crisis due to US president Donald Trump’s decision to freeze foreign aid. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump was ‘right’ to approach Putin over Ukraine, UK minister insists

The education secretary has defended Donald Trump’s decision to phone Vladimir Putin but said ‘there can be no settlement’ without Ukraine

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5 d. ago Donald Trump slammed by BBC star as dogs make 'better decisions' than 'Putin's Poodle'

Chris Peckham has said that his poodles would "have both Trump and Putin for breakfast" as the question arises of who is more intelligent — Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump or a dog

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7 d. ago 'There's only one way Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin can be defeated – remember 1938'

The UK and Europe must learn the lessons of 1938 and 'stand firm' against Russian aggression after Donald Trump's shocking decision to 'sacrifice' Ukraine, a geopolitical expert has said

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