13 h. ago Hondurans vote amid Trump threat to cut aid if his preferred candidate loses

US president favours Nasry ‘Tito’ Asfura of rightwing National party, as polls show three candidates are neck-and-neckHondurans have begun voting in an election held amid threats by Donald Trump to cut aid to the country if his preferred candidate loses.Honduras could be the next country in Latin America, after Argentina and Bolivia, to swing right after years of leftwing rule. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches

From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-electionA crusading prosecutor in the Balkans comes under pressure to drop a big case. Vietnamese villagers learn they are to be evicted. A convicted crypto kingpin in the Gulf receives a pardon.All have one thing in common: they appear to be connected to the Trump family’s campaign to amass riches around the world. Since Donald Trump’s re-election a year ago, warnings that his use of presidential power to advance personal interests is corroding American democracy have grown ever louder. What is less understood – and perhaps even more dangerous – is the damage this is doing everywhere else. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago MIKEY SMITH: 7 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he openly meddles in another country's election

Donald Trump spent the weekend after Thanksgiving meddling in elections and pardoning a drug trafficker - two of the things he claims to hate most in the world

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4 d. ago Fani Willis was the only prosecutor to seriously challenge Trump over Jan. 6 — and she completely botched it

Willis had her eye on the ball early, but a stunning error of judgement ‘stabbed the case right in the heart’, John Bowden writes.

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4 d. ago The Latest: Prosecutor declines to pursue Georgia election case against Trump

A judge has dismissed the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others after the prosecutor who recently took over the case said he would not pursue the charges

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4 d. ago Georgia prosecutor confirms final criminal case against Trump is ‘over’

State prosecutor dismisses charges against US president and others in election interference caseThe case against Donald Trump and his co-defendants in Georgia ended on Wednesday with a filing for dismissal by the state prosecutor who took over after the removal of Fani Willis, the Fulton county district attorney.Pete Skandalakis, the prosecutor and the executive director of the prosecuting attorneys’ council of Georgia, confirmed to the Guardian that “it’s over”after superior court judge Scott McAfee issued a one page order on Wednesday dismissing the 2020 racketeering case. Skandalakis said he would be making no further comments about the matter. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Last remaining criminal case against Trump is dismissed by judge

A judge has dismissed a sweeping racketeering case against Donald Trump and his allies in Georgia for their efforts to overturn presidential election results in the state.

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4 d. ago Prosecutors drop Trump’s election interference case in Georgia, ending last criminal case against president

Judge ends sweeping RICO case against Trump and more than a dozen allies

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4 d. ago Donald Trump's election interference charges dismissed as attorney slams 'lawfare'

Pete Skandalakis, the prosecutor who recently took over the 2020 case, said in a court filing that he has decided not to pursue the case against US President Donald Trump further

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4 d. ago Georgia prosecutors drop election interference case against Trump and others

Newly appointed prosecutor calls on judge to end sweeping RICO case against Trump and more than a dozen allies

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4 d. ago MAGA lawyer wants Trump to send in the 101st Airborne to free election

Jailed former Colorado county clerk has become a cause celebre for conservatives, with the rhetoric surrounding her case becoming increasingly extreme

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4 d. ago Mamdani reveals the strangest thing he saw in Trump’s Oval Office: ‘I had no idea’

New York City mayor-elect reflects on surprisingly friendly visit with President Donald Trump last week

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5 d. ago Trump may have inadvertently issued mass pardon for 2020 voter fraud, experts say

Pardons of Giuliani and others who participated in fake elector scheme were largely symbolic, but still could have a big effectDonald Trump may have inadvertently pardoned any citizen who committed voter fraud in 2020 when he granted a pardon to Rudy Giuliani and other allies for their efforts to overturn the election, legal experts say.The pardons of Giuliani and others who participated in the fake elector scheme earlier this month were largely symbolic since the federal government dismissed its criminal cases once Trump was elected. Many of those pardoned have faced criminal charges at the state level. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Seth Meyers on Trump’s meeting with Mamdani: ‘I’ve never seen Trump this smitten before’

Late-night hosts reacted to the president’s surprisingly friendly Oval Office meeting with New York’s mayor-electLate-night hosts discussed Donald Trump’s strangely friendly meeting with New York’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Tucker Carlson called Trump a ‘total piece of s***’ after 2020 election, according to lawsuit

Remarks by conservative commentator revealed in filings from Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News, his former employer, over its coverage of president’s claims Joe Biden’s win was achieved by fraud

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7 d. ago Trump calls for disgraced election official linked to his ‘Big Lie’ to be freed – as Colorado officials dig their heels in

President says Tina Peters, 70, is ‘dying & old’ – but he currently lacks the authority to free her from prison

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7 d. ago Mamdani reiterates Trump is a ‘fascist’ just days after cordial meeting

New York mayor-elect reaffirms past criticisms of president after agreeing to work with him on cost-of-living concernsZohran Mamdani has reiterated his view that Donald Trump is a “fascist” and a “despot” just days after the pair had a surprisingly cordial meeting at the White House.Speaking to NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, the New York City mayor-elect was asked if he still considered Trump a threat to democracy. “Everything that I’ve said in the past I continue to believe,” Mamdani replied. “I think it is important in our politics that we don’t shy away from where we have disagreements.” Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Less politics, more makeup: the unraveling of Teen Vogue under Trump 2.0

The closure of the progressive youth-focused magazine comes at turbulent time for journalism and the crumbling of feminist mediaIn late 2016, just a few weeks after Donald Trump won his first presidential election, Teen Vogue published a story that set the internet ablaze: “Donald Trump Is Gaslighting America.”The story garnered more than 1.3m hits, making it the magazine’s most-read story of the year. Elaine Welteroth, then the editor-in-chief, told NPR that the day it published, Teen Vogue sold “in that month, more copies of the magazine than we had that entire year”. It was a transformative moment for the publication: proof that a magazine long associated with Disney child stars and headlines like “Prom Fever!” could shine light on the political dimensions of young people’s lives. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Republicans will be left holding the bill for Trump’s policies in the midterms | Sidney Blumenthal

The abject obedience of GOP members for the president has not augured well in the 4 November electionsThe elections of 4 November were the end of a grandiose illusion. After his 2024 victory Donald Trump claimed he had an “unprecedented and powerful mandate”, that his “mandate” was “massive”, and that his “Maga movement” was irresistible, the wave of the future. It lasted 10 months, in which he had betrayed his chief promise to lower inflation, turned the public against him on every issue and Republicans at last faced a battering by voters.Trump’s image of omnipotence has rested upon a pyramid of dread. His ability to maintain the servility of the Republican Congress, whose members are intimidated by the danger that if they defy him he would support primary opponents to run against them, has been the political foundation for all the other forms of fear he incites throughout American institutions. Trump could not have leveraged himself as “dictator on day one” without congressional a...

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8 d. ago Insider reveals why Trump went soft on Mamdani during surprise love

A GOP insider has revealed Trump's conciliatory move towards New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is all part of a master plan.

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