11 h. ago The Latest: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to appear in court for sentencing

Sean “Diddy” Combs faces sentencing Friday in a sordid criminal case that could keep him locked up for years

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16 h. ago Trump calls Democrats ‘the party of hate, evil, and Satan’ in late

President continues social media attacks on opposition over government shutdown

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30 h. ago Democrats call for Trump to be removed under the 25th Amendment after military threats to US cities. But can he be?

It’s not the first time Trump has faced calls to step down since he returned to the White House in January

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31 h. ago Can Trump be removed under the 25th Amendment? Democrats join call to oust president after military threats to US cities

It’s not the first time Trump has faced calls to step down since he returned to the White House in January

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35 h. ago Government shutdown live updates: Trump calls to clear ‘dead wood’ in government as he determines which agencies to cut

Trump is set to meet with OMB Director Russ Vought to discuss agency cuts on day two of the government shutdown

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36 h. ago James Comey’s real ‘crime’? Daring to put the law before loyalty to Trump | Lawrence Douglas

The former FBI director prioritized fidelity to his office. The case against him is flimsy – but that’s cold comfortIn 1931, an exceptionally talented young Berlin attorney named Hans Litten summoned Adolf Hitler to testify in a criminal case. Litten represented four victims of a brutal assault perpetrated by members of Hitler’s Sturmabteilung, or SA, on a dance hall frequented by leftist workers; by the time the assault ended, three people were dead. At trial, the defense sought to portray the SA as a disciplined political organization, under orders from Hitler to use force only as self-defense.In his three-hour cross-examination of the head of the Nazi party, Litten managed what precious few dared to attempt. Hitler had expected the young lawyer to be intimidated; instead, Litten aggressively and skillfully dissected him under oath, reducing the supposedly gifted orator to a stammering rage. In trapping Hitler in contradictions and exposing him as an inveterate liar, Litten also m...

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44 h. ago American democracy might not survive another year – is Europe ready for that? | Alexander Hurst

Trapped between Putin and Trump, EU citizens understand the grave dangers facing the continent. Their leaders urgently need to face reality, tooFascism is supposed to look a certain way: black-clad, uniformed, synchronised and menacing. It is not supposed to look like an overweight president who can’t pronounce acetaminophen and who bumbles, for a full minute, about how he would have renovated the UN’s New York headquarters with marble floors, rather than a terrazzo. But as Umberto Eco remarked in his timeless essay on identifying the eternal nature of fascism: “Life is not that simple. Ur-Fascism can come back under the most innocent of disguises.”Historians, scholars and even some insiders from the first Trump administration have seen through the comedic quality of the disguise. They appear to have seen in Donald Trump himself and those around him, Eco’s core criteria: the call to tradition and the rejection of reason, the fear of difference, the hostility towards disagreement, th...

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54 h. ago Democrats liken Trump to Putin after call to use US cities for military training

Illinois governor JB Pritzker and others condemn the US president for suggesting cities be used as military training groundsA leading Democrat has compared Donald Trump to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin after the US president told military leaders on Tuesday that the armed forces should use US cities as “training grounds”.JB Pritzker, the governor of Illinois, which is bracing for Trump to deploy national guard troops to his state, questioned the president’s mental health and accused him of behaving like an autocrat. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago ‘Godfather of AI’ warns again that it could lead to the end of humanity: ‘A lot of people inside those companies are worried’

While Trump speeds up an AI arms race, Yoshua Bengio is calling on governments and companies to slow down or risk ‘potentially catastrophic’ consequences

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56 h. ago JD Vance calls Trump the ‘trolling master’ as he pins government shutdown on Democrats

Vance was praising House Speaker Mike Johnson for resurfacing old video of Democrats arguing against a government shutdown

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59 h. ago Hamas leaders are split over whether to accept Trump's Gaza peace deal

Trump's plan calls for a ceasefire, the release of hostages by Hamas within 72 hours, the group's disarmament and a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.

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64 h. ago Eric Trump claims Biden tried to break up his dad and Melania’s marriage in wild Newsmax crashout: ‘They tried to separate our family!’

President’s third-eldest child scoffs at Democrat accusations of abuse of justice system following indictment of James Comey

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3 d. ago Australian film producers and experts call Trump tariff proposal ‘bizarre’ and impossible to enforce

US president threatens levy on all foreign-made films, but experts point out that the industry is global and Australia is intertwined with HollywoodFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government has vowed to fight a proposed 100% tariff on Australian-made films after the US president, Donald Trump, posted on his social media platform that he planned to go ahead with the huge levy “on any and all movies made outside the United States”.Industry experts have described the proposal as bizarre and virtually impossible to enforce, given the global nature of film, with production, financing and post-production often spread across several countries. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump says government shutdown likely as House Democrats call out Republicans for delaying votes before funding deadline – live

Government funding is set to expire at midnight ET; Republican speaker Mike Johnson pushed back House return in order to prevent Democrats from negotiating furtherThe US government is hurtling towards its first shutdown in six years, with no signs congressional leaders are near agreement on legislation to continue funding beyond the Tuesday night deadline to prevent workers from being furloughed and agencies from shutting their doors.Congress’s Republican majority is pushing legislation to fund the government through 21 November, but Democrats have refused to vote for it unless it includes a series of concessions centered on healthcare. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump defends troops in US cities after Hegseth decries military DEI efforts

President and defense chief delivered pair of incendiary speeches to a crowd of hundreds of generals and admiralsUS politics – latest updatesAt an address of assembled generals and admirals, Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, outlined changes to military policy and philosophy in a set of 10 directives meant to change organizational culture around fitness, race and gender, describing the previous state of military affairs as the “woke department.”Donald Trump followed Hegseth’s call to embrace the virtues of lethality as a doctrine with a suggestion buried in an hour-long campaign-style speech that the gathering of officers and senior enlisted advisers should consider targeting US cities and civilian populations as a training exercise. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago It’s the art of the dodgy deal, Middle East edition: author Donald Trump, updated by Jared Kushner | Marina Hyde

Does the Donald know that there’s a new master negotiator in town? Of course he does, he taught the apprentice everything he knowsAny dramatist seeking a character through whom to distil the sold-out madness of the present times could do a lot worse than President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. Yesterday exposed Jared’s starring role in not one but two current deals. 1. History’s biggest-ever leveraged buyout, of video game giant Electronic Arts (EA), which Kushner’s firm is taking private and effectively into Saudi ownership. And 2. “Eternal peace in the Middle East”, as per what has been widely referred to as “the Kushner-Blair plan” for Gaza. Busy week for Jared! He’s popping up at so many seismic moments – just call him Forrest Trump.Quick refresher on our boy: he is married to Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka, and previously served as a senior adviser in his father-in-law’s first administration, taking the opportunity of Trump’s election loss/unfortunate insurrection-fostering...

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3 d. ago Trump pressure tactics in Comey case ‘chilling’ – but they could backfire, experts say

Former prosecutors condemn ‘takeover of the DoJ’ but say chance of success could be tainted by president’s commentsDonald Trump’s public and private push to have ex-FBI director James Comey indicted on criminal charges is a strong sign of the US slipping into authoritarianism, but it could also taint the case’s chances of success because it is evidence of a selective and biased political prosecution, ex-prosecutors and scholars say.Trump’s retribution drive against an old foe he blames for legal and political problems notched a big win when Comey was indicted last week on two criminal counts in Virginia. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Starmer welcomes Trump’s plan for peace in Gaza and calls on Hamas to agree

US President Donald Trump unveiled his plan on Monday, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly committed to it.

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4 d. ago Donald Trump says Tony Blair could be part of authority in Gaza peace plan

Mr Trump called the former Prime Minister, who led Britain into war in Iraq, as a 'good man, very good man'

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4 d. ago Trump and Netanyahu detail ceasefire plan with US chairing ‘board of peace’ to govern Gaza with Tony Blair: Live updates

Trump’s crucial meeting with Israeli leader follows growing calls for Palestinian statehood

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