28 h. ago Government shutdown Day 2 – live: GOP leaders spied at DC hotspot, report says, as Trump relishes ‘billions’ in cuts

The shutdown began at midnight Wednesday amid the Senate’s failure to reach a deal on federal spending

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2 d. ago First son Barron Trump went on a date — and it wreaked havoc inside Trump Tower: report

The romantic hang was at home solely because of security concerns, the report said

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6 d. ago Trump’s attack on George Soros is the next step in the autocrat’s handbook | Kenneth Roth

Having already attacked judges, lawyers, media companies and universities, the president has set his sights on civiliansAs a former federal prosecutor, I know that prosecutors should be guided by the facts. But in his determination to hound George Soros, Donald Trump wants prosecutors to become agents of his personal vendetta, facts be damned. That is the conclusion to be drawn from the instructions issued by one of Trump’s senior justice department officials to a group of US attorney’s offices across the country, telling them to investigate Soros’s foundation.This is the latest step in Trump’s implementation of the autocrat’s handbook, with the aim of chipping away at the checks and balances on presidential authority. Having already attacked judges, lawyers, media companies and universities, Trump now sets his sights on civil society. Soros, a longtime and extraordinarily generous funder of progressive causes around the world including in the United States, is Target Number 1. Trum...

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6 d. ago Ironic Hillary Clinton twist emerges in Trump DOJ’s indictment of James Comey: report

The former FBI boss is accused in a federal indictment of authorizing an anonymous leak about an ongoing federal investigation

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7 d. ago Trump reveals why he’s weaponizing DOJ to target enemies like Comey as he heads to Ryder Cup in NY

Trump describes prosecution of ex-FBI director as straightforward revenge operation

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7 d. ago At Trump’s behest, DOJ is pushing federal prosecutors across the country to charge George Soros: report

US attorneys are directed to open criminal investigations into billionaire philanthropist’s Open Society Foundations

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7 d. ago George Soros foundation hits back at Trump after report that DoJ plans to target group

NYT reports that justice department is pushing attorneys to investigate organization as Trump ramps up attack on rivalsThe Open Society Foundations (OSF), the major philanthropic group funded by George Soros, criticized the Trump administration on Thursday for “politically motivated attacks on civil society” after a report that the justice department had instructed federal prosecutors to come up with plans to investigate the charity.The New York Times reported Thursday that a lawyer in the office of Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, sent a memo to several federal prosecutors in attorney’s offices in California, New York, Washington DC, Chicago, and Detroit, offering a range of charges to consider against OSF. Those charges included racketeering, arson, wire fraud and material support for terrorism, the Times reported. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago ‘Bomb went off’: Report reveals moment Epstein files rocked the White House and why Trump is desperate to keep them secret

The Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein files fallout was reportedly a summer of ‘disorganization,’ high-stakes strategy meetings in the Situation Room, and a series of ‘errors’

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8 d. ago Pam Bondi’s DOJ to indict former FBI director and Trump target James Comey soon: report

Possible charges could include lying to Congress under oath, MSNBC reports

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9 d. ago Tulsi Gabbard’s error severely hampered Trump admin’s investigation into John Brennan, report says

Director of National Intelligence accused of scoring ‘own goal’ by revoking security clearances of ex-officials now required as witnesses in 2017 ‘coup’ probe

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1 week ago Trump is waging culture war on Europe by promoting rightwing allies, report finds

Study says US president seeks to interfere in elections and ‘move the ideological centre of gravity’ in European politicsThe Trump administration is waging a culture war on Europe by aggressively promoting the Maga movement’s political and ideological allies on the continent and publicly humiliating the EU on the world stage, a joint report by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) and European Cultural Foundation has concluded.The study argues that the US president is actively seeking to interfere in European elections, transform the transatlantic relationship toward conservative values and rally Europe’s rightwing populists around the theme of free speech. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Donald Trump promises ‘important’ announcement on autism findings

Robert F. Kennedy has asserted that the US is in the grip of an ‘autism epidemic’

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2 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: 7 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he makes wild false claim about Sadiq Khan

And after a few days of being on his best behaviour for the King, we're glad to report Donald Trump is already back to his usual self

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2 w. ago Trump claims Jimmy Kimmel suspension not a free speech issue as Democrats call for FCC chair to quit over ‘abuse of power’ – live

US president says comedian ‘fired for lack of talent’; Democratic House leadership say Trump’s media official Brendan Carr should resign Full report: Jimmy Kimmel Live! suspended over Charlie Kirk comments after US government pressure‘Censoring you in real time’: Kimmel suspension sparks shock and fears for free speechIn reaction to the news that Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show has been indefinitely suspended, the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) said that “Trump’s FCC identified speech it did not like and threatened ABC with extreme reprisals. This is state censorship.”On X, the president of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, Tino Gagliardi, issued a statement in response to ABC taking Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which employs musicians from the American Federation of Musicians Local 47 in Los Angeles, off the air. In it he said:This is not complicated: Trump’s FCC identified speech it did not like and theatened ABC with extreme reprisals. This is st...

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2 w. ago George Soros' philanthropy reaches for new ideas as it grapples with the limits of its power

The family philanthropy of hedge fund billionaire George Soros has consistently been one of the largest funders of human rights organizations around the world

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2 w. ago On Way To London, Trump's Air Force One Has Close Encounter With Another Plane: Report

On Way To London, Trump's Air Force One Has Close Encounter With Another Plane: Report  NDTV

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2 w. ago Ice puts more than 10,000 people in solitary in a year – and figures are rising under Trump

Study shines light on growing numbers of vulnerable people being placed in solitary confinement in migrant jailsUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) put more than 10,500 people in solitary confinement between April 2024 and May 2025, and use of the practice has quickly increased under Donald Trump’s administration, according to new research.A report from Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), the Peeler Immigration Lab, and Harvard Law School experts, published on Wednesday, sheds light on what’s happening inside US immigrant detention facilities and how increasing numbers of vulnerable people are being subjected to solitary confinement for longer periods of time. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump says the US should do away with quarterly earnings reports

President Donald Trump wants to do away with the quarterly earnings report

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2 w. ago Republicans admit it’s inevitable Congress will force Trump to release the Epstein files: report

Both the House and Senate have Republicans who are joining Democrats to pass legislation that would compel release of the files

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2 w. ago Trump says George Soros ‘should be in jail’ for supporting progressive causes: ‘He’s a bad guy’

The president baselessly accuses Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor of funding protesters against his administration

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