6 h. ago Gracie Abrams, the year’s biggest pop star: ‘Trump has only been in office a month, and everybody is more at risk’

After dodging toxic fans, ‘nepo baby’ jibes and her own projectile vomit, the 25-year-old has just spent eight weeks at UK No 1. She explains why she’s now writing about our dark, uncertain futureOn a video call from a hotel room in Hamburg, Gracie Abrams is expounding on the virtues of decoupling yourself from social media and living a life offline. “You can literally do so much when you’re not scrolling!” she enthuses. “You can retain more information; everything gets lighter. You have a greater capacity to be more present, to be there for the people in your life, to read a book that’s going to inspire your next album, or go on a hike and breathe air instead of sitting in a dark room on fucking Instagram. I’m doing lots of, like, tactile stuff, staying off social media,” she adds. “Needlepoint and shit like that. I’m just trying to make things to have some tangible evidence of having lived this year.”Of course, this is nothing the world hasn’t heard before: we’re well used to bein...

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19 h. ago Jimmy Kimmel on Trump: ‘Somehow, he’s managed to make everything disgusting’

Late-night hosts discuss Trump’s proposal for ‘gold card’ visas, allowing rich foreigners to enter the US for $5m eachLate-night hosts talk Donald Trump’s proposed “gold card” visas, Trump’s first cabinet meeting and confusion over who leads the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge). Continue reading...

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43 h. ago Haunting truth behind Trump's Gaza resort plans and how 'Middle East Riviera' might look

EXCLUSIVE: With the help of AI imagery, the Daily Star has presented a grim look at what Gaza under Donald Trump might look like, complete with the MAGA man dining out with glamorous women

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48 h. ago The US is destroying climate progress. Here’s a strategy to win over the right | Erin Burns

It’s time to rethink how climate action succeeds. The key is to acknowledge that it’s never the sole force driving political decisionsWe are witnessing the most devastating climate disasters on record: wildfires ravaging Los Angeles, deadly floods in North Carolina, and global temperature records shattered month after month. We have officially surpassed 1.5C of warming, a critical threshold scientists have long warned against. At the same time, the US is scaling back policies, freezing critical programs and shifting priorities away from climate action.But now isn’t the time to give up on climate action. Instead, it is high time to rethink how it succeeds. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump and Macron show unity and avoid sideshow as they meet in White House to push for end of Ukraine war

Trump has effectively shifted U.S. policy to favor Russia over Ukraine since taking office last month

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3 d. ago Trump says Zelensky could visit ‘this week or next week’ to sign mineral deal

Trump has effectively shifted U.S. policy to favor Russia over Ukraine since taking office last month

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4 d. ago British pop acts disappear from global charts for first time in 20 years

US artists claimed the biggest albums along with K-pop bands such as Seventeen, while Irish artist Hozier mixed with US stars Noah Kahan, Benson Boone and Billie Eilish on the singles chart

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5 d. ago Supporters weep as Trump takes the stage and torches Biden: 'Every single thing he touched turned to s***'

Trump celebrated what he called the 'great liberation of America' in front of thousands of supporters, as he took a verbal victory lap, listing his achievements after a month in office.

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6 d. ago Republicans put the sick in sycophancy as they compete to fawn over Trump

From adding the president’s face to Mount Rushmore to pushing for him to serve a third term, party members are getting inventive in their brown-nosingIf proof were needed that Donald Trump’s cult of personality has never been stronger, it comes in the inventive ways Republican members of Congress have spent his first month in office trying to lionise him. Welcome to the sycophancy stakes.On 23 January the congressman Addison McDowell of North Carolina introduced legislation to rename Washington Dulles international airport as Donald J Trump international airport. Continue reading...

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6 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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6 d. ago Feeling blue: Donors have pulled back in wake of Democrat failures and Trump running roughshod in DC

Trump has only been in office for a month, but some donors and liberal groups are retreating as they struggle to fight the pace of the new administration

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7 d. ago Melania Trump is surprise social media star in China as Donald threatens WW3

Despite Donald Trump's views about the country being well known, social media users in China have praised Melania for her 'elegant' fashion taste and 'independent' streak

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7 d. ago Melania Trump is surprise social media star in China despite Donald's previous rants

Despite Donald Trump's views about the country being well known, social media users in China have praised Melania for her 'elegant' fashion taste and 'independent' streak

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7 d. ago Most shocking moments from Trump’s first month back in office

Donald Trump has officially been back in the White House for 30 days—and it’s been anything but quiet.

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7 d. ago Trump marks one month in office amid Zelensky rift as Vance opens CPAC: Live updates

President’s first four weeks in White House marked by turbulence at home and abroad

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8 d. ago Middle East crisis live: Hamas to return bodies of four Israeli hostages, including two children

Bodies of Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, who Hamas says were killed in an Israeli airstrike, as well as Oded Lifshitz, 83, to be handed overAhead of today’s release, Hamas said it is ready to release all its remaining hostages in a single exchange if the ceasefire agreement with Israel moves forward to a second phase next month.The offer came as the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, signalled his readiness to talk about a second phase of the Gaza ceasefire after an extended delay, by appointing one of his closest advisers, Ron Dermer, a US-born cabinet minister and former ambassador to Washington, to lead the Israeli delegation to the talks.Hamas has said it is ready to release all its remaining hostages in a single exchange if the ceasefire agreement with Israel moves forward to a second phase next month. A senior Hamas official, Taher al-Nunu, told Agence France-Presse “We have informed the mediators that Hamas is ready to release all hostages in one b...

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8 d. ago Federal Reserve officials see risks of higher inflation ahead, support pause in rate cuts

Federal Reserve officials at a meeting last month pointed to rising risks that inflation could worsen, a key reason they kept their benchmark interest rate unchanged

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8 d. ago Britain's 'new era of stagflation': Inflation leaps to 3% under Rachel Reeves

The rate of Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation rose to 3 per cent last month from 2.5 per cent in December, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.

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9 d. ago Inside forbidden prison relationships and real reason officers fall for inmates

As prison officer Toni Cole is handed a 12 month prison sentence for engaging in a series of intimate trysts with a convict, questions have been raised about why prisoner and guard relationships are so prevelant. A criminologist has shared some answers with the mirror

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1 week ago Ivanka Trump thanks NBA star Nikola Jokic for disciplining her son in awkward All

The First Daughter, 43, posted a clip to her Instagram story, showing eight-year-old son Theodore being instructed to pose for a photo by members of the All-Star team.

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