11 h. ago 'Six wasted months': Keir Starmer under fire over grooming gangs inquiry U

Kemi Badenoch says the Prime Minister had to be ‘led by the nose to make the correct decision’

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25 h. ago PM announces full inquiry into grooming gangs after resisting calls for probe

Sir Keir Starmer said he had read ‘every single word’ of an independent report into child sexual exploitation by Baroness Louise Casey.

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30 h. ago Elon Musk's transgender daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson dances with Trans Pride flag at drag show raising cash for immigrants' legal bills

Elon Musk's transgender daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson strutted across a drag show stage, proudly waving a trans flag while raising cash for the defence funds of immigrants in LA. 

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51 h. ago What Elon Musk wore to the White House foreshadowed his downfall

The sloppy sartorial style of political insiders, from Musk to Dominic Cummings, reveals who has the privilege to be scruffy – but it may also signal their undoingIn case you missed it, Elon Musk and Donald Trump have fallen out.For some – and in particular anyone looking at the tech billionaire’s White House wardrobe – this will come as little surprise. Long before anyone hit send on those inflammatory tweets, or tensions spilled out over Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB), Musk’s political downfall was written in the stitching. Continue reading...

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53 h. ago Trump team weighs shutting out Musk’s SpaceX from ‘Golden Dome’ project as fallout from feud lingers

Elon Musk’s SpaceX appeared to be the frontrunner to begin work on the ambitious project, which would have pocketed him billions

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55 h. ago So social media has broken even Elon Musk. I’m forced to ask: U OK hun? | Marina Hyde

In his spat with Trump, the man who literally owns X has been hoist by his own platform. Guys, no one is safe!Did you see Elon Musk apologise for some tweets this week? (Please don’t be naff and call them “X posts”.) Like me, you will be so embarrassed for Earth’s primo edgelord that he feels pressed into doing something so excruciatingly conventional. This is worse than when Kate Moss was scapegoated into rehab.Imagine owning the world’s premier shitposting platform – in fact, having spent $44bn (£32bn) on it, specifically so that your magic mirror would tell you each day that you were the fairest shitposter of all – and then shuffling sheepishly on to your own pixels to mumble something about having gone “too far” with your hurty words. Buck up, sadsack – honestly.Marina Hyde is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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57 h. ago Why is the media ignoring growing resistance to Trump? | Margaret Sullivan

Protest actions like ‘Hands Off’ and ‘No Kings’ are sweeping across the US. But the media is barely paying attentionWhen hundreds of thousands of Americans gathered across the US on 5 April for the “Hands Off” events protesting Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s governmental wrecking ball, much of the news media seemed to yawn.The next day, the New York Times put a photograph, but no story, on its print front page. The Wall Street Journal’s digital homepage had it as only the 20th-most-prominent story when I checked. Fox News was dismissive; I stopped counting after I scanned 40 articles on its homepage, though there was a video with this dismissive headline: “Liberals rally against President Trump.”Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist writing on media, politics and culture Continue reading...

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57 h. ago Why are the media ignoring growing resistance to Trump? | Margaret Sullivan

Protest actions like ‘Hands Off’ and ‘No Kings’ are sweeping across the US. But the media are barely paying attentionWhen hundreds of thousands of Americans gathered across the US on 5 April for the “Hands Off” events protesting Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s governmental wrecking ball, much of the news media seemed to yawn.The next day, the New York Times put a photograph, but no story, on its print front page. The Wall Street Journal’s digital homepage had it as only the 20th-most-prominent story when I checked. Fox News was dismissive; I stopped counting after I scanned 40 articles on its homepage, though there was a video with this dismissive headline: “Liberals rally against President Trump.”Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist writing on media, politics and culture Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump sticks it to both Elon Musk AND Gavin Newsom with move to 'save' auto industry

President Donald Trump on Thursday stuck it to both Elon Musk and California Gov. Gavin Newsom with the stroke of a pen.

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3 d. ago Democrats say an emphatic ‘No!’ to taking Elon Musk’s money in the future

Tesla billionaire may or may not be on the outs with Trump but Democrats are not buying in

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3 d. ago Republicans fear the Mexican flag at the LA protests. But I see it as a symbol of our power | Daniel Peña

The flag serves as a reminder of a fundamental truth about Mexican Americans: we are from here; we are also from thereRepublicans are using images of Ice protesters waving Mexican flags atop burning Waymo cars to foment fear among Americans. Like this photograph that Elon Musk tweeted on Sunday: a shirtless protester wielding the Tricolor atop a vandalized robotaxi as flames billow toward the weak sunlight backlighting the flag. His dark curls fall to his bare shoulders. He stares into the camera.Frankly, the image belongs in a museum. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Why are people so triggered by the Mexican flag at the LA protests? | Daniel Peña

The flag serves as a reminder of a fundamental truth about Mexican Americans: we are from here; we are also from thereRepublicans are using images of Ice protesters waving Mexican flags atop burning Waymo cars to foment fear among Americans. Like this photograph that Elon Musk tweeted on Sunday: a shirtless protester wielding the Tricolor atop a vandalized robotaxi as flames billow toward the weak sunlight backlighting the flag. His dark curls fall to his bare shoulders. He stares into the camera.Frankly, the image belongs in a museum. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago JD Vance roasted over ‘tone deaf’ Sweeney Todd joke prior to attending Les Misérables

Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot calls the Vice-President’s attendance ‘tone-deaf’ as LA riots head into their seventh day

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3 d. ago Bob Geldof blasts 'sociopathic loser' Elon Musk in fiery rant at Live Aid musical

The 73-year-old musician and Live Aid pioneer spoke to the audience after the opening night of Just For One Day

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3 d. ago Sir Bob Geldof brands Elon Musk a 'sociopathic loser' in blistering tirade against UK and US leaders

The outspoken campaigner appeared on stage on Wednesday following a performance of Just For One Day, the musical inspired by the 1985 Live Aid concerts

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3 d. ago Sir Bob Geldof launches a blistering attack on Elon Musk as he labels him a 'w***er' and a 'ketamine crazed fool'

Sir Bob Geldof has launched a blistering attack on Elon Musk labelling him a 'w***er' and a 'ketamine-crazed fool'.

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3 d. ago Inside the end of Trump's explosive feud with Elon Musk as Tesla boss makes olive branch call to president

Elon Musk's extraordinary 3 am post that admitted he went 'too far' followed his Monday phone call to President Donald Trump, according to a new report.

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4 d. ago Trump wants ‘big beautiful’ spending bill passed ASAP. So why is Mike Johnson still messing with it?

Legislation technically has not been sent over to the Senate yet as Democrats urge Republicans to listen to Elon Musk and “Kill the Bill”

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4 d. ago House passes Trump’s ‘big beautiful’ bill ... again. Here’s why

Legislation technically has not been sent over to the Senate yet as Democrats urge Republicans to listen to Elon Musk and “Kill the Bill”

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4 d. ago The Guardian view on Trump and deportation protests: the king of confected emergencies | Editorial

Strongmen love inventing or exploiting crises to justify extreme measures and extended power. The US is taking another step towards authoritarianismDonald Trump will celebrate his birthday with a North Korean-style military parade costing tens of millions of dollars this weekend. He has gratefully accepted the early gift of the demonstrations, which have spread across the country, with more scheduled for Saturday. The president’s immigration crackdown spurred overwhelmingly peaceful protests in Los Angeles. Ordering in troops, over the governor’s head, then inflamed the situation and allowed the agent of chaos to portray himself as its nemesis once more.Mr Trump has diverted attention from his rift with Elon Musk, the stalling of his “big, beautiful” tax and spending bill, the court-ordered return of the wrongly deported Kilmar Ábrego García and the impending impact of tariffs. But underlying the manufactured crisis is a deeper agenda: reigniting fear of undocumented migrants, deleg...

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