92 m. ago Donald Trump ‘fully fit’ to serve as US president, White House doctor says after recent physical exam

The 78-year-old is 20 pounds lighter since his last exam five years ago showed him bordering on obesity

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1 hour ago Trump is ‘fully fit’ and manages high cholesterol, says White House physician

Report also shows president is up to date on recommended vaccines as health secretary sows doubts on their efficacyDonald Trump – the oldest person to ever be elected US president – controls high cholesterol with medication and has elevated blood pressure but is “fully fit”, White House physician Sean Barbella said in a report released on Sunday.The US navy captain’s report was published two days after Trump underwent a routine physical. It also said he was up to date on all recommended vaccines – despite his national health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr having spent years sowing doubt about the safety and efficacy of vaccination. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Democrat Gretchen Whitmer tries to distance herself from Oval Office visit

Michigan governor criticized for appearance, including for blocking her face with binders while her photo was takenThe Michigan governor, Gretchen Whitmer – considered to be a 2028 White House Democratic contender – was trying to distance herself from a recent Oval Office appearance alongside Donald Trump, which saw her get photographed while blocking her face with binders.Whitmer visited the Republican president on Wednesday alongside a bipartisan delegation to discuss a northern Michigan ice storm, the state’s defense assets and tariffs, among other issues. Following the meeting, Whitmer was brought into the Oval Office where she – as the New York Times described – “stood glumly” during a press conference that saw Trump sign several executive orders that targeted his political opponents. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Trump's physician releases annual physical while praising his 'frequent golf victories'

The Orange Manbaby has released his annual White House biological examination – which details his physical attributes and the four medications the US President takes

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3 h. ago Donald Trump’s brain has 'no abnormalities’ and is functioning flawlessly, says medic

The Orange Manbaby has released his annual White House biological examination – which details his physical attributes and the four medications the US President takes

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3 h. ago Aimee Lou Wood hits out at SNL’s ‘mean and unfunny’ White Lotus skit

‘There must be a cleverer, more nuanced, less cheap way?’ said ‘The White Lotus’ star

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3 h. ago REVEALED: The results of Trump's cognitive tests from his annual physical

The White House releases the results from President Donald Trump's annual physical exam conducted at Walter Reed Military Medical Center on Friday.

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4 h. ago Nova Scotia House by Charlie Porter review – a headlong rush through the turbulent Aids era

Porter’s urgent prose propels the reader into the gay scene of the 1980s and early 90s as his protagonist’s life is torn apart by the HIV crisisThe humble comma, normally so easily overlooked within a page of text, is clearly Charlie Porter’s weapon of choice for his debut novel. Here, he wields it to propel his narrative forward in the kind of urgent, endless staccato rush that sometimes requires the reader to look briefly up and away, if only to gulp at some fresh air.Nova Scotia House, the 51-year-old journalist’s first work of fiction after two books on fashion, tells the story of living through the Aids crisis of the 1980s and early 90s, and how those who survived it will be forever accompanied by the ghostly presence of those who didn’t.Nova Scotia House by Charlie Porter is published by Particular Books (£18.99). To support the Guardian and Observer order your copy at guardianbookshop.com. Delivery charges may apply Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Trump is 'fully fit' to serve as commander in chief, his doctor says after recent physical

Donald Trump's doctor says the oldest man to be elected president is “fully fit” to serve as commander in chief

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5 h. ago Rangers reveal significant injury concerns as white flag claim scotched and Connor Barron takes Aberdeen abuse

Ferguson down to the bare bones after thrilling fightback at Pittodrie

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5 h. ago ‘Savage’ UK cuts will deprive 55m people of aid around the world

Exclusive: The cuts will result in a reduction of key programmes for education, family planning, water and food aid. Alicja Hagopian and Kate Devlin report

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6 h. ago Female solicitor's VERY revealing message in elderly client's birthday card before drawing up his £1m will... that put HER as main beneficiary

Property lawyer Susan Whitehead, 75, was banned from the legal profession and her firm closed down after her case went before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) in January.

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6 h. ago From Gwyneth Paltrow to the Duchess of Sussex, the girlboss is back. In this economy, who can blame them?

From Paltrow talking about KPIs to Meghan waxing lyrical about entrepreneurship, it’s not surprising famous women are cashing in on the world’s obsession with their brandsI expect certain things from a Gwyneth Paltrow interview. Breathless outfit details. Her cooking something unexpectedly indulgent for the interviewer, or appearing more laid-back than her image suggests. Spacey pronouncements. What I don’t expect to read is: “I need to optimize EBITDA” (that’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation, for the non-business-speaking people) or “impacting my P&L” (profit and loss). These quotes come from Paltrow’s recent Vanity Fair profile, in which she also referred to recent layoffs from her wellness empire, Goop, as a “reorg” and described its sexual wellness clients as: “Not the best customers from an LTV perspective,” which I learn means “lifetime value” – having bought the notorious vagina egg for a laugh, they don’t come back for cashmere and casserol...

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7 h. ago Michael Schumacher signs F1 race helmet with aid of his wife Corinna

The helmet, signed by every living world champion, will raise funds for Sir Jackie Stewart’s Race Against Dementia charity

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7 h. ago BP dropped its green pledges and turned back to oil. Now the price of crude has collapsed

At its AGM this week, the company will face not only the activist investor at its heels, but a global economy being changed from the White HouseAfter Donald Trump’s “liberation day” on Wednesday last week, BP lost almost a quarter of its market value in a share price rout even deeper than the oil giant endured in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The collapse in global oil prices in the wake of the US president’s ­tariff blitz may have wiped billions from its ­market value – but Trump isn’t BP’s only problem.The oil company will face shareholders this week for the first time since it bowed to investor pressure to abandon its green energy ambitions in favour of a return to fossil fuels, and its chair, Helge Lund, agreed to step down from the board. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Sudan paramilitaries kill at least 100 people in attack on famine

At least 20 children and nine aid workers among dead

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8 h. ago Donald Trump mocked over bombshell US tariffs in a hilarious White Lotus sketch

Donald Trump's eye-watering tariffs, which have sent the global markets into meltdown, were mocked on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live in a sassy 'White Potus' sketch

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8 h. ago 'I got a Harrods Too Good To Go bag for £8 and was blown away by one item in particular'

A woman bought a Harrods Too Good To Go bag for £8 and received a number of items but was impressed by one in particular. Too Good To Go allows local businesses to sell unsold surplus food to customers at discounted prices

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8 h. ago White Lotus drug ring smashed: Alleged British ringleader of a smuggling gang shipping cannabis from the hit TV show island to London is arrested

Adel Mohammed, 30, allegedly controlled the network of Brits picking up marijuana from farms on Koh Samui in southern Thailand.

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8 h. ago Trump’s already skirting due process. Now he’s musing about deporting citizens | Moira Donegan

Amid a series of sadistic expulsions, the White House says Trump has reflected kicking Americans out of the countryThey’re rounding people up, and you could be next. The Trump administration has largely dispensed with due process rights in deporting immigrants, who are now being targeted for their protected speech, having their visas or green cards summarily cancelled without process and sometimes without notice, and getting kidnapped off the streets and hustled into vans so that they can be shipped to “detention centers” too far away for their loved ones, or their lawyers, to visit them.Some immigrants are being targeted for disappearance because they oppose Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, an opinion that it is now physically dangerous, instead of merely unpopular, to hold. But others the government seems to be seizing almost at random. More than 200 Venezuelan nationals have been seized and deported to a mega-prison in El Salvador, rendered outside of US jurisdiction in...

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