1 hour ago Conservative former federal judge says Trump has ‘declared war’ on US rule of law

J Michael Luttig said a constitutional crisis is brewing due to Trump’s defiance of a court order over deportationsNever miss global breaking news. Download our free app to keep up with key stories in real time.Donald Trump has “declared war on the rule of law in America” and is pitching the country into a constitutional crisis, a prominent former conservative federal judge said.“The president of the United States has essentially declared war on the rule of law in America,” J Michael Luttig told MSNBC. “In the past few weeks the president himself has led a full-frontal assault on the constitution, the rule of law, the federal judiciary, the American justice system and the nation’s legal profession. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Trump’s assault on Voice of America and Radio Free Asia celebrated by Chinese state media

Communist Party mouthpiece says ‘almost every malicious falsehood about China has VOA’s fingerprints all over it’

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11 h. ago CBS' '60 Minutes' is unflinching in its White House coverage in the shadow of Trump's $20B lawsuit

As CBS' parent company considers settlement of President Donald Trump's lawsuit against “60 Minutes,” America’s storied newsmagazine is pulling no punches in its coverage of the new administration

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27 h. ago Donald Trump: the president making anywhere but America great again | Marina Hyde

The US stock market is spooked and his henchmogul’s companies are floundering. Has the great dealmaker been building up the wrong nation?Naturally I assumed the feeling would pass, but one whole week after the US president turned the lawn of the White House into a crappy car dealership, I keep finding myself feeling optimistic. I know, I know. But if anything, I find myself feeling a little bit more optimistic every day – and sometimes a lot more. Not for America, which keeps electing him, but for the rest of the world. It really would take a heart of stone for governments from Beijing to Delhi to Warsaw to look at the clip of this old guy trying to sell his friend’s electric cars and not think: “Ooooooooh, that is very, very bad vibes. Still, it’s good for us!”In China they have ironically nicknamed Trump “the nation builder”, meaning he is doing an incredible, bigly impressive job of bolstering the Chinese nation. Not to be disrespectful to that ancient golf bore holding the littl...

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34 h. ago Chinese state media celebrates Trump’s cuts to Voice of America and Radio Free Asia

Global Times hails US president’s order to strip back government funding to news organisations he deems ‘radical’Chinese state media has reacted gleefully to the Trump administration’s decision to slash government funding to media organisations such as Radio Free Asia (RFA) and Voice of America (VOA).The Global Times, a daily English-language tabloid and Chinese Communist party mouthpiece, celebrated the cuts to the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees broadcasters such as VOA and RFA. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Courtney Love is moving to the UK due to Trump presidency: ‘It’s frightening now’

The rocker joins a growing list of celebrities who have decided to flee America following Trump’s 2024 election win

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41 h. ago King called ‘steadfast defender’ of Canada by country’s new PM amid US tensions

Canada is facing a trade war with America and Donald Trump’s repeated vows to make the nation its 51st state.

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42 h. ago Courtney Love confirms plans to permanently relocate to the UK due to Trump presidency

The rocker joins a growing list of celebrities who have decided to flee America following Trump’s 2024 election win

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44 h. ago Carney visits Macron and Starmer as he seeks alliances amid Trump trade war

Canadian PM stresses importance of ‘reliable allies’ in Paris before travelling to London where he was received by kingCanada is the “most European of the non-European countries”, Mark Carney has said during his first overseas trip as prime minister to France and the UK, where he is seeking stronger alliances to deal with Donald Trump’s attacks on his country’s sovereignty and economy.Without mentioning the US president by name, Carney and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, made a joint appearance in Paris to show a united stance against what they said were economic and geopolitical crises – a reference to Trump’s trade war and “America first” diplomacy that has left longtime allies scrambling. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Terrifying truth about gangsters on Trump's deportation flights and why they were sent to America

President Trump has made the case that the US is at war with Venezuelan gang Tren de Arauga and has given himself the power to deport any migrant suspected of being a gangster.

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47 h. ago From France comes a call for Trump's America to return Lady Liberty. Here's why it won't happen

A French politician has suggested the U.S. is no longer worthy of keeping the Statue of Liberty

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48 h. ago Courtney Love, 60, joins huge list of stars fleeing America because of 'frightening' Donald Trump as she reveals plans to relocate to the UK

Courtney Love has revealed she's becoming a British citizen, because of 'frightening' Donald Trump's return to the White House.

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49 h. ago Voice of America journalists sound off on ‘betrayal’ after Trump dismantles broadcaster

‘A silencing of VOA will be celebrated by communists, autocrats and ayatollahs whose lies we shed light on,’ VOA Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb tweeted over the weekend

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2 d. ago Media advocates warn Trump’s cuts to Voice of America embolden autocrats

Order to slash funding to pro-democracy broadcasters part of efforts to radically reduce government services

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3 d. ago Why MAGA is so obsessed with the Jeffery Epstein files – and so angry at Trump’s attorney general

As Pam Bondi finds herself in the middle of a MAGA storm over the Epstein files, Rhian Lubin explores why the movement is so focused on the documents

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3 d. ago Washington worried with Trump back in town: ‘The atmosphere is toxic here’

The Kennedy Center and BLM mural have been targeted, the newspaper is in freefall – and the Maga movement is gaining a footholdIt was an audience more accustomed to stifling a cough or resisting the temptation to unwrap a sweet. But when they spotted vice-president JD Vance taking his seat at the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington on Thursday night, classical music-goers erupted in unrestrained boos, jeers and shouts of “You ruined this place!”The noisy protest exemplified a culture clash taking place in the nation’s capital. It came in the same week that work began to remove a giant “Black Lives Matter” mural near the White House, a top political columnist quit the Washington Post newspaper and a spending bill passed by the House of Representatives sought to impose drastic budget cuts of $1.1bn on the District of Columbia (DC). Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Canadians urge King Charles to open their parliament in show of support amid Trump attacks

King Charles has been praised by Canadians for his 'subtle diplomacy' amid the onslaught from Mr Trump to make the country the '51st state' of America.

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4 d. ago How Trump’s ‘America First’ MAGA movement turned the Republican Party into an ‘arm of the Kremlin’

President Trump’s recent attack on Volodymyr Zelensky sees GOP accused of parroting Vladimir Putin’s talking points

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4 d. ago Marco Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador to US is ‘no longer welcome’

US secretary of state accuses Ebrahim Rasool of being a ‘race-baiting politician who hates America’ and Donald TrumpThe United States is in effect expelling South Africa’s ambassador to Washington, with secretary of state Marco Rubio accusing the envoy of hating the country and President Donald Trump.“South Africa’s ambassador to the United States is no longer welcome in our great country,” Rubio posted on X on Friday. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Zelensky says Putin dragging out ceasefire talks to go on fighting as Ukraine denies Kursk troops 'surrounded'

Ukraine leader makes statement as Donald Trump described talks with Putin on America’s 30-day Ukraine ceasefire plan as ‘very good and productive’

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