28 h. ago 'I voted for Donald Trump – now my wife is locked up in ICE custody'

Camila Muñoz was arrested at the airport after arriving home from her honeymoon in Puerto Rico as her application for a green card to stay in the US is currently being processed

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4 d. ago DOGE approval ratings tank with nearly 60% of Americans unhappy, poll finds

It’s been just seven weeks since Donald Trump moved to the White House, and voters’ disapproval of Elon Musk’s work and for Donald Trump is climbing, according to a new survey

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4 d. ago Nearly 60 percent of voters are unhappy with DOGE, poll finds

It’s been just seven weeks since President Donald Trump took office and American voters have expressed their disapproval for Elon Musk and his handling of DOGE, according to new poll

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5 d. ago Digested week: Just enjoy Tesla shares tumbling as Trump crashes the markets | Emma Brockes

The Elon Musk backlash, boos for JD Vance, Meghan naming protocol, a wombat botherer and – OMG! – buying kittensTo the people who parked their consciences and voted for Donald Trump because they thought he’d slash regulation, cut corporate taxes and eviscerate the federal government to send their stock holdings soaring, I’d like to ask: “How’s that working out for you?” For anyone with a pension, college savings or other assets in the US market this was an unrelaxing week, during which the Dow fell by almost 900 points on Monday and some $4tn (£3tn) was wiped off the S&P 500. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Greenland votes for change but coalition talks will govern how it reacts to Trump | Miranda Bryant

The tone of relations with the US may depend on whether second-placed Naleraq ends up inside the governmentIt was an election that was fought on the global stage with sporadic commentary from Donald Trump. But in the end, it was domestic issues that drove Greenlanders to the polls to vote overwhelmingly for change.Ever since his son, Donald Trump Jr, touched down in a Trump-branded plane at Nuuk’s new airport in January, the US president has made no secret of his renewed desire to gain control of the Arctic island, refusing to rule out economic or military force to do so. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Greenland goes to polls in s election PM calls a ‘fateful choice’

Poll takes place against backdrop of threats by Donald Trump and growing demands for independenceGreenland’s prime minister said voters face a “fateful choice” as the Arctic island goes to the polls in a pivotal election closely watched by Europe and the US.The vote on Tuesday has attracted global attention after Donald Trump’s repeated assertions about acquiring the autonomous territory, using military and economic force if necessary. Continue reading...

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1 week ago House censures Democratic congressman Al Green for disrupting Trump’s speech – live

The motion was approved with 224 votes in favor, including 10 Democrats, and 198 opposedTen Democrats join Republicans to vote to censure Al GreenThe White House announced that Donald Trump will sign executive orders at 2pm ET.While they did not specify what he may sign, the president is reported to be ready to order the closure of the department of education. Expect a court battle to ensue, since the department was created by Congress in 1980, but Trump is attempting to use his executive authority to shut it down. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Keir Starmer's dire personal rating boosted by Ukraine leadership as Brits give damning verdict on Donald Trump

The Prime Minister is now more popular than Reform's Nigel Farage for the first time since September, according to YouGov.

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2 w. ago Brits fear Keir Starmer will bungle Washington mission with 57% saying he will be 'bad' at negotiating with Donald Trump, and even Labour voters split

Some 57 per cent believe the PM will be either 'very bad' or 'fairly bad' at negotiating with the US president, according to a poll.

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3 w. ago Mike Johnson delivers win for Trump as House narrowly passes GOP budget framework calling for steep cuts

Johnson squeaks through chaotic vote session with first legislative victory for Donald Trump’s second term

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3 w. ago Mike johnson delivers major win for Trump as House narrowly passes GOP budget plan calling for steep cuts

Johnson squeaks through chaotic vote session with first legislative victory for Donald Trump’s second term

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3 w. ago Mike Johnson wins over holdouts as House passes budget framework calling for steep cuts

Johnson squeaks through chaotic vote session with first legislative victory for Donald Trump’s second term

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3 w. ago House Republicans to vote on spending deal that could slash Medicaid funding

Budget central to Trump’s agenda might get stalled before 14 March deadline as lawmakers warn of nearly $1tn in cutsHouse Republicans are planning to vote on Tuesday on a spending blueprint central to Donald Trump’s agenda, but the package faces potential derailment over nearly $1tn in Medicaid cuts that could fracture their slim majority.The fiscal year 2025 proposal includes approximately $4.5tn in tax cuts alongside increased spending for defense and border security. To offset these costs, the plan tasks congressional committees with finding about $2tn in spending reductions over the next decade. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Doge are expected to produce no savings – live

Almost 40% of federal contracts canceled as part of Doge’s cost-cutting efforts aren’t expected to save government any money, Trump administration’s own data showsIt’s coming down to the wire for beleaguered House speaker Mike Johnson, who is trying to rally GOP holdouts behind his budget plan for enacting Donald Trump’s agenda before the showdown vote this evening.Amid Republican opposition threatening to derail his bill, Johnson was up late last night locked in talks with holdouts from across his party who remain skeptical of his outline plan for tax and spending cuts - as well as border security, energy and defense policy - via a single reconciliation bill. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Mitch McConnell is retiring from US politics. Good riddance | Moira Donegan

Whenever you see a horror of anti-democratic rule, remember Mitch McConnell. You have him to thankYou would think that this is exactly what Mitch McConnell wanted. McConnell, the 83-year-old Kentucky senator – who announced last week that he will retire in 2026 and not seek an eighth term – is one of the most influential Republicans in the history of the party. But he has in recent weeks expressed dissent and discontent with the direction of the Republican party. He voted against some of Donald Trump’s cabinet appointees, refusing, for example, to cast a vote for the confirmation of the anti-diversity campaigner and alleged rapist and drunk Pete Hegseth.He has also voiced some tepid and belated opposition to Republicans’ extremist agenda, citing his own experience as a survivor of childhood polio as a reason for his opposition to Republican attacks on vaccines. But the Republican party that McConnell is now shaking his head at is the one that he created. He has no one but himself to...

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3 w. ago It’s the Kemi delusion: the more the Tories run towards Reform, the more their voters will run to the Lib Dems | John Harris

The genius of UK Conservatism used to be how it responded to chaos using the balm of tradition. Secondhand Trumpism will only alienate its voters furtherWhat times these are. As Donald Trump’s sellout of Ukraine gains pace, there are reports that Keir Starmer will flatter the president by inviting him to address parliament. Meanwhile, Trump’s British admirers continue to offer flimsy excuses and undimmed admiration. Before Trump paid tribute to Nigel Farage – a “great guy” – in his address to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) gathering in Washington, the MP for Clacton used his time at the same event to “hail” Trump’s “progress” with Vladimir Putin, and salute him as “simply the bravest man that I know”. By way of bathos, the dependably ridiculous Liz Truss had by then told a much smaller crowd that the country she ran for a month and a half is “failing”, and needs its own Trumpian insurgency.At the top of the party Truss so briefly led, Kemi Badenoch cannot resolv...

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3 w. ago People in the US: share your views on President Trump’s approach towards Russia and Ukraine

We’d like to hear from people in the US about how they view Trump’s approach to Russia and Ukraine – as well as his stance towards EuropeWe would like to hear from US voters across the political spectrum about how you view president Donald Trump’s foreign policy approach to Russia and Ukraine.This week has brought an unprecedented escalation of tensions between Kyiv and Washington after senior US and Russian officials met in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to discuss the war in Ukraine, as well as economic and political cooperation. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago This is Farage’s moment of reckoning: he can choose British voters – or Putin and Trump | Gaby Hinsliff

The Reform leader and Kemi Badenoch have struck the wrong alliances at the wrong time. Ukrainian sovereignty is a cause close to rightwing heartsTiming is everything in politics. So when the leader of the opposition realised she was due to be making a speech heaping praise on Donald Trump, just as the president plunged her own country into a national security crisis, you might think even she would have hesitated.But seemingly nothing can keep Kemi Badenoch from a culture war, not even the threat of an actual war. So, at a rightwing conference in London on Monday morning, she duly ripped into corporate diversity policies, climate activism, Keir Starmer taking the knee four and a half years ago, and various other imagined threats to western civilisation that are not forcing Britain to consider deploying troops against them, before concluding triumphantly that when people ask her what difference a change of leader makes, her answer is, “Take a look at President Trump.”Gaby Hinsliff is ...

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