68 h. ago Kristi Noem calls Chicago a ‘war zone’ after federal agents shoot woman

Homeland security secretary takes aim at city’s mayor who has called deployment of national guard ‘unhinged’Kristi Noem, Donald Trump’s homeland security secretary, called Chicago “a war zone” on Sunday after federal agents shot a woman and the governor of Illinois accused the administration of fueling the crisis rather than resolving it.Speaking on Fox News Sunday morning, Noem took aim at the city’s mayor, Brandon Johnson, who has been a vocal critic of the Trump administration’s Ice raids and deployment of the national guard in Illinois, a measure he called “unhinged and unhealthy”. Continue reading...

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69 h. ago ‘The president is unhinged’: Trump’s online behavior grows increasingly odd

The US president’s recent behavior is strange to many, from reposting a false AI video of himself to confusing comments during press conferencesTo many observers, both in the US and abroad, Donald Trump has been behaving strangely recently. Especially online.As a government shutdown loomed in the US last week, the president posted an AI video which depicted Hakeem Jeffries, the first Black House minority leader, wearing a sombrero and exaggerated moustache, with mariachi music playing in the background. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Donald Trump's FBI director launches unhinged and sweary rant at TV news network

Kash Patel, the former podcaster who now runs the FBI for Trump, took issue with a story on MSNBC about an agent being fired for refusing to help arrange a "perp walk" of former director James Comey

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3 d. ago MIKEY SMITH: 10 unhinged Donald Trump moments as museum boss fired for refusing King Charles gift demand

Trump wanted to give the King a very special artefact, owned by the US government, during his state visit. A museum director who refused the request was fired this week. Also, Trump's branded Gaza deal, Kristi Noem's bathroom breaks and more

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4 d. ago MIKEY SMITH: 8 unhinged Donald Trump moments as White House issues chilling threat to US city

Karoline Leavitt went hard, painting protesters who don't like Donald Trump as "radical left" and said their "reign of terror" would soon be over. Also, we may have been premature about the shutdown

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5 d. ago MIKEY SMITH: 7 unhinged Donald Trump moments as government department tweets KKK slogan

Trump today said the quiet bit out loud about how he's planning to exploit the shutdown, and Speaker Johnson agreed that Trump is "unhinged" and "unwell". Here's everything you need to know

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6 d. ago US government shutdown live: House will return to DC next week, says speaker, as Democrats blame ‘unhinged’ Trump for shutdown

Mike Johnson says House will return; Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries say president’s behavior has become more ‘erratic’ over preceding daysUS government shuts downTracker: how each US senator votedThis shutdown is expected to be worse than previous ones. The impact on federal workers could be even more severe.Before Trump’s most recent threat of mass layoffs on Tuesday, a memo released last week by the White House’s office of management and budget told agencies not just to prepare for temporary furloughs but for permanent layoffs in the event of a shutdown. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago US government shutdown live: ‘erratic’ and ‘unhinged’ Trump to blame for shutdown, say senior Democrats

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries say Republicans shut down government ‘because they do not want to protect healthcare of the American people’US government shuts downTracker: how each US senator votedThis shutdown is expected to be worse than previous ones. The impact on federal workers could be even more severe.Before Trump’s most recent threat of mass layoffs on Tuesday, a memo released last week by the White House’s office of management and budget told agencies not just to prepare for temporary furloughs but for permanent layoffs in the event of a shutdown. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Rattled Nigel Farage moans Keir Starmer put him at risk in unhinged Trump

The Reform leader, who has repeatedly backed absolute free speech complained about the Labour leader’s “language”, and claimed "antifa" and the "radical left" would be coming after him

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8 d. ago MIKEY SMITH: 8 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he keeps posting offensive fake AI videos

While hopes are rising for a peaceful resolution to war in the Middle East, Donald Trump has reached his racist AI grandpa era. Here's everything you need to know

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1 week ago MIKEY SMITH: 8 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he agrees to release unexpected classified files

Donald Trump's weird week started with bad medical advice, a deranged speech to the UN and a stuck escalator - and it ended with him settling old scores

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2 w. ago Is Trump more unhinged now than during his first term? Take our poll and have your say

Trump’s second stint as US president seems to be even more chaotic than his first, marked by sweeping deportation orders, attacks on judges, and wild tariff threats that rattle global markets

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2 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: 11 unhinged Donald Trump moments as Jimmy Kimmel makes emotional return to TV

A visibly emotional Jimmy Kimmel returned to the airwaves last night - paying a tearful tribute to Charlie Kirk and his family - and taking some savage swipes at Donald Trump

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2 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: 14 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he holds increasingly bizarre autism press conference

Trump stood between TV quack Dr Oz and croaky boomer nepobaby RFK Jr and dished out manifestly untrue medical advice for the first time since the infamous 'inject Covid patients with disinfectant' incident

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2 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: 5 unhinged moments as Donald Trump makes his most openly corrupt move yet

There's a scandal brewing that under any other president would have a "....gate" at the end of it. Here's everything you need to know. Try to keep up

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2 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: 9 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he unveils Gold Card and declares 'war'

Trump is on the offensive. Declaring war on American cites, berating and attacking reporters and declaring America's free speech principles don't apply to criticism of him

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2 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: 7 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he makes wild false claim about Sadiq Khan

And after a few days of being on his best behaviour for the King, we're glad to report Donald Trump is already back to his usual self

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2 w. ago Andy Burnham fuels Keir Starmer challenge rumours by refusing to commit to serving full term as Manchester mayor as poll shows Labour support at lowest EVER

Andy Burnham failed to quash speculation about his plans in an interview as Keir Starmer struggles to stabilise the government.

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2 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: 12 unhinged moments from Donald Trump's rambling press conference with Keir Starmer

There was no massive blow up between US President Donald Trump and Keir Starmer, but there were plenty of borderline unhinged moments - and one particularly weird slap on the back

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2 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: 7 unhinged Donald Trump moments as Keir Starmer gets upstaged by Jimmy Kimmel

Today will involve less of a spectacular display than Windsor Castle, but there's every chance this afternoon's press conference could produce some fireworks

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