7 h. ago JD Vance wants Trump’s crime crackdown to go nationwide: ‘I would love if we did this in every big American city’

The vice president was asked what ‘hope’ the Trump administration could offer Americans living in ‘crime-ridden cities’

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5 d. ago Forget New York and Chicago – this friendly Canadian gem is the North American city I return to time and again

Compared to the hustle of many of North American cities, Robin McKelvie finds Vancouver to be the USA’s cooler – quite literally – Canadian cousin, with a culture that revels in nature and a food scene to rival the best south of the border

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5 d. ago Trump’s domestic troop deployments aren’t about crime – they’re about intimidation | Moira Donegan

The president is targeting Chicago in his latest bid to assert authority over Democratic governance and racial pluralism“We’re going in,” Donald Trump said on Tuesday, when asked whether national guard troops would be sent to invade Chicago. The comment came as reports emerged that national guard troops from Texas – not yet federalized under direct presidential control – were preparing to deploy to Chicago in the coming days, in defiance of the opposition repeatedly and forcefully expressed by the Chicago mayor, Brandon Johnson, and the Illinois governor, JB Pritzker, both Democrats.The White House and the president’s allies have claimed that the deployment is a response to violent crime in Chicago. This is a lie. Crime in Chicago has dropped dramatically over the past decades, as it has in every major American city – including Los Angeles, where Trump deployed the national guard and the marines earlier this year, and Washington DC, where armed federal agents have patrolled the stre...

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6 d. ago Travis Kelce still feels ‘giddy’ telling people about engagement to Taylor Swift

Speaking on the New Heights podcast, Kelce reflected on the past week since the couple announced their engagement.

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1 week ago American names 'underrated' northern city 'not enough people are visiting'

Many tourists focus on the UK's most famous cities, but according to an American travel blogger, there are also hidden gems across the country that visitors are missing out on

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1 week ago American recommends 'overlooked' UK city 'surprisingly few people have heard of'

A travel blogger from the US has named the UK's most 'underrated' city that people 'must' visit

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2 w. ago Lucy Connolly says she will meet Trump officials for talks on free speech

The wife of a Tory councillor – who was was jailed for stirring up racial hatred against asylum seekers – was released from prison on Thursday.

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2 w. ago Trump promised to make DC safe. And then a reporter’s wallet was stolen at a JD Vance

The vice president was greeting troops deployed to deal with ‘vagrants’ at Washington’s Union Station when the alleged theft occurred

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3 w. ago From apps to matchmaking: the diverse ways American Muslims navigate finding marriage partners

A Muslim matchmaking show on Hulu and New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s comments about meeting his wife on a dating app provide a glimpse into the diverse ways American Muslims find their spouses

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