2 h. ago Defiant Joe Biden goes scorched earth on Donald Trump over White House demolition: 'Who in the hell does he think he is?'

The 82-year-old Democrat was speaking at the Nebraska Democratic Party's Ben Nelson Gala on Friday night when he went after Trump's new ballroom.

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16 h. ago Joe Biden, 82, appears with a bandaged head to give fiery speech as he opens up about cancer battle

The former president had a bandage on his head during a Democratic Party event where he gave a speech discussing his battle with cancer and lambasting the Trump administration.

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60 h. ago In a historic career of firsts, Nancy Pelosi might be best remembered as Trump’s most formidable adversary

After nearly four decades in Congress, reactions to the former House speaker’s retirement have proved emblematic of America’s partisan extremesNancy Pelosi arrived in Congress in 1987 aiming to spur a reluctant Washington into taking action against the Aids epidemic that was then ravaging the gay community in her home town, San Francisco.Nearly four decades later, she will exit the House of Representatives after a historic career in which she has made her influence felt nationwide. A Democrat who was the first woman ever to serve as speaker of the House, her fingerprints are on landmark legislation passed during Barack Obama’s and Joe Biden’s presidencies that affect millions of Americans and today remain among the most contentious topics in the Capitol. Continue reading...

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66 h. ago Nancy Pelosi, a force on Capitol Hill for decades, to retire from Congress

Decision marks the close of a storied 20-term congressional career for the first woman to serve as House speakerUS politics live – latest updatesNancy Pelosi, a California Democratic representative and the first woman to serve as speaker, announced she will retire from Congress, two years after stepping down from House leadership.The decision marks the close of a storied 20-term congressional career that saw Pelosi rise to the apex of American politics. A force on Capitol Hill for decades, she was a central figure in the major legislative accomplishments of Barack Obama and Joe Biden’s presidencies. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trump administration considers revoking ban on oil and gas development near Chaco historical park

The Trump administration is initiating formal meetings with Native American tribes in the southwestern U.S. as it considers revoking a 20-year ban of oil and gas development across of hundreds of square miles of federal land surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park

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5 d. ago George Clooney hints at his loathing for Hunter Biden after angering former first son with op

George Clooney doubled down on his feelings toward Hunter Biden in a recent interview, months after the former first son went on a vicious attack against the actor of an op-ed he wrote.

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5 d. ago George Clooney says it was a ‘mistake’ to replace Biden with Kamala Harris without primary

Actor says former vice president was given ‘very tough task’ to challenge Donald Trump

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6 d. ago George Clooney says replacing Joe Biden with Kamala Harris ‘was a mistake’

Actor says Harris ‘was given a very tough task’ because ‘she had to run against her own record’, and extends an olive branch to Hunter BidenGeorge Clooney has said he feels it was a “mistake” for Kamala Harris to replace Joe Biden in the 2024 US presidential election, adding that he had no regrets about the New York Times opinion piece in which he called on the Democrats to find a new presidential nominee.Speaking on CBS’ Sunday Morning, the actor and activist, who is a prominent financial donor to the Democratic party, said he would write his op-ed again if given the chance, and that he wished the Democrats had held a new primary to elect a presidential candidate. Instead, Harris was nominated by a virtual vote of party delegates. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago George Clooney says it was ‘mistake’ to replace Biden with Harris in US election

The Democrat also said he is ‘saddened’ by the ‘real attack’ on US institutions that ‘hold truth to power’.

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6 d. ago Gavin Newsom says ‘I don’t’ want to be president as he insists Democrats can no longer play by Michelle Obama rules

California governor backs away from 2028 speculation while taking first step to address why his party lost the White House: Joe Biden

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9 d. ago The Latest: Trump administration limits refugee admissions to mostly white South Africans

The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees it admits into the country to 7,500 and they will mostly be white South Africans

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9 d. ago MIKEY SMITH: 9 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he threatens to jail Joe Biden

Donald Trump is flying back to Washington in time for a Halloween nightmare - and some idiot gave him in-flight WiFi

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1 week ago Tense moment Kamala Harris snaps at ABC journalist Sarah Ferguson as she is grilled on why she didn't raise the alarm over Joe Biden's mental state

Former US presidential candidate Kamala Harris has clashed with a star Australian journalist over her failed presidential bid in a tense interview.

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1 week ago Facing War review – cool customer of a Nato secretary general marshals world on the brink

Gripping documentary follows Jens Stoltenberg through his final year as Nato chief – balancing diplomacy, egos and all-out war with unnerving calmJens Stoltenberg is the Norwegian politician and international diplomat whose destiny it was to be secretary general of Nato in the second most fraught period of its postwar history (if we accept that the Cuban missile crisis is in pole position). He was in charge from 2014 to 2024 and this documentary, with remarkable access, shows us his final 12 months – day-by-day, moment-by-moment – after Joe Biden had persuaded him in 2023, when his tenure was technically at an end, to stay on for another year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.Perhaps, until that moment, Stoltenberg had been happy to assume that for all the meetings and stress, the secretary-generalship was an agreeable prestigious technocratic position without any real danger. But now he was faced with the possibility of executing Nato’s raison d’être. Ukraine can’t be admitted to ...

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1 week ago 40 years later, Michael J. Fox looks back on 'Back to the Future'

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1 week ago Pete Hegseth says ‘we will hunt and kill them’ as he announces further strikes on alleged drug

Trump administration’s defence secretary says on social media that US forces killed 14 people onboard vessels in the Pacific in three separate operationsIn a letter this morning, House oversight chair James Comer has asked the justice department to investigate whether Joe Biden’s aides improperly used an autopen to sign executive actions, claiming the former president’s inner circle concealed his cognitive decline while exercising presidential authority without authorization.“While President Biden’s deterioration was evident to the American people, and consequently, robust systems should have been put in place to document executive actions reflected the actual will of the president, the President’s inner circle took no action to establish such a record,” Comer wrote in the letter. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Biden’s autopen pardons are null and void due to ‘mental decline’, House Oversight Committee says

Republican-led panel claims former president’s ‘cognitive decline’ was so severe he may not have been aware what he was signing and his clemency orders are therefore ‘null and void’ and should be reviewed

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1 week ago A federal agent's daring plan: Recruit Maduro's pilot to turn on the Venezuelan leader

A federal agent had a daring plan: persuade Nicolas Maduro's chief pilot to surreptitiously divert the Venezuelan president’s plane to a place where U.S. authorities could nab the strongman

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1 week ago Trump administration must restore grants for school counselors, judge rules

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration must release millions in grants meant to address the shortage of mental health workers in schools

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1 week ago 'What the f*** did you just do?' Obama's furious call to Nancy Pelosi after election betrayal

Barack Obama was not pleased that Nancy Pelosi endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris the day after President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race, a new book claims.

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