3 h. ago Trump revokes Biden order promoting competition in the US economy

Move further unwinds initiative to crack down on anti-competitive practices in agriculture, drugs and laborDonald Trump on Wednesday revoked a 2021 executive order on promoting competition in the US economy issued by Joe Biden, the White House said.The move by the Republican US president further unwinds a signature initiative by his predecessor, a Democrat, to crack down on anti-competitive practices in sectors from agriculture to drugs and labor. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago US sanctions Mexican drug cartel associates accused of scamming elderly Americans

The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on more than a dozen Mexican companies and four people it says worked with a powerful drug trafficking cartel to scam elderly Americans in a multimillion-dollar timeshare fraud

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30 h. ago Tennessee town considers deal to turn closed prison into immigration detention facility

Officials in a rural Tennessee town are scheduled to meet to consider an agreement to turn a former state prison into an immigration detention facility operated by a private company

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30 h. ago US national debt reaches a record $37 trillion, the Treasury Department reports

The U.S. government’s gross national debt has surpassed $37 trillion, setting a new record

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36 h. ago Ashley Biden files to divorce her doctor husband after 13 years

Ashley is the youngest child of former President Joe Biden

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37 h. ago Ashley Biden announces divorce from doctor husband after 13 years

Ashley is the youngest child of former President Joe Biden

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3 d. ago JD Vance’s attempt to link Democrats to Epstein renews calls to ‘release the files’

Vice-president tries to deflect criticism and blames Biden for doing ‘absolutely nothing’ about convicted sex offenderFour days after JD Vance reportedly asked top Trump administration officials to come up with a new communications strategy for dealing with the scandal around the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, he appears to have put his foot in it, sparking a new round of online outrage even as he tried to defuse the furor.In an interview with Fox News broadcast on Sunday, the vice-president tried to deflect criticism of the administration’s refusal to release the Epstein files by blaming Democrats. He accused Joe Biden of doing “absolutely nothing” about the scandal when he was in the White House. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Joe Biden is complicit in Gaza’s starvation. Blood is on his hands | Mohamad Bazzi

At several points during his presidency, Biden could have stopped starvation from spreading in Gaza. He didn’t do thatIn March 2024, the global authority on food security warned that Palestinians were experiencing “catastrophic levels of hunger”, and famine was imminent in northern Gaza as Israel continued its siege of the territory. That report was one of the most direct warnings from the UN and international relief groups, which had been raising alarms about the potential for widespread starvation in Gaza since December 2023.Joe Biden was in the White House at the time, and his administration not only failed to heed those repeated warnings, but it worked to undermine UN agencies and humanitarian groups that tried to focus attention on Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza. Today, Donald Trump and his administration are deeply complicit in the human-made famine unfolding in Gaza, but it’s important to remember that US complicity predates Trump – and it’s another sta...

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4 d. ago The UK's Online Safety Act is a licence for censorship – and the rest of the world is following suit | Taylor Lorenz

From the US and Australia to France and Italy, those seeking to obliterate privacy and restrict content are on the move Over the past two weeks, the UK has reportedly blocked internet users’ access to everything from SpongeBob SquarePants gifs to Spotify playlists. Information about Joe Biden’s police funding plan has been restricted, along with a post about an up-and-coming political party. Gamers say they have been unable to tweak colours in games such as Minecraft. And it’s all because of a new age verification law.Since the child safety provisions contained within the Online Safety Act came into effect on 25 July, web service providers have been forced to institute “highly effective” age verification measures to prevent children from accessing “harmful” or “adult” content. The penalty for failing to adequately comply with the act includes hefty fines and potential criminal action.Taylor Lorenz is a technology journalist who writes the newsletter User Mag and is the author of the...

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6 d. ago Trump opens the door for private equity and crypto as 401(k) retirement plan options

Millions of Americans saving for retirement through 401(k) accounts could have the option of putting their money in higher-risk private equity and cryptocurrency investments

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6 d. ago Trump's planned 100% computer chip tariff sparks confusion among businesses and trading partners

President Donald Trump's plan for 100% tariffs on non-U.S. computer chips is causing confusion among businesses and trading partners

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6 d. ago Trump's push for drilling, mining sharpens debate for Alaska Natives about land they view as sacred

When Alaska Natives debate proposals to drill and mine the landscape of the nation’s largest state, it involves more than an environmental or economic question

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8 d. ago Trump administration wants to end abortion coverage through Veterans Affairs

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is calling for an end to abortion coverage in the medical plans for veterans and their families

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9 d. ago With Trump wreaking havoc, a question for the US Democrats: when will you ever learn? | Timothy Garton Ash

I see little sign here that the liberal establishment truly acknowledges the failures that led to the Biden election debacle. There must be a reckoningNothing is more insufferable than someone saying “I told you so”; so please forgive me for being insufferable. On 29 September 2023, after a couple of months spent in the US, I published a column that was well summarised in its Guardian headline: “Unless Joe Biden stands aside, the world must prepare for President Trump 2.0”. We can never definitely say “what would have happened if ?”, but there’s a very good chance that had Biden cleared the way for a Democratic primary in autumn 2023 the strongest candidate could have defeated Trump. The entire world would have been spared the disaster now unfolding.“No use crying over spilt milk,” you may say. Yes, but it’s always worth learning lessons for the future. I’m back in the US now, and a recent poll for the Wall Street Journal found that 63% of voters hold an unfavourable view of the Dem...

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1 week ago ‘He has trouble completing a thought’: bizarre public appearances again cast doubt on Trump’s mental acuity

Joe Biden was hounded for his age-related gaffs, but Trump’s increasingly strange behavior has largely been ignoredDonald Trump’s frequently bizarre public appearances, which this month have seen the president claim, wrongly, that his uncle knew the Unabomber and rant unprompted about windmills on his recent trip to the UK, have once again raised questions about his mental acuity, experts say.For more than a year Trump, 79, has exhibited odd behavior at campaign events, in interviews, in his spontaneous remarks and at press conferences. The president repeatedly drifts off topic, including during a cabinet meeting this month when he spent 15 minutes talking about decorating, and appears to misremember simple facts about his government and his life. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Man accused of stockpiling bombs, using Biden photo for target practice, pleads guilty

A Virginia man has pleaded guilty in a federal case that accused him of stockpiling the largest number of finished explosives in FBI history

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3 w. ago Trump offers regulatory relief for coal, iron ore and chemical industries

President Donald Trump is granting two years of regulatory relief to coal-fired power plants, chemical manufacturers and other industries as he seeks to reverse Biden-era regulations he considers overly burdensome

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3 w. ago Interior Secretary Burgum must personally approve all wind and solar projects, a new order says

All solar and wind energy projects on federal lands and waters must be personally approved by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum

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4 w. ago Whitmer says 'massive economic uncertainty' is to blame on semiconductor project failure in Michigan

A widely anticipated potential semiconductor project that would have brought a new plant to Michigan has fallen through and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is blaming economic uncertainty

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4 w. ago 20 states sue FEMA for canceling grant program that guards against natural disasters

Twenty Democratic-led states have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Emergency Management Agency over the cancellation of a disaster mitigation grant program

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