4 h. ago White House press secretary tells CBS ‘we’ll sue your ass off’ if it edits Trump interview

Karoline Leavitt was recorded warning network to put out new interview with president in full and without editsDonald Trump’s White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, was recently recorded warning CBS News to broadcast a new interview with the president in full and without edits – or “we’ll sue your ass off”.Trump “said, ‘Make sure you guys don’t cut the tape, make sure the interview is out in full,’” Leavitt told CBS anchor Tony Dokoupil after he had interviewed the president, according to an audio exchange first reported on by the New York Times. The 13-minute exclusive segment aired on Tuesday, months after CBS’ parent company Paramount agreed to pay Trump $16m over its editing of an unrelated interview ahead of the 2024 election that vaulted him to a second presidency. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Karoline Leavitt warned CBS that Trump will ‘sue your a** off’ if interview was cut

In the moments after Trump finished taping a 13-minute interview with CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil in Michigan on Tuesday, Leavitt issued a warning

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30 h. ago As Trump's deadline for a cap on credit card rates looms, banks have only questions and no answers

President Donald Trump has demanded a 10% cap on credit card interest rates by January 20

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53 h. ago The Latest: Middle East allies urge Trump to hold off on Iran strikes, diplomat says

According to an Arab diplomat familiar with the matter, several Middle Eastern allies have urged the Trump administration to delay strikes against Iran

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69 h. ago Three US citizens sue Trump with the ACLU over encounters with ICE agents – live

Lawsuit comes as state governor Tim Walz urges Trump to ‘turn the temperature down’ after president threatens to invoke Insurrection ActTrump threatens to use Insurrection Act in MinnesotaPeople affected by the US visa freeze: share your experienceDonald Trump is in Washington today. He’s due to meet with Mariá Corina Machado – Venezuela’s opposition leader – at 12:3opm ET. At the moment that’s closed to the press but we’ll let you know if that changes and bring you the latest.Later, Trump is set to host the champions of the 2025 Stanley Cup, the Florida Panthers, at the White House. We’ll be watching to get his reaction to the news of the day. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Karoline Leavitt defends Trump's McDonald's habit after MAHA tsar RFK Jr said president should be dead

The president's love for McDonald's was slated this week by his Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F Kennedy Jr., who said he was 'pumping himself full of poison' on a daily basis.

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3 d. ago Karoline Leavitt labels reporter a ‘hack’ as she blows up over questions on ICE and Trump’s election threats

White House press secretary labels reporter a ‘left-wing hack’ when asked for his opinion about the killing of Renee Good

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3 d. ago Furious Karoline Leavitt attacks British journalist after question about ICE shooting: 'You are a left

The White House press secretary berated The Hill's Niall Stanage as he grilled Donald Trump's mouthpiece about the killing of 37-year-old Renee Good on January 7.

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3 d. ago Donald Trump's unhinged latest as Leavitt loses it and furries take over Mar A Lago

All the most unhinged moments from the last 24 hours in Trumpworld - where Trump is floating cancelling elections again - and Karoline Leavitt had some very cross words with a reporter who challenged her

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3 d. ago Karoline Leavitt blows up at reporter that says Renee Good was unlawfully killed

Karoline Leavitt slammed a reporter in a heated exchange over the death of Renee Good during a press briefing Thursday (15 January).

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3 d. ago Trump latest: Venezuela’s opposition leader meets with Trump at White House after she vowed to share Nobel Peace Prize

During White House press briefing, Karoline Leavitt said the meeting between Trump and Maria Corina Machado had just started

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3 d. ago Trump latest: Venezuela’s opposition leader arrives at White House after she vowed to share Nobel Peace Prize

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is expected to brief the press in the afternoon as well

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5 d. ago Gavin Newsom uses obvious reference after Karoline Leavitt accuses Democrats of ‘protecting pedophiles’

There are more than 2 million documents related to the Epstein investigation ‘in various phases of review,’ the Justice Department has said

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5 d. ago Criminal charges against ICE agent who shot Renee Nicole Good dead looking ‘increasingly unlikely’

Karoline Leavitt on Monday claimed the ICE agent was ‘absolutely justified in using self defense’ against Good, with investigations still open

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6 d. ago Iran crisis live: Trump ‘unafraid’ to use ‘lethal force’ on Iran but wants diplomacy to be ‘first option’, says White House

Airstrikes would be ‘one of the many options on the table’ says press secretary Karoline Leavitt as Iranian regime seeks to downplay protests‘The streets are full of blood’: Iranian protests gather momentum as regime cracks downIranian student killed during protests was shot in head ‘from close range’Analysis: Unpredictable Trump weighs up Iranian pleas for help against calls for restraintPeople in Iran: share your views on the current situationIran’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, has said communication lines with the US remain open, as the Trump administration continues to weigh the option of military strikes.“This channel of communication between our foreign minister (Abbas Araghchi) and the special envoy of the president of the United States is open,” Baghaei said, in apparent reference to Steve Witkoff.Always opposes interference in other countries’ internal affairs, maintains that the sovereignty and security of all countries should be fully protected under in...

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6 d. ago BBC Morning Live interrupted as Strictly Come Dancing star 'cut off' mid interview

Strictly pro Lauren Oakley was being interviewed on the BBC programme when something went wrong with her connection

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1 week ago Karoline Leavitt defends White House Jan 6 website after being set up by journalist ranting about MAGA conspiracy theories

Five years after Trump supporters stormed the Capitol as part of the Republican’s attempts to undermine the election results, the Trump administration released a website blaming Democrats and police for the violence

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1 week ago Workers at DC clothing outlet beloved by MAGA are not happy with famous clients: ‘Against my morals and values’

‘I have a hard time...with Karoline [Leavitt],’ an unnamed employee reportedly said

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1 week ago Trump officials sue California cities over laws to restrict fossil fuels

Suit against San Francisco-area cities Petaluma and Morgan Hill latest attack on policies that seek to rein in oil and gasThe Trump administration sued two California cities on Monday, seeking to block local laws that restrict natural gas infrastructure and appliances in new construction.The lawsuit is the administration’s latest attack on energy policies that seek to rein in the use of fossil fuels to combat climate change. California, a Democratic stronghold, has among the most aggressive climate change policies in the world. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘Their first instinct was to loot’: how Trump’s acolytes are plundering the Kennedy Center

Sheldon Whitehouse, an ex officio member of the Kennedy Center board, remains undeterred and determined to press on with his investigation“That’s the tactic they use,” said Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island senator, pondering whether Donald Trump might attach his name to the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. “You float stuff and you float stuff and you float stuff until people get inured to what a stupid or outrageous thing it is that has been floated and then you pull the trigger.”Whitehouse was sitting in his Senate office and speaking to the Guardian at 11am on Thursday 18 December. Two hours later, his words proved prophetic. Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, announced on X that the Kennedy Center board had “voted unanimously” to rename it the Trump-Kennedy Center. Continue reading...

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