64 m. ago Trump latest: Hegseth announces $1776 ‘warrior dividend’ as Internet decimates president’s frustrated holiday address

Hegseth announced that the dividends will be sent ‘in the coming days’ as social media users react to Trump’s primetime address

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75 m. ago Ukraine may need to cut drone production if no deal reached on frozen Russian assets, says Zelenskyy – Europe live

Ukrainian president says case for transfer of assets to fund war effort is ‘morally clear and just’ Germany’s chancellor Friedrich Merz confirms his support for the EU’s reparations loan, saying he sees “no better option.”He diplomatically acknowledges Belgium’s concerns, and says he hopes “we can address them together” to “send a signal of strength and resolve towards Russia.” Continue reading...

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88 m. ago Brendan Carr admits his FCC is Trump’s journalism police | Seth Stern and Clayton Weimers

It is clear that the FCC is not an independent agency, but an instrument of the president’s political agendaThe Federal Communications Commission chair, Brendan Carr, admitted at a Senate hearing on Wednesday that there had been a political “sea change” and he no longer viewed the FCC as an independent agency. Commissioners, he says, serve at the pleasure of the president.In his case, that president is Donald Trump, whose face Carr wears as a lapel pin, whose agenda he loudly embraces, and who often publicly demands that Carr censor his critics, including revoking their broadcast licenses.Seth Stern is the director of advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation and a first amendment lawyer. Clayton Weimers is the executive director of RSF USA, the North American branch of Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Continue reading...

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94 m. ago Emmerdale's Emma Atkins says 'I'm speechless' in 'off the scale' crossover tease

The Charity Dingle actress appeared on Loose Women to tease the ITV crossover

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1 hour ago ‘Why isn’t everyone talking about Domhnall Gleeson?’ Irish actor wins first Hollywood award

The US-Ireland Alliance will give the actor the Oscar Wilde award at the event’s 20th anniversary in Los Angeles in MarchAfter a varied career in which he has played a psychopath, a romcom heart-throb, an intergalactic warlord and a plucky newspaper editor among others, Domhnall Gleeson has won his first Hollywood award.The US-Ireland Alliance announced that Gleeson will receive the Oscar Wilde award at the event’s 20th anniversary in Los Angeles in March in the run-up to the Oscars. It honours a body of work rather than a particular performance. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Grandad wins huge payout after Benidorm holiday disease left him in a coma

David Marshall launched legal proceedings against Jet2 Holidays, through which he booked the £4,212 holiday

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2 h. ago Labour's inheritance tax raid on farmers has left them 'bewildered and frightened' according to official review by ex

The farm profitability report by former NFU president Baroness Minette Batters called for a 'new deal for profitable farming' that recognises the true cost of producing food.

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2 h. ago Period drama praised as 'best' version of Jane Austen novel available to stream

The 2008 BBC adaptation of Sense and Sensibility starring Charity Wakefield and Hattie Morahan won praise from both critics and viewers

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3 h. ago Starmer says he would 'call out' Donald Trump if he heard him brand a woman 'piggy' after president's jibe at reporter

Keir Starmer delivered a gentle rebuke to the US president during an appearance on ITV's Loose Women this afternoon.

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3 h. ago Keir Starmer faces ITV's Loose Women grilling on Trump's 'quiet piggy' reporter insult

Appearing on ITV's Loose Women, the PM told presenter Myleene Klass he 'would call it out' when asked about the US President''s language onboard Air Force One

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3 h. ago Labour's inheritance tax raid on farmers has left them 'bewildered and frightened' according to official review by ex

The farm profitability report by former NFU president Baroness Minette Batters called for a 'new deal for profitable farming' that recognises the true cost of producing food.

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4 h. ago Trump latest: President blames economic strain on Joe Biden and promises service members ‘warrior dividend’

President Donald Trump continues to blame predecessor Joe Biden for the state of the U.S. economy after almost a year in power as latest deadly strike in eastern Pacific announced

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4 h. ago Donald Trump criticised for 'not knowing basic maths' in embarrassing blunder

US President Donald Trump has been criticised for making a 'basic' mathematical error during a White House speech, as he claimed he had managed to slash prices of drug prices

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4 h. ago ‘We wanted to take action’: US toy company fights back over Trump tariffs

Learning Resources is suing the administration, claiming the president’s tariffs are illegal – and millions of dollars are on the line The conveyors whir in the massive warehouse, boxes gliding at fast clip, filling up with toys ready to be shipped out for holiday gifts across the country. They make their way to shipping trucks, nearly full with hundreds of boxes by the afternoon of a recent Thursday.The 364,000 sq ft warehouse in the suburbs outside Chicago is just one of Learning Resources’ investments in the US. The company and its affiliated brands employ more than 500 people. They make about 2,000 different products, mostly educational toys such as children’s binoculars, cash registers and learning games. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Jimmy Kimmel roasts Trump for interrupting Survivor finale with surprise presidential address

All four major broadcast networks paused their scheduled programming to run Trump’s impromptu national address

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4 h. ago Epstein files: All the world figures named so far as major release due

Infamous child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein hosted lavish parties and events with members of the world elite, including princes, presidents and wealthy global figures

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5 h. ago Pub to become housing for homeless despite objections from 'frightened' elderly neighbours

A charity said the new building would put the borough's most vulnerable people 'at the centre of what they need to survive and recover'

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5 h. ago Alan Dershowitz tells Trump the Constitution ‘wasn’t clear’ on his serving a third term as president continues to joke about running again

Donald Trump has claimed that a donor offered him $250 million to run for an unprecedented third term

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5 h. ago 'Clumsy' Donald Trump makes yet another gaffe as people say 'President can't do maths'

During a bizarre 18-minute White House address on December 17, US President Donald Trump claimed pharmaceutical deals would slash drug prices by up to 600%

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6 h. ago Newsom slams Trump’s ‘bull****’ presidential plaque trolling amid unemployment and affordability woes

Gavin Newsom used images from a recent Vanity Fair article, which has caused chaos for Trump’s MAGA base

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