38 h. ago Leo Terrell, Trump’s antisemitism chief, shares post by prominent neo

Tweet was from Patrick Casey, ex-head of a defunct racist group, who said Trump can ‘revoke someone’s Jew card’The leader of a progressive Jewish group has condemned Leo Terrell, the head of Donald Trump’s official antisemitism taskforce, for sharing a post by a prominent white supremacist.The post Terrell shared was written by Patrick Casey last Wednesday. It accompanied footage of the US president saying in the Oval Office that Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic Senate minority leader, “used to be Jewish” and “is not Jewish anymore, he’s a Palestinian”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Head of Trump’s antisemitic task force shares antisemitic tweet about ‘Jew cards’

The head of Donald Trump’s task force on antisemitism has shared a white nationalist’s quip about the president revoking “Jew cards.”

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5 d. ago Man Utd chief Omar Berrada drops hint on Ruben Amorim future and transfer plans

Manchester United chief executive Omar Berrada has shared an insight into the club's future planning and whether or not Ruben Amorim will be backed in the summer transfer window

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6 d. ago Trump is using antisemitism as a pretext for a war on the first amendment | Judith Levine

The Trump administration is not interested in combating antisemitism. It just wants to silence its opponents insteadOn Saturday night, agents of the Department of Homeland Security arrested and detained the Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil. He is still in Ice custody in a remote Louisiana lockup known for extreme human rights violations, from denial of food and water to medical “care” verging on torture.Khalil, a Palestinian Syrian, emerged as a leader in Columbia’s Gaza solidarity encampment last year and a level-headed negotiator with university officials on behalf of the student protesters. Married to a US citizen, he holds a green card. Neither his American wife, who is eight months pregnant, nor his lawyers were warned of the arrest or told where he would be held. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago US judge blocks deportation of Palestinian activist detained by Ice

Critics condemn arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, Columbia University graduate student who led protests over Gaza warA judge has blocked the deportation of the prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University’s protests against Israel over the war in Gaza. Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student at Columbia University until this past December who holds permanent US residency, is being detained by US immigration authorities at a facility in Louisiana after his arrest, according to information from officials.A spokesperson for the US’s homeland security department – as well as the country’s top diplomat – confirmed the arrest. In a statement to the Associated Press, a homeland security department spokesperson, Tricia McLaughlin, said Khalil’s arrest was made to support Donald Trump’s presidential orders “prohibiting antisemitism”. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Rubio and homeland security confirm arrest of Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia protests

Mahmoud Khalil was detained by Ice despite having a green card and his lawyers do not know where he’s being heldUS politics live – latest updatesA spokesperson for the US’s homeland security department – as well as the country’s top diplomat – have confirmed the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student at Columbia University until this past December who helped lead protests at the school against Israel over the war in Gaza.Homeland security department spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin confirmed the arrest of Khalil – who holds permanent US residency – in a statement on Sunday to Associated Press, saying it was made to support Donald Trump’s presidential orders “prohibiting antisemitism”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Mason Greenwood gives up on England recall as FA chief shares details on switch

Mason Greenwood has formally applied to switch international allegiances from England to Jamaica, with the former Manchester United striker having made just one appearance for the Three Lions

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1 week ago Gene Hackman death investigation update as fire chief shares bombshell

Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead at their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on February 26, and a fire chief has now shared a new development in the case

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1 week ago Gene Hackman's death being probed as fire chief shares bombshell on timeframe

Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa's deaths are still being investigated and a fire chief has shared an update on the situation, saying the couple could have died in a "similar timeframe".

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1 week ago Gene Hackman update as fire chief shares bombshell on timeframe of death

Two-time Oscar winner Gene Hackman, 95, and his classical pianist wife Betsy Arakawa, 63, were found dead, along with one of their dogs, at their home in Santa Fe

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2 w. ago Mood Machine by Liz Pelly review – a savage indictment of Spotify

The global streaming behemoth has made music blander and life harder for artists, according to this enraging portraitIn November and December last year, Spotify’s chief executive, Daniel Ek, sold 420,000 shares in the music streaming company, earning himself $199.7m (£160m). One wild rumour that circulated on social media suggested Ek’s eagerness to divest himself of stock in the company he founded was linked to the imminent publication of Liz Pelly’s book Mood Machine, as if Ek feared the revelations contained within it would adversely affect the share price. That was obviously a fanciful notion. Ek started cashing out Spotify shares in July 2023, and has continued doing so into 2025. At the time of his last transaction, a month after Pelly’s book was published in the US, Spotify’s share price was at an all-time high.And yet, you can see how people who had a preview of Mood Machine’s contents might get that idea into their head. It may be the most depressing and enraging book about...

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3 w. ago BP expected to scrap renewables target in shift back to fossil fuels

Goal of increasing renewable energy generation 20-fold to be ditched, shareholders to be told this weekBP is expected to ditch a target to ramp up renewable energy generation by 2030 as part of a shift back towards fossil fuels when it presents its strategy to investors this week.The chief executive, Murray Auchincloss, is poised to tell shareholders that the oil and gas company is scrapping its target to increase renewable generation 20-fold between 2019 and 2030 to 50 gigawatts, Reuters reported. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner refused to sign memo saying Trump was not antisemitic, book says

Pair declined to give public endorsement of Trump in wake of 7 October attacks, All or Nothing by Michael Wolff revealsDonald Trump’s Jewish daughter and son-in-law, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, refused to sign a statement saying Trump was not antisemitic, according to a new book by the veteran Trump tell-all author Michael Wolff.“As he kept seeming to be incapable of offering absolute support for Israel in the wake of October 7,” Wolff writes, referring to the deadly 2023 attacks by Hamas, “Trump, not for the first time, turned to Jared for Jewish cover, explicitly asking him and Ivanka for a public endorsement. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Tory MP trapped in a brothel with 'KGB agent' and 12 naked women had to be rescued in 'extraction mission' by Chief Whip

Former Conservative Chief Whip has shared his explosive diary of his time at the top of the party, including an insane story about a Member of Parliament who was trapped in a brothel by a Russian spy

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3 w. ago Tory MP trapped in brothel with 'KGB agent' and 12 naked women had to be rescued in 'extraction mission' by Chief Whip

Former Conservative Chief Whip has shared his explosive diary of his time at the top of the party, including an insane story about a Member of Parliament who was trapped in a brothel by a Russian spy

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3 w. ago Tory MP rescued in 'extraction mission' from brothel with 'KGB agent' and 12 naked women by Chief Whip

Former Conservative Chief Whip has shared his explosive diary of his time at the top of the party, including an insane story about a Member of Parliament who was trapped in a brothel by a Russian spy

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