11 h. ago The Guardian view on the ‘war on drugs’: Donald Trump is turning a failed metaphor into a more dangerous reality | Editorial

The strike on a speedboat allegedly containing Venezuelan drug traffickers may be performative, but sets a frightening precedentMore than five decades ago, Richard Nixon launched a “war on drugs”. The drugs won. Now Donald Trump is turning a failed metaphor into a worse reality.On Tuesday the US president claimed that the military had killed 11 drug traffickers from Venezuela, posting footage of the strike that US officials said took place on a speedboat in international waters in the Caribbean. The administration supplied no evidence for its claim that the boat contained Tren de Aragua members, or drugs, and gave varying accounts of its destination. It also warned that there was more to come, with the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, arguing that intercepting boats had not curbed the drugs problem: “What will stop them is when you blow them up.” Earlier this year, Mr Trump secretly ordered the use of military force against cartels internationally. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Space Force theme 'sucks' as Trump makes announcement about his 'Star Wars' army

Trump returned to the public eye after a week of absence to break a big announcement about his much-memed Space Force, whose strange theme song 'sucks' according to social media critics

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57 h. ago Inside Trump's top secret special forces raid that turned into a deadly midnight shootout in North Korea

The audacious plot unfolded in early 2019 as Trump was locked in high-stakes nuclear talks with Kim to limit the hostile nation's nuclear program, and has remained classified ever since.

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63 h. ago US could take lead in ‘buffer zone’ inside Ukraine to protect future Russia aggression if peace deal materializes: report

Trump has thus far declined to commit American forces to any peacekeeping effort in Ukraine

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64 h. ago Trump hits out at media over death rumours as he is forced to address health concerns again

Donald Trump has addressed rumours about his death during a White House dinner with tech CEOs.

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3 d. ago Volodymyr Zelensky reveals new Donald Trump 'force' threat made over the phone

Zelensky has repeated his stance that the war will not end until Ukraine is completely free of Russian forces

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3 d. ago RFK Jr becomes an unlikely great uniter as Democrats and Republicans join forces to pounce on his pseudoscience

Republicans, including leadership, mounted a show of force against a Trump Cabinet secretary. But he still seemed to brush it off, writes John Bowden

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3 d. ago President of Northwestern University quits amid layoffs forced by Trump cuts

Michael H Schill led the institution for three years, during which Trump administration slashed nearly $800mThe president of Northwestern University said Thursday that he was stepping down amid a turbulent period marked by clashes with Republican lawmakers and steep federal funding cuts under the Trump administration that forced widespread layoffs.Michael H Schill, who has led the institution for three years, has been under heavy scrutiny in conservative circles this year. The Trump administration slashed nearly $800m in research funding after sustained criticism from Republicans. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago DC lawsuit challenges Trump's National Guard deployment as a forced 'military occupation'

The District of Columbia has sued to stop President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard during his law enforcement intervention in Washington

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4 d. ago MTG warns Epstein clients she’ll ‘say every damn name’ on House floor as she tells sex abuse victims, ‘Give me a list’

MAGA firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene has joined forces with Democrats to pressure the Trump administration to release the entirety of the Epstein files

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4 d. ago Only two more Republicans needed to force vote on Epstein files release, bill co

Bipartisan House group is trying to force vote on legislation despite objections from Donald Trump and Mike JohnsonTrump can’t use Alien Enemies Act, court rulesAs part of the Trump administration’s campaign of mass deportations, the defense department will soon have hundreds of military judges work on immigration cases, the Associated Press reports:The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the federal justice department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a memo reviewed by the Associated Press. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Republicans release 33,000 pages of Epstein files in move to avoid controversial vote to force Trump to hand over documents

The House Oversight Committee has released a massive trove of Justice Department files on Jeffrey Epstein, the same day lawmakers pushed a bill to force out the documents.

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5 d. ago London ‘records fewest homicides in summer months since 2018’

The mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan has vowed to continue building on work to tackle violence across the capital.

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5 d. ago Four things to watch as Congress takes over Epstein files probe after Trump inaction on sex trafficker’s ‘list’

The House will have a forced vote, Chuck Schumer dusts off a little-known rule and Trump’s response will all characterize the next phase of the Epstein investigation, Eric Garcia writes

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5 d. ago Trump is 'creating national police force with himself as chief' in real

Critics have poked fun at Donald Trump, suggesting the Orange Manbaby's approach is too much like the daft agents found in South Park creators hit film 'Team America: World Police'

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5 d. ago Trump illegally sent National Guard to Los Angeles, federal judge rules

Trump’s plan for ‘creating a national police force’ violates 140-year-old law blocking military from domestic law enforcement

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5 d. ago Netanyahu says that Trump told him to ‘go into Gaza with full force’ and ‘finish’ the war

The Israeli PM claimed he is facing US pressure to abandon partial ceasefire deals with Hamas, according to Israeli reports

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8 d. ago Coventry council to use Palantir AI in social work, Send and children’s services

Exclusive: Workers say £500k contract with US tech firm which supplies Israeli forces raises ‘serious ethical questions’Public sector workers have voiced “deep concern” after Coventry city council signed a £500,000-a-year artificial intelligence contract with the US data technology company Palantir.The deal is the first of its kind between a UK local authority and the Denver-based company, which supplies technology to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and to help Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts. Continue reading...

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1 week ago FEMA employees forced on leave after issuing open letter critical of Trump administration

Some employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency who signed a public letter of dissent earlier this week were put on administrative leave Tuesday evening

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2 w. ago As Ukraine marks 24 years of independence: 'Putin will just build up his forces and when Trump's term ends, all this will flare up again. Next time we won't be able to cope'

Once, in what now feels like an age ago, I described the Donbas coal-mining town of Dobropillia as a 'safe haven'.

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