50 m. ago Travel ban may shut door for Afghan family to bring niece to US for a better life

Mohammad Sharafoddin, his wife and young son managed to make it out of Afghanistan as refugees nine years ago, at one point walking 36 hours in a row over mountain passes

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60 m. ago Canada won’t become the 51st US state – but could it join the EU?

Donald Trump’s extraordinary threats have angered Canadians and Europeans, and the idea of a new kind of transatlantic alliance is gaining traction Joachim Streit has never stepped foot in Canada. But that hasn’t stopped the German politician from launching a tenacious, one-man campaign that he readily describes as “aspirational”: to have the North American country join the EU.“We have to strengthen the European Union,” said Streit, who last year was elected as a member of the European parliament. “And I think Canada – as its prime minister says – is the most European country outside of Europe.” Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Donald Trump and Elon Musk urged to bury hatchet as feud sparks 'nuclear fear'

US vice president JD Vance has said Elon Musk is making a "huge mistake" going after Donald Trump as Republicans have urged the two billionaires to bury the hatchet

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8 h. ago Immigration authorities extend activity in Los Angeles area amid street protests

U.S. immigration authorities have extended activity in Los Angeles area in the wake of protests at an federal detention facility and a police response that included tear gas, flash-bangs and the arrest of a union leader

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9 h. ago Musk may indeed have won Trump the election. But his Wisconsin cheesehead humiliation proved he’d lost the juice

Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s shared personality traits made their alliance a heavenly match. They also made it a ticking time bomb, writes Io Dodds

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11 h. ago Elon Musk deletes explosive Trump claim off social media as feud boils over

Elon Musk has sparked a political firestorm after posting — then deleting — a bombshell claim linking Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein.

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11 h. ago A quirky vegetable sculpture contest features a squash Donald Trump and a papal 'cornclave'

Vegetable likenesses of Donald Trump and Dolly Parton and a papal “cornclave” are on display at the Lambeth Country Show

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11 h. ago ‘Okay, wow’: JD Vance reacts to Trump and Musk feud after seeing Elon’s Epstein tweet

JD Vance broke his silence on the feud between Donald Trump and Elon Musk during an interview with comedian Theo Von.

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12 h. ago Trump threatens Musk with 'very serious consequences' if he funds Democratic candidates

Donald Trump says he is "too busy" to speak to "depressed and heartbroken" ex-bestie Elon Musk after the two shared jibes on social media earlier in the week - and threatened 'serious consequences'

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13 h. ago Elon Musk DELETES social post making wild allegation about Donald Trump

The bromance between the US President and the erratic tech billionaire spectacularly imploded this week - with both sides making wild and unsubstantiated claims about each other on social media

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13 h. ago JD Vance says Elon Musk’s attack against Trump is a ‘huge mistake’

Vice-president was interviewed by comedian Theo Von, who also asked him if he ‘got high’ on election nightJD Vance said Elon Musk was making a “huge mistake” going after Donald Trump in a storm of bitter and inflammatory social media posts after a falling-out between the two men.But the vice-president, in an interview released on Friday after the very public blowup between the world’s richest person and arguably the world’s most powerful, also tried to downplay Musk’s blistering attacks as an “emotional guy” who got frustrated. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Donald Trump wants his new Air Force One as soon as possible. That could be an issue

Air Force One is the call sign for any plane that's carrying the president

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13 h. ago JD Vance reveals how President Donald Trump really feels about his Elon Musk bromance feud

JD Vance revealed how Donald Trump truly felt after his spectacular bromance breakdown with Elon Musk, which played out online, as the US Vice President addressed some major accusations

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13 h. ago Oscar winner says Hollywood friends 'cancelled' him as he voted for Donald Trump

Producer Brian Grazer, a long-time Democratic donor, said the reaction he received after admitting he voted for Donald Trump made him feel like he was 'getting cancelled'

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14 h. ago JD Vance breaks his silence on Trump and Musk feud after seeing Elon’s Epstein tweet during Theo Von interview

Comedian Theo Von was the first person to show Vice President JD Vance a tweet by Elon Musk accusing President Donald Trump of being in the Epstein files.

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15 h. ago Elon Musk deletes controversial tweet alleging Donald Trump was 'in the Epstein files'

The US president said the Tesla founder has ‘lost his mind’ after falling out over his spending plans

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15 h. ago Here's what to know about American Samoans in Alaska who are being prosecuted after trying to vote

They were born on U.S. soil, are entitled to U.S. passports and allowed to serve in the U.S. military, but 11 people in a small Alaska town are facing criminal charges after they tried to participate in a fundamental part of American democracy: voting

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15 h. ago A US territory's colonial history emerges in state disputes over voting and citizenship

A criminal case in Alaska involving nearly a dozen people born in American Samoa is highlighting concerns about birthright citizenship and voting by people who are not U.S. citizens, issues that have been prominent in the early months of President Donald Trump’s second term

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16 h. ago ‘They’re perfect – until they aren’t’: why are people so interested in the Beckxit beef?

Coverage of the three-year family ‘feud’ has been extraordinary, and nothing seems off the table in the mediaIf the biggest feud of the week belongs to Donald Trump and Elon Musk, then the longest running is arguably “Beckxit”.The name given to the fallout between one of the most famous couples in the world – David and Victoria Beckham – and their less famous eldest son, Brooklyn and his wife, Nicola Anne Peltz, was coined by the Daily Mail this year. But it covers a broader conflict that began in 2022, when Peltz wore Valentino instead of Victoria Beckham to her wedding, and brings us to this week’s lavish cover-shoot for German Glamour magazine in which the junior Beckhams discuss their “occasionally messy, very real love” and whether they might open a restaurant – without a word about her in-laws. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Stephen King puts the Trump and Musk feud into perspective with one scathing question

‘The world actually has problems,’ complained the author when addressing the fallout between the pair

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