2 h. ago After months of surrender, the Democrats have finally stood up to Trump – thank you, Cory Booker | Emma Brockes

Watching the New Jersey senator hold court for 25 hours felt radical and catharticOne of the problems beleaguering political opponents of Donald Trump has been finding a form of protest that, given the scale of his outrages, doesn’t seem entirely futile. You can parade outside a Tesla showroom. You can hold up dumb little signs during Trump’s address to Congress inscribed with slogans such as “This is not normal” and “Musk steals”. You can, as Democrats appear to have been doing since the election, play dead.Alternatively, you can go for the ostentatious, performative gesture. On Monday evening, Cory Booker, the Democratic senator for New Jersey who carries himself like someone who’d have been happier in an era when men wore capes, started speaking on the floor of the Senate and carried on for 25 hours and five minutes, breaking the chamber’s record by almost 50 minutes and delivering – finally – a solid, usable symbol of rebellion.Emma Brockes is a Guardian columnist Continue readi...

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3 h. ago Who is Cory Booker as he breaks record for longest Senate speech with fiery Trump condemnation?

US Senator Cory Booker delivers a record-breaking 25-hour speech in the Senate, criticising Donald Trump's agenda and highlighting Democratic efforts to challenge the president

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4 h. ago MIKEY SMITH: 5 baffling surprises from Donald Trump world in last 24 hours

Will Donald Trump really slap 20% tariffs on all goods imported from all countries, pumping inflation in his own country and causing untold chaos on world trade? And what about ...drugs?

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7 h. ago 'Trade war is in nobody's interests,' says Keir Starmer just hours before Donald Trump slaps tariffs on UK

But the Prime Minister has been criticised for not taking a tougher approach to the US president’s import levies plan

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14 h. ago Booker makes a stand against Trump – and doesn’t stop for 25 hours

Democrats have appeared lame and leaderless for 72 days, but then Cory Booker stood up and did something“Would the senator yield for a question?” asked Democratic leader Chuck Schumer.Senator Cory Booker, who on a long day’s journey into night had turned himself into the fighter that many Democrats were yearning for, replied with a wry smile: “Chuck Schumer, it’s the only time in my life I can tell you no.” Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Cory Booker is hit with wild diaper claims after breaking record for longest Senate speech in 68 years

Democratic Senator Cory Booker has officially broken the Senate record in a 25-hour, 5-minute rant against the policies of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk.

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28 h. ago MIKEY SMITH: 6 unhinged things Donald Trump did in the last 24 hours as he makes cryptic tariff comment

It's never a dull moment in Trump land - from thickening the plot on tariffs and not ruling out staying in office beyond his legal time limit - to randomly deporting people to El Salvador by mistake and admitting they can't get them back.

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4 d. ago 7 unhinged things Donald Trump's team did in 24 hours as JD Vance doesn't rule out an invasion

Donald Trump sent JD Vance to Greenland to insult them - and he wouldn't rule out using the military to take the island by force - and he didn't even wear a tie

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1 week ago 6 deeply troubling things Donald Trump and Elon Musk did in the last 24 hours

We've learned about probably illegal rendition flights being ordered in defiance of a judge's rulings, Elon offering people cash for votes ...and more about Trump's unlikely fondness for musical theatre

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1 week ago So who is Kirsty Coventry, who now has global sport’s most powerful job? | Sean Ingle

IOC’s first female president faces significant challenges including handling Donald Trump’s power and protecting women’s sportsBarely an hour after Kirsty Coventry had become the most powerful figure in global sport at the relatively tender age of 41, she faced a series of verbal grenades about how she might handle Donald Trump in her new role.What would the new president of the International Olympic Committee respond, the first interrogator asked, if the American president tried to cause trouble during the Los Angeles Olympics by banning athletes from certain countries? Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 5 unhinged things Donald Trump has let slip in the last 24 hours as he speaks to Putin and Zelensky

Donald Trump let slip a few wild details from his "great" call with Putin - and back home he's fully at war with most of the US Judiciary - here's the most unhinged things he's said or done in the last 24 hours

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2 w. ago How sly Putin kept Trump waiting for historic phone call knowing he was 'holding all the cards' over Ukraine

Vladimir Putin was an hour late for his Tuesday call with Donald Trump and seemingly unbothered by the fact that he had kept the American president waiting.

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2 w. ago Russia attacks Ukraine hours after partial ceasefire agreed in Putin

Shortly after call ended, about 45 drones targeted region around Kyiv with anti-aircraft fire audible across capital overnightRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesRussia attacked Ukraine with kamikaze drones and S-300 surface-to-air missiles overnight, Ukrainian authorities have said, hours after Vladimir Putin told Donald Trump he would sign up to a partial and temporary ceasefire.Trump and Putin spoke for more than two hours on Tuesday evening, and while the Russian president rejected Trump’s request for a full 30-day ceasefire, to which Ukraine had agreed last week in Jeddah, the pair agreed on a moratorium on strikes on energy and infrastructure targets. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Eggings, swastikas and dog poop: Tesla bears brunt of people’s ire against Musk

In response to the billionaire’s scorched-earth raids on US government agencies, Tesla chargers and showrooms are being targetedIn the early morning hours of Donald Trump’s inauguration day, a person wearing a long black cloak and face mask wheeled a cart down an Oregon sidewalk. He was headed toward a Tesla showroom in Salem, and his cart appeared to be loaded with molotov cocktails, according to court documents. One by one, he took out the handmade explosives, lit them on fire and lobbed them at the glass-walled dealership.By the time Salem police arrived, the showroom window was shattered, a fire was burning on the sidewalk out front, a nearby Tesla sedan was ablaze and the alleged vandal had fled. The whole scene was caught by security footage, according to an affidavit from a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). The showroom’s general manager estimated $500,000 in damages, with seven vehicles struck and one completely destroyed. Cont...

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2 w. ago Donald Trump's 'fixer' is 'kept waiting for eight hours' for Kremlin meeting before swift departure

Mr Trump's chief negotiator Steve Witkoff spent two thirds of his just 12 hours in the Russian capital waiting before he could deliver the US President's proposals for a 30-day ceasefire.

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2 w. ago Donald Trump's fixer forced to wait eight hours to see Putin in humiliating 'power play'

Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff met Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss the proposed 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine - but was reportedly made to wait eight hours first

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2 w. ago Russia seizes hundreds of Ukrainian troops and threatens to treat them 'like terrorists'

Vladimir Putin made a public appearance in military uniform on Wednesday - hours after Donald Trump threatened to " devastate" Russia's economy in a chilling warning

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3 w. ago 6 outrageous things Donald Trump did in last 24 hours as he hawks Musk's Teslas on White House grounds

Nothing could quite prepare us for the vacuum of taste and ethical conduct, bordering on outright corruption that occurred yesterday, as he turned the South Lawn into a low-rent auto dealership

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3 w. ago Russia launches devastating attack on Ukraine after Trump’s defence of Putin

Latest attacks came hours after Donald Trump said Vladimir Putin was ‘doing what anybody would do’Ukraine war – live updatesRussia launched a devastating attack on Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens more, hours after Donald Trump defended Vladimir Putin and said the Kremlin leader was “doing what anybody would do”.Two ballistic missiles hit the centre of Dobropillia in the eastern Donetsk region. Fire engulfed a five-storey apartment building. As emergency services arrived, Russia launched another strike on the same area. Eleven civilians were killed, with five children among the 30 injured. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 5 dark and troubling things Donald Trump has done in the last 24 hours as he defends Putin

Donald Trump defended Putin's pounding of Ukraine while the US is withdrawing intelligence, saying it's 'what anyone would do'. Here's more of his troubling words and actions - and why we should pay attention

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