40 h. ago Economic slowdown linked to global uncertainty amid Trump tariffs – think tank

The Fraser of Allander Institute now expects Scottish economic growth of 0.8% in 2025 and 1.0% in 2026 – a slight downgrade from its April forecasts.

Economics

48 h. ago MIKEY SMITH: 6 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he buys support for his budget bill with free hats

Meanwhile - remember that guy he deported by mistake? Well, he's back now and is telling the world exactly how torture-y the CECOT mega-prison that Trump wants to send more people to is

Economics

3 d. ago MIKEY SMITH: 8 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he threatens to feed migrants to alligators

Donald Trump is now openly threatening to arrest Democrat politicians who he doesn't like and feed migrants to alligators

Events

3 d. ago Trump bill latest: House Republicans threaten to tank ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ after marathon vote passes welfare cuts

President’s megabill could face further opposition in House after narrowly passing Senate on Tuesday thanks to JD Vance’s tiebreaking vote

Politics

4 d. ago MIKEY SMITH: 8 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he threatens Elon Musk in another epic breakup

Elon Musk and Donald Trump have fallen out again - and it's not going to end well. Meanwhile the Donald is off to visit "Alligator Alcatraz" - and we show you how to smell just like Trump.

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4 d. ago Trump says he'll order the 'DOGE monster' to 'eat' Elon Musk as he tries to tank Trump's big spending bill

President Donald Trump said he is open to deporting Elon Musk and warned he may sick DOGE on the Tesla founder, saying it could 'eat Elon.'

Politics

7 d. ago MIKEY SMITH: 7 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he admits 'this could end my political career'

Donald Trump pulled out of trade talks with Canada, had an angry response for the Ayatollah and keeps making thirsty comments about women in public. Here's everything you need to know

Politics

7 d. ago MIKEY SMITH: 10 chilling Donald Trump moments as Supreme Court gifts him almost unlimited power

The Supreme Court's ruling today hands Trump the kind of power his predecessors could only dream of - and blocks federal judges from halting his orders, even if they're unconstitutional

Politics

1 week ago Zelenskyy warns Russia could attack a Nato member within five years as summit waits for Trump’s arrival – Europe live

Ukraine president urges leaders to increase defence spending more rapidly as Nato summit braces for Donald Trump to attendAnalysis: Summit set to be triumphant for Trump but deflating for UkraineKicking off the Nato Public Forum, Dutch justice and security minister David van Well says the organisers looked at some 40 scenarios that could disrupt the summit, including state actors, terrorists, activists, and cyber-attacks.I think you’re probably in one of the safest spaces in the world right now.“That could be sabotage, that’s one of the things that we’re looking into. And then the question is, well, who was behind it? That can be activist group, it can be state actor led, it can be any kind. “In my view, this is slow because we believe that starting from 2030 Putin can have significantly greater capabilities.Today, Ukraine is holding him up. He has no time to drill the army, and they are all getting annihilated and wiped out at the battlefield.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Iran says US ‘must receive a response’ after Trump’s strikes on nuclear sites

Pentagon claims major damage inflicted, world leaders call for restraint and Israel continues to strike Iranian targetsMiddle East crisis – latest updatesIran has warned the US to brace for retaliation after Donald Trump’s administration joined Israel in its war against Tehran, tearing up his isolationist foreign policy and launching the most consequential intervention in a conflict in a generation.Almost a day after US strikes targeting three key Iranian nuclear sites, Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, told France’s Emmanuel Macron: “The Americans must receive a response to their aggression,” signalling a potential Iranian reprisal that could drag the US into a new, protracted conflict in the Middle East. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: 7 chilling Donald Trump moments as President warns: 'You are in danger'

Meanwhile, Elon Musk has big plans to set up the Ministry of Truth and JD Vance accidentally mis-named a Senator by an ethnic stereotype

Events

2 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: 8 wild Donald Trump moments as JD Vance takes surprise trip to protest

Meanwhile, Donald Trump says he'll do pretty much everything in two weeks, he shut down an LGBTQ+ specific suicide hotline and he went on a Juneteenth journey

Politics

2 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: 7 unhinged Donald Trump moments after furious rant at his old friends at Fox News

Donald Trump gives the impression of a man who wishes he could get back to the golf course. In fact, he kind of said exactly that to a reporter during the flag-raising

Politics

2 w. ago Iran threatens America with terror plot as Ayatollah launches suicidal missile blitz on Israel: Live updates

Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei threatened an attack on the U.S. if Donald Trump authorizes strikes on its nuclear bunkers as Israel braces for a sixth day of bombing.

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2 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: 8 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he makes a rude joke on TV

After a day of Situation Room briefings he said he still hadn't made his mind up about Iran. He did, however, have the time to show off two 100ft flag poles he's putting up outside the White House

Politics

2 w. ago World braces for US strikes on Iran: Donald Trump 'surges planes to UK and Europe' after walking out of G7 summit and warning people to 'evacuate Tehran'

More than 40 extra jets are said to have been sent to the UK and Europe by Donald Trump in recent days.

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2 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: 8 unhinged moments from Donald Trump's bizarre birthday tank parade

The long-awaited spectacle, on paper a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the US Army, was sparsely attended - with far fewer than the expected 250,000 Trump fans turning up for his 79th birthday bash

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2 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: I went to Donald Trump's birthday tank parade and it convinced me he already thinks he's a king

Over a couple of hours, 7,000 troops, dozens of tanks and other vehicles, swarms of helicopters and two robot dogs rolled, flew and ambled past Trump's podium as he apparently struggled to stay awake

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3 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: 5 unhinged Donald Trump moments as storms threaten his birthday tank parade

Republicans are thinking about giving Trump's birthday parade a swerve - and it might get drowned in a biblical flood. Meanwhile, Marines Trump sent to LA detained a civilian, which is a big no-no

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3 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: Nervy Washington DC braces for Donald Trump's tank parade: 'This is f*****g weird'

The display of Donald Trump's military might comes amid growing nerves about Trump's near-authoritarian behaviour, deploying troops on US soil and rounding up thousands to be deported

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