3 h. ago There is no such thing as an ‘illegal immigrant’ | Mehdi Hasan

It is a factually inaccurate and totally, utterly wrong to say that undocumented people are ‘illegal’ and are ‘criminals’On 29 January, the second Trump administration held its first White House press briefing. “Of the 3,500 arrests Ice has made so far since President Trump came back into office, can you just tell us the numbers?” asked a reporter in the front row. “How many have a criminal record versus those who are just in the country illegally?”“All of them,” responded the new White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, making her debut in the briefing room, “because they illegally broke our nation’s laws, and, therefore, they are criminals, as far as this administration goes.” She continued: “I know the last administration didn’t see it that way, so it’s a big culture shift in our nation to view someone who breaks our immigration laws as a criminal. But that’s exactly what they are.”Mehdi Hasan is a broadcaster and author, and a former host on MSNBC. He is also a Guardian US...

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15 h. ago Trump 'finalizing' TikTok sale proposal as total ban looms in just FOUR days

President Trump is set to host an Oval Office meeting with investment groups who could purchase TikTok, after he directed a pause in a legal ban on the company on his first day in office.

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16 h. ago The one official Trump world is ready to blame if tariffs are a disaster

Lutnick has reportedly pushed for ‘more aggressive’ tariffs during talks

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18 h. ago The top Trump official who will take the blame if Liberation Day tariffs go south

President Donald Trump will take all the credit if his 'Liberation Day' tariffs bring manufacturing stateside and give the U.S. economy a boost.

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22 h. ago Fox News reporter makes fun of Kid Rock’s Oval Office outfit

A Fox News reporter made fun of Kid Rock's flamboyant outfit he wore as he joined Donald Trump in the Oval Office for an executive order signing on Monday, 31 March.

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23 h. ago Kid Rock mocked for his Oval Office outfit as he joins Trump for executive order signing

‘Where's his suit?’ X users questioned in response to the musicians striking red suit

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25 h. ago Trump calls friend Kid Rock ‘Bob’ during rapper’s bizarre Oval Office appearance

Donald Trump called his friend Kid Rock “Bob” as the rapper made a bizarre appearance in the Oval Office.

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31 h. ago Fox reporter's hilarious Biden joke leaves Donald Trump and Kid Rock in stitches

Kid Rock joined Trump in the Oval Office for a bold, star-spangled event promoting a crackdown on ticket scalping. Fox News' Peter Doocy delivered a one-liner with perfect comedic timing.

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31 h. ago Moaning federal workers make disgusting discoveries as they return to office after Trump ended WFH

Thousands of federal workers who were forced to return to their offices after President Donald Trump ended work from home options have made some disgusting discoveries.

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38 h. ago Trump welcomes Kid Rock to White House for order targeting ticket scalpers

President Donald Trump invited Kid Rock into the Oval Office and signed an executive order that he says will help curb ticket scalping and bring “commonsense” changes to the way live entertainment events are priced

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40 h. ago Trump officials to review $9bn in Harvard funds over antisemitism claims

Administration accuses university of failing to protect students and plans to look into federal grants and contractsThe Trump administration announced a review on Monday of $9bn in federal contracts and grants at Harvard University over allegations that it failed to address issues of antisemitism on campus.The multi-agency Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism said it will review the more than $255.6m in contracts between Harvard University, its affiliates and the federal government, according to a joint statement from the education department, the health department and the General Services Administration. The statement also says the review will include the more than $8.7bn in multi-year grant commitments to Harvard University and its affiliates. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Trump's plan for the largest U.S. deportation center where up to 10,000 migrants will wait to be sent home

A monster deportation center that could hold up to 10,000 migrants is being built on the US-Mexico border, Trump administration officials have confirmed

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42 h. ago Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley plans a bill to stop judges from carrying out their checks

Judges have issued at least a dozen nationwide injunctions against the Trump administration since the president took office in January

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45 h. ago Trump and his team keep referencing a third term in 2028. But could he actually run again?

The 22nd amendment bars presidents from a third term in office. Is it enough to stop Trump?

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46 h. ago Donald Trump refuses to say whether he’s planning to leave office after second term – US politics live

President criticized by some in both parties after telling NBC ‘there are methods’ in securing a third term despite constitutional barriersImmigration remains a strength for Donald Trump, but his handling of tariffs is getting more negative feedback, according to a poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. About half of US adults approve of Trump’s approach to immigration, the survey shows, but only about four in 10 have a positive view of the way he’s handling the economy and trade negotiations. The poll indicates that many Americans are still on board with Trump’s efforts to ramp up deportations and restrict immigration. But it also suggests that the Republican president’s threats to impose tariffs – which have been accompanied by tumbling consumer confidence and wild stock market swings – might be erasing his advantage on another issue that he made central to his winning 2024 campaign. The economy was a drag on then president Joe Biden, who saw the s...

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48 h. ago As Trump rewrites even America’s history, institutions have two choices – submit or find ways to resist | Charlotte Higgins

The Smithsonian’s museums have been ordered to root out ‘divisive narratives’. It’s part of a pattern: the battle lines are now clearIt has come to this: we are now in Ministry of Truth territory. In Washington DC, the Smithsonian Institution, the US’s ensemble of 21 great national museums, last week became the subject of an executive order by President Donald Trump. “Distorted narratives” are to be rooted out. There will be no more of the “corrosive ideology” that has fostered a “sense of national shame”. The institution has, reads the order, “come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology” that portrays “American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive”. The vice-president, JD Vance, is, by virtue of his office, on the museum’s board. He is charged by Trump to “prohibit expenditure” on programmes that “divide Americans based on race”. He is to remove “improper ideology”. The order is titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History”. George Or...

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52 h. ago Trump official gives clearest indication yet that there are plans to put Donald Trump’s face on Mount Rushmore

President Trump’s daughter-in-law says ‘a lot of people wonder’ whether his face will be added to the South Dakota monument

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54 h. ago John Oliver laments Trump officials for emojis sent in group chat about airstrikes

‘Look, those clearly aren’t the right emojis to send after a bombing because the right emojis are no emojis,’ said Oliver

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65 h. ago Trump says ‘there are methods’ for seeking third term in White House

In interview Trump said he wasn’t joking when he alluded to a purported loophole for a third term as presidentDonald Trump has said there are “methods” – if not “plans” – to circumvent the constitutional limit preventing US presidents from serving three terms.In an interview aired Sunday on NBC, Trump was asked about his trying to stay in office beyond his second presidency, a specter he has repeatedly raised while sometimes claiming he is just joking. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Former SAS hero says Britain 'can't trust' the United States with top secret intelligence after 'moronic' war plan leak

Chris Ryan feared the lives of British and American spies could be at risk following the extraordinary security blunder by senior US officials - and warned similar failures would likely happen under Trump

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