27 h. ago Chinese renminbi strongest against dollar since Trump’s election win

Rally comes after years of weakening and is seen as signal that Beijing will allow gradual appreciation

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4 d. ago US appeals court rules most of Trump’s sweeping global tariffs illegal – live

Ruling upholds decision from trade court while president attacks ‘Highly Partisan Appeals Court’ and says he will win tariff fightFull story: Most of Trump tariffs illegal, court findsA visit to Taiwan by two US senators has drawn criticism from China, which claims the island as its own and objects to any contact between officials of the two sides.The chair of the Senate armed services committee, Roger Wicker, and the Nebraska senator Deb Fischer arrived in Taipei on Friday for a series of high-level meetings with senior Taiwanese leaders to discuss US-Taiwan relations, regional security, trade and investment, according to the American Institute in Taiwan, Washington’s de facto embassy in lieu of formal diplomatic relations with the self-governing island democracy.A thriving democracy is never fully assured and we’re here to talk to our friends and allies in Taiwan about what we’re doing to enhance worldwide peace. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Democratic leaders push for Congress to do more on school shootings: ‘Thoughts and prayers are not enough to prevent gun violence’

Democrats including Elizabeth Warren and Nancy Pelosi have called for urgent reform after two children were killed in Minnesota

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8 d. ago Trump’s war on the First Amendment is likely to plant a burning flag back on the Supreme Court steps

Trump is picking a fight he knows he can’t win, writes John Bowden. Does he want to provoke protests or merely rile up his supporters against liberal judges?

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8 d. ago Trump’s megabill aimed at abortion providers gets court win in Maine – but gender

Roughly 185,000 transgender adults use Medicaid as their primary health insurance

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8 d. ago Who’s cashing in on Trump’s immigration crackdown? It’s not the American people nor the federal or state governments

Private contractors run many of ICE’s largest detention facilities. Now, with a push to deport more and more immigrants, these companies stand to win big under Trump. Alicja Hagopian reports.

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1 week ago They donated millions to Trump — now, ICE detention providers are reaping the rewards

Private contractors run many of ICE’s largest detention facilities. Now, with a push to deport more and more immigrants, these companies stand to win big under Trump. Alicja Hagopian reports.

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1 week ago Trump suggests it would be 'impossible' for Ukraine to win the war without attacking Russia and blames Biden for failing to let Kyiv 'fight back'

Donald Trump has suggested it would be 'very hard, if not impossible' for Ukraine to prevail without attacking Russia. adding 'there is no chance of winning'.

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1 week ago Trump scores major win as court throws out $500 million fraud penalty

Donald Trump secured a financial victory when an appeals court on Thursday struck down a $464 million fraud penalty he was ordered to pay last year.

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1 week ago Trump scores major financial win as appeals court TOSSES out nearly $500 million FRAUD penalty

Donald Trump secured a financial victory when an appeals court on Thursday struck down a $464 million fraud penalty he was ordered to pay last year.

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1 week ago Trump battles sinking public image over DC takeover while National Guard pose with tourists

Trump has utterly failed to win over D.C. residents, who aren’t convinced his takeover is anything but a series of photo ops, writes John Bowden

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2 w. ago Democrat warns US progressives against moving toward the center: ‘It lost me the election’

India Walton, who defeated incumbent mayor only to lose general election, says ‘moderating is what got us here’India Walton has a warning message for progressive Democrats during Donald Trump’s second presidency: don’t water down your politics to win over the establishment.The Democratic socialist who stunned the Democratic establishment by defeating a four-term incumbent mayor in Buffalo, New York’s 2021 primary believes moderating her leftwing message cost her the general election. It’s a lesson that carries new weight now that Zohran Mamdani secured his own victory in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary earlier in the summer and inspired thousands of other progressive candidates to also run for office. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Zelensky's masterstroke to win over Trump and avoid another White House debacle as he offers $90 billion deal to US to help end Russia

Zelensky learned several lessons from his last visit to Washington, which led to a confrontation in front of the world with both Trump and Vice President JD Vance before he departed early.

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2 w. ago Ukraine offers $100bn weapons deal to Trump to win security guarantee

Document seen by the FT lays out Kyiv’s proposals to US president at crucial White House meeting

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2 w. ago Ukraine offers $100bn weapons deal to Trump to win security guarantees

Document seen by the FT lays out Kyiv’s proposals to US president at crucial White House meeting

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2 w. ago Ukraine offers Trump $100bn weapons deal to win security guarantees

Document seen by FT lays out Kyiv’s proposals to US president at crucial White House meeting

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2 w. ago The term Zelensky used over 10 times to win Trump over in dramatic tone shift

President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymry Zelensky met at the White House on Monday to discuss the ongoing effort to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.

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2 w. ago Hillary Clinton says she'll nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize if Russia

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has suggested that if Donald Trump brokers a successful Ukraine-Russia peace deal that he should win the Nobel Prize.

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2 w. ago Retired Army General says Trump needs to convince Putin that Russia can’t win in Ukraine

Former presidential candidate Wesley Clark warns Kremlin leader will not respond to conventional diplomatic threats, arguing sanctions have been tried and failed

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3 w. ago MTG enjoyed 142% windfall on company’s ICE contract but Trump goes after ‘disgusting degenerate’ Nancy Pelosi over stocks

President attacks ex-House Speaker and husband despite having come out against the ethical stock-trade standards proposed by a fellow Republican

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