11 h. ago New book details infighting behind Trump’s ‘obviously unqualified’ cabinet picks

Retribution, by Jonathan Karl, describes backroom squabbling over Kristi Noem and Sean Duffy appointmentsDonald Trump picked Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary as a personal favour to his former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski despite objections that she was “obviously unqualified”, according to a new book.The factional infighting behind Trump’s cabinet selection, where inexperience was no barrier to success, is detailed by journalist Jonathan Karl in Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign That Changed America. The Guardian obtained a copy. Continue reading...

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63 h. ago Cabinet minister urges Prince Andrew to give evidence on Jeffrey Epstein to US authorities

Nobody’s Girl ghostwriter Amy Wallace speaks out as Andrew and the royal family faces another wave of damaging details and allegations contained in the book, which is published today

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65 h. ago I Deliver Parcels in Beijing by Hu Anyan review – startling stories of China’s new precarity

The viral blog turned book details the exhausting life of a courier, but something may have been lost in translationFrom the early 2000s until the Covid lockdowns, Hu Anyan was one of China’s vast army of internal migrants, moving between cities in pursuit of work. He did 19 jobs – shop assistant, hotel waiter, petrol attendant and security guard, among other things – in six cities. Although all these jobs were atrociously paid, they still earned him more than the one he tried for two years in the middle of this period: writer. (An 8,000-word story earned him less than 300 yuan – about £30.) Then, during Covid, he wrote a blog about his night shifts in a logistics warehouse, and it went viral. The blog expanded and became I Deliver Parcels in Beijing, which has sold nearly 2m copies in China since being published in 2023, and now appears in Jack Hargreaves’s English translation.The low-paid Chinese worker is at the mercy of an entirely unrestrained market. The jobs Hu does dema...

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3 d. ago Virginia Giuffre's memoir details Prince Andrew 'licking her feet' and other allegations

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: The shocking book, called 'Nobody's Girl', details a number of allegations against Prince Andrew, including an orgy with eight young girls all under the age of 18

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7 d. ago Britney Spears expresses fury over Kevin Federline accusations as bitter feud deepens

Kevin Federline is set to release his own book where he exposes details about his marriage with singing sensation Britney Spears, but the Toxic singer has now hit back

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2 w. ago Peter Kay, 52, reveals he underwent emergency surgery on a kidney stone without pain relief as he details the moment his 'world collapsed'

The comedian, 52, has detailed his terrifying health scare in his new book, Peter Kay's Diary, admitting his 'world collapsed' when he learned about the nature of his operation.

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3 w. ago Kamala Harris’s new book details her steep challenges without acknowledging her failures

In 107 Days, Harris leaves little room for nuance – nor is she afflicted with a surplus of self-awarenessKamala Harris’s book 107 Days confirms two truths: Joe Biden never should have sought re-election and she did not belong on a national ticket.Biden was snared by Father Time and hubris. The 46th president was not the transformational figure he saw in the mirror. More than half the US rated him a failure.107 Days is published in the US by Simon & Schuster Continue reading...

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