68 m. ago In Melania the Movie, the most telling details are the ones off screen

A new film following the first lady in the run-up to Donald Trump’s second inauguration is the latest in a spate of fly-on-the-walls that tell us everything without saying anything at all, says Katie Rosseinsky

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69 m. ago 50 lies Donald Trump told in his unhinged 18 minute address to the nation

The televised speech was a desperate bid to convince Americans they were imagining not being able to afford groceries, and that everything is getting better. And in doing so, he lied once every 22 seconds

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77 m. ago Trump administration moves to cut off transgender care for children

U.S. officials are proposing new restrictions that would effective ban gender-affirming care for minors

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88 m. ago Priscilla Presley slams ‘outrageous’ lawsuit claim that Riley Keough is biological mother to John Travolta’s son

Elvis Presley’s ex-wife has been locked in a bitter legal battle with her former business associates for over a year

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1 hour ago White House says US would be ‘lucky’ to have Trump serve third term as it adds more fuel to the unconstitutional fire

President has acknowledged he is confined to the legal limits of the Constitution - but continues to insinuate he may defy it with a fourth White House run

Events

1 hour ago Pope’s naming of New York archbishop signals continued challenge to Trump on immigration

Ronald Hicks, who endorsed message condemning ICE raids, to lead one of biggest US archdiocesesPope Leo XIV has named a fellow Chicagoan as the next archbishop of New York, one of the biggest US archdioceses, in a signal that the church will continue its stance against the Trump administration on immigration.The US-born pope chose 58-year-old Ronald Hicks, the current bishop of Joliet, Illinois, to lead the church in New York, replacing retiring Cardinal Timothy Dolan who has served for 16 years after being selected by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Bonnie Blue slams Kemi Badenoch after Tory leader branded her 'disgusting'

After Kemi Badenoch blasted controversial content creator Bonnie for her racy online work, Bonnie has hit back as she continues to throw her support behind Nigel Farage

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2 h. ago Trump latest: Hegseth announces $1776 ‘warrior dividend’ as Internet decimates president’s frustrated holiday address

Hegseth announced that the dividends will be sent ‘in the coming days’ as social media users react to Trump’s primetime address

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2 h. ago Trump says Susie Wiles made him do the primetime address where he spent 18 minutes yelling about his ‘accomplishments’

Trump told reporters Wednesday that his chief of staff will remain in her role after the explosive Vanity Fair article

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2 h. ago Voices: ‘It’s not worth it’: Readers slam soaring World Cup and concert ticket costs

Our community condemned the soaring cost of World Cup tickets, concerts and nights out, calling for a boycott on what they see as an increasingly unaffordable entertainment landscape

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2 h. ago Brendan Carr admits his FCC is Trump’s journalism police | Seth Stern and Clayton Weimers

It is clear that the FCC is not an independent agency, but an instrument of the president’s political agendaThe Federal Communications Commission chair, Brendan Carr, admitted at a Senate hearing on Wednesday that there had been a political “sea change” and he no longer viewed the FCC as an independent agency. Commissioners, he says, serve at the pleasure of the president.In his case, that president is Donald Trump, whose face Carr wears as a lapel pin, whose agenda he loudly embraces, and who often publicly demands that Carr censor his critics, including revoking their broadcast licenses.Seth Stern is the director of advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation and a first amendment lawyer. Clayton Weimers is the executive director of RSF USA, the North American branch of Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Inflation is up 2.7% over the last year despite Trump’s claims ‘prices are down’

Prices on numerous goods spike as the labor market continues to be sluggish

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3 h. ago Inflation is up 2.7% from last year despite Trump’s claims ‘prices are down’

Prices on numerous goods spike as the labor market continues to be sluggish

Economics

3 h. ago Aldi trolls M&S over Colin the Caterpillar with hilarious stunt outside store

Aldi and M&S settled out of court in 2022 over Cuthbert the Caterpillar, but the budget supermarket continues to fire cheeky swipes at its rival on social media

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3 h. ago Rural schools hit by Trump's grant cuts have few options for making up for the lost money

Many rural school districts around the United States are having a hard time making up for federal grant money that's been cut by the Trump administration

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3 h. ago Rob Reiner death latest: Hollywood couple’s cause of death revealed to be ‘multiple sharp force injuries’

Reiner children describe feeling ‘unimaginable pain’ in the wake of their parents’ ‘horrific and devastating’ deaths

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3 h. ago Young won’t fight for Britain if country only offers unemployment, says Badenoch

The Tory leader has unveiled her plan to divert green spending into a new defence fund.

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3 h. ago Ineos boss Jim Ratcliffe slams 'idiotic' UK government carbon taxes

Sir Jim said carbon taxation was ‘the most idiotic tax in the world’

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3 h. ago US consumer prices decelerated unexpectedly in November, rising 2.7% from a year earlier

U.S. inflation decelerated unexpectedly last month according to new data that had been delayed by the government shutdown

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3 h. ago Trump team is pushing to yank American citizenship from more foreign

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices have been instructed to supply up to 200 denaturalization cases per month.

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