58 h. ago Fighter jets were scrambled to intercept civilian planes that go too close to Mar

In one incident the jets set off flares to get the attention of the pilots and turn them out of the airspace in Palm Beach

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63 h. ago Trump is using a tragic shooting to demonize millions | Mohamad Bazzi

The administration is heightening its anti-immigrant crackdown – and punishing people from a country the US helped destroyAfter two national guard members were ambushed in Washington DC last week, killing one and leaving the other in critical condition, Donald Trump went on a hate-filled social media rant and vowed to “permanently pause migration from all Third World countries.”Trump’s late night Thanksgiving posts devolved into a fury, evidently because the suspected gunman is an Afghan national. He had worked with the US government, including the CIA, and was evacuated to the US in 2021 after the American military withdrew from Afghanistan.Mohamad Bazzi is director of the Center for Near Eastern Studies, and a journalism professor, at New York University Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trump frees New York private equity executive who defrauded victims of $1.6B

The news was announced on Thanksgiving by Trump’s “pardon czar”

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6 d. ago MIKEY SMITH: 7 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he openly meddles in another country's election

Donald Trump spent the weekend after Thanksgiving meddling in elections and pardoning a drug trafficker - two of the things he claims to hate most in the world

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7 d. ago The Guardian view on Ukraine peace talks: Putin is taking Trump for another ride on the Kremlin carousel | Editorial

Russia’s president is only interested in a deal on Moscow’s terms. Equipping Kyiv with the resources to fight on is the quickest route to a just settlementAs Donald Trump’s Thanksgiving Day deadline for a Ukraine peace agreement came and went this week, the Russia expert Mark Galeotti pointed to a telling indicator of how the Kremlin is treating the latest flurry of White House diplomacy. In the government paper Rossiyskaya Gazeta, a foreign policy scholar close to Vladimir Putin’s regime bluntly observed: “As long as hostilities continue, leverage remains. As soon as they cease, Russia finds itself alone (we harbour no illusions) in the face of coordinated political and diplomatic pressure.”Mr Putin has no interest in a ceasefire followed by talks where Ukraine’s rights as a sovereign nation would be defended and reasserted. He seeks the capitulation and reabsorption of Russia’s neighbour into Moscow’s orbit. Whether that is achieved through battlefield attrition, or through a Trum...

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7 d. ago Trump ‘will recognise occupied Ukraine as RUSSIA’ in bombshell gift to Putin to help secure peace deal after talks stall

DONALD Trump is reportedly set to hand occupied Ukrainian territories over to Vladimir Putin to secure a deal to end the war. The US president has sent Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner to make the offer to the Russian tyrant in Moscow, according to reports. A source told The Telegraph: "It’s increasingly clear...

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7 d. ago National guard shooting suspect to be charged with murder as Trump steps up immigration crackdown – US politics live

US attorney for DC says charges upgraded to murder in first degree after national guard member dies; US president says he will ‘permanently pause’ migration from ‘third world countries’ Full report: Trump says he will ‘permanently pause’ migration from ‘third world countries’Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, this morning announced that charges against the suspected shooter were being upgraded.Pirro told Fox News on Friday morning: “There are certainly many more charges to come, but we are upgrading the initial charges of assault to murder in the first degree.“Washington DC is considered a safe zone,” Donald Trump declared on Tuesday, veering off topic at the national Thanksgiving turkey pardoning ceremony at the White House. “This was one of the most unsafe places anywhere in the United States. It is now considered a totally safe city.”A day later, two national guardsmen from West Virginia were shot in a busy area a few blocks from the White House in downt...

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8 d. ago RFK Jr taunts Donald Trump as he shares pointed 'Thanksgiving dinner' photo with the president, Elon Musk and Don Jr

RFK Jr. trolled President Donald Trump after sharing an edited Thanksgiving photo with him, Elon Musk , and Donald Trump Jr.

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8 d. ago Over half of Americans blame Trump for the rising grocery costs

Trump has bragged about the drop in turkey prices, but experts have warned that the fall in costs could actually just be a result of Thanksgiving sales

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9 d. ago Over $200K raised for woman burned on Chicago train who was featured in Trump’s Thanksgiving speech

The alleged attacker had been arrested 72 other times

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9 d. ago No ‘illegals’, less inflation and America first: Stephen Miller’s thankful list revealed

President Donald Trump’s immigration hardliner hails MAGA in Thanksgiving message – and reveals he does not help his family prepare their holiday dinner

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9 d. ago Karoline Leavitt’s son steals limelight at White House turkey pardoning

Karoline Leavitt brought her son Nicholas to meet Waddle, one of the National Thanksgiving turkeys, prior to the pardoning ceremony with Donald Trump on Tuesday, 25 November.

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1 week ago Karoline Leavitt’s son meets turkey before it is pardoned by Trump

Karoline Leavitt brought her son Nicholas to meet Waddle, one of the National Thanksgiving turkeys, prior to the pardoning ceremony with Donald Trump on Tuesday, 25 November.

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1 week ago Trump gives Thanksgiving turkeys scathing nicknames and calls Pritzker a 'fat slob' in fiery White House holiday speech

Donald Trump has pardoned two Thanksgiving turkeys, Gobble and Waddle, in the 160-year tradition of presidents.

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1 week ago Cutting Trump revokes Biden’s ‘autopen pardons’ of Thanksgiving turkeys as he jabs at Pelosi and Schumer

Traditionally jovial event that included JD Vance's kids also took dark turn as Trump vented about woman set ablaze on Chicago subway

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1 week ago Trump pardons turkeys Gobble and Waddle in annual Thanksgiving tradition: live updates

Gobble and Waddle are set to be pardoned as part of the annual holiday tradition

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1 week ago Trump to pardon two turkeys in annual Thanksgiving tradition that starts holiday season: Live updates

Gobble and Waddle are set to be pardoned as part of the annual holiday tradition

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1 week ago Maduro channels Trump in viral peace dance as grim Thanksgiving order hints at looming US strike

The dictator of Venezuela appears to have taken a page out of Donald Trump's book.

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1 week ago Zelensky ‘could visit US this week’ as Trump races to seal Ukraine peace deal by Thanksgiving

The trip is dependent on how negotiations over a peace deal in Geneva are perceived to have gone

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1 week ago Nicola Jennings on Trump’s Thanksgiving gift to Ukraine – cartoon

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