55 m. ago Supreme court lifts order blocking Trump’s federal layoffs, paving way for mass job cuts

Justices lift lower court decision that had stopped administration from firing hundreds of thousands of government employeesDan Osborn, the independent candidate who came surprisingly close to defeating Republican senator Deb Fischer in Nebraska last year, announced on Tuesday he will run for the state’s other Senate seat in 2026 against GOP senator Pete Ricketts.The industrial mechanic and former Kellogg’s strike leader lost to Fischer by less than seven points in 2024 – a remarkable result in deep-red Nebraska. Osborn received 66,000 more votes than Kamala Harris, who lost the state to Donald Trump by 20 points in the presidential race. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Trump looking at more Russia sanctions and complains about Putin’s behavior being ‘nice’ but ‘meaningless’ – US politics live

US president tells cabinet he is ‘not happy’ with Russian president’s continued war on Ukraine but suggests any action would come as ‘a little surprise’Dan Osborn, the independent candidate who came surprisingly close to defeating Republican senator Deb Fischer in Nebraska last year, announced on Tuesday he will run for the state’s other Senate seat in 2026 against GOP senator Pete Ricketts.The industrial mechanic and former Kellogg’s strike leader lost to Fischer by less than seven points in 2024 – a remarkable result in deep-red Nebraska. Osborn received 66,000 more votes than Kamala Harris, who lost the state to Donald Trump by 20 points in the presidential race. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Trump: President compares his Iran bombing to Truman nuking Japan in WWII

President Donald Trump celebrates his latest Middle East intervention at dinner with Benjamin Netanyahu, who revealed he has nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

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8 h. ago Marco Rubio impostor reportedly using AI to contact multiple senior officials – US politics live

According to a state department cable seen by the Washington Post, the Rubio impostor sent fake messages to three foreign ministers, a US governor and a member of CongressDavid Axelrod, who served as senior adviser to Barack Obama, said the AI scam using Rubio was “only a matter of time” and urged urgent action to defend against such attacks.“A Marco Rubio impostor is using AI voice to call high-level officials,” Axelrod wrote on X. “This is the new world in which we live and we’d better figure out how to defend against it because of its implications for our democracy and the world.” Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Trump live: President compares his Iran bombing to Truman nuking Japan in WWII

President Donald Trump celebrates his latest Middle East intervention at dinner with Benjamin Netanyahu, who revealed he has nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

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11 h. ago Trump live: President admits Aug 1 tariff deadline could be extended again after demanding deals from allies

President Donald Trump concedes new deadline not ‘100 percent firm’ and could be shifted again at dinner with Benjamin Netanyahu, who revealed he has nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

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12 h. ago No breakthrough on Middle East peace as Trump and Netanyahu meet

US president hails ‘tremendous success’ with Israel and claims progress on plan to move Palestinians out of Gaza

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13 h. ago Trump gushes over Netanyahu after Nobel Peace Prize nomination: ‘An honour coming from you’

Donald Trump gushed over Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu after being presented with a Nobel Peace Prize nomination during their meeting at the White House on Monday (7 July).

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14 h. ago Israeli PM Netanyahu reveals he's nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize

‘Coming from you in particular, this is very meaningful,’ Trump said as Netanyahu revealed the peace prize nomination during a meeting at the White House

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16 h. ago Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize just weeks after joint strike on Iran

Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu presented US President Donald Trump with the letter he sent to the Nobel Peace Prize committee nominating him during a dinner at the White House

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16 h. ago Israel leader Benjamin Netanyahu is nominating Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu took a victory lap on Monday to hail their recent joint strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities as an unmitigated success

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19 h. ago Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel peace prize at White House meeting expected to focus on Gaza

The prime minister made the announcement at a dinner with the president, with the US expected to push Israel to agree a Gaza ceasefireBenjamin Netanyahu told Donald Trump that he would nominate him for the Nobel peace prize on Monday, as the two leaders met for the first time since the US launched strikes on Iran’s nuclear program as part of a short-lived war between Israel and Iran.Trump was expected to press Netanyahu to agree to a ceasefire in Israel’s 21-month-old war against Hamas in Gaza amid an outcry over the humanitarian cost of an offensive that has led to nearly 60,000 deaths, most of them Palestinian. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago The real reason Netanyahu nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize

ANALYSIS: Being nominated for a peace prize by Benjamin Netanyahu is akin to being nominated for a not breaking the law prize by Tony Soprano, writes Richard Hall.

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19 h. ago Israel's Netanyahu surprises Trump with coveted Nobel Peace Prize nomination as he gives update on Iran peace talks

President Donald Trump spoke before a dinner with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House Monday. Their meeting came amid a push for a ceasefire agreement in Gaza.

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20 h. ago Israel’s Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize amid hopes for Gaza ceasefire

Netanyahu has visited the White House two other times since Trump returned to office in January

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2 w. ago Netanyahu 'biggest loser in town' as 'man of peace' Trump has taken back control

EXCLUSIVE: The US has long been a key ally of Israel, but one expert believes the PM Benjamin Netanyahu is the biggest loser in America's intervention in their conflict with Iran

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