21 m. ago Humiliating moment Donald Trump slaps down Kevin Rudd during White House meeting with Anthony Albanese: 'I don't like you and I probably never will'

The US President has met with Anthony Albanese at the White House , and in true Trump style, it didn't go quite as planned.

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82 m. ago Putin rejects Trump peace plan after expletive ridden White House meeting with Zelensky

The Kremlin rejected Donald Trump's latest effort to end the war in Ukraine.

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88 m. ago Donald Trump and Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese sign rare earth minerals deal – US politics live

US president says ‘we’re here to talk about trade, submarines, lots of military equipment’ as Albanese says deal is ‘$8.5bn pipeline’ to supply rare earths to USThe Senate will vote, for the 11th time, on a House-passed funding bill that would reopen the government at 5.30pm today.As the government shutdown enters its 20th day, there is little end in sight. The lower chamber is still out of session, as both parties continue to trade barbs over the lapse in funding. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Supreme court to hear case over law banning drug users from possessing guns – US politics live

Court to review federal law that prohibits illegal drugs users from having a gun to determine whether this violates second amendmentThe Senate will vote, for the 11th time, on a House-passed funding bill that would reopen the government at 5.30pm today.As the government shutdown enters its 20th day, there is little end in sight. The lower chamber is still out of session, as both parties continue to trade barbs over the lapse in funding. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Trump denies forcing Zelensky to accept Putin demands after expletive ridden White House tirade is exposed

Donald Trump insists he never tried to force Volodymyr Zelensky to accept Russia's demands to end the war.

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3 h. ago Trump asked Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre to babysit in first encounter at Mar

Virginia Giuffre’s book Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir Of Surviving Abuse And Fighting For Justice details her abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein

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3 h. ago Trump in crown drops diarrhoea poo on 'No King' protestors from fighter jet in AI video

In what many people have suggested is an accurate metaphor for Donald Trump's second stint as President, the Orange Manbaby has posted an AI video of him 's****** all over America'

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4 h. ago Russia inflicts terror on Ukrainian soil while Trump toys with Zelensky over giving up land

Donald Trump suggests Ukraine give up Donetsk province or risk being ‘destroyed’ by Vladimir Putin - he is wrong. Russia is making brutal but only incremental advances at an immense cost, reports world affairs editor Sam Kiley from Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine

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4 h. ago Wall Street inches higher in premarket as worries over the U.S.

Wall Street pointed toward gains before the open Monday, overcoming worries over bank lending and the trade war with China

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5 h. ago US envoys arrive in Israel to shore up the Gaza ceasefire after a major flareup

A spokesperson for the U.S. Embassy says that Washington's special envoy Steve Witkoff and the U.S. president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner have arrived in Israel

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6 h. ago 'Young lady, you don't know anything about it!' Trump snaps at reporter as he is asked about how buying Argentinian beef will affect US farmers, claiming: 'That country is dying'

Donald Trump has snapped at a reporter who asked him about how buying Argentinian beef will affect American farmers, telling her: 'Young lady, you don't know anything about it!' 

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6 h. ago Trump slams ‘joke’ No Kings protest before troll posts about staying in power ‘4EVA’: Live

President Donald Trump dismisses nationwide demonstrations attended by 7 million people opposing ‘authoritarian power grabs’ and posts shocking Truth Social memes deriding activists and their concerns

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6 h. ago James Comey faces deadline to file motion to dismiss charges against him – US politics live

Former FBI director charged with lying to Congress expected to claim prosecution is vindictive Donald Trump on Sunday accused Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, of being an “illegal drug dealer” and threatened to immediately cut US funding to the country, as a Republican senator said the US would soon announce “major tariffs” on the country.It comes after the US defense secretary confirmed in a social media post an attack on a vessel associated with a Colombian leftist rebel group. Pete Hegseth said “three terrorists were killed” in the operation, which was “conducted in international waters”. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago 5 bombshells from Trump and Zelenskyy's 'shouting match' meeting as US leader throws maps

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy met ahead of Trump's meeting with Putin this week in Budapest, with the future of the war between Russia and Ukraine on the line

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7 h. ago Forget a third term – Trump posts meme threatening to rule into 2048 and beyond

Donald Trump jokes he could hang onto power ‘4EVA’ in latest video mocking Democrats

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7 h. ago Piers Morgan says he could run for PM and rule like Donald Trump

The presenter has explained what his policies would be if he became Prime Minister - including being tough on France

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7 h. ago Troops on the streets, Ice thuggery – and prices still climbing: welcome to Trump’s ‘golden age’ | Steven Greenhouse

The president has repeatedly proclaimed a shining moment. Meanwhile, he’s taking a wrecking ball to truth and democracyIn his inauguration speech last January, Donald Trump bombastically declared: “The golden age of America begins right now.” Our braggadocious president has stuck to that theme ever since, telling the United National general assembly in late September: “This is indeed the golden age of America.”With the federal government shut down for more than two weeks, the nation more polarized than at any time since the civil war, political violence growing and the job market slowing, it doesn’t feel remotely like a golden age, unless one focuses on Trump’s Louis XIV-like effort to gild as many things as possible in the Oval Office. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Lawmakers slam Ice after US military veterans are arrested, injured

The Guardian revealed how US veterans have been injured and arrested at protests against Ice deportationsSome of the most decorated military veterans in Congress say they are outraged after a report in the Guardian revealed US military veterans have been arrested or injured amid protests over Donald Trump’s deportation campaign and his push to deploy the national guard to American cities.“I went to war three times for this country to defend the right of Americans to say things I may not like,” said Representative Jason Crow, a Democrat from Colorado and former army ranger who was awarded the Bronze Star for his service in Iraq as a platoon leader with the 82nd airborne division. “Now is the time for every American to speak out.” Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Zelenskyy calls for more US Patriot air defences after Trump again sides with Putin

Ukrainian president ready to join Putin-Trump summit and asks for additional anti-missile batteries, paid for with frozen Russian assetsTrump suggests carving up Ukraine’s Donbas region to end war after meeting with ZelenskyyVolodymyr Zelenskyy has called for the delivery of an additional 25 US Patriot anti-missile batteries amid the rapidly escalating air war with Russia, as it became clear that Donald Trump had once again tacked sharply towards Moscow.The Ukrainian president added that he would be ready to join Vladimir Putin and Trump at their summit in Hungary if he was invited. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Gaza ceasefire live: Trump’s envoys arrive in Israel amid scramble to shore up fragile truce – Middle East crisis live

US envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner expected to meet members of Benjamin Netanyahu’s governmentUS President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner have returned to Israel, a US embassy spokesperson has said.They are overseeing the Gaza ceasefire agreement, which they helped broker, and are expected to meet members of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Continue reading...

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