25 h. ago From the left and right, US Catholics hope new pope fulfills their hopes

News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological spectrum in Pope Leo XIV’s homeland, raising the question of whether he might be able to ease some of the deep divisions within its ranks

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48 h. ago Biden still thinks he could have beaten Trump. Do we really need this? | Arwa Mahdawi

The former president points to sexism as the reason for Kamala Harris’s election loss. That’s a dangerous cop-outRaise your hand if you’ve been desperate for Joe Biden to pop up and tell us all, yet again, how he would have handily beaten Donald Trump in 2024.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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60 h. ago US judge halts plan to transfer Oak Flat land for contested Arizona copper mine

A federal judge has temporarily halted the federal government's plans to transfer land in eastern Arizona for a massive copper mining project that has been years in the making

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69 h. ago Democrats seethe over Biden’s media blitz: ‘Elections are about the future’

Former president provides unwanted reminder of past hurt to party strategists otherwise desperate to move on

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3 d. ago Jill Biden responds to accusations she limited Joe Biden’s interactions in ‘cocoon’

Dr Jill Biden has responded to accusations that she surrounded Joe Biden in a "cocoon," limiting his interactions with the media.

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3 d. ago The Latest: UK says trade deal slashes tariffs on cars, steel and aluminum

U.S. President Donald Trump said from the White House on Thursday that his government has reached a trade agreement with the United Kingdom

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3 d. ago OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other US tech leaders testify to Congress on AI competition with China

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and executives from Microsoft and chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices testified on Capitol Hill about the biggest opportunities, risks and needs facing an industry which lawmakers and technologists agree could fundamentally transform global business, culture and geopolitics

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3 d. ago Joe Biden awkwardly corrects The View hosts about wife Jill’s religion

The Bidens appeared on ‘The View’ for their first joint interview since leaving the White House

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3 d. ago Joe and Jill Biden went on ‘The View’ to let us know they still don’t quite get it

The former president and first lady are perfectly likeable people. But their answers revealed that they’re also out-of-touch, writes Holly Baxter

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3 d. ago Arrogant Joe Biden tells The View he's not surprised Trump beat Kamala and insists HE could have won

Former President Joe Biden revealed on Thursday he still believed he could have beaten President Donald Trump in the 2024 election.

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3 d. ago Jill Biden gives Joe 'SECRET SIGNAL' to stop answering dangerous question on The View...as he sports mysterious hand wound

Former President Biden gave a halting and mumbling performance on The View as he and Jill Biden gave their first joint interview since leaving the White House.

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3 d. ago ‘I beat him’: Biden gives blunt answer after The View asks why Trump remains fixated on him

‘I think he has done, quite frankly, a very poor job in the interest of the United States of America,’ Joe Biden said of his successor

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4 d. ago Jill Biden's explosive secret White House diary could make her and Joe $30 million in tell

Joe and Jill Biden are re-emerging from their post-White House life in time to push back against a spate of new books revealing embarrassing details about the former president's declining health.

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4 d. ago Protesters arrested as Columbia calls in New York police to clear Gaza solidarity sit

Columbia Spectator reports protesters who staged library ‘emergency rally’ blocked from leaving by campus security officers unless they show IDColumbia University calls in police to clear pro-Palestinian protestersBritain is in “active discussions” with US officials over the extraordinary 100% tariff on all movies produced outside the US proposed by Donald Trump, as it tries to protect one of its biggest creative industries.“We are already in active discussions with the top of the US administration on this subject. We are working hard to establish what might be proposed, if anything, and to make sure our world-beating creative industries are protected,” creative industries minister Chris Bryant told parliament. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago US judge rules deportation flight to Libya would violate court order amid reported Trump plans – live

Brian Murphy rules in favor of immigrant rights advocates as reports suggest US military planned to begin deportations later this weekBritain is in “active discussions” with US officials over the extraordinary 100% tariff on all movies produced outside the US proposed by Donald Trump, as it tries to protect one of its biggest creative industries.“We are already in active discussions with the top of the US administration on this subject. We are working hard to establish what might be proposed, if anything, and to make sure our world-beating creative industries are protected,” creative industries minister Chris Bryant told parliament. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago US judge rules deportation flight to Libya would violate court order amid reported Trump administration plans – live

US federal judge blocks the deportation of migrants to Libya, ruling that such removals violate an existing court orderBritain is in “active discussions” with US officials over the extraordinary 100% tariff on all movies produced outside the US proposed by Donald Trump, as it tries to protect one of its biggest creative industries.“We are already in active discussions with the top of the US administration on this subject. We are working hard to establish what might be proposed, if anything, and to make sure our world-beating creative industries are protected,” creative industries minister Chris Bryant told parliament. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago 'Sleepy' Joe Biden wakes up to launch scathing attack on Donald Trump and Ukraine war

In his first interview since leaving the White House, the former American president said it was 'foolish' to think Putin would stop if territory in Kyiv was conceded

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4 d. ago States sue over Trump blocking billions of dollars for electric vehicle charging

More than a dozen states are suing the Trump administration for withholding funds from for the buildout of electric vehicle chargers across the U.S. The federal lawsuit says $5 billion allocated to states under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Joe Biden in 2021 cannot be withdrawn by the Trump administration

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4 d. ago Vance calls US and Europe ‘real friends’ but says Trump wants self

Vice-president also jokes about his confrontational speech at Munich security conference, telling interviewer US and Europe ‘got a little bit off track’Biden accuses Trump of ‘modern-day appeasement’ towards RussiaBritain is in “active discussions” with US officials over the extraordinary 100% tariff on all movies produced outside the US proposed by Donald Trump, as it tries to protect one of its biggest creative industries.“We are already in active discussions with the top of the US administration on this subject. We are working hard to establish what might be proposed, if anything, and to make sure our world-beating creative industries are protected,” creative industries minister Chris Bryant told parliament. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Joe Biden finally opens up about the REAL reason he dropped out of the 2024 election

Joe Biden admitted he had a hard time bowing out of the 2024 presidential race after his agenda got going as he opened up about his difficult decision in his first broadcast interview since leaving office in January. 

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