7 h. ago Butler by Salena Zito review – how Trump won America’s heartland

From the site of the failed assassination comes a sharp-eyed account of Trump’s political gains – and Democrats’ failings The Democrats’ famed blue wall is more the stuff of nostalgia than reality. On election day 2024, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin voted for Donald Trump for the second time in three elections. Barack Obama’s upstairs-downstairs coalition lies in ruins, as Democrats struggle to connect with working-class voters across racial and ethnic lines.Last November, Trump came within just three points of winning a majority of Latino voters. Such Americans walked away from their presumed political home – in droves. A Trump endorsement by Roberto Clemente Jr, son of the late Pittsburgh Pirates baseball star, was a harbinger. Likewise, Trump posted double-digit gains among Catholics and Jews, once core constituencies in the Democratic party of FDR.Butler is published in the US by Hachette Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Inside Barron Trump's outrageously lavish childhood as president's son bags his first girlfriend

The 19-year-old was spoiled with expensive tuition and lived in a home fit for a king during his lavish childhood.

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2 d. ago Barron Trump is in LOVE! Rumors swirl that president's son has a new girlfriend

The youngest son of Donald Trump and Melania Trump is said to be spending lots of time with his new love interest.

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4 d. ago ‘We’ll have to arrest him’: Trump threatens jail for Mamdani in NYC and calls Biden a ‘son of a b****’ in wild ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ visit

The president christened his new ‘escape-proof’ detention center in Florida Tuesday and things went off the rails at times

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5 d. ago John Swinney raised 'concerns' with Donald Trump's son over vandalism attack at Turnberry

Official correspondence reveals new details of the sit-down meeting between Eric Trump and the First Minister at Bute House earlier this year.

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7 d. ago President Eric? Trump’s second son hints at a political dynasty

‘I think the political path would be an easy one, meaning, I think I could do it,’ Eric Trump says

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8 d. ago Eric Trump suggests he could run for president when his father’s term ends

Forty-one-year-old has stayed away from politics, but says ‘political path would be an easy one’ if he chose to pursue itEric Trump has hinted that he or another of the Trump family could run for president when his father’s second term in the White House comes to an end.Eric, who is co-executive vice-president of the Trump Organization, said, the road to the White House “would be an easy one” if he decided to follow in his father’s footsteps. Continue reading...

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1 week ago No10 hints at benefit cut climbdown as more Labour MPs join rebellion

Ministers 'want' to hold a vote on the controversial benefit shake-up on Tuesday, a No10 source said - just a day after Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner insisted it would definitely go ahead

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1 week ago Ivanka Trump’s son steals show as family arrive for Jeff Bezos’ Venice wedding

Watch as Ivanka Trump arrives in Venice for Jeff Bezos' lavish wedding to Lauren Sanchez.

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1 week ago Tiger Woods watches on as son Charlie and Kai Trump put in very different performances

Charlie Woods and Kai Trump were both in action at the Nicklaus Junior Championship this week, with one of the teenagers enjoying a much better time on the greens and fairways

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1 week ago Ivanka Trump’s son steals show as family arrive for Jeff Bezos’ wedding in Venice

Watch as Ivanka Trump arrives in Venice for Jeff Bezos' lavish wedding to Lauren Sanchez.

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2 w. ago How unpopular is Trump? Even some people who attended his military parade don’t like him

While plenty of people donned MAGA hats to see the show, some said they did not like Trump’s ‘over the top’ style as president, as Eric Garcia reports.

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3 w. ago Todd Chrisley returns to social media after Trump pardon to congratulate his son

‘Welcome back Todd we've missed you,’ one person commented on Chrisley’s Instagram return

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3 w. ago Voices: Trump’s response to the LA protests is a stark warning of what’s to come

The Trump administration has ignored the rule of law and demonised judges who stand in the president’s way, writes Eric Lewis. The attempt to suppress dissent in Los Angeles shows a hostility to any opposition

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3 w. ago Voices: Trump’s response to the LA protests are a stark warning of what’s to come

The Trump administration has ignored the rule of law and demonised judges who stand in the president’s way, writes Eric Lewis. The attempt to suppress dissent in Los Angeles shows a hostility to any opposition

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3 w. ago Korean Americans criticize Donald Trump Jr for ‘reckless’ social media post

US president’s son posted photo ‘mocking the current unrest’ in LA by referring to ‘Rooftop Korean’ from 1992 riotsAn association of Korean Americans in Los Angeles has criticised Donald Trump Jr, the son of the US president, for “reckless” comments on social media and urged him not to exploit a riot that devastated their community 33 years ago.The Korean American Federation of Los Angeles also said an operation by the US administration to round up suspected undocumented immigrants lacked “due legal procedures”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Elon Musk’s father says Tesla boss called Donald Trump ‘evil’ and a ‘crook’

Elon Musk’s father has claimed his son branded Donald Trump “evil” and a “crook”.

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3 w. ago Mother details ‘nightmare’ after Trump sends son to El Salvador mega

Nearly three months later, family members and lawyers still haven’t been able to speak with the men the U.S. summarily sent to El Salvador’s ‘tropical gulag,’ Josh Marcus reports

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4 w. ago Elon Musk's estranged dad wades in on Trump feud comparing them to 'animals'

Elon's fatherr, Errol Musk, believes that his son's feud with Trump resembles male 'animals fighting for dominance' - and Errol has now given his verdict on who will 'win'

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4 w. ago Elon Musk's estranged dad tells his 'gorilla' son to make friends again with the president: Trump will prevail

Elon Musk's estranged father Errol told his 'gorilla' son to get back on President Donald Trump 's good side.

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