6 h. ago Private numbers of Australian PM and Donald Trump Jr made public on US website

Anthony Albanese’s office says it is aware of the situation

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7 h. ago Private numbers of Australia PM and Donald Trump Jr made public on US website

Anthony Albanese's office says aware of situation

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26 h. ago Trump has shaken America’s faith in most government agencies since his return to White House, polls show

While certain agencies that Trump has targeted have fallen out of public favor, others have seen their approval ratings rise in line with the administration’s policies

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1 week ago Trump is reviving large sales of coal from public lands. Will anyone want it?

U.S. officials in coming days are set to hold the government’s biggest coal sales in more than a decade

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1 week ago Stars and stripes flags for Trump UK visit had to be changed for brighter red

Switch of 66 hand-sewn flags for use along Mall and at Windsor Castle cost estimated £52,800 in public fundsDozens of US flags used for Donald Trump’s unprecedented second state visit to the UK last month had to be replaced because the stripes were the wrong shade of red, a government supplier has claimed.The switch of the 66 hand-sewn flags that had been due to be used along the Mall in London and at Windsor Castle cost an estimated £52,800 in public funds. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump pressure tactics in Comey case ‘chilling’ – but they could backfire, experts say

Former prosecutors condemn ‘takeover of the DoJ’ but say chance of success could be tainted by president’s commentsDonald Trump’s public and private push to have ex-FBI director James Comey indicted on criminal charges is a strong sign of the US slipping into authoritarianism, but it could also taint the case’s chances of success because it is evidence of a selective and biased political prosecution, ex-prosecutors and scholars say.Trump’s retribution drive against an old foe he blames for legal and political problems notched a big win when Comey was indicted last week on two criminal counts in Virginia. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago YouTube agrees to pay Trump $24.5m to settle lawsuit over account suspension

Platform suspended the US president’s YouTube channel in 2021 after the January 6 Capitol riotYouTube has agreed to pay $24.5m to settle a suit brought by Donald Trump in 2021 that alleged the platform wrongly suspended his channel after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. The Google subsidiary is the latest in a long string of tech companies to make a multimillion-dollar payout to the president over past decisions about his accounts.Trump had filed the suit against YouTube and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, alleging that the platform had “accumulated an unprecedented concentration of power, market share, and ability to dictate our nation’s public discourse”. YouTube said it suspended Trump’s channel because it had violated the website’s policies against inciting violence. Because of the settlement, the case is now dismissed. Google and the White House did not immediately return a request for comment. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump is trying to ‘escalate tensions’ and ‘undermine public safety’ by sending National Guard to Portland, lawsuit claims

President’s threat to send in National Guard and use ‘full force’ against protesters is ‘wholly pretextual,’ officials argue

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2 w. ago The humbling of Macron: From getting slapped by his wife, and egged by the public to dwarf comparisons and a snub by Trump

Emmanuel Macron was humbled this week after New York City cops stopped him crossing the street because of US President Donald Trump's motorcade.

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2 w. ago From UK to the UN: A breakdown of Melania Trump's polarising public style

The FLOTUS has been back in British minds following her recent trips to the UK and UN. Here’s everything she’s been wearing — plus we look back at her archive of eyebrow-raising looks

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2 w. ago Obama slams Trump’s ‘violence against the truth’ after Tylenol claims during London talk

The former US president said the Trump administration’s claim ‘undermines public health’ in wide-ranging talk at London’s O2

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2 w. ago Trump administration to hold back grants from NYC, Chicago, Fairfax schools over bathroom policies

The Trump administration says three major public school districts could lose $24 million in funding because of their policies supporting transgender students

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3 w. ago ‘Pay no attention’: global health agencies dismiss false Trump claim on everyday painkillers

Medical experts and regulators say US president should not be questioning established scienceGlobal health agencies and regulators have dismissed unscientific advice from Donald Trump that made an unproven link between autism and the use of everyday painkillers and vaccines.In a sign of how worried foreign governments are about the US president’s comments, the health secretary of the UK, which is one the US’s closest allies, told the British public they should not “pay any attention whatsoever to what Donald Trump says about medicine”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Officials wondered if Trump’s public post to Bondi about targeting enemies was meant to be private: report

Administration officials reportedly said the Truth Social post resembled how the president likes to text

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3 w. ago Judith Butler is being targeted by the US government. We must stand up | Joel Swanson

What is happening to Judith Butler – a Jewish intellectual – in the name of fighting ‘antisemitism’ is outrageousAmid all the other breaking news consuming the United States this month, the University of California, Berkeley, arguably the nation’s most elite public university, gave the Trump administration a list of 160 names of faculty, staff and students, as part of an investigation into “alleged antisemitic incidents”.While all the names on this list are significant, one name in particular that UC Berkeley handed over to the Trump administration stands out: Judith Butler, the eminent queer theorist, literary theorist and philosopher, and one of the most famous public intellectuals in the United States today.Joel Swanson is professor of Jewish studies at Sarah Lawrence College Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Dozens of workers disciplined after Charlie Kirk shooting, from journalists to Jimmy Kimmel

Employers and officials are cracking down on comments considered ‘inappropriate’ after far-right activist was killedIn the aftermath of far-right activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination, dozens across the United States have been fired, suspended or disciplined over social media posts about Kirk and his death, as employers and public officials crack down on remarks they deem “inappropriate”.After Kirk, 31, was shot and killed on 10 September while speaking at Utah Valley University, members of the Trump administration called on the public to expose anyone appearing to be “celebrating” his killing. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Dozens of workers penalized after Charlie Kirk shooting, from journalists to Jimmy Kimmel

Employers and officials are cracking down on comments considered ‘inappropriate’ after far-right activist was killedIn the aftermath of the far-right activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination, dozens across the United States have been fired, suspended or disciplined over social media posts about Kirk and his death, as employers and public officials crack down on remarks they deem “inappropriate”.After Kirk, 31, was shot and killed on 10 September while speaking at Utah Valley University, members of the Trump administration called on the public to expose anyone appearing to be “celebrating” his killing. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ivanka Trump sparks wild speculation she is wearing a wig after latest public appearance

The daughter of President Donald Trump is synonymous with her long, blonde hair - but some people think the 43-year-old's luscious locks may not actually be hers at all.

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3 w. ago People 'work out' defiant reason Queen Camilla 'matched outfits' with Melania

Queen Camilla and Melania set tongues wagging when they made what some members of the public have branded a 'great statement' during Trump's unprecedented second state visit to the UK

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3 w. ago West Coast states issue joint vaccine recommendations ahead of CDC advisers meeting

Four Democratic-led Western states announced joint recommendations Wednesday about who should be vaccinated for seasonal respiratory viruses, including the flu and COVID-19, saying the Trump administration has jeopardized public health by politicizing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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