6 h. ago The Florida and Wisconsin election results are a warning for Trump and Republicans | Lloyd Green

Republicans in Florida couldn’t re-create Trump’s November margins, while Musk’s efforts in Wisconsin failedDonald Trump and the Republicans ought to be wary of a possible blue wave in next year’s midterms. On Tuesday, voters in Florida and Wisconsin signaled dissatisfaction with Elon Musk, the GOP and the president. On the surface, the results spelled political equipoise. No seats changed hands.A closer look, however, reveals possible headaches for Donald Trump and his party. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Trumpism is sinking democratic values. It’s Starmer’s job to steer the UK back to safety | Polly Toynbee

US tariffs hit this week just as other costs start to bite in Britain. To meet these challenges, Labour will finally have to changeThe prime minister may pretend to “like and respect” Donald Trump, but elsewhere in parliament anti-Americanism is running hot. In a Lords debate on obesity last week, Labour’s Lord Brooke suggested imposing 25% tariffs on “American products which are causing us difficulties – Coca-Cola, Pepsi, KFC, McDonald’s”. The government replied that the US is an “indispensable ally”. That craven attitude may be politic today – right until it fails tomorrow.The outlook for Britain and other countries is bleak. Wednesday is “liberation day”, when Trump’s tariffs will hit a range of goods likely to send global economies tumbling. There is near-zero expectation that Britain’s genuflections will save us from the same punishment as the rest. As for Trump demanding no VAT on US imports to the UK, that’s extorting with menaces a benefit denied to our own producers. Even i...

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5 d. ago US Naval Academy to no longer consider race when evaluating candidates

White House detailed policy change in filing asking court to suspend appeal by group opposed to affirmative actionThe US Naval Academy has changed its policy and will no longer consider race as a factor when evaluating candidates to attend the elite military school, a practice it maintained even after the US supreme court barred civilian colleges from employing similar affirmative action policies.The Trump administration detailed the policy change in a filing on Friday asking a court to suspend an appeal lodged by a group opposed to affirmative action against a judge’s decision last year upholding the Annapolis, Maryland-based Naval Academy’s race-conscious admissions program. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Rep. Elise Stefanik ‘scrambled’ to try to change Trump’s mind about pulling her UN nomination

Stefanik already gave up a committee slot and most of her congressional staff have resigned, according to a report

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7 d. ago Trump seems to change his tune on ‘fake news’ CNN and shares clip of network touting his favorability ratings

President shared a segment from CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten days after warning that the ‘dishonest’ network could be ‘turned off’

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7 d. ago Donald Trump's unpredictable behaviour 'caused by one major change that can't be stopped'

Donald Trump has alarmed onlookers and commentators with his behaviour since he entered the White House, and one expert believes they have the answer as to why he has taken things to the next level

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7 d. ago ‘A deal with Putin is an illusion’: Ukrainian officials warn Russia making ‘mockery’ of ceasefire talks

Deals with the Russian president cannot be trusted and once Donald Trump sees this he may change his attitude, says Zelensky ally

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7 d. ago Trump has signed an executive order overhauling elections. Here’s what it means

President Donald Trump's executive order demanding sweeping changes to US elections has the potential to significantly reshape the voting process, despite likely legal challenges.

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7 d. ago Researchers in limbo as Columbia bows to Trump’s demands in bid to restore $400M federal funding cut

Researchers at Columbia University remain in limbo after the Ivy League institution bowed to the Trump administration’s demands for unprecedented changes in a bid to restore some $400 million in federal funds cut

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8 d. ago Transgender Americans aim to block Trump's passport policy change

A federal judge will consider whether to block a Trump administration policy that bans the use of “X” marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers

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8 d. ago International students weigh new risks of pursuing higher education in the US under Trump

As colleges and universities respond to Trump administration directives to change how they operate, educators worry that fewer international students will want to study in the U.S.

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8 d. ago Donald Trump sparks major change after furious rant about his presidential portrait

Colorado state Capitol has caved into Donald Trump's demand the presidential portrait to be removed, which was followed by bizarre comments from guests at the Denver building

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1 week ago Rachel Reeves fails to rule tax changes for US tech giants to avoid Donald Trump tariffs

Chancellor Rachel Reeves and UK minister are desperately seeking to strike a deal with the White House to carve the UK out of the Donald Trump's plan to impose tariffs on all US imports

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1 week ago Rachel Reeves fails to rule out tax changes for US tech giants to avoid Donald Trump tariffs

Chancellor Rachel Reeves and UK minister are desperately seeking to strike a deal with the White House to carve the UK out of the Donald Trump's plan to impose tariffs on all US imports

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1 week ago In these dark times, Americans must harness the power of the civil rights movement again | Al Sharpton

We have power as individuals and communities to boycott companies that don’t respect us and support those who stand with usIt can often be challenging to keep track of everything in Donald Trump’s US; the executive orders, the changes to decades-long protocols, the draconian legislation, the abandonment of established policies – and just the utter chaos.That in itself is part of the Trump administration’s strategy – throw everything at us all at once to see what sticks and what they can get away with. There is, in fact, so much happening simultaneously that it is virtually impossible to tackle it all. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Under threat from Trump, Columbia University agrees to policy changes

Columbia University agreed to implement a suite of policy changes, including overhauling its rules for protests and conducting an immediate review of its Middle Eastern studies department

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1 week ago ‘A slap in the face’: activists reel as Trump administration removes crucial missing Indigenous peoples report

The Not Invisible Act Commission’s resource was historic for Native Americans. It’s now been scrubbed from federal websitesNever miss global breaking news. Download our free app to keep up with key stories in real time.Since January, Donald Trump’s presidency has been marked by a series of radical changes. Of note is the way troves of previously publicly available information on government websites such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or National Institutes of Health (NIH) have quietly gone dark.One such page is the Not Invisible Act Commission’s final report from November 2023. The Not Invisible Act Commission was mandated by bipartisan legislation and signed into law by Trump himself. The report was a collaboration between the justice department and the interior department to address, document and respond to the missing and murdered Indigenous peoples (MMIP) crisis, in which Indigenous communities experience disproportionate rates of abduction, assault and ...

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1 week ago Trump administration ‘villainizes’ immigrant families with misleading directive on food aid

Experts warn new memo could deter families from accessing food assistance, despite no changes to eligibility rulesThe Trump administration is now using popular anti-hunger programs, including food assistance and school lunch, as part of its attack against immigrants in the US – a move many say will prevent large numbers of families, especially children, from getting the food benefits they’re eligible for.In a recent memo, agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins told senior staff at the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS): “It is essential to use all available legal authority to end any incentives in FNS benefit programs that encourage illegal immigration.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Europe doesn’t need Trump to form a western alliance – and one is already taking shape | Martin Kettle

Britain, France and Germany are closing ranks to bolster Nato as the unreliable US president marches to his own drumAn Atlantic alliance without the United States? It sounds like a contradiction in terms – Hamlet without the prince. Yet this is the improbable, disjunctive world we now inhabit. It is the one in which our children and grandchildren will live their lives. Like it or not, the systemic shock launched by Donald Trump is our new reality. Absolutely nothing about Trump’s latest phone call with Vladimir Putin on Tuesday has changed that.Europe’s scramble to respond to Trump’s return to power was driven initially by the urgency of maintaining support for Ukraine. Most of the focus was diplomatic: keeping US military aid and intelligence flowing, shoring up damaged channels between Washington and Kyiv, engaging quietly with both Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to both encourage and deter, while moving very publicly to take up more of the security burden. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump releases thousands of pages on John F Kennedy assassination

Experts doubt new trove of information will change underlying facts in case of 35th president’s deathThe Trump administration on Tuesday released thousands of pages of files concerning the assassination of John F Kennedy, the 35th president who was shot dead in Dallas, Texas, in November 1963.“So people have been waiting decades for this,” Donald Trump told reporters on Monday while visiting the Kennedy Center, “and I’ve instructed my people that are responsible, lots of different people, put together by [director of national intelligence] Tulsi Gabbard, and that’s going to be released tomorrow.” Continue reading...

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