5 h. ago Republican senator claims video floating killing of journalists was a ‘joke’

Oklahoma’s Markwayne Mullin downplays comments suggesting lawmakers could shoot journalists over disputesUS politics live – latest updatesThe Republican US senator and Donald Trump loyalist Markwayne Mullin has evidently sought to backtrack from comments suggesting politicians could “handle our differences” with journalists by shooting and killing them, insisting he was trying to make a joke.The Oklahoma lawmaker, a former mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, on Saturday posted to X a video of himself at a stairway in the US Capitol building recounting the tale of the newspaper columnist Charles Kincaid. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Israeli military changes account of Palestinian medics’ killing after video showed attack

Phone video contradicts IDF claims vehicles were not using emergency lights when troops opened fireThe Israeli military has backtracked on its account of the killing of 15 Palestinian medics by its forces last month after phone video contradicted its claims that their vehicles did not have emergency signals on when troops opened fire on them in the Gaza Strip. The military said initially it opened fire because the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” on nearby troops without headlights or emergency signals. An Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations late on Saturday, said that account was “mistaken”.The almost seven-minute video, which the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said on Saturday was recovered from the phone of Rifat Radwan, one of the men killed, appears to have been filmed from inside a moving vehicle. It shows a red fire engine and clearly marked ambulances driving at night, using headlights and flashing emergency lig...

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50 h. ago Ted Cruz warns of midterm ‘bloodbath’ if Trump tariffs cause a recession

Texas senator’s comments another sign of Republican unease over ‘reciprocal tariffs’ and stock market plungeTed Cruz, the US senator from Texas, has warned that his fellow Republicans risk a “bloodbath” in the 2026 midterm elections if Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs cause a recession.Cruz also warned that the president’s tariffs, if they stay in place for long and are met by global retaliation on American goods, could trigger a full-blown trade war that “would destroy jobs here at home, and do real damage to the US economy”. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago Bill Murray furiously confronts fan who he claims 'attacked' him in heated viral video

Hollywood icon Bill Murray is seen furiously confronting a fan and warning them off of allegedly 'attacking' the Ghostbusters actor in a video which has gone viral online

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64 h. ago Another Republican edges away from Trump: Senator Kennedy sounds alarm on plunging market

Kennedy joins a small but growing group of Republican lawmakers getting restless over Trump levies and the market meltdown

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67 h. ago Trump’s tariffs squeezes Republicans as they struggle to pass his agenda

Analysis: Trump’s tariffs are making it harder for Republicans to cut taxes and spending, Eric Garcia writes

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67 h. ago Trump’s tariffs squeeze Republicans as they struggle to pass his agenda

Analysis: Trump’s tariffs are making it harder for Republicans to cut taxes and spending, Eric Garcia writes

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3 d. ago Wisconsin recipient of $1m from Musk was active in Republican campaigning

Nicholas Jacobs was immersed in party activities, even working to elect the Musk-favored candidate who lostArchived social media posts from a student Republican operative, Nicholas Jacobs, who received a $1m check from Elon Musk, show that he was deeply immersed in Republican electioneering over the last year, working not only to elect Donald Trump but other party candidates in the state.They included failed Wisconsin Republican senate candidate Eric Hovde; first-term congressman Tony Wied; incumbent Milwaukee Republican vice-chair Brett Galaszewski; and Brad Schimel, the state supreme court candidate whom Musk has spent $25m supporting. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Asian markets drop further as IMF warns Trump tariffs ‘a significant risk’ to global economy – business live

Kristolina Georgieva warns against retaliation to US levies while US president insists ‘markets will boom’ after sweeping tariff announcementFull report: Global markets in turmoil as Trump tariffs wipe $2.5tn off Wall StreetAnalysis: Trump’s ‘idiotic’ and flawed tariff calculations stun economistsSenior senators introduced new bipartisan legislation on Thursday seeking to claw back some of Congress’s power over tariffs after Donald Trump unveiled sweeping new import taxes and rattled the global economy with sweeping new import taxes.The Trade Review Act of 2025, co-sponsored by Senator Chuck Grassley, a top Republican lawmaker from Iowa, a state heavily reliant on farm exports, and Senator Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from Washington, whose state shares a border with Canada, would require the president to notify Congress of new tariffs, and provide a justification for the action and an analysis on the potential impact on US businesses and consumers. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Nominee for South Carolina's top doctor toppled by lingering COVID anger

A South Carolina Senate committee has rejected the Republican governor's nominee to be the state’s top doctor after hearings dominated by the state's response to the COVID pandemic

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4 d. ago Four Republican and every Democratic senator vote to oppose Trump’s Canada tariffs in resolution

Lisa Murkowski, Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul and Susan Collins join every Democrat to oppose Trump’s tariff war

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4 d. ago Four Republican and all Democratic senators vote to oppose Trump’s Canada tariffs

Lisa Murkowski, Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul and Susan Collins joined every Democrat to oppose Trump’s tariff war

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4 d. ago Republicans join Democrats in Senate vote to rescind Trump Canada tariffs

Resolution that would block tariffs passes 51-48 in Senate, in vote that shows Republican unease over president’s plansSeveral Republican senators joined Democrats to pass a resolution that would block Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, a rare rebuke of the president’s trade policy just hours after he announced plans for sweeping import taxes on some of the country’s largest trading partners.In a 51-48 vote, four Republicans – Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and both Kentucky senators, the former majority leader Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul – defied Trump’s pressure campaign and supported the measure. Democrats used a procedural maneuver to force a vote on the resolution, which would terminate the national emergency on fentanyl Trump is using to justify tariffs on Canada. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Georgia bill to reduce prison sentences for domestic violence survivors on its way to becoming law

Georgia lawmakers passed a bill that would reduce sentences for domestic violence survivors if they can tie their crimes to abuse

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5 d. ago Yemen’s Houthi rebels release video claiming to show moment fighters shoot down US drone

Yemen's Houthi rebels have released footage they claim shows soldiers shooting down a US drone flying over the country.

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6 d. ago Justin Bieber sparks concern with disturbing livestream after claims Hailey 'unfollowed' him

Justin Bieber has sparked further concern amongst his fans on social media after posting a disturbing livestream video amid claims he had unfollowed Hailey Bieber which were later put down to a glitch

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6 d. ago Trump prepares to unveil reciprocal tariffs as markets brace amid trade war fears

President promises he will be ‘very kind’ but critics warn his strategy risks triggering chain reaction and global trade warAs Donald Trump prepared to unveil a swathe of reciprocal tariffs, global markets braced and some Republican senators voiced their opposition to a strategy that critics warn risks a global trade war, provoking retaliation by major trading partners such as China, Canada and the European Union.The US president said on Monday he would be “very kind” to trading partners when he unveils further tariffs this week, potentially as early as Tuesday night. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Georgia lawmakers agree on school safety bill after Apalachee High School shooting

Georgia lawmakers said repeatedly that a student-tracking database had been removed from a school safety bill

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6 d. ago Georgia set to ease strict rules for proving intellectual disability in death penalty cases

A Georgia bill that would ease the state's tough death penalty law is on track to become law

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6 d. ago North Dakota senator’s son gets probation added to the prison term he's serving over a deadly crash

North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer’s adult son, who is already serving a lengthy prison term in the death of a sheriff’s deputy during a chase, has been sentenced to additional probation

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