34 m. ago Trump blasted for 'hiding on golf course' as Texas flood death toll hits 70, 11 girls missing

Donald Trump has been accused of hiding on the golf course after 70 people, including 28 children, perished in flash floods in Texas while his wife was seen trying to leave his speech

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5 h. ago Musk should stay out of politics, treasury secretary says after ‘America’ party news

Scott Bessent suggests Musk focus on business a day after tech billionaire announced his new political partyElon Musk should focus on running his companies and keep himself out of politics, Donald Trump’s treasury secretary said on Sunday, a day after the world’s richest person – and a former White House adviser – announced the formation of a new political party.“The principles of Doge were very popular – I think if you looked at the polling Elon was not,” Scott Bessent said on CNN’s State of the Union, referring to the so-called “department of government efficiency” that Musk temporarily headed after Trump’s second presidency began in January. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Elon unveils clever plan to sabotage Trump as 'America Party' shocks GOP

The rollercoaster of a relationship between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's has hit a new level.

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7 h. ago Donald Trump fumed over White House computers blocking him watching adult content

Anthony Scaramucci, who served as Donald Trump's White House communications director for 11 days, has claimed the former US president complained about not being able to watch adult films

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8 h. ago Donald Trump 'moaned about White House computers blocking porn'

Anthony Scaramucci, who was Donald Trump's director of communications for 11 days in 2017, claimed the US president complained he couldn't watch porn in the White House

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8 h. ago EU locked in Trump trade talks as ‘Liberation Day’ tariff deadline looms

The US president’s pause on the imposition of his ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs ends on Wednesday

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9 h. ago EU leaders race to secure a deal as deadline looms in Trump trade talks

There are just two days of talks left before the US president’s potentially swingeing tariffs are restoredThe EU is entering a crunch week with only two days of talks left to secure a trade deal with Washinton to avert Donald Trump’s threatened 50% tariff on its imports into the US.According to the US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, on Friday, the negotiations – which continued over the weekend – are focussed on 15 to 18 agreements with important partners, while Trump warned of import tax rates of up to 70% on others. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago EU leaders split over tactics as deadline looms for Trump trade talks

With two days of talks left, some want a quick UK-style deal to avert 50% tariffs while others want to play hardballThe EU is entering a crunch week with only two days of talks left to secure a trade deal with Washinton to avert Donald Trump’s threatened 50% tariff on its imports into the US.According to the US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, on Friday, the negotiations – which continued over the weekend – are focussed on 15 to 18 agreements with important partners, while Trump warned of import tax rates of up to 70% on others. Continue reading...

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11 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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12 h. ago Many say Elon Musk 'wants to be the US President' as he launches party – but there's reason he can't

Elon Musk has announced that his new America Party has been "formed" in what appears to be a dig at former ally-turned-foe Donald Trump, sparking speculation that he could be looking to run for presidency himself

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12 h. ago Maga influencer and de facto national security adviser Laura Loomer holds outsized sway on Trump

The 32-year-old was instrumental in high-profile national security firings, and has cheerled the attacks on IranAfter years of claiming to be the vanguard of a new “America First” isolationist movement rebelling against the neoconservative policies of the George W Bush administration that led to the bloody wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Maga’s online influencers are cheering for another war in the Middle East.And not just any war: they are applauding Donald Trump’s high-risk decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities, a move that was considered a war too far even by the Bush administration. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Massive place gets new name as Google bows down to Donald Trump

In efforts to remain 'consistent' with 'longstanding practices' Google has adopted a geographical name change that Donald Trump believes will restore pride in America

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13 h. ago Texas floods latest: Search for missing continues after dozens killed including children

Donald Trump described the flooding as ‘terrible’ as emergency services search for dozens of missing children

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13 h. ago US tariffs on European goods threaten to shake up the world's largest 2

America’s largest trade partner is awaiting word on whether U.S. President Donald Trump will impose punishing tariffs on its goods

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13 h. ago So big, so beautiful: Fox News ignores the critics and champions Trump’s bill

Rightwing network downplays criticism from economists and says bill is ‘packed with massive, huge, important wins’Donald Trump’s mega-bill has been widely criticized in the press. News outlets and Democrats have warned that millions of people could be stripped of their health coverage through cuts to Medicaid, that cuts to food programs would see children go hungry, and that the legislation would cause the deficit to balloon.Fox News sees it differently. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Netanyahu at crossroads as Trump’s Hamas ceasefire deal offers clear route to peace

Benjamin Netanyahu will fly into the White House tonight (6 Jul) ahead of pivotal talks with Donald Trump and pressure from all sides to bring about an end to the 21-month war on Gaza.

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18 h. ago The UN is our best defence against a third world war. As Trump wields the axe, who will fight to save it? | Simon Tisdall

If the US cuts off the cash it will have world-changing effects, but it’s not the only country falling short in its obligations to the United Nations The United Nations and its agencies have long struggled with funding shortfalls. Now an entrenched problem is becoming an acute crisis in the shadow of Donald Trump’s executioner’s axe. The US is the biggest contributor, at 22%, to the UN’s core budget. In February, the White House announced a six-month review of US membership of all international organisations, conventions and treaties, including the UN, with a view to reducing or ending funding – and possible withdrawal. The deadline for decapitation falls next month.Trump’s abolition of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and scrapping of most aid programmes, has already badly damaged UN-led and UN-backed humanitarian operations, which rely on discretionary funding. Yet Trump’s axe symbolises a more fundamental threat – to multilateralism and the much-battered inter...

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19 h. ago Texas flooding latest: Two sisters among 51 dead as desperate search for campers swept away enters third day

Donald Trump described the flooding as ‘terrible’ as emergency services search for dozens of missing children

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20 h. ago Texas flooding latest: 52 dead, including 15 children, as desperate search for girls missing from camp continues

Donald Trump described the flooding as ‘terrible’ as emergency services search for dozens of missing children

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23 h. ago Texas flooding latest: 51 dead, including 15 children, as desperate search for girls missing from camp continues

Donald Trump described the flooding as ‘terrible’ as emergency services search for dozens of missing children

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