21 h. ago Ted Cruz tried to fat shame JB Pritzker during an immigration rant. The Illinois governor had his comeback ready

Texas senator mocks Illinois governor in Newsmax tirade, only for the Democrat to immediately hit back with a reminder of the Republican’s infamous Cancun vacation

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24 h. ago Donald Trump is having a lovechild with Satan: South Park sets up future chaos

At times, the latest episode of Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s comedy feels like it’s running out of ammo when tackling the US President. But might it just be sowing the seeds of what’s to come?So far, South Park’s 27th season has had one clear goal: to provoke Donald Trump into a tantrum. Every episode has managed to pick on a new and different facet of his authoritarian rule – the silencing of his media critics, his use of Ice agents as an intimidation tactic – while simultaneously telling everyone what a tiny penis he has.So the anticipation levels were off the charts for this week’s episode, entitled Wok Is Dead, which promised to take on Trump’s tariff policy. And in fairness it did do this, but only in a couple of scenes where a Chinese character with an uncomfortably Mickey Rooney-esque accent complained about them. The rest of the episode just settled for a bunch of jokes about Labubu dolls, as well as calling Donald Trump “Satan” as many times as it feasibly could. Continue r...

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26 h. ago South Park mocks Trump with shocking Satan pregnancy twist in latest episode

The nature of the fictionalized relationship between Trump and Satan was confirmed

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30 h. ago South Park has Trump cheating on Melania with Satan in latest brutal episode

South Park's latest episode saw the show take a brutal swipe at Fox News, as they once again took aim at their Donald Trump character's alleged relationship with Satan

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31 h. ago South Park jabs at Trump’s ‘relationship with Satan’ with shocking twist in latest episode

The nature of the fictionalized relationship between Trump and Satan was confirmed

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32 h. ago South Park's new episode 'Wok is Dead' to take fresh swipe at Donald Trump

South Park's new episode 'Wok is Dead' will take a fresh swipe at Donald Trump and his administration as the show continues to mock the US president and his policies - in particular his global tariffs

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66 h. ago Trump is 'creating national police force with himself as chief' in real

Critics have poked fun at Donald Trump, suggesting the Orange Manbaby's approach is too much like the daft agents found in South Park creators hit film 'Team America: World Police'

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69 h. ago Pressure rises on Reeves as government borrowing costs hit 27

Chancellor will face more limited fiscal headroom at budget after yield on 30-year bond increases to 5.68%Business live – latest updatesReshuffle gymnastics prepare Starmer to walk tricky budget tightropeBritain’s long-term borrowing costs have hit their highest level in 27 years, intensifying the pressure on the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, before the autumn budget.The yield, or interest rate, on 30-year UK government debt hit 5.714% on Tuesday. That is its highest level since 1998, indicating that it will cost the UK more to borrow from the markets, above the previous 27-year high of 5.649% set in April. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Asylum hotels must still be emptied – but in an orderly fashion

Editorial: Accommodating those who must wait for the Home Office to work through a backlog of claims will inevitably risk unpopularity. But now the government has won its appeal against the closure of one protest-hit Epping hotel, Yvette Cooper must be allowed to proceed with phasing out their widespread use by the end of the parliament

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6 d. ago Protests erupt in Indonesia over death of man hit by police vehicle

Government faces calls for police reform amid violent clashes across Jakarta and demonstrations in other citiesHundreds of Indonesians have protested at sites across Jakarta over the death of a man hit by a police vehicle, in the first big test for Prabowo Subianto’s nearly year-old government.The man, a motorcycle ride-sharing driver, was hit at the site of violent clashes near parliament on Thursday as police sought to disperse demonstrators protesting about a number of issues including lawmakers’ pay and education funding. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Crystal Palace learn Conference League opponents, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest discover Europa fate

South Londoners will play three European home games at Selhurst Park

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7 d. ago Voices: Mon dieu, France – this is no time for un political meltdown!

Next month’s surprise confidence vote could bring down an already crisis-hit minority government, test the country’s governability and end with a drastic power shift – it might also be bad news for Keir Starmer and his coalition of the willing, says Mary Dejevsky

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7 d. ago Anna Paulina Luna misses the joke and promotes South Park caricature that mocked her

Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna was depicted fawning over President Donald Trump in this week’s episode.

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7 d. ago South Park creators depict Trump with tiny penis but US President won't be able to sue

The creators of popular cartoon South Park are said to be relying on a legal concept known as the 'small-penis rule' as a defence against potential litigation from Donald Trump

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8 d. ago America survived a coup attempt. Can it endure dictatorial creep? | Lawrence Douglas

Trump’s threat to deploy troops to Chicago is the latest example of a slow manipulation of the line between legal and illegalJanuary 6 demonstrated that longstanding democracies can readily resist a disorganized effort at a coup. They are less equipped to withstand the normalization of exceptional measures: the use of federal agents to quell domestic protest, the staging of police raids on the homes of leaders’ political opponents, the pretextual invocations of emergency powers. Each of these steps may seem temporary and targeted; they may even enjoy a thin patina of legality. But over time, a democratic order turns into what Ernst Fraenkel, a German-Jewish lawyer whose book The Dual State stands as one of the first and most perceptive examinations of Hitler’s regime, called a “prerogative state” – a government in which the executive “is released from all legal restraints and depends solely on the discretion of the persons wielding political power”.So let us be clear: Trump’s comman...

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1 week ago Brazil's government says it will buy some domestic products hit by Trump's tariffs

Brazil’s government says it will buy several domestic products that have been hit by the 50% higher U.S. tariffs on the country’s exports

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1 week ago Three men are charged after teenage girl is 'drugged and raped' in London park

Police were called to Fishponds Park in Surbiton, south-west London , just before 7.15am on Thursday morning.

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1 week ago Teenage girl 'drugged and raped' in park in early morning as four men arrested

Met Police have confirmed the arrest of four men on the suspicion of rape after a young girl was sexually assaulted at Fishponds Park in Surbiton, south-west London, this week.

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1 week ago South Park has become the most important TV show of the Trump 2.0 era | Jesse Hassenger

This season of the long-running animated sitcom has aimed its ire at the cruelty and stupidity of an administration others have found hard to successfully ridiculeI’ll admit it: I’m more of a Simpsons guy than a South Park guy. Nothing really against those South Park guys – I’ve caught plenty of episodes over its astonishing near-30-year run, and loved the 1999 big-screen movie. But while I haven’t always maintained clockwork viewership of The Simpsons, either, those characters have proved durable enough to revive my interest in episodes old and new. South Park has a thinner bench by comparison, and as the show itself astutely pointed out years ago, it’s difficult for a satirically minded animated sitcom to explore ground that The Simpsons hasn’t covered already. South Park’s political bent, too, has often seemed less varied than the warmer (but still sometimes cutting) social ribbing of Matt Groening’s signature show. It’s a fine line between omnidirectional satire and libertarian ...

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1 week ago Four men are arrested after teenage girl is 'drugged and raped' in London park

Police were called just before 7.15am on Thursday morning to Fishponds Park in Surbiton, south-west London .

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