11 h. ago Trump administration threatens Chicago with risk of losing funding for public transit

Chicago and other Democratic-led cities have been the focus of intense criticism from Trump and his administration

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26 h. ago US President Donald Trump issues Mexico ultimatum and threatens punishment over 'unfair treaty violation'

The US president warned Mexico of additional tariffs unless the country pays up on a water treaty signed 80 years ago, after announcing a $12 billion economic assistance package to farmers as trade wars continue to impact crop exports

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45 h. ago Thailand launches fresh airstrikes on Cambodia threatening Trump

Thousands evacuated from Thai-Cambodia border as Thailand launches airstrikes on military targets

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4 d. ago ANDREW NEIL: Trump's been handed a Fifa 'peace prize' and boasts of ending foreign wars. But what real Americans care about is the soaring price of everything

Suddenly, that most basic of political issues -the cost of living - has reasserted itself as the prime concern of American voters, threatening to undermine Donald Trump's second term in the process.

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4 d. ago Renewed fighting in eastern Congo threatens 'historic' peace deal brokered by Trump

Residents of eastern Congo say fighting has intensified despite a peace agreement signed by the Congolese and Rwandan presidents in Washington, D.C., with U.S. President Donald Trump in attendance

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5 d. ago Why small farmers can’t fix our hunger problem | Cassandra Loftlin

Big farmers grab the lion’s share of US government support, and recent cuts have chipped away at small growers’ markets and marginsThe most significant food system failure since the pandemic was not a natural disaster: in October, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap) was temporarily suspended for the month of November due to the government shutdownMore than 40 million people had to ration food, skip meals and make sacrifices we might associate with the Great Depression, not 21st-century America. Churches, community groups and neighbors sprang into action. They checked on single moms juggling multiple jobs, elderly friends living alone, people with disabilities and large families with children too young for school lunch programs. And though food stamps were restored, the Trump administration is now threatening to pull Snap funds from Democratic-led states. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Trump officials threaten to withhold Snap funds from Democratic

Agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins threatens to pull funds unless states turn over recipient data to US governmentThe Trump administration has threatened to suspend Snap food assistance to several Democratic-led states unless they turn over recipient data to the federal government.The agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins, said on Tuesday that the USDA could begin blocking funds as early as next week if Democratic-led states continue to reject federal requests for Snap recipient data – information that includes immigration status and social security numbers. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Russia ‘ready’ for war with Europe, Putin says as peace talks with US begin

Russian president accuses European powers of preventing peace in Ukraine as he meets with Witkoff and KushnerRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesVladimir Putin has accused European powers of preventing peace in Ukraine and threatened that Russia was ready for war as Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, arrived for talks at the Kremlin on Tuesday evening.Moments before the closed-door meeting with Witkoff and Kushner, Putin made a series of hard-edged remarks. Speaking to reporters, he accused European governments of sabotaging the peace process and said that “European demands” on ending the war in Ukraine were “not acceptable to Russia”. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Will Trump really attack Venezuela? US president ‘issues Maduro with ultimatum’ after threatening strikes

Maduro continues to call for dialogue - but warns he will stand against the ‘aggressions of imperialism’ if needed

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1 week ago Trump threatens to ‘fix’ major DC landmark: ‘You won’t be seeing this Biden filth and incompetence much longer’

Trump posted a video of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool with an operatic soundtrack

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1 week ago Trump threatens Venezuela’s Maduro with ‘the easy way or the hard way’

Venezuela president vows to defend ‘every inch’ of the country amid military buildup in CaribbeanA visual guide to the US military presence in the CaribbeanDonald Trump has warned Nicolás Maduro he can “do things the easy way or the hard way” as Venezuela’s authoritarian leader responded to the growing US pressure campaign by urging followers to prepare to defend “every inch” of the South American country.Clad in woodland camouflage fatigues, Maduro told a rally in the capital, Caracas, it was their historic duty to fight foreign aggressors, just as the Venezuelan liberation hero Simón Bolívar did two centuries ago. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump once again steps up attacks on TV networks as he threatens to revoke licenses

Trump has suggested on at least 28 occasions over past eight years that a national TV network’s license be revoked – even though it doesn’t work that wayFacing aggressive questioning from Mary Bruce, an ABC News White House correspondent, about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, Donald Trump last week suggested a form of punishment he thought would be appropriate for her “crappy company”: the Federal Communications Commission should revoke ABC’s license, the US president declared.It wasn’t the first time he has done so. As he has sought redress for what he has considered to be unfair reporting about him and his administration, Trump has suggested at least 28 times over the last eight years that a television network should lose its license, according to analysis by the Guardian. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Reith lecturer accuses BBC of cowardice for censoring his remarks on Trump

Dutch writer Rutger Bregman says claim that Trump was ‘most openly corrupt president in US history’ was removedThe BBC has been accused of cowardice by a writer it selected to give its flagship annual lecture, after it removed his remarks about alleged corruption by Donald Trump.With the corporation already threatened with a multibillion-dollar lawsuit by the US president, Rutger Bregman, a Dutch author and historian, said the BBC had removed a “key line” from his address when it was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Pentagon investigating US senator over call for troops to refuse illegal orders

Investigation of Mark Kelly after Trump accused Democrats in video of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’The Pentagon says it is investigating the Arizona senator Mark Kelly for possible breaches of military law after the federal lawmaker joined a handful of other Democrats in a video calling for US troops to refuse unlawful orders.It is extraordinary for the Pentagon to directly threaten a sitting member of Congress with investigation. Until Donald Trump’s second presidency, the institution in charge of the US military had usually strived to appear apolitical. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Panorama edit ‘probably’ did not damage Trump, author of leaked BBC memo tells MPs – latest updates

US president has threatened to sue broadcaster but Michael Prescott does not agree with Trump’s assessment that programme tarnished his reputationCaroline Daniel is also asked about her views on editorial bias.“My experience was the BBC took issues of impartiality extremely seriously,” she said. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago TACO Trump hits again: President quietly ignores Canada tariff increase after fury over Reagan ad

Trump has made a habit of threatening tariffs on trading partners, often resulting in a drop in the markets, only for him to walk it back

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2 w. ago TACO Trump hits again: President quietly ignores Canada tariff increase after fury over Regan ad

Trump has made a habit of threatening tariffs on trading partners, often resulting in a drop in the markets, only for him to walk it back

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2 w. ago Trump claims he’s ‘not threatening death’ for Democrats but says ‘they’re in serious trouble’ as he prepares to meet Mamdani – US politics live

Chuck Schumer says Trump’s remarks amount to calls for ‘execution of elected officials’ as president also says he and Zohran Mamdani will ‘get along fine’ in meetingRobert Garcia, the ranking member on the House oversight committee, has sent a letter to the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, urging the justice department to release the complete trove of files related to Jeffrey Epstein, despite the newly launched investigation into several Democrats’ ties to the late sex offender.“There is already a concern President Trump will attempt, on dubious legal grounds, to exploit a provision which allows DoJ to withhold information relevant to ongoing investigations,” Garcia wrote. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump may yet impose a Ukraine deal – but it threatens to be a disaster for Kyiv

Ukraine could be forced into an agreement but plan as it stands seems too bizarre for Zelenskyy to sell to his publicWe’ve been here before: the Trump administration announces a roadmap towards peace in Ukraine that seems to be dramatically skewed towards Moscow’s demands; Volodymyr Zelenskyy gets on the phone to alarmed European allies; they quickly call Trump to message him that the whole idea is unworkable; the plan quietly dies. Rinse and repeat.This time it feels a bit different, however. Reports on Friday suggested the US has threatened that if Ukraine does not sign a hastily concocted peace plan, Washington could withdraw intelligence-sharing and other support critical to the Ukrainian war effort. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Elissa Slotkin ‘refuses to be intimidated’ after Trump threatens her and fellow Dems with death penalty over troop video

Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, has been given around-the-clock security over the incident

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