52 h. ago White House denies Homan sent to Minnesota because Noem lost Trump’s trust

Karoline Leavitt claimed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has the “full confidence” of Donald Trump after he announced Tom Homan will now oversee ICE operations in Minnesota.

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53 h. ago Defiant Trump dismisses Alzheimer's fears as he struggles to recall name of disease in interview

President Donald Trump dismissed Alzheimer's fears in a new interview, in which he forgot the name of the disease, which causes dementia.

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5 d. ago Man accused of rape denies anger over call from Barron Trump, court hears

Court told US president’s son contacted the woman shortly before alleged assault in LondonA man accused of raping a woman in London denied he was angry when she received a call from Donald Trump’s son, a court has heard.Barron Trump, the youngest son of the US president, was on a video call with the woman, who cannot be named, in January last year when he allegedly witnessed her allegedly being assaulted by a man in London and alerted police. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Elon Musk pokes fun at Donald Trump's new Board of Peace with land grab jibe

Billionaire Tesla owner, Elon Musk joked about Donald Trump's latest antics involving Greenland and Venezuela at the World Economic Forum event in Davos this afternoon

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6 d. ago Jack Smith testifies in tense House hearing about Trump investigations – US politics live

Former special counsel gives evidence on his handling of two federal investigations into Trump; Vance to travel to Minnesota House Democrats expected to overwhelmingly reject a bill to fund ICEThe committee is taking a recess for members to vote on the House floor. A reminder that today we’re expecting a vote on Department of Homeland Security funding bill that dozens of Democrats have vowed to vote against.The top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, Jamie Raskin, praised Jack Smith’s handling of his investigations into the president. Raskin also noted the persistent denigration by Donald Trump as Smith conducted the probes. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Donald Trump makes Greenland gaffe at Davos summit as Karoline Leavitt denies blunder

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has leapt to President Donald Trump's defence after some criticised his speech at a summit in Davos, stating some had 'misheard' his remarks

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7 d. ago Newsom says Davos appearance was canceled under pressure from Trump

Governor’s office says US pavilion bowed to pressure and pulled scheduled ‘fireside chat’ with Fortune magazineThe office of Gavin Newsom, the California governor, said his appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos was canceled under pressure from the Trump administration.Newsom had been scheduled to sit down with Fortune at an event sponsored by USA House, the country’s official headquarters at the annual gathering of world and economic leaders. But before the talk was due to begin, his team says, the USA House bowed to political pressure from the Trump administration and denied the governor entry. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Doge improperly shared sensitive social security data, DoJ court filing reveals

Trump administration acknowledges that Elon Musk’s cost-cutting operation accessed Americans’ sensitive dataAfter months of denials, the Trump administration has acknowledged in a federal court filing that employees working for Elon Musk’s supposed cost-cutting operation accessed and improperly shared Americans’ sensitive social security data.The justice department court filing, submitted on Friday in an ongoing lawsuit, reveals that a member of the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) signed a secret data-sharing agreement with an unidentified political advocacy group whose stated aim was to find evidence of voter fraud and overturn election results in certain states. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Greenland latest LIVE: Starmer to speak at Downing Street as Trump's Greenland tariffs threat plunges Nato into crisis

Starmer’s speech comes as Trump claims Denmark has failed to heed warnings to protect Greenland from the threat of Russia

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9 d. ago Keir Starmer to address nation this morning in Downing Street after Trump tariff row

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will speak to the nation following his comments against US President Donald Trump's threat to add a 10% tariff on all goods until a Greenland deal is made

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1 week ago Starmer to speak at Downing Street after Trump tariff threats over Greenland

The Prime Minister will set out the UK’s approach to working with allies.

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1 week ago Tony Blair denies any role in setting $1 BILLION price tag for joining Trump's new 'UN replacement' board of peace... so will the UK pay up?

Tony Blair has been appointed to the 'founding executive board' of the US president's fledgling board of peace.

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1 week ago Trump latest: Noem denies ICE violated Constitution by asking for IDs as president threatens Minnesota with Insurrection Act

Thursday afternoon, Trump is expected to meet with Venezuela’s opposition leader for the first time since the US captured Maduro

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2 w. ago Trump may have to disclose details about assets as part of BBC lawsuit

US president is suing for defamation over documentary that joined two parts of speech he made on 6 January 2021President Trump is expected to come under pressure to make rare disclosures about his properties and business interests as part of his $10bn lawsuit against the BBC, the Guardian understands.Trump is suing the BBC for defamation over a Panorama documentary that spliced together two parts of the president’s address to a rally on 6 January 2021. The BBC has already apologised and said the edit was misleading, but has denied it defamed Trump. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Disturbing claims ICE shooting victim was denied treatment by 'medic' swept the internet... now a Trump official offers a very different version of events

Claims that an outside medic refused to treat Renee Nicole Good sparked fury online.

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3 w. ago MTG breaks with Trump one last time and claims US involvement in Venezuela ‘doesn’t serve’ American people

Greene says Trump’s voters ‘sick and tired’ of foreign policy focus that she says enriches wealthy interests

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3 w. ago Prime Minister says UK is 'not involved in any way' in US strikes on Venezuela

Sir Keir Starmer said he was planning on speaking to US President Donald Trump in order to 'establish the facts'

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3 w. ago US will be ‘strongly involved’ in Venezuela oil industry, Trump says after Caracas attacked and Maduro captured – live

Donald Trump says Nicolás Maduro and wife will be taken to New York after being captured during US attack on VenezuelaFull report: US captures Maduro during ‘large scale’ attackWhy has US attacked Caracas and captured Venezuela’s president?What we know so far about the attackWatch: Aircraft fly low over Caracas as explosions hit cityThe Reuters news agency says it has been told by a US official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, that the US carried out strikes inside Venezuela on Saturday.The unnamed official did not provide details. As mentioned earlier, the White House and Pentagon did not immediately respond to request for comment on Saturday morning. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Starmer ‘wants to speak to Trump’ after denying UK involvement in Venezuela strikes

Starmer is keen to ‘establish the facts’ following the overnight operation which saw explosions sweep over Caracas

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer confirms UK was 'not involved' in US military strikes on Venezuela

The Prime Minister said Britain was not involved in the stikes or the the capture of the country’s president Nicolas Maduro, but declined to condemn the action.

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