26 h. ago American arrested in Michael Gaine murder probe claims 'I've been framed by gangsters'

Michael Kelley, a self-described asylum seeker from the US, has denied any involvement in the alleged murder of Irish farmer Michael Gaine after he says he was arrested by Gardaí - claiming he was framed by gangsters

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58 h. ago US filings for jobless aid, a proxy for layoffs, inch down modestly last week as uncertainty lingers

The number of Americans filing unemployment claims last week fell slightly as businesses continue to retain employees despite growing economic uncertainty over U.S. trade policy

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4 d. ago Trump's Homeland Security secretary says habeas corpus lets him 'remove people from this country'

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the constitutional provision that allows people to legally challenge their detention by the government is actually a tool the Trump administration can use in its broader crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border

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4 d. ago Trump is using his assault on government to retaliate against women | Judith Levine

The administration’s attacks on the American Bar Association are part of a long line of actions that have clear commonalitiesLast week, a federal judge blocked the justice department from canceling $3.2m in federal grants to the American Bar Association (ABA). The court agreed with the ABA’s claim that the administration was retaliating against it for taking public stances against Donald Trump.But how had the US president retaliated? Which grants had he clawed back? Those supporting programs that train lawyers to defend victims of domestic and sexual violence. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Stephen Miller is running the DOJ, and Pam Bondi is just a figurehead, report claims: ‘She is like an actor’

Attorney general is the face of the department, but report says agenda is being set from White House

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1 week ago First group of 49 white South Africans leaves for the US after Trump offered them refugee status

A group of 49 white South Africans has departed their homeland for the United States on a private charter plane having been offered refugee status by the Trump administration under a new program

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2 w. ago Victoria Beckham's explosive feud with Nicola Peltz 'predicted' due to two key moments

Nicola Peltz and Victoria Beckham's feud has majorly heated up after the American's friend issued a bout of shocking claims. These two key moments could have been defining factors in the spat

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2 w. ago Trump administration mulling end to habeas corpus, legal right to challenge one’s detention

Presidential adviser Stephen Miller announces potential move, which US has made only four times in historyThe Trump administration is considering suspending the writ of habeas corpus, the legal right to challenge one’s detention, Stephen Miller, a top White House adviser, said on Friday.“The constitution is clear, and that of course is the supreme law of the land, that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus could be suspended in time of invasion. So that’s an option we’re actively looking at. A lot of it depends on whether the courts do the right thing or not,” Miller said to a group of reporters at the White House. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump ‘looking at’ suspending habeas corpus, top aide Stephen Miller says – US politics live

White House deputy chief of staff told reporters administration is ‘actively’ considering suspending a person’s right to challenge legality of their detentionLarge institutional investors have massively increased their holdings of Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) in recent months according to SEC filings, with many enlarging their positions by hundreds of millions of dollars.The revelations raise further questions about big business’s desire to curry favor with Donald Trump and his administration via the enterprises he has maintained or commenced. TMTG runs the Truth Social social media platform – on which the US president himself posts almost daily – as well as financial services and a film and TV streaming service.Donald Trump’s refusal to divest from his publicly traded company has predictably prompted huge investments from wealthy special interests that could use a favor from the president.Institutional Wall Street investors and even a foreign company with business before...

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2 w. ago Pope Leo XIV live: New American pontiff Robert Prevost holds first Mass amid claims he’s ‘anti

The 69-year-old former cardinal was chosen to be the 267th pope by the Conclave after more than two-thirds of the cardinals voted for him to succeed the late Francis

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2 w. ago Pope Leo XIV live: New American pontiff Robert Prevost to hold first Mass amid claims he’s ‘anti

The 69-year-old former cardinal was chosen to be the 267th pope by the Conclave after more than two-thirds of the cardinals voted for him to succeed the late Francis

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2 w. ago Alice Evans claims she will be homeless in weeks due to 'dire' financial situation amid bitter divorce with Ioan Gruffudd

Alice, 56, a British American actress, claims she will be on the streets by June 1st because she cannot pay her rent and all the shelters in Los Angeles are full.

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2 w. ago Loyalty matters most in race to become Trump’s next national security adviser

Marco Rubio and Stephen Miller, White House cronies with very different backgrounds, are up for Mike Waltz’s old postThe race is officially on to become Donald Trump’s next national security adviser – but in this White House, the personalities and egos surrounding the president can matter far more than the titles they hold.Speaking from Air Force One on Sunday evening, Trump suggested secretary of state Marco Rubio could continue to double-hat as the interim national security adviser. But he also praised Stephen Miller, whom he said was “at the top of the totem pole” for the appointment and said he was in effect already doing the job. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago John Oliver on Trump deportations: ‘usually blatantly racist and always cruel’

The Last Week Tonight host decries Trump’s fearmongering on immigration and disregard for the rule of lawJohn Oliver took a deep dive through the Trump administration’s brutal and bewildering campaign of deportations on Sunday evening, starting with the White House’s “nauseating social media posts”. Posts to the official White House Instagram account include a video of shackled people led on to a plane soundtracked to the song Closing Time by Semisonic, along with the caption “you don’t have to go home but you can’t stay here.”The track “obviously isn’t the right song choice”, the Last Week Tonight host said. “The right song choice would be no song at all, because deportation Instagram reel is a combination of words that should never exist, like ‘Oscar winner Mr Beast’ or ‘Stephen Miller nudes’ or ‘Bill Belichick speaks about his relationship with 24-year-old girlfriend.’” (Semisonic has denounced the choice of the song.) Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Fred Kerley arrested for alleged hotel incident involving ex

Fred Kerley won bronze in the 100m at the Paris Games, having claimed silver in the Tokyo Olympics, but the American has now been arrested for allegedly punching his ex-girlfriend

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3 w. ago Stephen Miller ‘top contender’ to become new National Security Adviser

Stephen Miller, the architect behind some of the Trump administration’s most aggressive immigration policies, is in line to replace ousted Mike Waltz

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3 w. ago Stephen Miller ‘top contender’ to become new head of National Security Agency

Stephen Miller, the architect behind some of the Trump administration’s most aggressive immigration policies, is in line to replace ousted Mike Waltz

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3 w. ago Stephen Miller claims Americans would rather buy expensive US dolls over Chinese dolls

Deputy chief of staff’s comments comes as Christmas put at risk amid freezing supply chains due to China tariffs

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3 w. ago Stephen Miller claims Trump ‘has literally saved America’ as White House continues to deflect from bad economic news

The longtime White House staffer would not acknowledge any downsides to Trump’s flagrant use of tariffs

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3 w. ago The number of Americans filing for jobless claims jumps last week, but remains at healthy levels

U.S. applications for jobless benefits jumped to their highest level in two months, but layoffs remain in a historically healthy range

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