47 m. ago Could chlorinated chicken be sold in the UK after Donald Trump demand and is it safe to eat?

Trump demands that the UK should open its doors to chlorinated chicken, but how safe is it?

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58 m. ago Where is our Tiananmen square ‘Tank Man’ who can stand up to Trump? | Corey Robin

The reason we don’t see that person is because we’re asking the wrong questionEveryone’s waiting for that one person to stand up to Donald Trump. Not just that one person. There are a lot of such people. You can read about them in every newspaper. But that one person with real power who’s willing to risk something costly in defiance. That one university president who’ll say, fuck you and your money. That one Democrat who’ll say, fuck you and your threat to my re-election or that of my party. Everyone’s looking for our Tank Man, staring down a column of tanks, all by himself, in Tiananmen Square.Why don’t we see that person? Where is our Tank Man? (And, no, I don’t think Cory Booker doing a marathon-length filibuster counts.)When you’re thinking of becoming a hero, you feel like a slob. You feel, do you really have a right to do that?Corey Robin is the author of The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump and a contributing editor at Jacobin. This piece origi...

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1 hour ago Donald Trump unveils bizarre new 'gold card' with his face that will cost you $5million

The US President showed off his new visa on Air Force One. The $5 million card features his face, his name and the huge price tag splashed over. Trump also bizarrely claimed he was the first person to buy the residency permit

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2 h. ago UK 'negotiating intensively' for US tariffs deal as Government considers response

Britain’s top stocks slid further in value on Friday morning

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2 h. ago David Lammy responds after Donald Trump claims Keir Starmer is 'very happy' with UK tariffs

The Foreign Secretary said the UK is 'very concerned'

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3 h. ago Stock markets plunge further as Trump tariffs spark chaos but US president insists policy 'going well'

Trump has created huge global trade turmoil after slapping a minimum 10% tariff on most US imports and much higher levies on dozens of countries

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3 h. ago BBC Breakfast host clashes with UK minister in live TV grilling

Treasury minister James Murray was confronted over struggling charities facing a double whammy of employers' tax rises - and now uncertainty over Donald Trump's trade tariffs

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3 h. ago How Donald Trump's tariffs and a trade war will hit British business and YOU

We explain what the tariffs mean, what the impact could be on British businesses and consumers and what they mean for you.

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3 h. ago Trump insists Starmer ‘very happy’ with tariffs as UK prepares for retaliation

Treasury minister says UK disappointed with decision to impose tariffs when asked if Trump was right to say Britain is pleased with its treatment

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3 h. ago Trump tariffs live: President says Starmer ‘very happy’ with UK’s tariff after Asian markets plunge again

Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs wiped $2.4trn from S&P 500, in its biggest one-day loss since March 2020

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3 h. ago FTSE 100 hits lowest level since January as IMF warns Trump tariffs ‘a significant risk’ to global economy – business live

Kristolina Georgieva warns against retaliation to US levies while US president insists ‘markets will boom’ after sweeping tariff announcementGlobal markets in turmoil as Trump tariffs wipe $2.5tn off Wall StreetAnalysis: Trump’s ‘idiotic’ and flawed tariff calculations stun economistsNew Civil Liberties Alliance, a conservative legal group, has filed what it says is the first lawsuit seeking to block Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports, saying the US president overstepped his authority. Reuters reports:The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Florida, alleges that Trump lacked the legal authority to impose the sweeping tariffs unveiled on Wednesday as well as duties authorized on February 1 under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.“By invoking emergency power to impose an across-the-board tariff on imports from China that the statute does not authorize, President Trump has misused that power, usurped Congress’s right to control tariffs, and upset the Constitution’s ...

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4 h. ago Trump fires White House staff after fears he's being 'sabotaged'

Right-wing activist Laura Loomer took credit for telling Donald Trump to remove personnel but the president downplayed her role when speaking to reporters.

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4 h. ago Donald Trump demands France 'Free Marine Le Pen' and brands her presidential election ban a 'witch hunt'

Marine Le Pen, 56, was convicted of creating fake jobs at the EU parliament and taking advantage of expenses to employ assistants actually working for her party.

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4 h. ago Finance guru Bill Ackman's stern advice to world leaders reeling from Trump's tariffs amid fears of trade war

Finance guru Bill Ackman offered some stern advice to world leaders reeling from US President Donald Trump's tariffs amid fears of a global trade war.

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4 h. ago Trump now fires his NSA chief as MAGA star linked to mass bloodletting on his security team celebrates

MAGA influencer Laura Loomer celebrated as Donald Trump added to his firings at the National Security Council by letting go of the director of the National Security Agency Thursday.

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5 h. ago Stock markets plunge further as Trump tariffs spark growing fears of global downturn

Trump has created huge global trade turmoil after slapping a minimum 10% tariff on most US imports and much higher levies on dozens of countries

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5 h. ago Donald Trump FIRES White House staff amid concerns he is being 'sabotaged'

Donald Trump told reporters "people that may have loyalties to somebody else" are always at risk of being dismissed from White House roles - but he became frustrated at one journalist's question

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5 h. ago The Latest: Trump’s tariffs slam world markets in the biggest blow since the pandemic hit in 2020

Asian shares slid further Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs sent shudders through Wall Street at a level of shock unseen since the COVID-19 pandemic pummeled world markets in 2020

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5 h. ago The tariffs are bad, but Britain should remember this: Trump will probably be gone in four years | Simon Jenkins

The UK is among those least hit by the US president’s war on the world economy. Retaliation at this point makes no senseThe tirade was astonishing. On Wednesday afternoon the world watched as the leader of its most powerful nation accused friends and foes alike of having “looted, pillaged, raped, plundered”, and simultaneously waved a bogus list of tariff imbalances. The playground paranoia was cringeworthy. What on earth was going on?The answer can only be that Donald Trump is America’s elected president for the next four years. He says he wants to end the military conflicts the US has fought or sponsored round the globe for a quarter of a century. We are waiting for that. Meanwhile, he is waging an economic war on world trade, a response that his biographer and ghostwriter, Tony Schwartz, blames on his childhood: “a life spent feeling like a victim any time he does not totally dominate he feels ripped off”. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago The tariffs are bad, but Britain should remember this: Trump will be gone in four years | Simon Jenkins

The UK is among those least hit by the US president’s war on the world economy. Retaliation at this point makes no senseThe tirade was astonishing. On Wednesday afternoon the world watched as the leader of its most powerful nation accused friends and foes alike of having “looted, pillaged, raped, plundered”, and simultaneously waved a bogus list of tariff imbalances. The playground paranoia was cringeworthy. What on earth was going on?The answer can only be that Donald Trump is America’s elected president for the next four years. He says he wants to end the military conflicts the US has fought or sponsored round the globe for a quarter of a century. We are waiting for that. Meanwhile, he is waging an economic war on world trade, a response that his biographer and ghostwriter, Tony Schwartz, blames on his childhood: “a life spent feeling like a victim any time he does not totally dominate he feels ripped off”. Continue reading...

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