39 h. ago Inside Trump's quiet takeover of the Gen Z streaming universe and its MILLIONS of followers ... and the left is quaking

As President Donald Trump began his speech to Congress on Wednesday, video-game streamer Asmongold went live to react to speech for his millions of followers.

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66 h. ago Trump establishes ‘digital Fort Knox’ for bitcoin but crypto markets slump in response: Live updates

President’s bitcoin order follows decision to suspend 25 percent tariff hike on Mexican and Canadian goods

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67 h. ago Trump establishes federal cryptocurrency reserve as markets for digital currency slump: Live updates

President’s bitcoin order follows decision to suspend 25 percent tariff hike on Mexican and Canadian goods

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3 d. ago Trump pauses tariffs on both Mexico and Canada until April after calls with Sheinbaum and Trudeau: Live

President clarifies responsibility for mass firings and cost-cutting lies with department leadership with DOGE in advisory role

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3 d. ago Trump pauses tariffs on both Mexico and Canada; White House limits Musk’s power: Live updates

President clarifies responsibility for mass firings and cost-cutting lies with department leadership with DOGE in advisory role

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3 d. ago Trump swears he doesn’t follow ‘fake news’ – then goes on rant about CNN, MSNBC and ‘sleazebag journalists’

President was angered by questions over why he was seen thanking Supreme Court chief justice

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3 d. ago Trump pauses tariffs on most imports from Mexico as Trudeau expects Canada

Delay in import taxes for one month builds to promised roll out of reciprocal tariffs on April 2 against all U.S. trade partners

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3 d. ago Trump calls Al Green ‘an embarrassment to Congress’ after House votes to censure him over protest of president’s speech: Live

Texas Democrat repeatedly interrupted president’s speech to Congress on Tuesday before being escorted out by the Sergeant at Arms

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3 d. ago Texas Democrat Al Green censured after repeatedly interrupting Trump’s speech to Congress

The 77-year-old was the first Democrat to push for Trump’s impeachment during the president’s first term

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3 d. ago Trump is suspending aid to Ukraine – but he’s rolling over for Israel

The president’s hardball negotiating tactics are nowhere to be seen as he sends billions in new weapons to NetanyahuIn his speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, Donald Trump barely mentioned Gaza or the wider Middle East, making only a passing reference to bringing back US hostages held by Hamas militants in Gaza. He didn’t even expound on his plan for the US to take over the devastated territory and turn it into a “Riviera of the Middle East”, while expelling 2 million Palestinians to neighboring Arab countries.But Trump is already going down the same failed path as his predecessor, Joe Biden, who sent Israel a virtually unlimited supply of weapons – and failed to use US political cover at the United Nations and billions of dollars in arms as leverage to stop Israel’s war on Gaza. On 1 March, the Trump administration announced it had approved $4bn in new weapons to Israel under emergency authorities, meaning the deal would bypass even a perfunctory review in Congr...

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3 d. ago Trump latest news: Top adviser says Canada ‘taken over by Mexican cartels’ amid brewing trade war

Peter Navarro rages at northern neighbor after administration grants 30-day tariff relief to U.S. auto sector

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4 d. ago Senate Democrats condemn Russia over Ukraine war and dare Republicans to object – live

Democrats introduce resolutions on Senate floor, as Trump veterans affairs chief defends plans to cut 80,000 staffDonald Trump and Justin Trudeau will speak today, Reuters reports, citing a source with knowledge of the matter.The Canadian prime minister condemned Trump’s imposition of levies on his country yesterday, saying he was looking to make its economy collapse as part of a plan to incorporate it into the United States. Trump responded with insults, and a warning that he may tighten levies further next month. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Lesotho ‘shocked and embarrassed’ by mockery in Trump’s Congress speech, says foreign minister

Lejone Mpotjoane says behaviour is unexpected from head of state, after Trump claimed ‘nobody has ever heard of’ the countryLesotho was taken aback by US President Donald Trump’s mockery of the southern African nation, its foreign minister has said, vowing that the country was “not taking this matter lightly”.Trump called Lesotho a country “nobody has ever heard of” as he defended his sweeping cuts in aid during an address to Congress on Tuesday. He singled out a past US aid project of “eight million dollars to promote LGBTQI+ in the African nation of Lesotho”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump’s veterans affairs chief defends ‘extraordinarily difficult’ plans to cut 80,000 staff – US politics live

Doug Collins says cuts are personally difficult for him as move could undo expansion in agency’s healthcare services implemented by Joe BidenDonald Trump and Justin Trudeau will speak today, Reuters reports, citing a source with knowledge of the matter.The Canadian prime minister condemned Trump’s imposition of levies on his country yesterday, saying he was looking to make its economy collapse as part of a plan to incorporate it into the United States. Trump responded with insults, and a warning that he may tighten levies further next month. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump used his congressional address to humiliate Democrats. Why did they let him?

Analysis: Democratic leaders defend their State of the Union response, but it reveals a party still divided, writes John Bowden

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4 d. ago White House press secretary holds briefing after Trump’s chaotic 100

Donald Trump's Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed reporters on Wednesday, March 5, after the president delivered a 100-minute-long address to Congress on Tuesday.

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4 d. ago Watch live: White House press secretary holds briefing after Trump’s chaotic 100

Watch live as Donald Trump's Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt addresses reporters on Wednesday, March 5, after the president delivered a 100-minute-long address to Congress on Tuesday.

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4 d. ago Democrats are acting sedate and silent during Trump’s worst excesses | Moira Donegan

Trump is getting comfortable in power. And Democrats are nowhere to be seenWhat was the point of Donald Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday night? The annual speech – called the “State of the Union” address in every year except the one just after the president’s ascent to office – has long been a somewhat outdated bit of political theater, an event light on policy specifics and heavy on messaging in an era in which political messaging’s most effective venues have long since moved online.It’s perhaps even less clear what a speech to Congress is supposed to mean for this president, who has proven himself so indifferent to constitutional limits on his power – or for this Congress, which has shown itself so willing to abdicate its own constitutional responsibilities. It seems, like so many of the formalities of American politics do now, a bit like a phantom limb: something that Americans keep feeling for long after it has been excised. How long will it be, one wonders, until everyone...

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4 d. ago Stephen Colbert on Trump’s speech: ‘Filled with useful lies and applauded by useless idiots’

Late-night hosts discuss Donald Trump’s hate-filled State of the Union speech to Congress and the feckless Democratic responseLate-night hosts recap Donald Trump’s State of the Union address to Congress. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Bernie Sanders has scathing verdict on Trump speech as he leaves Congress midway through

Senator Bernie Sanders was met by the world's media as he departed from Donald Trump's address to Congress early yesterday (March 4), and he had nine scathing words for the US President

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