9 h. ago The family who made Kennedy Center medals at their kitchen countertop have been dropped by Trump as he eyes new Tiffany design

Change in medal production process is latest shake-up at the newly Trump-chaired Kennedy Center

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44 h. ago Putin demands Ukraine withdrawal from eastern Donetsk as price of ending war

Trump urges European leaders to drop efforts for ceasefire after failing to win over Russian president in Alaska

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4 d. ago DC troop numbers expected to increase as Trump pushes to extend federal takeover despite dropping crime figures

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has called Trump’s takeover ‘authoritarian’

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4 d. ago NY attorney general sues Zelle's parent company after Trump administration drops similar case

New York’s attorney general has sued the parent company of the Zelle payment platform, months after the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau abandoned a similar case under the Trump administration

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4 d. ago Trump’s approval ratings drop with Republicans as he deals with Epstein fallout and tariff concerns

President’s approval rating with right-leaning Americans has dropped on issues including personal trust and the economy

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6 d. ago Trump places Washington DC police under federal control and will deploy National Guard – live updates

Trump declares ‘public safety emergency’ despite record crime low; DC mayor says ‘any comparison to a war-torn country is hyperbolic and false’Trump vows to ‘clean up’ DC crime despite sharp drop in violenceDonald Trump said on Truth Social today that DC “will be LIBERATED today”.Ahead of his press conference, in just over an hour, the president said that “crime, savagery, filth, and scum will disappear” from the city.I will, MAKE OUR CAPITAL GREAT AGAIN! The days of ruthlessly killing, or hurting, innocent people, are OVER! I quickly fixed the Border (ZERO ILLEGALS in last 3 months!), D.C. is next!!! Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Wind generator Ørsted’s shares sink as it makes $9bn cash call

Danish company blames Donald Trump for derailing its business model after market value drops by a thirdEurope’s largest wind power company has blamed Donald Trump for derailing its business model, after it unveiled a $9bn (£6.7bn) fundraising and its market value plunged by almost a third.The share price for Denmark’s Ørsted tumbled to an all-time low after it told investors on Monday that the “extraordinary situation” facing the industry meant it would need to tap shareholders to cover the costs of its plans. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Putin drops hint at Trump meeting location as he reveals 'we have many friends'

Mad Vlad appears to be open to meeting Donald Trump face-to-face to discuss ending the war in Ukraine but Zelenskyy warned 'the pressure’s working, but they mustn’t deceive us'

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1 week ago Toyota reports a 37% drop in profit, cuts its forecast due to Trump's tariffs

Toyota has reported its profit plunged 37% in the April-June quarter and it lowered its full year earnings forecasts, largely because of President Donald Trump’s tariffs

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1 week ago Honda quarterly profits drop by half as carmaker feels effects of Trump tariffs

Fall in operating profits also due to losses on electric car sales in US but drop is less than manufacturer estimatedBusiness live – latest updatesThe Japanese carmaker Honda has reported a 50% drop in quarterly profits as it counted the cost of Donald Trump’s tariffs and electric vehicle policies, even as it said the full impact would be less than its worst expectations.The manufacturer’s operating profits fell by half to 244bn yen (£1.2bn) in the three months to June, according to financial results published on Wednesday. That was mainly because of a 124bn yen hit from tariffs, as well as 113bn yen in losses on electric car sales in the US. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump threatens to ‘federalize DC’ but violent crime dropped 35 percent there in 2024, police say

Figures from the Metropolitan Police Department found that crime in the capital was down 35 percent in 2024 compared to 2023—a 30-year low

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1 week ago JFK Jr feared his own family would tell the world he was gay: New Kennedy clan cruelty exposed

The 'blackmail' outing threat was allegedly issued by his own uncle, Senator Ted Kennedy.

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1 week ago Violent crimes dropped 4.5 percent in 2024, FBI says – despite Trump’s claims of out

The report’s overall findings appear to contradict statements made by President Donald Trump

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1 week ago Investor confidence in EU drops after Trump’s Brussels trade deal

Agreement is said to ‘dampen the mood’, with the US viewed as the winner at the expense of the eurozoneInvestor confidence in the EU has fallen sharply after Donald Trump’s trade agreement with Brussels, amid mounting concern about the economic hit from the US president’s tariff war.The latest snapshot from the Sentix index showed that investor sentiment fell significantly at the start of the month after the deal last week between Trump and the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Kennedy clan at war: Savage new matriarch blacklists family members... feuds explode... and fierce 'f***' rants erupt behind the scenes

On her deathbed, Ethel Kennedy crowned the new matriarch of America's Royal Family. But this new leader has found herself embroiled in explosive drama as she makes savage cuts to the family.

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4 w. ago Atlanta journalist fights deportation from Ice jail despite dropped charges: ‘I’m seeing what absolute power can do’

A Salvadorian reporter with an audience of millions, Mario Guevara was arrested while livestreaming a protest against Trump in June – and is still struggling for freedomProsecutors dropped the last remaining charges against Atlanta-area journalist Mario Guevara last week after he was arrested while livestreaming a protest in June. But the influential Salvadorian reporter remains penned up in a south Georgia detention center, fending off a deportation case, jail house extortionists and despair, people familiar with his situation told the Guardian.Donald Trump’s administration has been extreme in unprecedented ways to undocumented immigrants. But Guevara’s treatment is a special case. Shuttled between five jail cells in Georgia since his arrest while covering the “No Kings Day” protests, the 20-plus-years veteran journalist’s sin was to document the undocumented and the way Trump’s agents have been hunting them down. Continue reading...

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