2 h. ago Maga influencer and de facto national security adviser Laura Loomer holds outsized sway on Trump

The 32-year-old was instrumental in high-profile national security firings, and has cheerled the attacks on IranAfter years of claiming to be the vanguard of a new “America First” isolationist movement rebelling against the neoconservative policies of the George W Bush administration that led to the bloody wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Maga’s online influencers are cheering for another war in the Middle East.And not just any war: they are applauding Donald Trump’s high-risk decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities, a move that was considered a war too far even by the Bush administration. Continue reading...

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40 h. ago Hamas says it is ready to enter ceasefire negotiations in ‘positive spirit’

Group said to want stronger guarantees of permanent end to war as Netanyahu prepares to meet Trump in USHamas said it had responded on Friday in “a positive spirit” to a US-brokered Gaza ceasefire proposal and was prepared to enter into talks on implementing the deal which envisages a release of hostages and negotiations on ending the conflict.US President Donald Trump earlier announced a “final proposal” for a 60-day ceasefire in the nearly 21-month-old war between Israel and Hamas, stating he anticipated a reply from the parties in coming hours. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Hamas close to accepting proposed Gaza ceasefire deal, say sources

Group said to want stronger guarantees of permanent end to war as Netanyahu prepares to meet Trump in USHamas leaders are close to accepting a proposed deal for a ceasefire in Gaza but want stronger guarantees that any pause in hostilities would lead to a permanent end to the 20-month war, sources close to the group have said.Hamas officials on Friday issued a statement confirming they were talking to other “Palestinian factions” before formally announcing a response to discuss new ceasefire proposals already accepted by Israel. Continue reading...

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53 h. ago Hamas officials meet to discuss proposed Gaza ceasefire deal

Militant group said to want stronger guarantees of permanent end to war as Netanyahu prepares to meet Trump in USMiddle East crisis – live updatesHamas leaders are close to accepting a proposed deal for a ceasefire in Gaza but want stronger guarantees that any pause in hostilities would lead to a permanent end to the 20-month war, sources close to the group have said.Hamas officials met on Thursday in Istanbul to discuss the ceasefire proposals and later issued a statement confirming they were talking to other “Palestinian factions” before formally announcing a response. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Melania Trump meets with patients, visits garden at Washington children's hospital

First lady Melania Trump with visited sick patients at Children’s National hospital in Washington as the children made Fourth of July arts and crafts ahead of the holiday

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3 d. ago 'Maga Mark' Zuckerberg unceremoniously kicked out of Oval Office after White House tour

Mark Zuckerberg, who has seemingly aligned himself with Trump, was reportedly asked to leave an Oval Office meeting.

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4 d. ago MTG calls pressure to meet Trump’s July 4 megabill deadline ‘a s***show’

Georgia populist tells Steve Bannon rush to vote through tax and spending legislation after multiple changes made in Senate ‘not realistic’ and ‘a dire situation’

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4 d. ago What the Justice Department's push to bring denaturalization cases means

The Justice Department is ramping up efforts to revoke the citizenship of immigrants who commit crimes or pose a national security risk

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4 d. ago Dutch king now accused of 'power move' in Trump meeting after Queen denies she mocked his voice

A viral moment between King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and US President Donald Trump has sparked heated debate online.

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4 d. ago Trump's 'Ice Maiden' Susie Wiles and Stormy Daniels hacked by Iranian group threatening private emails release

FBI Director Kash Patel is warning that anyone associated with a national security hack 'will be fully investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.'

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5 d. ago John Swinney raised 'concerns' with Donald Trump's son over vandalism attack at Turnberry

Official correspondence reveals new details of the sit-down meeting between Eric Trump and the First Minister at Bute House earlier this year.

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5 d. ago Five years on, Hong Kong’s national security law extinguishes last standing pro

League of Social Democrats disbands amid ‘the omnipresence of red lines and the draconian suppression of dissent’, days before anniversary of Beijing’s imposition of NSLIn a cramped, dark office, in front of a wall adorned by some misshapen shelves, faded photographs, and a single fan battling against the summer heat, Hong Kong’s last active pro-democracy party admitted defeat.Behind them, a sticky-taped banner declared: “We’d rather be ashes than dust.” Continue reading...

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5 d. ago China left off toughest tier of UK regime tracking ‘covert foreign influence’

Firs register is designed to offer assurance on activities of overseas powers seen as posing a national security risk

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7 d. ago Labour slams Kemi Badenoch for 'failing to back NATO allies'

Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard accused the Tory leader of "putting party politics first and national security last"

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8 d. ago Security experts praise the Mail for doing a 'national service' by revealing new MI6 chief's granddad was a Nazi spy chief

A Mail investigation found incoming Secret Intelligence Service boss Blaise Metreweli is descended from notorious Ukrainian traitor Constantine Dobrowolski.

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9 d. ago Tory MP openly criticises Kemi Badenoch and challenges her to suspend him over national security row

Labour prime minister Keir Starmer told Conservative leader she would ‘never’ be PM

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1 week ago Iran delivered ‘heavy slap to US’s face’, says Khamenei as he threatens further attacks on American bases – Middle East crisis live

In his first comments since the ceasefire, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the US ‘gained no achievement’ when it joined the war with Israel against TehranIsrael’s national security minister called for a “complete halt” of humanitarian aid to Gaza on Thursday, claiming that Hamas is taking control of the supplied goods and food.Itamar Ben-Gvir says that he will “demand” Benjamin Netanyahu put a new vote to the country’s cabinet on the issue of the introduction of aid to Gaza.The humanitarian aid currently entering Gaza is an absolute disgrace. What is needed in Gaza is not a temporary halt to the “humanitarian” aid, but a complete halt to it.When I warned and warned, and unfortunately the only one who voted a month and a half ago against the introduction of the aid, it was clear to me that it would give oxygen to Hamas.With all due respect and gratitude to the president of the United States, he’s not supposed to intervene in a legal process of an independent state.I hope and suppose tha...

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1 week ago Britain must ‘actively prepare’ for a war on home soil, major government review warns

The new National Security Strategy has been published with a grim warning as international turmoil in the Middle East and Ukraine continues

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1 week ago Without dignity, leaders fell at Trump’s feet in The Hague – and for what? All Nato’s key problems remain | Martin Kettle

The relationship with him is still volatile, the Ukraine strategy still unclear and Europe needs to ensure its collective defenceNato’s Hague summit was an orchestrated grovel at the feet of Donald Trump. The originally planned two-day meeting was truncated into a single morning’s official business to flatter the president’s ego and accommodate his short attention span. The agenda was cynically narrowed to focus on the defence spending hikes he demands from US allies. Issues that may provoke or embarrass Trump – the Ukraine conflict, or whether the Iranian nuclear threat has actually been eliminated by US bombing – were relegated to the sidelines.Instead, the flattery throttle was opened up to maximum, with Nato’s secretary general Mark Rutte leading the assembled fawning. On Tuesday, Rutte hymned Trump’s brilliance over Iran; yesterday, he garlanded him as the vindicated visionary of Nato’s drive towards the 5% of GDP spending goal. No one spoiled the party. As the president’s own ...

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1 week ago Putin 'is pushing migrants to Britain' in an attempt to overwhelm borders, insiders claim

Russia is aggravating Britain's migrant crisis to overwhelm border defences and sow division in the nation, security sources have reportedly claimed. 

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