8 h. ago Conservative former federal judge says Trump has ‘declared war’ on US rule of law

J Michael Luttig said a constitutional crisis is brewing due to Trump’s defiance of a court order over deportationsNever miss global breaking news. Download our free app to keep up with key stories in real time.Donald Trump has “declared war on the rule of law in America” and is pitching the country into a constitutional crisis, a prominent former conservative federal judge said.“The president of the United States has essentially declared war on the rule of law in America,” J Michael Luttig told MSNBC. “In the past few weeks the president himself has led a full-frontal assault on the constitution, the rule of law, the federal judiciary, the American justice system and the nation’s legal profession. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Putin agrees to pause energy attacks on Ukraine after Trump call but ceasefire hopes on knife edge

Doubts remain over whether the Russian president wants a truce

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27 h. ago Ukraine war: Trump and Putin agree limited ceasefire on energy and infrastructure after phone call

Doubts remain over whether the Russian president wants a truce

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29 h. ago Trump and Putin agree to limited ceasefire on energy and infrastructure in first step to ending Ukraine war

Doubts remain over whether the Russian president wants a truce

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30 h. ago Starmer piles pressure on Trump not to side with Putin over Ukraine ceasefire as US

Doubts remain over whether the Russian president wants a truce

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35 h. ago Starmer piles pressure on Trump not to side with Putin over Ukraine ceasefire ahead of US

Doubts remain over whether the Russian president wants a truce

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36 h. ago What time is Donald Trump's crunch call with Vladimir Putin on Ukraine ceasefire?

Doubts remain over whether the Russian president wants a truce

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53 h. ago The secret fashion rule Trump insiders must abide by if they want to remain in the President's good graces

Hemlines, necklines and custom couture are usually the fields that fashion followers focus on. After last month's meeting between Zelenskyy and Trump, the tables seem to have turned.

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3 d. ago Secret Sales offers 95% discount on 'masterpiece' £4k watch with six diamonds

The Palmanova Swiss Quartz Diamonds Watch is available at Secret Sales, which has knocked 95% off its price

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6 d. ago Donatella Versace defied expectations to become a fashion icon of her own

When she took over after her brother Gianni’s murder, few expected her to last 27 years and become a household nameNews: Donatella Versace hails brother as she bows out as creative directorWhen Donatella Versace took over the house of Versace in the aftermath of her brother Gianni’s murder, most observers privately assumed that her reign would be no more than a postscript. The bottle-blond younger sister, with no formal training and a drug addiction that was the fashion industry’s worst kept secret, was seen as a sentimental appointment by a shell-shocked family.She proved everyone wrong. Versace is now defined as much by Donatella as by Gianni. She steps down from designing after 27 years as an icon in her own right, one of the most successful female designers in modern fashion history. Sober for 20 years, she has steered Versace to become a global household name, valued at $2bn (£1.6bn) when it was sold to Capri Holdings six and a half years ago. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Judge hopes to rule next week on Trump order banning transgender people from military service

A federal judge says she hopes to rule next week on whether to block President Donald Trump’s administration from banning transgender people from serving in the U.S. military

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7 d. ago Will Starmer start a trade war with Trump? PM says he is 'disappointed' at tariffs as Europe hits back with its own levies on the US in growing global crisis

Taking PMQs in the Commons, Keir Starmer made clear his unhappiness that the US had pushed ahead with the blanket 25 per cent levy on steel and aluminium imports.

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8 d. ago Donald Trump refuses to rule out US recession as his trade war sparks 'absolute despair' among investors with stock market plunging

On another day of turmoil, the FTSE 100 tumbled 0.9 per cent or 79.66 points to 8600.22 while the main benchmark in Germany fell 1.75 per cent.

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9 d. ago The making of Elon Musk: how did his childhood in apartheid South Africa shape him?

The billionaire and now Trump adviser grew up amid the collapse of white rule, attending an all-white school and then a more liberal oneWith an imposing double-winged redbrick main building, and school songs lifted directly from Harrow’s songbook, Pretoria boys high school is every inch the South African mirror of the English private schools it was founded in 1901 to imitate.Elon Musk, who has rapidly become one of the most powerful people in US politics, spent his final school years in the 1980s as a day pupil on the lush, tree-filled campus in South Africa’s capital, close to his father’s large detached home in Waterkloof, a wealthy Pretoria suburb shaded by purple jacaranda blossoms in spring. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Trump refuses to rule out recession as chaotic trade war with Canada, Mexico and China escalates: Live updates

President’s remarks follow turbulent week as markets rattled by series of aggressive tariff announcements and immediate walkbacks

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9 d. ago Trump refuses to rule out recession and new Canadian PM Mark Carney vows to win trade war: Live updates

President’s remarks follow turbulent week as markets rattled by series of chaotic tariff announcements and immediate walkbacks

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1 week ago ‘I hate to predict things’: Trump doesn’t rule out US recession amid trade tariffs

President downplays recent stock market volatility that followed his ducking and weaving over tariff policyDonald Trump on Sunday refused to rule out the possibility that the US economy will head into recession this year and that inflation will rise, as his chaotic trade tariffs policy cause uncertainty and market turbulence.The US president predicted that his economic goals would take time and a period of transition to bear fruit. But when asked in an interview with the Fox News show Sunday Morning Futures “are you expecting a recession this year?” he demurred.Reuters contributed reporting Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump does not rule out recession as he rejects business fears over tariffs

US administration concedes some prices might rise as fears grow of trade chaos causing disruption

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1 week ago Trump won’t rule out US recession amid tariff trade war confusion in Fox News interview

President won’t deny recession is coming as he says US faces ‘period of transition’

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1 week ago Trump refuses to rule out recession or clarify tariffs policy in Fox interview: Live

President’s comments follow turbulent week on Wall Street over tariff uncertainty

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