6 d. ago Bad news for Trump $2,000 checks as Senators balk at price tag and adding to national debt

President has touted massive financial giveaway as the state of economy and affordability issues damage his approval rating

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7 d. ago Marjorie Taylor Greene shreds Trump after bad breakup over Epstein files: ‘Let me tell you what a traitor is’

MAGA firebrand praises Epstein survivors for ‘fighting’ against ‘the most powerful people in the world’

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1 week ago Trump named in released Epstein emails while White House says leaks give ‘fake narrative’: Live updates

‘These stories are nothing more than bad-faith efforts to distract from President Trump’s historic accomplishments,’ White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said

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2 w. ago If you care about the BBC, stand up and defend it: this could be the beginning of the end | Polly Toynbee

Replacing the TV licence with a means-tested alternative may help disarm the right of one of its most effective weaponsGotcha! The BBC’s enemies have taken two scalps and inflicted maximum damage. The shock resignation of the director general, Tim Davie, and the head of news, Deborah Turness, make it look as if the BBC accepts that it does indeed suffer from “serious and systemic” bias in its coverage of issues including Donald Trump, Gaza and trans rights. But in this political coup, only the BBC’s sworn ideological foes think a cherrypicked sample of journalistic errors amounts to “systemic” bias.It was indeed a bad mistake to splice together two bits of Trump’s speech; but it needed a quick apology, not a decapitation. The BBC’s chair, Samir Shah, I’m told, tried to persuade Davie to stay to avoid this apparent capitulation to critics: Davie should indeed have stood his ground, not weakened the BBC by walking away.Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump admits Republicans 'had a bad night' as NYC votes in celebrity

The result completes a rapid ascent for the Queens assemblyman, who once described himself as a 'B-list rapper'.

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3 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: 6 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he goes on wild rant about Zohran Mamdani

It's election day in America - and Donald Trump is about to have a very bad day. But could his bad day be exactly what he really wants?

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3 w. ago US government shutdown nearing record for longest in history as Trump delays food benefits to millions – US politics live

Republicans claim US president ‘desperate’ to end shutdown, which has now entered 33rd dayDonald Trump has said he feels bad for the British royal family after King Charles stripped his brother Andrew of his title as prince amid the continuing fallout over Andrew’s connections with the late, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Speaking to reporters on board Air Force One on Sunday evening, Trump was asked about King Charles’s decision to strip his brother of his peerages and the title of prince. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: 8 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he threatens to invade Nigeria

For a man so obsessed with how things look, Donald Trump is very bad at optics - he held a very crass Halloween party at the same time as hundreds of thousands of Americans are losing their food stamps - and now he's threatening to invade Nigeria

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3 w. ago Trump is toying with a third term. Don’t expect the constitution to stop him | Moira Donegan

What is and is not constitutional is determined, in effect, by loyalists on the supreme court and their bad-faith enablersThe news cycle has continued in a predictable arc. Last week, Steve Bannon, the far-right provocateur and one-time Donald Trump adviser, said in an interview with the Economist that the president would seek an unconstitutional third term. “Trump is going to be president in 28, and people ought to just get accommodated with that,” Bannon said. (He seemed to be referring to Trump winning the presidential election in 2028 – Trump’s current term will last through 20 January 2029.) “At the appropriate time, we’ll lay out what the plan is.”Like clockwork, Trump commented on the idea soon after, telling reporters following him on Air Force One as he flew from Kuala Lumpur to Tokyo: “I would love to do it.”Moira Donegan is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Too bad I can’t run, but we’ll see what happens, says Trump on unconstitutional third term

Trump says he has read about constitutional two-term limit preventing him from running for president in 2028 and it was ‘pretty clear’, but that he ‘would love to do it’Donald Trump said “it’s too bad” he is not allowed to run for a third term, conceding the constitutional reality even as he expressed interest in continuing to serve.“If you read it, it’s pretty clear,” Trump told reporters on board Air Force One from Japan to South Korea on Wednesday. “I’m not allowed to run. It’s too bad.” Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Mike Johnson pours cold water on Trump running for unconstitutional third term

Mike Johnson has shut down speculation that Donald Trump may be running for a third term, stating that he “doesn’t see a way to amend the constitution”.

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4 w. ago Yes, Keir Starmer is Britain’s most unpopular PM ever. That could liberate him | Polly Toynbee

Forget the public vitriol and use the next four years to get things done – first and foremost, whatever it takes to stop ReformWhat hell is the life of politics. Look around that cabinet table: each person is confronted with near impossible-portfolios without the means to do what they know is needed. After another nightmare week, many in the dark watches must ask themselves why the hell they gave their lives to this brutally thankless task.Their inheritance was even more ruinous than feared: they were bequeathed landmines, dishonest traps and gaping holes. Brexit is emerging as even more economically crippling than expected, now losing the exchequer £80bn a year. They are blighted by bad luck: the Trump destroyer landed on their watch. What worse mishap than a prison officer setting free a refused asylum-seeker sex offender? Small boat arrivals feel unstoppable. An unfortunate deputy leadership election right now was bound to give Keir Starmer a bruising. The 11% vote share at the C...

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4 w. ago Trump doesn’t rule out running for an unconstitutional third term as he visits Japan: Live updates

President Trump met with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, a conservative nationalist, in Tokyo and inked a deal to strengthen US access to rare earth minerals

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4 w. ago A third term for Trump would be unconstitutional. Here’s why

The 22nd amendment states no person shall be elected president more than twice – but Trump allies could challenge it or seek a loopholeTrump ‘would love’ unconstitutional third term but rules out running for VPDonald Trump has declined to definitively say he will not seek an unconstitutional third term as US president. “I would love to do it: I have my best numbers ever,” the 79-year-old told reporters on Air Force One during a trip to Asia. Pressed on whether he was not ruling out a third term, he said, “Am I not ruling it out? I mean, you’ll have to tell me.” Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Trump comments about a third term spark concern – US politics live

US president’s musings about an unconstitutional third term in office draw criticism from Democratic congresswomanTrump ‘would love’ unconstitutional third term but rules out running for VPAs Republican states launch more redistricting efforts, Democrats in blue states are still deciding how or if they will respond.House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries is said to be headed to Illinois today to meet with local leaders about redrawing the congressional maps. Punchbowl reports that Jeffries will meet with the Illinois Legislative Black caucus and Black members of Congress, a nod to the fact that Black lawmakers will be needed to pass a new map. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Trump doesn’t rule out an unconstitutional third term run: ‘I would love to do it’

‘I would love to do it. I have my best numbers ever,’ the president said on Air Force One Monday

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