23 h. ago Trump warns ‘playing with fire’ Putin that Russia has avoided ‘really bad things’ — thanks to him

Trump accused of ‘shielding’ Putin as he dials up public criticism

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24 h. ago Trump indicates ‘positive’ progress in US trade talks with EU

Wall Street up in early trading after US president commends bloc for calling to ‘quickly establish meeting dates’Donald Trump has indicated there has been progress in US trade talks with the EU, helping send share prices rising on Wall Street, after he commended the bloc for calling to “quickly establish meeting dates”.“This is a positive event, and I hope that they will,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday, saying the EU would be “very happy and successful” if it agreed a deal. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Trump rants at ‘monster’ judges, then one accuses WH of ‘manufacturing chaos’ in South Sudan deportations

Biden-appointed judge faces barrage of attacks from White House over court rulings demanding due process

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27 h. ago Trump accuses EU of dragging its heels on a tariff deal with the US

Fears of trade war reignited as the American president makes veiled threat on his Truth Social platformDonald Trump said the EU had been dragging its heels “to put it mildly” on sealing a tariff deal with the US, repeating his assessment that his threat of a 50% tariff on imports from the bloc was an “extremely” satisfactory move.He commended the EU for calling to “quickly establish meeting dates” but reignited fears of a trade war with the region by adding criticism of the EU to his statement on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago Kremlin accuses Trump of 'emotional overloading' as US President says Putin 'has gone absolutely CRAZY!'

Trump threatens further sanctions on Moscow in some of the US President’s strongest criticism of Putin

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56 h. ago Putin accuses Trump of suffering an 'emotional overload' after president called Russian dictator 'crazy' for Ukraine attack amid ceasefire talks

When asked about Trump's explosive remarks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov hit back but also thanked the President for helping to enable ceasefire talks.

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4 d. ago Any trade deal with US must be based on ‘respect not threats’, says EU commissioner

Maroš Šefčovič’s remarks come after pace of talks prompted Trump to propose 50% tariff on goods from blocThe European Union’s trade chief has struck a defiant tone after Donald Trump threatened to place a 50% tariff on all goods from the bloc, saying any potential trade deal between Brussels and Washington must be based on “respect not threats”.The US president made his statement after voicing frustration with the pace of progress on a trade agreement with the EU. The new rates would come into effect from 1 June. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump ‘not looking for deal’ as he threatens EU with 50% tariff

Bloc vows to ‘defend our interests’ in response to US president’s escalation

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4 d. ago Trump ‘not looking for a deal’ as he threatens EU with 50% tariff

Stocks and dollar slide after US president escalates trade stand-off with bloc

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5 d. ago Democrats invited accused terrorist killer's DAD to Trump address just weeks before heinous crime

The father of the accused gunman who shot and killed two Israeli staffers at the Capital Jewish Museum was a special guest of a Democratic congressman.

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5 d. ago Trump administration says Columbia violated civil rights of Jewish students

The Trump administration is accusing Columbia University of violating the civil rights of Jewish students by “acting with deliberate indifference” toward what it describes as rampant antisemitism on campus

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7 d. ago Donald Trump accuses Joe Biden team of 'treason' and exposing US to 'great danger'

In a post on his Truth Social platform Trump alleged members of Biden’s team “took over the autopen” - a reference to the device used to sign official documents on behalf of the president

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7 d. ago South Africa’s Ramaphosa expected to take golf stars to Trump meeting

Ernie Els and Retief Goosen reportedly part of delegation as president seeks to reset ties after white ‘genocide’ claimsThe South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, is expected to take the golfers Ernie Els and Retief Goosen with him to meet Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Wednesday, as the government attempts to reset relations with the US amid Trump’s accusations that it is fomenting a white “genocide”.Ramaphosa’s appeal to Trump’s love of golf, with the potential inclusion of Els and Goosen reported by South African local media, is part of his efforts to avoid a public dressing down of the kind Trump gave to the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in February. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Donald Trump accuses Joe Biden's staff of 'not telling facts' about cancer diagnosis

Donald Trump questioned how doctors failed to diagnose former US President Joe Biden with advanced prostate cancer until after he had left office, pointing the finger at his staff for 'not telling the facts'

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7 d. ago Trump officials ‘illegally deported’ Vietnamese and Burmese migrants to South Sudan

Immigrant rights advocates say White House violated court order and ask judge to order nearly a dozen people’s returnImmigrant rights advocates have accused the Trump administration of deporting about a dozen migrants from countries including Myanmar and Vietnam to South Sudan in violation of a court order, and asked a judge to order their return.Lawyers for the migrants made the request in a court filing on Tuesday directed to US district judge Brian Murphy, who had barred the Trump administration from swiftly deporting migrants to countries other than their own without first hearing any concerns they had that they might be tortured or persecuted if sent there. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Joe Biden forced to deny he hid cancer diagnosis after scathing Trump accusation

Joe Biden has been forced to respond to conspiracies he was diagnosed with prostate cancer before last week.

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1 week ago Iran's Supreme leader calls Donald Trump a liar and says 'we do not fear any threat' despite US President's call for airstrikes if nuclear deal is not agreed

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused Donald Trump on Saturday of lying when the US president said during his Gulf tour this week that he wanted peace in the region.

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1 week ago Trump issues thinly veiled threat to Supreme Court as birthright citizenship under scrutiny: ‘Playing the ref’

Trump accuses ‘radical left losers’ of intimidating courts as justices consider his argument to block judges from issuing nationwide injunctions that have stymied his agenda

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1 week ago Trump accuses former FBI director of calling for his killing through coded picture

James Comey posted picture of shells arranged to say ‘8647’, using common slang for kicking a customer out of a barJames Comey is accused of calling for Trump’s death – but what does ‘86’ really mean?Donald Trump accused the former FBI director James Comey on Friday of calling for his assassination in a coded social media post written in seashells.Comey’s Instagram post – a photograph of seashells on a beach arranged to spell the numbers 8647, which he captioned “Cool shell formation on my beach walk” – was used by rightwing supporters of Trump to claim that it was a call to assassinate the US president. The Secret Service said it has launched an investigation. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Uefa accuses Infantino of pursuing ‘private interests’ on Trump’s Gulf tour

Fifa boss arrives late at congress from US president’s tripEurope delegates walk out in protest at schedule changesUefa has accused the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, of pursuing “private political interests” ahead of his responsibilities to football. The shock intervention from European football’s governing body came after several national delegates walked out on the annual Fifa congress earlier on Thursday.The delegates, who included the president of Uefa, Alexander Ceferin, and the chair of the Football Association, Debbie Hewitt, did so in protest at alterations to the meeting’s schedule, caused by Infantino arriving late to proceedings after accompanying Donald Trump on a tour of Gulf states. Continue reading...

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