10 h. ago Trump again addresses death rumors ahead of dinner with top tech CEOs minus Musk: ‘I’m still here’

Trump joked about people believing he was dead before taking questions from reporters about the upcoming jobs report, RFK Jr.’s job as health secretary and the NYC mayoral race

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12 h. ago Big Tech bosses court favour with Trumps at White House dinner

Heads of Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Apple back AI initiative spearheaded by first lady Melania Trump

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15 h. ago Trump set to host US tech leaders at Rose Garden – minus Elon Musk

Tesla CEO’s absence is marked departure from his constant presence at the White House in early days of Trump 2.0When Donald Trump hosts leaders from the US’ biggest tech companies at a lavish Rose Garden dinner on Thursday night, there will be one notable absence. Elon Musk, once inseparable from Trump and a constant, contentious presence in the White House, will not be in attendance.The dinner, which will include Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft’s Bill Gates, Apple’s Tim Cook and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, is exactly the type of event where Musk would have sat at Trump’s right hand only a few months ago. Instead, the Tesla CEO stated on his social media platform X that he was invited but could not make it. He said he planned to send a representative. He spent the day on X posting a familiar stream of attacks on immigration and trans people. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Trump ignites culture war with extraordinary plan to ban transgender Americans from owning guns

President Donald Trump's Justice Department could take a huge step to address gun violence that goes against decades of precedent set by previous Republican administrations.

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33 h. ago Trump to host top tech CEOs — except Musk — at White House dinner Thursday

President Donald Trump will host a high-powered list of tech CEOs for a dinner at the White House on Thursday night

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35 h. ago Don Trump Jr. called his father on Labor Day weekend 'to make sure' he was alive amid death rumors

Don Trump Jr. saw the trending posts on X about his father's disappearance and decided it was time for a check in.

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36 h. ago Trump unlawfully cancelled $2.2bn in Harvard research grants, judge rules

Decision marks major victory for school after White House accused it of not addressing harassment of Jewish studentsA federal judge on Wednesday ruled Donald Trump’s administration unlawfully terminated about $2.2bn in grants awarded to Harvard University and can no longer cut off research funding to the Ivy League school.The decision by US district judge Allison Burroughs in Boston marked a major legal victory for Harvard as it seeks to cut a deal that could bring an end to the White House’s multi-front conflict with the country’s oldest and richest university. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Jimmy Kimmel skewers JD Vance over reaction to Trump’s death rumors

‘Donald Trump will never die. Forget it. He’s like Dracula,’ Kimmel joked on his talk show

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52 h. ago Trump live updates: Epstein victims compiling own ‘client list’ as Democrats rage over latest document release

President Trump has also brushed aside rumors about his death, slamming the ‘fake’ media after his noticeable bout of absence

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59 h. ago Health concerns continue as Donald Trump returns looking 'rough' after mysterious absence

Donald Trump made his first public appearance in a week on Tuesday, with many people pointing out his 'rough' look and questioning his health after 'death' rumors

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62 h. ago US conducts ‘kinetic strike’ against drug boat from Venezuela, killing 11, Trump says

Trump says ‘we took it out’ referring to the operation in international waters, amid US-Caracas tensions The US military has killed 11 drug traffickers from Venezuela during a “a kinetic strike” in the Caribbean Sea, the US president, Donald Trump, has claimed amid growing tensions between Washington and Caracas.Trump trailed the announcement during an address at the White House on Tuesday afternoon, telling reporters the US had “just, over the last few minutes, literally shot out a drug-carrying boat”. Continue reading...

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63 h. ago US conducts ‘lethal strike’ against drug boat from Venezuela, Rubio says

Trump says ‘we took it out’ amid US-Caracas tensions but not clear if incident occurred inside Venezuelan watersThe US military has conducted “a lethal strike” against an alleged “drug vessel” from Venezuela, the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has announced amid growing tensions between Washington and Caracas.Donald Trump trailed the announcement during an address at the White House on Tuesday afternoon, telling reporters the US had “just, over the last few minutes, literally shot out a drug-carrying boat”. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago Donald Trump speaks about finding out 'he is dead' and makes Joe Biden dig

Trump addressed the speculation that spread on social media at the weekend that he might be dead after he hadn't been seen in public for a couple of days.

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65 h. ago Donald Trump reveals how he found out 'he is dead' in dig at Joe Biden

US President Donald Trump addressed the wild rumours that he was dead as he made a highly-awaited announcement from the White House's Oval Office this afternoon

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3 d. ago Trump set to make mystery announcement today after public absence

The White House has not disclosed what President Trump will address from the Oval Office at 2 p.m. on Tuesday

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3 d. ago Donald Trump to make mystery announcement to the world today after days of health fears

The White House has not indicated the subject matter of Tuesday's presidential announcement, but Trump may choose to address one of several key issues his administration has focused on in recent days

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4 d. ago Soldiers are doing landscaping in DC parks. I’m thrilled for them | Dave Schilling

They were deployed to fight crime. Instead, some are spreading mulch. It’s almost sweet – if you remove the contextIf soldiers are going to be deployed to your city, what would you prefer they do: point a rifle in your face or mow your grass? This is not a question I ever expected to have to consider in my days on this planet, but life is full of surprises. As part of Donald Trump’s military deployment to address Washington DC’s so-called “crime emergency”, national guard troops are being tasked with various groundskeeping duties around the United States capital. These duties include spreading mulch around cherry trees, picking up trash and general maintenance of public spaces. The president must have been too embarrassed to get Four Seasons Total Landscaping involved again, so he got the military to do it instead.It’s a real “swords into ploughshares” moment, or in this case, “M4 rifles into those grabber sticks you use to pick up plastic bottles full of piss.” It’s almost sweet, i...

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4 d. ago Donald Trump breaks silence on health fears in new Truth Social statement

Donald Trump broke his silence after rumors of his death circulated online, penning a short six-word message in all caps as he attempted to lay to rest the baseless rumors

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5 d. ago 'Donald Trump is dead' rumours addressed by US official after social media storm

An update has been issued regarding Donald Trump's condition after ludicrous rumours and 'Trump is dead' started trending on social media

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9 d. ago Pam Bondi trashed for ‘creepy’ way she keeps addressing Donald Trump to his face

Attorney general’s habit of addressing Trump in this odd manner has been called out by online critics on more than one occasion

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