7 h. ago Kennedy Center board votes to add Trump’s name to DC arts institution

Joe Kennedy III, JFK’s grandson, said he doubted the Trump-Kennedy Center name change was legalThe board of the Kennedy Center in Washington DC is moving ahead with a proposal to rename the arts and culture-focused institution, named after President John F Kennedy, in honor of Donald Trump, according to an announcement from the White House on Thursday.If the White House move succeeds it would be called the Trump-Kennedy Center, though it is unclear if this change would be legal. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Trump’s announcement for ‘Patriot Games’ instantly mocked online

Social media users wondered whether the president was announcing the Hunger Games — but no one has yet volunteered as tribute

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10 h. ago White House announces Kennedy Center will be renamed to ‘Trump

Donald Trump showed little interest in the Kennedy Center during his first term

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14 h. ago Trump latest: Hegseth announces $1776 ‘warrior dividend’ as Internet decimates president’s frustrated holiday address

Hegseth announced that the dividends will be sent ‘in the coming days’ as social media users react to Trump’s primetime address

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16 h. ago Trump Media announces $6bn merger plan with fusion power company

TMTG, which owns president’s Truth Social platform, unveils link-up TAE Technologies to respond to AI boomDonald Trump’s loss-making social media business has announced plans to merge with a fusion power company.Trump Media and Technology Group, owner of the US president’s minnow Truth Social platform, unveiled an extraordinary merger worth more than $6bn with TAE Technologies, combining its social media operation with a vast bet on the AI boom driving a surge in energy demand. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Donald Trump sparks health concerns after 'rambling' and 'manic' mystery announcement

A cardiac expert said watching Trump's accelerated address "seriously concerned" him while social media users raised concerns about Trump's cognitive decline as he rambled on for 20 minutes

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20 h. ago Trump latest: US military kills four in strike on another alleged drug boat after president attacks Biden in TV address

Latest deadly strike in eastern Pacific announced as President Donald Trump continues to blame predecessor Joe Biden for the state of the U.S. economy after almost a year in power

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20 h. ago Trump latest: US military kills four in Venezuela boat strike after president touts achievements in primetime address

Latest deadly strike in eastern Pacific announced as President Donald Trump continues to blame predecessor Joe Biden for the state of the U.S. economy after almost a year in power

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24 h. ago US strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific kills four, as Trump accuses Venezuela of taking ‘our oil’

The announcement from Pete Hegseth comes a day after Trump issued a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving VenezuelaThe US military carried out a lethal strike on a vessel it said was engaged in drug trafficking in the eastern Pacific, according to defense secretary Pete Hegseth, as Trump further ratcheted up pressure on Venezuela, accusing the country of taking US oil.On Wednesday Hegseth said the “lethal kinetic strike” on a vessel engaged in “narco-trafficking operations” had killed four people. The latest strike in the Pacific brings the death toll to 99 since the US began its campaign of striking alleged drug-trafficking boats in September. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Trump promises 'boom the world has never seen before' among other wild claims in 'mystery announcement'

Donald Trump finally made his much-touted mystery announcement, which mainly consisted of repeating past claims scapegoating the Biden administration and immigrants for the USA's economic problems

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26 h. ago Trump to send checks to military as war looms with Venezuela

Donald Trump announced Wednesday night in a live White House address that he will be sending all active duty troops a $1,776 check before Christmas.

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26 h. ago Donald Trump slammed as 'desperate' and 'pathetic' after mystery announcement

Donald Trump addressed the nation in a televised speech outlining his review of the past year and his upcoming priorities - but not all viewers are convinced with some going as far to say he sounded 'desperate'

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26 h. ago Sky News makes brutal Donald Trump dig as it skewers his mystery announcement

Donald Trump, the US President, had teased the world about an address from the White House however he didn't provide any further information — and it was an anticlimax

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27 h. ago US military carried out lethal strike on vessel in Pacific, killing four, says Pete Hegseth

Announcement comes day after Trump said a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving VenezuelaThe US military carried out a lethal strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing four people, according to defense secretary Pete Hegseth.In a post on Twitter/X, Hegseth wrote: “Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters. Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. A total of four male narco-terrorists were killed, and no US military forces were harmed.” Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Deputy Director to quit – as Trump says Dan Bongino ‘wants to go back to his show’

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino has resigned - just hours after Donald Trump appeared to announce the top intelligence officer's return to radio. Bongino confirmed his resignation following reports that he was considering stepping down amid disagreements over the Jeffrey Epstein files. The US president appeared to tell reporters that Bongino was thinking about going...

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29 h. ago FBI Deputy Director to quit – as Trump says Dan Bongino ‘wants to go back to his show’

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino has resigned - just hours after Donald Trump appeared to announce the top intelligence officer's return to radio. Bongino confirmed his resignation following reports that he was considering stepping down amid disagreements over the Jeffrey Epstein files. The US president appeared to tell reporters that Bongino was thinking about going...

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30 h. ago Donald Trump 'will declare war on Venezuela tonight', Maga mouthpiece says

US president Donald Trump will tonight finally make the big announcement he has teased for days, and right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson says he's been told 'war is coming'

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32 h. ago Tucker Carlson claims Trump will declare war on Venezuela TONIGHT in address to the nation

Tucker Carlson has claimed that Donald Trump will announce war with Venezuela during a televised address to the nation tonight.

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35 h. ago The oil blockade threat creates anxiety in Venezuela but people stick to their daily lives

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a blockade on sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela

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43 h. ago Donald Trump announces he will give live address to the nation tonight

The US President made a surprise announcement on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday, saying that he would be speaking at 9pm EST, and declared that the 'best is yet to come'.

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