4 h. ago Trump authorizes 2,000 national guard troops to deploy to LA amid Ice protests

California governor calls move ‘purposefully inflammatory’ and says it will ‘escalate tensions’ amid immigration crackdownDonald Trump on Saturday authorized the deployment of 2,000 national guard troops to Los Angeles, after an immigration crackdown erupted into mass protests with police in riot gear using teargas on bystanders.Shortly before the release of the White House statement, the California governor, Gavin Newsom, said in a statement on X that the federal government was “moving to take over” the California national guard. Newsom said the move was “purposefully inflammatory” and warned that it would “only escalate tensions”. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago The full truth of Hannah Kobayashi's 'disappearance' finally revealed... by FAKE husband at the center of it all

Alan Cacace, an Argentinian national who paid $15,000 to marry Hannah Kobayashi in Hawaii last year, has spoken out for the first time since their sham marriage was exposed.

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37 h. ago The truth about Hannah Kobayashi's 'disappearance' finally revealed... by FAKE husband who helped her plot the whole thing

Alan Cacace, an Argentinian national who paid $15,000 to marry Hannah Kobayashi in Hawaii last year, has spoken out for the first time since their sham marriage was exposed.

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65 h. ago Gen Z's summer bucket list includes five festivals and four trips abroad

A study of 2,000 18-24 year-olds has revealed what the nation's youth really want to get up to during the summer months

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65 h. ago The right is breaking ranks over Trump and his tariffs | Sidney Blumenthal

A trade court ruling is exposing the civil war on the right, as key legal establishment figures oppose the presidentDonald Trump’s trade war has become his quagmire: legal, economic and political. On 28 May, the court of international trade ruled his tariffs exceeded his constitutional authority. Point by point, the decision decimated Trump’s arguments as flimsy and false, implicitly castigated the Republican Congress for abdicating its constitutional responsibility, and reminded other courts, not least the supreme court, of the judicial branch’s obligation to exercise its authority regardless of the blustering of the executive and the fecklessness of the legislative branches.Trump’s tariffs, along with his withdrawal of active support for Ukraine and passivity toward his strongman father figure Vladimir Putin, have broken the western alliance, forcing the west to make its own arrangements with China, and cementing the idea for a generation to come that the United States is an untru...

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65 h. ago Trump’s tariffs have become his Vietnam – and the right is breaking ranks | Sidney Blumenthal

A trade court ruling is exposing the civil war on the right, as key legal establishment figures oppose the presidentDonald Trump’s trade war has become his quagmire: legal, economic and political. On 28 May, the court of international trade ruled his tariffs exceeded his constitutional authority. Point by point, the decision decimated Trump’s arguments as flimsy and false, implicitly castigated the Republican Congress for abdicating its constitutional responsibility, and reminded other courts, not least the supreme court, of the judicial branch’s obligation to exercise its authority regardless of the blustering of the executive and the fecklessness of the legislative branches.Trump’s tariffs, along with his withdrawal of active support for Ukraine and passivity toward his strongman father figure Vladimir Putin, have broken the western alliance, forcing the west to make its own arrangements with China, and cementing the idea for a generation to come that the United States is an untru...

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67 h. ago Fish and chip shop powered by electric cars in UK seaside town

A survey of 2,000 UK adults has revealed the nation's top holiday treats - and it's no surprise that the classic combination of fish and chips came out on top

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3 d. ago What to know about Ramón Morales Reyes, a Wisconsin man falsely accused of threatening Trump's life

A man falsely accused of threatening President Donald Trump’s life faces deportation even as Wisconsin authorities say the Mexican immigrant was framed and is a victim of a violent 2023 attack

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3 d. ago ICE operation calls for 5,000 federal agents and 21,000 National Guard troops to make deportation arrests

‘Operation at Large’ calls for thousands of federal agents from across law enforcement agencies to join the Trump administration’s mass deportation effort

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3 d. ago Ivanka Trump promotes book by author who criticized her dad by saying ‘if Trump wins, we lose’

Ivanka Trump championed Untamed by Glennon Doyle, a writer who campaigned for Kamala Harris and warned against the dangers of a second Trump presidency

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5 d. ago Andrew Tate allegedly obtained Vanuatu ‘golden passport’ in month of Romania arrest

Influencer accused of rape and human trafficking alleged to have secured citizenship via £96,000 investment schemeAndrew Tate allegedly obtained a “golden passport” from the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu the month he was arrested in Romania on charges including rape and human trafficking, it has been reported.The 38-year-old influencer allegedly received the passport through a citizenship-by-investment programme that allows foreign nationals to buy citizenship for $130,000 (£96,000), according to the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and Intelligence Online. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Andrew Tate allegedly secured Vanuatu ‘golden passport’ in month of Romania arrest

Influencer accused of rape and human trafficking alleged to have gained citizenship via £96,000 investment schemeAndrew Tate allegedly secured a “golden passport” from the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu the month he was arrested in Romania on charges including rape and human trafficking, it has been reported.The 38-year-old influencer allegedly received the passport through a citizenship-by-investment programme that allows foreign nationals to buy citizenship for $130,000 (£96,000), according to the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and Intelligence Online. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago 59 for 59: LSU Shreveport become first college baseball team to go unbeaten

LSU Shreveport cap perfect 59-0 season with NAIA titlePilots clinch first national title in any sport for schoolTeam led NAIA in fielding, scoring and pitching statsLSU Shreveport became the first college baseball team on record to go unbeaten, finishing 59-0 when they won the NAIA championship in Lewiston, Idaho.The Pilots’ perfect season ended with a 13-7 victory over Southeastern (Florida) on Friday night and gave the 10,000-student school in northwest Louisiana its first national title in any sport. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago What happens next as Court of International Trade strikes down Trump tariffs?

Panel of three judges, made up of one Trump appointee, said the president lacked authority to impose sweeping ‘reciprocal’ tariffs

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9 d. ago Nationwide calls for looser mortgage lending rules to help 10,000 more buyers

The lender said home buyers had been rushing to complete purchases ahead of tax relief being slashed from April.

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1 week ago Donald Trump BLOCKED from imposing sweeping tariffs in massive trade blow

Several lawsuits argued Donald Trump has exceeded his authority, left the US trade policy dependent on his whims and unleashed economic chaos - and the federal trade court has taken action

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1 week ago US federal court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs

Ruling from court of international trade in New York comes after slew of lawsuits arguing president exceeded authorityA federal trade court on Wednesday blocked Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law.The ruling from a three-judge panel at the New York-based court of international trade came after several lawsuits arguing Trump has exceeded his authority, left US trade policy dependent on his whims and unleashed economic chaos. Continue reading...

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1 week ago US trade court rules Trump exceeded his authority with ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs

Court order states Constitution assigns Congress exclusive powers to ‘lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises’

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1 week ago Will Donald Trump defy the US supreme court? | Steven Greenhouse

With the court slated to issue a flood of rulings by early July, the justices have an important choice: to bend to Trump or to grow a real backboneWith the most authoritarian and lawless president in history sitting in the White House, the US supreme court is no doubt worried about looking weak in one of two ways. First, the court fears it will look pathetically weak if it becomes the first supreme court in history to have a president defy its rulings in a wholesale way. With that in mind, the court seems to be taking pains to avoid provoking Donald Trump’s defiance – it has issued several decisions upholding the president’s actions while in other cases, it has given him lots of wiggle room even as it objected to his administration’s moves.Then there’s the court’s second, big worry – that it will look pathetically weak if it doesn’t stand up to the most authoritarian president in US history. Many legal experts criticize the court for not standing up more to Trump, even though he has...

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1 week ago Ukraine war briefing: Drones target Moscow forcing suspension of some flights

Air raid alerts in Ukrainian regions; Zelenskyy visits Berlin amid promising noises about long-range strikes. What we know on day 1,190 A major Ukrainian drone attack late over Tuesday night into Wednesday led to at least two Moscow airports, Vnukovo and Zhukovsky, suspending flights, Russian authorities said. The defence ministry said 112 Ukrainian drones targeted six different regions in the three hours up to midnight.Russian drones hit the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, injuring eight people including a child, the regional military governor said on Wednesday morning. Ukraine’s air force issued an air raid alert due to drones across regions including Kharkiv, Sumy, Odesa, Kyiv and others.Russian authorities were again dismissive of Donald Trump after the US president said Vladimir Putin was “playing with fire” and putting Russia at risk of “really bad things”. Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s former prime minister and president, responded: “I only know of one really bad thing – WWIII. I hope...

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