15 h. ago Donald Trump and Joe Biden's close call at Pope Francis' funeral

President Donald Trump and former President Joe Biden sat just five rows between them at Pope Francis' funeral on Saturday, easily in the other's sight line.

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25 h. ago Trump offers peace proposal for Ukraine and Moscow to finish 'cruel and senseless war'

In a post to his Truth Social on Friday, Trump called for 'high level talks' between the two warring nations after he touched down in Rome to attend the funeral of the late Pope Francis.

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26 h. ago Donald Trump hints Ukraine and Russia are on verge of ending bloody three

Posted on his Truth Social site after arriving in Rome for Pope Francis’s funeral, Donald Trump called on Ukraine and Russia to complete "very high level talks"

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34 h. ago Trump claims China's President Xi called HIM amid tariffs drama and makes odd comparison regarding their chat

President Donald Trump claimed that China's President Xi Jinping called him amid the countries' tariff drama - as China continued to dispute that trade talks are happening.

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34 h. ago Trump claims to have received call from Xi and to have cut ‘200 deals’ on trade

Beijing says there are no active talks and Washington should ‘stop creating confusion’

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41 h. ago Bill Maher calls Larry David’s mockery of his Trump dinner ‘insulting to six million dead Jews’

‘I don’t need to be lectured on who Donald Trump is,’ US host said after ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ star compared president to Hitler

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47 h. ago Bill Maher calls Larry David’s satire of his Trump dinner ‘kind of insulting to 6 million dead Jews’

‘Nobody has been harder about Donald Trump than me,’ Maher says after fellow comedian compared his meal with US president to meeting HitlerBill Maher has responded to Larry David’s satirical essay in the New York Times that compared Maher’s glowing account of having dinner with Donald Trump to dining with Adolf Hitler.Maher, a vocal critic of Trump in the past, had dinner with the US president and a group of his high-profile supporters, including their mutual friend Kid Rock, on 31 March. On an episode of his talkshow Real Time on 11 April, Maher described Trump as “gracious” and “much more self-aware than he lets on”, saying: “Everything I’ve ever not liked about him was – I swear to God – absent, at least on this night with this guy.” Continue reading...

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54 h. ago Trump calls for Rupert Murdoch to fire staff at Fox News and the Wall Street Journal in furious Truth Social post: ‘It sucks!’

Trump asked Murdoch to ‘start making changes’ at the Wall Street Journal and get rid of a pollster at Fox News

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56 h. ago NY attorney general’s lawyer urges Justice Dept. to reject Trump official’s call for criminal probe

A lawyer for New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday urged the Justice Department to refuse a Trump administration official’s request to prosecute the Democrat for mortgage fraud, calling it “improper political retribution” based on “long-disproven allegations.”

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57 h. ago Trump to meet with top Atlantic editor who was accidentally added to Hegseth Signal group chat – live

President says he will meet with Jeffrey Goldberg and two Atlantic reporters to ‘see if it’s possible for The Atlantic to be ‘truthful’’South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has said he talked about the war in Ukraine and the need to foster good bilateral relations with the US in his phone call with Donald Trump.“We both agreed that the war should be brought to an end as soon as possible to stop further unnecessary deaths... to meet soon to address various matters regarding US-South Africa relations,” Ramaphosa wrote in a post on X. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago China calls reports of ongoing US tariff talks ‘baseless’ while Trump claims administration ‘actively’ seeking deal – live

Spokesperson for China’s ministry of commerce says any claims of progress in China-US negotiations are ‘without factual evidence’South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has said he talked about the war in Ukraine and the need to foster good bilateral relations with the US in his phone call with Donald Trump.“We both agreed that the war should be brought to an end as soon as possible to stop further unnecessary deaths... to meet soon to address various matters regarding US-South Africa relations,” Ramaphosa wrote in a post on X. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago Trump calls on Putin to 'stop' as Russia launches biggest attack on Kyiv since July

Rescue workers hunt for bodies under rubble as Putin’s forces launch deadly attack on Ukraine’s capital

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69 h. ago Corporate America puts Wall Street on alert over damage from trade war

Executives use earnings calls to lay out costs and supply chain impacts from Donald Trump’s tariffs

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3 d. ago Trump says Zelenskyy is prolonging war in Ukraine by resisting calls to cede Crimea to Russia

Trump says Zelenskyy is prolonging war in Ukraine by resisting calls to cede Crimea to Russia  AP News

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3 d. ago Sebastian Stan says ‘narcissist’ Trump enjoyed one part of his controversial biopic about the president

The Oscar-nominated film was called ‘classless’ by Trump

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4 d. ago Earth Day marks the chance to help save the planet. The environment was already on the edge before Trump took office

Scientists are calling for rapid action to curb emissions as the Trump administration embraces the fossil fuel industry

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4 d. ago Badenoch says Labour’s claims to have always defended single

Minister for women and equality makes statement after supreme court ruling on gender recognitionSome MPs and peers are calling for President Trump not to be invited to address parliament when he visits the UK. In 2017, during Trump’s first presidency, the then Speaker, John Bercow, vetoed a proposal for Trump to address parliamentarians in Westminster Hall.In an interview with Times Radio this morning, Stephen Morgan, an education minister, said Trump should be allowed to give a speech in parliament. Asked if Trump should be allowed to address MPs and peers, Morgan said:I look forward to the US president addressing parliament in due course. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Marco Rubio announces sweeping reorganisation of US state department

Secretary of state says overhaul of department will close a number of overseas missions and reduce staffThe secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has announced a proposed reorganisation of the US state department as part of what he called an effort to reform it amid criticism from the Trump White House over the execution of US diplomacy.The reorganisation will close a number of overseas missions, reduce staff and minimise offices dedicated to promoting liberal values in a stated goal to subsume them to regional bureaus. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Keir Starmer no longer believes trans women are women, says No 10 at briefing – UK politics live

Prime minister’s spokesperson says supreme court has set out the position on women and trans people should be treated ‘with dignity and respect’ Some MPs and peers are calling for President Trump not to be invited to address parliament when he visits the UK. In 2017, during Trump’s first presidency, the then Speaker, John Bercow, vetoed a proposal for Trump to address parliamentarians in Westminster Hall.In an interview with Times Radio this morning, Stephen Morgan, an education minister, said Trump should be allowed to give a speech in parliament. Asked if Trump should be allowed to address MPs and peers, Morgan said:I look forward to the US president addressing parliament in due course. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago George Clooney: ‘I don’t care’ if Trump calls me a ‘fake movie actor’

The double Oscar-winner responded to the president’s criticism of his New York Times op-ed last summer urging Joe Biden to step down for re-election, saying it was his ‘civic duty’George Clooney has said he is unconcerned about the persistent verbal abuse levelled at him by Donald Trump, after the president labelled him a “fake movie actor” on Truth Social.Speaking to Gayle King on CBS Mornings, Clooney said: “I don’t care. I’ve known Donald Trump for a long time. My job is not to please the president of the United States. My job is to try and tell the truth when I can and when I have the opportunity. I am well aware of the idea that people will not like that.” Continue reading...

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