2 h. ago Acting CDC director wants to break up MMR vaccine into three shots – despite no science backing the idea

Jim O’Neill joins President Donald Trump’s call for three distinct measles, mumps and rubella shots, claiming a separation would ‘reduce the risk of side effects’ and ‘maximize parental choice’

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3 h. ago Trump calls for Illinois governor and Chicago mayor to be tossed in jail for not giving in to his takeover plans

JB Pritzker and Brandon Johnson both said they would not step down or stop fighting Trump’s efforts to send federal law enforcement to Chicago

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3 h. ago Trump explodes at Illinois governor's vicious health insult: 'You should be in JAIL'

Trump's inflammatory call came in a Truth Social post on Wednesday morning.

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3 h. ago Trump calls for jailing of Chicago mayor and Illinois governor as national guard arrives in city

President accused Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker of failing to protect Ice officers as troops deploy to ChicagoDonald Trump on Wednesday called for the imprisonment of Brandon Johnson, Chicago’s mayor, and JB Pritzker, the Illinois governor, accusing them of failing to protect US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers.“Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers!” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Wednesday morning. “Governor Pritzker also!” Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Former FBI director James Comey pleads not guilty to criminal charges after Trump called for prosecution

Comey is accused of lying to Congress and obstruction over 2020 testimony

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5 h. ago Trump says Chicago mayor ‘should be in jail’ for not protecting Ice officers after Texas national troops arrive in Illinois – live

Trump posts on social media that Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois governor JB Pritzker ‘should be in jail’ A series of “violent” texts sent by a Democrat seeking to become Virginia’s attorney general has shaken up the state’s governor’s race, with Republican candidate Winsome Earle-Sears seizing on the controversy to try to reverse her opponent’s double-digit polling lead.Earle-Sears has released new campaign advertisements condemning Democratic former congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, her opponenent in the governor’s race, for continuing to support Jay Jones, whose private texts three years ago speculated about a senior state Republican getting “two bullets to the head” and “breeding little fascists”. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Trump calls Democrats ‘insurrectionists’ during meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Carney

Donald Trump accused Democrats of being “insurrectionists” during a meeting with Mark Carney.

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46 h. ago Illinois governor vows to resist Trump administration ‘power grab’ after suing over national guard deployment to Chicago – live

JB Pritzker says Illinois will use ‘every lever’ to stop Trump’s use of military in state; federal judge says administration has two days to file a response and sets a hearing for ThursdayIllinois sues Trump seeking to block deployment of national guardThe supreme court has rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s challenge of her criminal conviction for recruiting and grooming minors, who were sexually abused by her former boyfriend and companion Jeffrey Epstein – the disgraced financier who died in a New York prison in 2019.Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year-sentence for her crimes. She was recently moved to a minimum-security prison in Texas. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Brazil’s president asks US to scrap tariffs in ‘friendly’ call with Trump

Presidents spoke on a video call as expert speculates that Haiti could be an area where the two leaders can cooperateBrazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has urged Donald Trump to scrap tariffs on his country’s imports and sanctions against its officials, as the two men held what the Brazilian presidency called a “friendly” video call, swapping phone numbers after months of friction.Ties between the US and Brazil have nosedived as a result of Trump’s campaign to pressure Brazilian authorities into abandoning the coup trial of his far-right ally, Jair Bolsonaro. Continue reading...

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52 h. ago Why Trump’s peace plan is so existentially terrifying for Hamas

Donald Trump may be frantically calling for an agreement between Israel and Hamas, but the latter has always created chaos and ridden its violent waves - and has little incentive to pursue peace, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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54 h. ago Hamas does not know its purpose when it is not fighting a war

Donald Trump may be frantically calling for an agreement between Israel and Hamas, but the latter has always created chaos and ridden its violent waves - and has little incentive to pursue peace, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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60 h. ago Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says Trump to deploy 400 National Guard troops from Texas to 'invade' liberal states

Pritzker revealed 400 members of the Texas National Guard will be deployed to Illinois and Oregon , among other locations, to deal with anti-ICE protesters and Trump's war on crime.

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61 h. ago Trump unloads on Netanyahu during phone call for being 'so f

President Donald Trump dropped the 'f-bomb' as he hit out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a phone call discussing a potential ceasefire deal with Hamas.

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3 d. ago Kristi Noem calls Chicago a ‘war zone’ after federal agents shoot woman

Homeland security secretary takes aim at city’s mayor who has called deployment of national guard ‘unhinged’Kristi Noem, Donald Trump’s homeland security secretary, called Chicago “a war zone” on Sunday after federal agents shot a woman and the governor of Illinois accused the administration of fueling the crisis rather than resolving it.Speaking on Fox News Sunday morning, Noem took aim at the city’s mayor, Brandon Johnson, who has been a vocal critic of the Trump administration’s Ice raids and deployment of the national guard in Illinois, a measure he called “unhinged and unhealthy”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump's Department of War gives ultimatum on next place National Guard may be sent

US president Donald Trump could soon be sending National Guard troops into Chicago after seizing control of the Illinois National Guard - the state governor has decried the plans as 'un-American'

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3 d. ago Trump authorizes national guard deployment to Chicago, White House says, as border patrol there shoots woman

Illinois governor JB Pritzker says administration is escalating ‘aggression against Illinois citizens and residents’Donald Trump has moved to deploy the national guard in another city by authorizing 300 troops to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago, where the government said border patrol agents shot and injured a woman while firing at someone who tried to run them over.White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson confirmed that the president had authorized using Illinois national guard members, citing what she called “ongoing violent riots and lawlessness” that local leaders have not quelled. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Illinois governor says Trump gave him ‘ultimatum’ and is mobilizing 300 National Guard troops as protests erupt

‘For Donald Trump, this has never been about safety. This is about control,’ the Democratic governor said

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3 d. ago Trump reveals phone call that pushed Netanyahu to accept Gaza ceasefire: 'This is your chance for victory'

President Donald Trump told an Israeli news outlet that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted his plan for a ceasefire with Hamas because of a decisive phone call on Friday.

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3 d. ago ‘Glimmer of hope’: Families in Gaza and Israel hold breath over Trump’s peace plan to end bloodshed

Donald Trump calls on Israel to stop bombing Gaza immediately as Hamas agrees to release hostages under US-proposed peace plan

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3 d. ago ‘Glimmer of hope’: Families in Gaza hold breath over Trump’s peace plan to end bloodshed

Donald Trump calls on Israel to stop bombing Gaza immediately as Hamas agrees to release hostages under US-proposed peace plan

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