5 h. ago Epstein victim who voted for Trump blasts president for calling survivors liars: ‘I put my hope in him’

President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed the Epstein case is ‘a Democrat hoax,’ which has infuriated survivors

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7 h. ago The US is losing space race to China due to Starship delays, ex

World’s biggest rocket has suffered multiple setbacks since Elon Musk secured a multi-billion dollar contract with Nasa to deliver astronauts to the Moon

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8 h. ago London court sets stage for largest ever divorce case after Russian oligarch’s ex

Vladimir Potanin is estimated to be worth around 20 billion US dollars (£16.5 billion)

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9 h. ago Trump’s killing of 11 alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers sets a dangerous precedent | Kenneth Roth

Unless this dangerous precedent is condemned and curtailed, it will enable US authorities to summarily shoot anyone they chooseThe US military’s killing of 11 alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers traveling by boat in international waters in the Caribbean is an illegal use of war powers to address what should have been a situation of law enforcement. Unless this dangerous precedent is condemned and curtailed, it will enable US authorities to summarily shoot anyone they choose by simply declaring a “war” against them.Last month, it was reported that Donald Trump had signed a secret decree authorizing the Pentagon to use military force against certain designated Latin American drug cartels, claiming that they were “terrorist” organizations. On Tuesday, Trump wrote that on his orders the military had targeted Tren de Aragua “narcoterrorists”, accusing them of “operating under the control of Nicolas Maduro”, the Venezuelan leader, and being “responsible for mass murder, drug trafficking, ...

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11 h. ago Trump claims Russia and Ukraine will have peace but 'they're not ready yet'

Donald Trump has given an update on the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine – claiming peace could come, but they're not entirely sure when despite ongoing peace discussions

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21 h. ago 'Tall tale' Trump exposed in photo op that shatters 6ft 3in height claim

Donald Trump has long claimed to be 6'3" in height, but recent pictures of the former president standing next to Polish President Karol Nawrocki suggest otherwise

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27 h. ago Nigel Farage's lunch date with Trump after claims US visit to 'impress Elon Musk'

The Reform leader found himself squirming when repeatedly questioned about the Epstein Files - which one Congressman suggested might make his lunch with the US President "awkward for your lunch"

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34 h. ago US military kills 11 with missile strike on boat ‘carrying drugs’ from Venezuela

Donald Trump claimed that the boat was carrying ‘a lot of drugs’ when it was struck in the Caribbean Sea

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39 h. ago Finance for transition mineral mining is driving destruction and abuse, says report

Hundreds of billions of dollars invested in extractive mining for green transition with few safeguards, research findsThe financing of transition mineral mining is driving widespread environmental destruction and human rights abuses, according to a report.Banks and investors have ploughed hundreds of billions of dollars into companies mining for minerals for the manufacture of solar panels, wind turbines, batteries, energy grids and electric vehicles in the past decade, according to the research. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Melania 'spotted' at hospital amid rumors around Trump's health

Walter Reed Medical Center responded to a woman's claim that she spotted Melania Trump at the Maryland hospital Thursday as health rumors swirled around the president's health.

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43 h. ago Trump claims video of items thrown from White House is fake AI and he knows the culprit

The White House has confirmed that a contractor threw a bag out of a window at the White House - but President Trump insists the viral video is AI

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45 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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46 h. ago Appeals court allows Trump administration to end the ‘climate bank’ where $20B was set aside to fund climate change projects

Billions of dollars have been sitting in Citibank accounts since February amid the back-and-forth legal battle

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47 h. ago Mystery deepens over weird video of objects thrown from Donald Trump's White House window

Donald Trump claims the viral video is "probably AI" - but the White House had already confirmed it's real. It's unclear why there is a discrepancy between the two accounts

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52 h. ago EPA should not have been blocked from terminating green bank funds, appeals court says

A divided appeals court says a federal judge was wrong to block the Trump administration from freezing billions of dollars meant for a “green bank” aimed at financing climate-friendly projects

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58 h. ago Why Trump’s undermining of US statistics is so dangerous | Daniel Malinsky

From the firing of the labor statistics chief to plans for a new census, the president’s moves serve to entrench authoritarianismIn 1937, Joseph Stalin commissioned a sweeping census of the Soviet Union. The data reflected some uncomfortable facts – in particular, the dampening of population growth in areas devastated by the 1933 famine – and so Stalin’s government suppressed the release of the survey results. Several high-level government statistical workers responsible for the census were subsequently imprisoned and apparently executed. Though the Soviet authorities would proudly trumpet national statistics that glorified the USSR’s achievements, any numbers that did not fit the preferred narrative were buried.A few weeks ago, following the release of “disappointing” jobs data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Donald Trump fired the commissioner of labor statistics, Dr Erika McEntarfer, and claimed the numbers were “rigged”. He also announced his intention to commission a...

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2 d. ago Trump says he will award Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Former NYC mayor was sanctioned by courts and disbarred for amplifying false claims about the 2020 electionDonald Trump said Monday he will award Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, two days after his longtime political ally was seriously injured in a car crash.The decision places the award on a man once lauded for leading New York after the September 11, 2001, attacks and later sanctioned by courts and disbarred for amplifying false claims about the 2020 US presidential election. Giuliani, the former New York mayor, was also criminally charged in two states; he has denied wrongdoing. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Putin claims he's reached 'understandings' with Trump over Ukraine war

Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken of his 'understandings' with Donald Trump over the war in Ukraine as the world awaited his decision on talks with Volodymyr Zelensky

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3 d. ago Trump aides scramble to defend tariffs after bombshell court ruling – and as crucial jobs report looms

Trump claims the tariffs generate revenue even as the economy has shown signs that they will increase prices for consumers

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4 d. ago Trump says he plans unconstitutional executive order to mandate ID for voters

President also wants to ban most voting by mail in push stemming from baseless claims related to 2020 election lossDonald Trump has said he will issue an executive order to mandate identification for all US elections, a move likely to be challenged in court as unconstitutional.“Voter I.D. Must Be Part of Every Single Vote. NO EXCEPTIONS! I Will Be Doing An Executive Order To That End!!!,” the US president said on Truth Social late on Saturday. Continue reading...

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