4 h. ago ‘We are privileged’: liberal Afrikaners reject Trump’s ‘white genocide’ claims

As white South Africans arrive in US to escape ‘unjust racial discrimination’, many progressives feel angry at Trump’s portrayal of them as victimsFor some white Afrikaner South Africans, Donald Trump’s offer of refugee status in the US has been seen as a godsend. For others, it has provoked anger and frustration that they are being falsely portrayed as victims of a “white genocide”, 31 years after their community’s own oppressive minority rule ended.In February, Trump signed an executive order claiming Afrikaners, who make up about 4% of South Africa’s population, or about 2.5 million people, were victims of “unjust racial discrimination”. The order cut aid to the country and established a refugee programme for white South Africans. The first group arrived in May. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Trump claims he spared Khamenei’s life but would consider bombing Iran again

US president claims he saved Iran’s supreme leader from ‘ugly and ignominious death’

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6 h. ago Iran almost assassinated former Trump Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in 2022, new book claims

Iranians had discovered the hotel where Pompeo was staying when they reportedly tried to carry out the hit, according to a new book

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15 h. ago Trump can’t understand why Iran’s ‘Supreme Leader’ isn’t saying thanks: ‘Saved him from ugly death’

Trump claims he prevented the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the hands of American or Israeli forces

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17 h. ago US supreme court limits federal judges’ power to block Trump orders

Ruling to limit nationwide injunctions could see president’s order to ban birthright citizenship partially implementedUS politics live – latest updatesThe US supreme court has supported Donald Trump’s attempt to limit federal judges’ power to block his orders on a nationwide basis, in a controversial ruling on an emergency appeal related to the birthright citizenship case that has wide implications for the executive branch’s power and which Trump claimed as a “giant win”.The decision represents a fundamental shift in how US federal courts can constrain presidential power. Previously, any of the country’s more than 1,000 judges in its 94 district courts – the lowest level of federal court, which handles trials and initial rulings – could issue nationwide injunctions that immediately halt government policies across all 50 states. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Trump claims victory as Supreme Court curbs nationwide injunctions

Birthright citizenship ruling backs US president’s claims that lower courts have interfered with policy initiatives

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18 h. ago Trump claims ‘GIANT WIN’ in ‘Birthright’ Supreme Court ruling he hails as ‘Bigger than trade’ deals

Trump took a victory lap before reporters in the White House briefing room after hailing the ruling in a Truth Social post

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19 h. ago Trump claims ‘GIANT WIN’ in ‘Birthright Citizenship Hoax’ after massive Supreme Court ruling

The court did not green light his policy to block children born in the US to immigrant parents from claiming citizenship

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20 h. ago Inside a plan to use AI to amplify doubts about the dangers of pollutants

Risk analyst Tony Cox’s work has been backed by the chemical lobby, and some health experts are alarmedAn industry-backed researcher who has forged a career sowing doubt about the dangers of pollutants is attempting to use artificial intelligence (AI) to amplify his perspective.Louis Anthony “Tony” Cox Jr, a Denver-based risk analyst and former Trump adviser who once reportedly claimed there is no proof that cleaning air saves lives, is developing an AI application to scan academic research for what he sees as the false conflation of correlation with causation. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Trump threatens to sue New York Times and CNN over Iran bomb strike reporting

Trump’s lawyer claimed the reporting ‘undermined the credibility and integrity of President Trump in the eyes of the public and the professional community’

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38 h. ago Donald Trump breaks silence on Iranian 'lorries' after bombshell strike claims

Donald Trump has issued a statement on an image of lorries at an Iranian nuclear site prior to the US' strikes, following rumours that nuclear material may have been transported away beforehand

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43 h. ago Trump administration slaps down UK after MPs pass assisted dying bill

The Trump administration claimed Britain was legalising ‘state-subsidised suicide’

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49 h. ago Trump calls for Netanyahu corruption trial to be scrapped claiming it’s a ‘witch

Donald Trump claimed the US would ‘save’ Netanyahu in the same way it ‘saved’ Israel from war with Iran

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54 h. ago Trump admin officials release ‘new intelligence’ claiming Iran’s nuclear program set back ‘years’

CIA Director John Ratcliffe says the bombed Iranian nuclear facilities ‘would have to be rebuilt over the course of years’

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54 h. ago Trump officials cite ‘new intelligence’ to back president’s claims of success in strikes on Iran

Tulsi Gabbard and the CIA director say Iran’s nuclear sites were ‘destroyed’, amid reports of White House efforts to limit sharing of classified information with CongressDonald Trump’s administration ratcheted up its defence of the US’s weekend attacks on Iran, citing “new intelligence” to support its initial claim of complete success and criticising a leaked intelligence assessment that suggested Tehran’s nuclear programme had been set back by only a few months.The growing row came amid reports that the White House will to try to limit the sharing of classified documents with Congress, according to the Washington Post and the Associated Press. Continue reading...

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63 h. ago Trump said he crippled Iran’s nuclear plants — but US intel tells a different story | Debunked

A leaked preliminary intelligence assessment reportedly found that the US military strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend did not destroy the nuclear programme, despite Donald Trump repeatedly claiming the US “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.

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65 h. ago CNN anchors denounce Trump’s ‘manipulative’ claims that questions over Iran bombing are an attack on US military

‘That is false,’ Pamela Brown declared. ‘That is absolutely false, and that is a straw man argument.’

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67 h. ago Donald Trump made 'absurd' mistake after US nighttime attack on Iran nuclear bunkers

The White House has been forced to defend a report issued by the Defence Intelligence Agency, which casts doubt on Trump's claims he "completely and fully obliterated" Iran's Fordo uranium enrichment plant

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69 h. ago Explosive unanswered question after US bombs Iran nuclear bunkers in Israel war

Donald Trump claimed the US had carried out a "successful" bombing attack on three nuclear sites in Iran during "Operation Midnight" on Sunday - but one mystery still remains

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3 d. ago Trump doubles down on ‘obliteration’ claims as he refers to Iran strike as ‘genius’

President enlists help from his defense secretary to impugn motives of intelligence analysts who cast doubt on his claims to have ‘obliterated’ Iranian nuclear facilities

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