4 h. ago Trump declares tariffs will be ‘best thing’ US has ever done

Donald Trump declared tariffs will be the “best thing” the US has ever done, despite refusing to rule out a recession.

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48 h. ago ‘Not the end of the world if US quits Nato,’ says former defence secretary

Starmer and EU leaders must warn ‘naive’ Trump: ‘We ain’t going anywhere,’ declares Sir Ben Wallace

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49 h. ago How Trump’s dizzying jerks and jolts on tariffs are ‘freezing’ US business

As the US president warns of a ‘a little short-term interruption’, businesses are struggling to make decisions amid heightened uncertaintyDonald Trump declared there to be “no room left” for a deal with Canada and Mexico this week, launching a trade war against his nation’s closest allies that he presented as an effort to protect America’s soul.Then he pulled back. It wasn’t his first feint and retreat. It probably won’t be the last. Continue reading...

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65 h. ago Trump asked ‘alarmed’ aides for the original Declaration of Independence to be moved to the Oval Office

The historic and fragile document is displayed at the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. where it has been housed since 1952

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66 h. ago Trump offers fast citizenship to South African farmers after cutting aid over ‘racism against whites’

Trump declared he would cut aid to South Africa over “rights violations”, relating to new laws giving the South African Government the power to expropriate land

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4 d. ago Putin and Trump cannot decide Europe's fate, French president declares in address to the nation

In an address to the nation on Wednesday, Macron said the French were 'legitimately worried' about the start of a 'new era' and called for a 'united front' to stand up to Russia.

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4 d. ago ‘Greenland is ours’, island’s PM declares, in clear rebuttal of Trump proposal

Trump says the US will acquire Greenland ‘one way or the other’

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5 d. ago As Republicans thunderously applauded and Democrats walked out in droves, Trump’s Congress speech showcased the US divide | Lloyd Green

The president continues to yearn for adulation, but self-deprecation and modesty were nowhere to be found in his address to CongressTrump declares administration ‘just getting started’ in address to CongressDonald Trump is busy while the world around him is mired in chaos. Six weeks into his second term, he has reversed the course of US policy towards Ukraine, imposed tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico, and delegated the task of slashing government to Elon Musk. The stock market swoons.Recession and stagflation are no longer hypotheticals. The term “trade war” fills the headlines. The Dow sits hundreds of points below where it stood on Inauguration Day. Trump’s second term is already consequential and controversial. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trump declares administration ‘just getting started’ in address to Congress

President boasted about efforts to slash federal workforce and reorient foreign policy as Democrats protested from chamberDonald Trump on Tuesday declared that his administration was “just getting started”, boasting in an extended address to Congress and the American public about his administration’s efforts to slash the size of the federal workforce, reorient US foreign policy and escalate a risky trade war as Democrats protested from the chamber with placards that read “lies” and “false”.“America is back,” Trump declared, opening the his primetime speech to a joint session of Congress, the first of his second term and the longest in American history. Republicans broke into a boisterous chant of “USA”. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Democrats protest as Elon Musk salutes: Trump’s address to Congress – in pictures

Wearing pink and holding signs that read ‘Protect Medicaid’ and ‘Musk steals’, Democrats protested and heckled as Donald Trump gave an address to Congress laying out his vision for his second termFull report: Trump declares administration ‘just getting started’ in address to Congress Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Zelensky should give in to Trump and commit to ceasefire before Putin, says Mandelson in clash with No 10

The UK’s envoy in Washington said Ukraine must sign Donald Trump’s minerals deal and declare a ceasefire in its war against Russia

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7 d. ago Zelenskyy offers no apology to Trump and says row brought nothing positive

Ukraine’s president says after Oval Office meltdown that when delicate talks are in public ‘foes can take advantage’Ukraine war: live updatesA defiant but tactful President Volodymyr Zelenskyy refused to apologise to Donald Trump after Friday’s spat in the White House, and declared that the row in the Oval Office “did not bring anything positive” to peace for Ukraine.Speaking to journalists only in Ukrainian at the end of a two-day visit to the UK, the president said that when such delicate negotiations are held in public “foes can take advantage of them” though he said he hoped the row would eventually pass. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Defiant but tactful Zelenskyy seeks to move on from White House fiasco

Ukraine’s president says after Oval Office meltdown best ‘left to history’, adding minerals deal is ready to signUkraine war: live updatesA defiant but tactful President Volodymyr Zelenskyy refused to apologise to Donald Trump after Friday’s spat in the White House, and declared that the row in the Oval Office “did not bring anything positive” to peace for Ukraine.Speaking to journalists only in Ukrainian at the end of a two-day visit to the UK, the president said that when such delicate negotiations are held in public “foes can take advantage of them” though he said he hoped the row would eventually pass. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Trump’s firing of watchdog agency chief illegal and would give ‘license to bully officials’, judge rules

Case is seen as early test of scope of presidential authority as Trump seeks to rein in federal agencies’ independenceA US judge on Saturday declared president Donald Trump’s firing of the head of a federal watchdog agency illegal in an early test of the scope of presidential power likely to be decided at the US supreme court.US district judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington had previously ruled that Hampton Dellinger, head of the Office of Special Counsel who is responsible for protecting whistleblowers, could remain in his post pending a ruling. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Trump declares the 'invasion of our country is over' and the border is 'closed' after mass ICE arrests

In a post to his Truth Social page, Trump said that in the last month his administration had recorded the lowest number of immigrants trying to enter the country ever.

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9 d. ago Ukraine Russia war latest: Starmer declares ‘unwavering support’ for Zelensky as White House talks axed amid Trump fury

Volodymyr Zelensky has left the White House after the meeting to sign a critical mineral deal descended into chaos

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9 d. ago Fox News immediately celebrates Trump and Vance raging against Zelensky: ‘I loved it!’

‘So bravo President Trump and Vice President Vance,” Fox News host Emily Compagno declared.

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9 d. ago Trump and Zelenskyy lock horns as president declares 'You are gambling with World War 3'

The carefully choreographed diplomatic meeting descended into chaos after Zelenskyy suggested Putin could not be trusted after Vance and Trump insisted Ukraine needed to compromise

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1 week ago Donald Trump Jr. declares that QAnon has ‘probably been right about a lot of things’

‘Listen, they’ve probably been right about a lot of things,’ Donald Trump Jr. said on Monday. ‘I definitely agree on the pedophile thing.’

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2 w. ago Conservatives projected to win German election in ‘last chance’ to fight off far right

Donald Trump declares the conservative victory a ‘great day for Germany’ before congratulating himself

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