12 h. ago US military under fire in Virginia, but were Trump and Hegseth shooting blanks?

President and his defence chief took aim at the ‘fat generals’, but some doubted there was much substance to the swagger on showThis week marked an inflection point in Donald Trump’s relentless politicisation of the US armed forces, as he delivered a partisan – if scattershot – campaign speech to the very room of people he is not supposed to: the commanders of the most powerful military in the world.For those declaring a five-alarm authoritarian fire in the US, there was plenty of smoke: the anti-woke rhetoric that has become a commonplace of the political right, the threats to summarily dismiss the generals who disagree with him, the transparent pleasure at deploying the military to perform police actions in major US cities. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Jon Stewart hijacks Jimmy Kimmel monologue to deliver gag about Trump’s late

Stewart joked that ‘the job security’s not really there right now’ for late-night talk show hosts

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3 d. ago Trump delivers meandering speech to generals summoned to Quantico after Hegseth’s anti

President speaking after secretary of war delivers motivational address to top brass at Marine Corps base in Virginia while frantic spending bill negotiations resume on Capitol Hill

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4 d. ago Trump and Netanyahu to Hamas: accept Gaza peace plan or face consequences

Pair say proposal represents new chapter but Israeli PM threatens to ‘finish the job’ if Hamas officials fail to agreeDonald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, have delivered an ultimatum to Hamas, warning the militant group to accept their 20-point peace plan for Gaza or face the consequences.The two leaders met at the White House in Washington on Monday then held a joint press briefing in which they hailed their proposal as a historic breakthrough and new chapter for the Middle East. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Jimmy Kimmel delivers scathing response after Trump threatened to sue ABC for letting him back

The ABC host responded to Trump's lengthy Truth Social post that went live shortly after his show finished taping last night, where he suggested he might sue ABC a second time over Kimmel's return.

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9 d. ago UN tries to blame TRUMP’S own team for stopping escalator as he & Melania boarded – sparking fury & Secret Service probe

TRUMP's escalator drama at the UN could have been caused by one of his own team, officials have said. The US President and First Lady Melania Trump were left stopped at the bottom of the moving starcase yesterday at the UN building in New York. It came before Trump delivered a scorched earth speech where...

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9 d. ago Trump delivered an embarassing performance at the UN general assembly | Mohamad Bazzi

This was Trump unfiltered and unleashed – as he has been since the start of his second term, with no restraint and no need for even the mildest nicetiesFor almost an hour on Tuesday, Donald Trump stood at the podium of the UN general assembly, where presidents, kings and statesmen have delivered some of the most important and moving speeches in modern history. But Trump delivered a long and humiliating rant, filled with personal grievances and attacks on the UN, European leaders, migration policies and clean energy.Trump set a low bar with his often rambling and incoherent campaign speeches, but it was still an embarrassing performance for the US president on the global stage. In his past appearances before the general assembly, Trump generally stuck to his prepared remarks and did not hector US allies sitting in the audience. But this was Trump unfiltered and unleashed – as he has been since the start of his second term, with no domestic or international restraint on his power and ...

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1 week ago Trump's rallying cry for the defence of Western civilisation: NILE GARDINER on why the President's extraordinary wake

Love him, or loathe him, President Trump is always guaranteed to deliver a powerful message that shakes up world bodies and international elites.

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1 week ago What Trump said about the UK, Germany, Brazil, Ukraine and Gaza during fiery UN General Assembly address

A combative Trump lashed out at EU immigration and energy policies, delivering remarks that are likely to cause controversy

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1 week ago What is ‘antifa’ and why has Trump branded it a ‘terrorist organization’?

There is no such formal entity called antifa, yet the US president has designated it an ‘anarchist enterprise’, raising concerns from civil liberties expertsUS politics live – latest updatesIn a broadly-worded executive order issued Monday evening, Donald Trump declared “antifa”– the decentralized antifascist movement – as a “domestic terrorist organization”.With his order, Trump is delivering red meat to his base after years of drumming up fears around left-wing activism, which his administration has characterized as a dangerous scourge. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump apologizes to Charlie Kirk's widow after refusing her call to forgive her husband's alleged assassin

Trump delivered a fiery 45-minute eulogy to the late conservative activist, 31, who was fatally shot on September 10 while debating students at the Utah Valley University college campus.

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2 w. ago Trump gushes over 'radiant and healthy' Kate in powerful tribute to King Charles at lavish state banquet

President Donald Trump praised 'radiant' and 'healthy' Princess Kate as he delivered a toast Wednesday night to King Charles at a lavish state banquet at Windsor Castle.

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3 w. ago Ryder Cup organisers ask Donald Trump to delay Bethpage arrival to avoid security chaos

President’s visit at US Open tennis final caused delaysPGA of America’s priority is delivering ‘seamless’ eventRyder Cup organisers have asked that Donald Trump does not arrive for the opening tee shots at Bethpage this month amid fears of security chaos similar to the scenes that caused a delay to the start of the US Open tennis men’s singles final.Whether the message is heeded at the White House remains to be seen. While Ryder Cup officials have no issue with the US president arriving at the New York golf course as planned on the first day, they believe logistically it would be far easier if Trump attends for lunch and the Friday afternoon session. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump says GOD delivered him World Cup and Olympics as he moves to protect religious kids from schoolyard bullies

Donald Trump suggested it's divine intervention that he will be president for the U.S. to host the World Cup, 2028 summer Olympics and the United States' 250th Independence Day.

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3 w. ago Donald Trump’s ‘Department of War’ will just deliver bloodshed and destruction | Judith Levine

The agency celebrates the US and the president as aggressor, conqueror and unrestrained international lawbreakerOn Friday, Donald Trump signed an executive order restoring the Department of Defense to its original name, the Department of War.That name “had a stronger sound”, Trump told reporters in August. “As Department of War we won everything,” he added, “and I think we’re going to have to go back to that.” In June, at the Nato summit, he called Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, his “secretary of war”.Judith Levine is a Brooklyn journalist and essayist, a contributing writer to the Intercept and the author of five books Continue reading...

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