5 d. ago Bruce Springsteen lets rip at Trump after being called a 'dried out old prune'

Rock legend Bruce Springsteen has made his feelings on President Donald Trump very clear on stage at a recent concert after being called ‘highly overrated’ and a ‘dried out prune'

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6 d. ago Trump makes the Gulf states feel powerful, but the real test is: can they stop Israel’s war? | Nesrine Malik

The US president’s deference to his Middle Eastern allies is hollow if they cannot affect what happens in their own back yardDonald Trump’s visit to the Middle East last week was an exercise in disorientation. Both in terms of rebalancing the relationship between the US and the region, and in scrambling perceptions. In Riyadh, he told the Saudi royals there would be no more “lectures on how to live”. He lifted sanctions on Syria so that the country may have a “fresh start”, and he fawned over the camels and lavish architecture (“as a construction guy,” he said at one Qatari palace, “this is perfect marble”). Never has Trump appeared more in his element, surrounded by the wealth of sovereigns, the marshalling power of absolute monarchies, and their calculated self-orientalisation and over-the-top flattery.The same man who enacted the Muslim ban in his first term was strolling around mosques and shrugging off the radical path to power of the Syrian president: “Handsome guy Tough past,...

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1 week ago Kashmiris ‘feel unheard’ again as Trump offers to mediate dispute between India and Pakistan

People in the conflict-torn Himalayan region tell Maroosha Muzaffar they welcome a ceasefire, but feel frustrated at being sidelined from discussions that directly impact their lives

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2 w. ago Harvard’s biggest donors have mixed feelings about the college’s standoff with Trump

Donors call Trump’s demands ‘overreaching and excessive’ even as they believe the college needs to take steps to address campus antisemitism

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2 w. ago Insider reveals how MAGA really feels about Elon Musk and which lawmaker is closest to Trump in second term

President Donald Trump continues to shake up Washington, DC in his second term but one MAGA senator is thrilled with the accomplishments of the first 100 days of his administration.

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3 w. ago Trump feels tug of political gravity as economy falters and polls plunge

The president started his second term fast and furious with a flurry of activity – much of it legally dubious – but analysts say the honeymoon is over“Not just courageous” but “actually fearless” said Doug Burgum. The “first 100 days has far exceeded that of any other presidency in this country ever,” said Pam Bondi. “Most” of the presidents whose portraits adorn the Oval Office – which include George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan – were mere “placeholders” who were not “men of action”, mused JD Vance.Before the TV cameras on Wednesday, top cabinet officials took turns drenching Donald Trump with praise that some critics found evocative of politics in North Korea. Yet beyond the walls of the White House, the mood was shifting. New data showed the economy is shrinking. The national security adviser was about to be ousted. Opinion polls told of a president whose unpopularity is historic. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Judd Trump doesn’t hide his feelings on Mark Williams as he drops five

Judd Trump and Mark Williams meet in the semi-finals of the 2025 World Snooker Championship, and 2019 champion Trump has had his say on what he thinks of his upcoming foe

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3 w. ago US treasury secretary urges Fed chair to cut interest rates as Trump claims shrinking economy isn’t related to tariff war – live

Bessent urges Powell to cut interest rates, echoing Trump’s demands; US president claims economic slowdown ‘nothing to do with tariffs’Trump’s tariffs: ‘It feels like Covid 2.0. So many things are getting disrupted’The Trump administration is seeking to strip collective bargaining rights from large swaths of federal employees in a test case union leaders argue is part of a broader attack on US labor unions that could land before the US Supreme Court.A Trump win would deliver a severe blow to labor unions in the US. Some 29.9% of all federal workers were represented by labor unions in 2024 compared to 11.1% for all US workers. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump’s tariffs: ‘It feels like Covid 2.0. So many things are getting disrupted’

Pittsburgh residents, workers and business owners react to the increasingly fraught trading reality now upending supply chains and hitting prices“In a lot of ways it feels like Covid 2.0. So many things are getting disrupted so quickly.” Like so many businesses across Donald Trump’s America, Matt Katase’s craft brewery, Brew Gentleman, is having to contend with a bafflingly uncertain trading environment.The brewery’s chief operating officer, Alaina Webber, says: “For the first time, as a company in operation going on 15 years, we’ve started to get explicit emails that say: ‘On this existing order, you are now going to see a 30%, then to a 130% increase.’” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Amber Ruffin says she feels ‘less welcome’ under Trump after being dropped from White House Correspondents’ Dinner

The comedian was disinvited from the White House event last month

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3 w. ago Lip reader spots Melania Trump's real feelings towards Donald Trump

First Lady Melania Trump and husband Donald Trump have been at the centre of attention in recent days, with the couple heading to Rome for Pope Francis' funeral

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3 w. ago Trump brags that he hurt MAGA ally Pierre Poilievre in Canada election — as Liberals grab win

Canada’s incumbent Liberal Party is staying in power thanks to a wave of anti-American feeling catalyzed by Donald Trump’s policies

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