99 m. ago The uniting theme of Trump’s presidency? Ineptitude | Robert Reich

From deportations to human rights to the economy, the president’s actions have resulted in mayhem. Here’s a samplingSome Democrats fear they’re playing into Donald Trump’s hands by fighting his mass deportations rather than focusing on his failures on bread-and-butter issues like the cost of living.But it’s not either-or. The theme that unites Trump’s inept handling of deportations, his trampling on human and civil rights, his rejection of the rule of law, his dictatorial centralization of power, and his utterly inept handling of the economy is the ineptness itself.Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Guardian US columnist. His newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Trump administration live updates: President to mark ‘very special’ 100 days in office with Michigan rally

President brushes aside his slumping approval ratings as he marks 100 days of his second term

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3 h. ago Trump celebrates ‘very special’ first 100 days ahead of ‘achievement speech’ at Michigan rally: Live

President brushes aside his slumping approval ratings as he marks 100 days of his second term

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7 h. ago Trump’s first 100 days marked with lowest approval rating of any US president in decades: Live

President Trump brushes off his historic approval ratings lows and condemns the polls as ‘FAKE’ as he marks his 100th day in office

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7 h. ago Chaos is Trump’s calling card. But reality is biting back | Lloyd Green

In his first 100 days, the president has taken a sledgehammer to institutions and the constitution. We can only guess what’s nextIn nearly 100 days on the job, Donald Trump has outlasted Liz Truss and a fabled head of lettuce. That’s a fact, not an achievement. Like the hapless British prime minister, the 47th president blazes a trail of wreckage. Chaos is his calling card. If, when and how the carnage ends is anyone’s guess.The US simultaneously wages economic war on its allies and China. Tariffs soar. It’s as if Trump forgot the words “Smoot-Hawley” and “Great Depression”. The president risks higher inflation and a recession for an idealized yesteryear that never quite was. Back on Earth, markets signal potential capital flight and stagflation.Lloyd Green is an attorney in New York and served in the US Department of Justice from 1990 to 1992 Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Canada election 2025 live: Carney clinches victory and says ‘Trump is trying to break us’ as Conservative leader Poilievre set to lose seat

Prime minister tells Canadians that America ‘wants our land, our resources, our water’ and promises to protect countryMark Carney’s Liberal party wins fourth termAnalysis: Carney owes much to luck and TrumpCanada election 2025: full resultsA record number of people – 7.3 million – have already voted during an early voting period that was held last weekend. That topped the 5.8 million Canadians who voted early at the last federal election in 2021.All ballots in a Canadian federal election are counted by hand in front of witnesses, and the final results are validated over a period of time then made available online. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Flood the zone: Trump’s shock and awe game plan to revolutionize America – and keep his enemies on the back foot

The chaos of Trump’s first 100 days is actually the result of a deliberately choreographed plan to damage any institution not explicitly aligned with the MAGA movement, writes Andrew Feinberg

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8 h. ago 'Cruel' Donald Trump's decisions 'will cost lives' as he 'walks away from responsibility'

EXCLUSIVE: The first 100 days of Donald Trump's second presidency have seen his pal Elon Musk take to government spending with a chainsaw, a metaphor he felt the need to explain to everyone

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8 h. ago Jon Stewart says Donald Trump is ageing the nation like Tom Hanks in ‘Cast Away’ as president marks 100 days

The Daily Show presenter also mocked Amazon’s Melania Trump documentary and JD Vance meeting the Pope before his death

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9 h. ago Jon Stewart says Trump is ‘ageing this nation in Tom Hanks’ Cast Away years’ as president marks 100 days

Stewart also mocked Amazon’s Melania Trump documentary and JD Vance meeting the Pope before his death

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9 h. ago Trump live updates: President’s first 100 days in office marked by deportation crackdowns and trade wars

Trump brushes off his plummeting approval rating and condemns the polls as ‘FAKE’ as president celebrates 100th day in office

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9 h. ago Trump 100 days: Trump’s whirlwind start to his second presidency

The president has begun his second term at a whirlwind pace, slashing the government, upending international alliances, challenging the rule of law and ordering mass deportationsLaw-abiding migrants sent to foreign prisons. Sweeping tariffs disrupting global markets. Students detained for protest. Violent insurrectionists pardoned. Tens of thousands of federal workers fired. The supreme court ignored.The first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term have shocked the United States and the world. On the eve of his inauguration, Trump promised the “most extraordinary first 100 days of any presidency in American history”, and what followed has been a whirlwind pace of extreme policies and actions that have reshaped the federal government and the US’s role in the world. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Canada election 2025 live: Mark Carney says ‘Trump is trying to break us’ after Liberal win

Prime minister says America ‘wants our land, our resources, our water’ and promises to protect countryCanada election 2025: latest results as Mark Carney seeks to stay on as PMFull report: Canada’s liberal party, led by Mark Carney, secures election victory after dramatic reversal of fortuneA record number of people – 7.3 million – have already voted during an early voting period that was held last weekend. That topped the 5.8 million Canadians who voted early at the last federal election in 2021.All ballots in a Canadian federal election are counted by hand in front of witnesses, and the final results are validated over a period of time then made available online. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Canada election 2025 live: Pierre Poilievre congratulates Mark Carney after Liberal party wins

Public broadcaster and other outlets project Liberals will form next government, but it was not yet clear if they would hold a majorityCanada election 2025: latest results as Mark Carney seeks to stay on as PMFull report: Canada’s liberal party, led by Mark Carney, secures election victory after dramatic reversal of fortuneA record number of people – 7.3 million – have already voted during an early voting period that was held last weekend. That topped the 5.8 million Canadians who voted early at the last federal election in 2021.All ballots in a Canadian federal election are counted by hand in front of witnesses, and the final results are validated over a period of time then made available online. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Canada election 2025 live: Mark Carney’s Liberal party projected to win after running on anti

Results in key electoral districts too close to determine if the party will be able to form a majority governmentCanada election 2025: latest results as Mark Carney seeks to stay on as PMA record number of people – 7.3 million – have already voted during an early voting period that was held last weekend. That topped the 5.8 million Canadians who voted early at the last federal election in 2021.All ballots in a Canadian federal election are counted by hand in front of witnesses, and the final results are validated over a period of time then made available online. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Canada election 2025 live: first results come in as Trump told to ‘stay out of our election’

Canadians go to the polls after US president’s tariffs and talk of country becoming 51st US state upended electionCanada election 2025: latest results as Mark Carney seeks to stay on as PMA record number of people – 7.3 million – have already voted during an early voting period that was held last weekend. That topped the 5.8 million Canadians who voted early at the last federal election in 2021.All ballots in a Canadian federal election are counted by hand in front of witnesses, and the final results are validated over a period of time then made available online. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Trump signs orders stepping up immigration crackdown and ‘unleashing America’s law enforcement’ – US politics live

Executive orders target sanctuary cities, give legal help for police accused of misconduct and require truck drivers to speak EnglishHere is an extract from The Atlantic’s piece on Trump’s first 100 days – in an interview secured after initially being canceled by the president over previous reporting from the journalists, who then reached the president on his cellphone – detailing some of the key development’s of his second term so far.The president seemed exhilarated by everything he had managed to do in the first two months of his second term: He had begun a purge of diversity efforts from the federal government; granted clemency to nearly 1,600 supporters who had participated in the invasion of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, including those caught beating police officers on camera; and signed 98 executive orders and counting (26 of them on his first day in office). He had fired independent regulators; gutted entire agencies; laid off great swaths of the federal workforce; and...

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18 h. ago Canada election 2025 live: first polls have closed as Trump told to ‘stay out of our election’

Canadians go to the polls after US president’s tariffs and talk of country becoming 51st US state upended electionA record number of people – 7.3 million – have already voted during an early voting period that was held last weekend. That topped the 5.8 million Canadians who voted early at the last federal election in 2021.All ballots in a Canadian federal election are counted by hand in front of witnesses, and the final results are validated over a period of time then made available online. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Trump’s first 100 days supercharged a global ‘freefall of rights’, says Amnesty

World now in era of repressive regimes’ impunity, climate inaction and unchecked corporate power, says reportThe first 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency have “supercharged” a global rollback of human rights, pushing the world towards an authoritarian era defined by impunity and unchecked corporate power, Amnesty International warns today.In its annual report on the state of human rights in 150 countries, the organisation said the immediate ramifications of Trump’s second term had been the undermining of decades of progress and the emboldening of authoritarian leaders. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Spain and Portugal power cut live: Spanish PM hopes power will return soon and tells public to minimise travel and not speculate

Electricity consumption in Spain gradually going back up as grid operator restores energy in more parts of the countryExplainer: what happened and what caused it?Have you been affected by the power outages?We are just getting a line from Reuters news agency saying that the Conclave to elect new pope will start on 7 May, according to its source.We have not independently verified this report. Continue reading...

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