14 h. ago Trump media set to merge with nuclear power company in $6 billion deal

Trump owns more than half of his eponymous media company, as of June

Economics

16 h. ago Trump latest: Hegseth announces $1776 ‘warrior dividend’ as Internet decimates president’s frustrated holiday address

Hegseth announced that the dividends will be sent ‘in the coming days’ as social media users react to Trump’s primetime address

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18 h. ago Trump Media announces $6bn merger plan with fusion power company

TMTG, which owns president’s Truth Social platform, unveils link-up TAE Technologies to respond to AI boomDonald Trump’s loss-making social media business has announced plans to merge with a fusion power company.Trump Media and Technology Group, owner of the US president’s minnow Truth Social platform, unveiled an extraordinary merger worth more than $6bn with TAE Technologies, combining its social media operation with a vast bet on the AI boom driving a surge in energy demand. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Donald Trump sparks health concerns after 'rambling' and 'manic' mystery announcement

A cardiac expert said watching Trump's accelerated address "seriously concerned" him while social media users raised concerns about Trump's cognitive decline as he rambled on for 20 minutes

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59 h. ago BBC to fight Trump’s $10bn lawsuit, saying it should be dismissed

Corporation will argue it did not have rights to air film in US and it did not cause serious reputational harmThe BBC is preparing to argue Donald Trump’s $10bn court case against it should be dismissed, arguing it has no case to answer over the US president’s claims he was defamed by an episode of Panorama.The development comes after Trump filed a 33-page complaint to a Florida court on Monday, accusing the broadcaster of “a false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory and malicious depiction” of the president in the documentary. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Donald Trump's sickening Rob Reiner post as he jokes about icon's cause of death

Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Reiner were found dead at their home in Los Angeles on Sunday - and US president Donald Trump has now spoken out on social media

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4 d. ago Let Donald Trump see inside my phone? I’d rather be deported | Emma Beddington

The potential demand that visitors to the US hand over their social media records, or even their phones, opens up a world of embarrassmentAs someone with a child in the US, this new Trump threat to scrutinise tourists’ social media is concerning. Providing my user name would be OK – the authorities would get sick of scrolling through chicken pics before they found anything critical of their Glorious Leader – but what if I have to hand over my phone at the border, as has happened to some travellers already? I would rather get deported.There’s nothing criminal or egregiously immoral on there; I don’t foment revolution or indulge in Trump trolling, tempting as that would be. But my phone does not paint a flattering picture of me. Does anyone’s? Those shiny black rectangles have become contemporary confessionals, and we would like to believe they abide by the same kind of confidentiality rules. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Deal or no deal? The inside story of the battle for Warner Bros

As Paramount, with close ties to the Trump administration, entered the bidding, experts predict any merger will ‘raise red flags’ among regulatorsOver the first 10 months of his second presidency, Donald Trump has not hidden his desire to control the US media industry – from encouraging TV networks to fire journalists, comedians and critics he dislikes to pushing regulators to revoke broadcast licences. Now he seems determined to set the terms for one of the biggest media deals in history.It’s a deal that could have repercussions not just in the US, but across the world, with not just the future of Hollywood at stake but also the landscape of news. Continue reading...

Events

7 d. ago Ben Jennings on Trump’s plan to scrutinise tourists’ social media histories – cartoon

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7 d. ago ‘Censorship pure and simple’: critics hit out at Trump plan to vet visitors’ social media

Some warn proposal will decimate US tourism industry as free speech advocates say it will lead to people self-censoringFree speech advocates have accused Donald Trump of “shredding civil liberties” and “censorship pure and simple” after the White House said it planned to require visa applicants from dozens of countries to provide social media, phone and email histories for vetting before being allowed into the US.In a move that some commentators compared to China and others warned would decimate tourism to the US, including the 2026 Fifa World Cup, the Department for Homeland Security said it was planning to apply the rules to visitors from 42 countries, including the UK, Ireland, Australia, France, Germany and Japan, if they want to enter the US on the commonly used Esta visa waiver. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago What Trump's new social media checks mean for all foreign tourists

Fans can enter the ballot for World Cup tickets today - but new proposals by US Customs and Border Protection could make a holiday Stateside anything but easy.

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7 d. ago Trump plan for World Cup tourists to reveal social media activity described as ‘chilling’

UK tourists would be among those affected by US policy‘Unacceptable’ and ‘chilling’, says European fan groupA plan to require supporters travelling to the United States for the World Cup to disclose information about their social media accounts has been described as “profoundly unacceptable”.Tourists from 42 countries, including the UK, which use the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (Esta) as part of the visa waiver programme would be obliged to provide information about accounts they have held in the last five years in their applications. Previously it had been optional to provide the information. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Trump launches $1m ‘gold card’ visa scheme amid immigration crackdown

Wealthy immigrants will be able to buy residency, and $5m ‘platinum card’ will exempt holders from some US taxesDonald Trump launched a new program that will allow wealthy foreign individuals to buy a US “golden visa” for $1m, and trailed a “platinum” version for $5m.“A direct path to Citizenship for all qualified and vetted people. SO EXCITING! Our Great American Companies can finally keep their invaluable Talent,” Trump wrote on Wednesday on social media. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan

Proposed plan would apply to tourists of all countries, including those not required to get a visa to visit the USAll tourists to the United States would have to reveal their social media activity from the last five years, under new Trump administration plans.Customs and Border Protection (CBP), an agency under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), would also require any email addresses and telephone numbers visitors have used in the same period, and the names and addresses of family. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Trump rages that New York Times and others are ‘seditious ... even treasonous’ to report that he’s not in great health

Trump, who frequently targets media organizations and journalists, calls for The New York Times to ‘cease publication’ after it released an op-ed about his declining ‘vigor’

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8 d. ago H1B visa chaos in India as Trump’s new social media vetting rules lead to cancelled appointments

New policy leaves hundreds of H-1B workers stranded as US consulates cancel or postpone appointments

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8 d. ago Trump is coming after your social media! Brits face having FIVE YEARS of history screened before being allowed into US

Hundreds of thousands set to travel to America for the World Cup may have to hand over online history

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8 d. ago Trump ramps up tourist checks with plans for mandatory social media inspections

Exclusive: ‘These barriers will hit UK travel to the USA hard’ said Julia Lo Bue-Said, chief executive of Advantage Travel Partnership

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8 d. ago British tourists face undergoing social media screening before being allowed into the US

Hundreds of thousands set to travel to America for the World Cup may have to hand over online history

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9 d. ago Trump to force all foreign tourists to provide FIVE YEARS of social media history before entering the US

The Trump administration has published a requirement for foreign tourists to give up a half decade of their social media history that may even apply to family members.

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