5 h. ago Trump names his new special envoy to Iraq — a MAGA influencer who ran a chain of marijuana dispensaries

Savaya was dinged by Detroit leaders for aggressive billboards advertising ‘Come get it. Free weed.’

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27 h. ago Russia seizes on Pete Hegseth's 'coded message' at Zelensky peace talks

Kirill Dmitriev, the CEO of the Russian Investment Fund and Special Envoy to Vladimir Putin, took to X to celebrate Hegseth's controversial fashion choices in the White House this week.

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65 h. ago Putin to build £6bn underwater tunnel from Russia to US and name it after Donald Trump

The Kremlin is reportedly seeking to block the US from supplying "game-changing" Tomahawk long range missiles to Ukraine and is hoping the tunnel will appeal to Trump

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8 d. ago More than 500,000 people return to Gaza City amid ceasefire, as Steve Witkoff addresses Tel Aviv crowd – live

Palestinians return to destruction as US special envoy visits Hostages Square in Israel with Jared Kushner and Ivanka TrumpMalak A Tantesh, a young reporter who has contributed to the Guardian’s coverage, has written about a harrowing two years in besieged Gaza. You can read her account here:The Trump plan calls for Israel to maintain an open-ended military presence inside Gaza, along its border with Israel. An international force, comprised largely of troops from Arab and Muslim countries, would be responsible for security inside Gaza. The US would lead a large internationally funded reconstruction effort, reports the Associated Press (AP). The plan envisions an eventual role for the Palestinian Authority – something Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long opposed. But it requires the authority, which administers parts of the West Bank, to undergo a sweeping reform programme that could take years. According to the AP, the Trump plan is even more vague about a future Pale...

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8 d. ago Donald Trump thanks Putin for saying US president is too GOOD to be awarded the Nobel Prize

The Russian leader was quick to praise Trump after Venezuelan opposition politician Maria Corina Machado was named as the peace prize laureate.

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9 d. ago Gaza ceasefire plan live: Israel’s government approves deal for hostages’ release as US troops to ‘oversee’ truce

Ceasefire supposed to begin immediately after early Friday’s cabinet approval under deal, says Israeli officialIsraeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner after a government meeting to approve the US-brokered deal to release all hostages and implement a ceasefire in Gaza.The Times of Israel reports that Gaza’s civil defence service has issued a warning to Palestinians not to approach the areas where the Israeli forces are present, particularly towards the border, until the IDF has officially announced their withdrawal and officials confirm this. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Starmer says Gaza deal 'would not have happened' without Trump ahead of Nobel Peace Prize announcement

The winner of the the world's most prestigious award is set to be named on Friday and Mr Trump has made it clear he wants the honour

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1 week ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: How does Tony Blair manage to pay staff $100million in a year?

Tony Blair - named on President Donald Trump 's Board of Peace to run post-war Gaza - isn't remotely coy about the fact his eponymous institute is awash with cash

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1 week ago Trump preparing for Middle East visit as Gaza peace deal 'very close'

Trump said he had just off the phone with officials in the Middle East, where his special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner had just joined talks in Egypt.

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2 w. ago The Department of War: Only manly men doing manly things in the name of America, thanks to our manly leaders Trump and Hegseth

It’s ‘highest male standard’ — zero fat, zero beards and zero diversity, writes Holly Baxter, as Hegseth exhorts US generals to WAR ... on culture

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2 w. ago Putin ‘in his heart of hearts’ knows he cannot win in Ukraine, US special envoy says – Europe live

Keith Kellogg tells Warsaw Security Forum that war in Ukraine is ‘unwinnable’ for PutinIf you are keen to understand the dynamics between the US and Belarus a bit better (10:08), here’s a brilliant story from our own Pjotr Sauer, who recently visited Minsk.Since Trump took office, Lukashenko, an authoritarian strongman who has ruled Belarus since 1994, has been edging out of the diplomatic freeze, cautiously probing for space beyond Moscow, which sees Belarus as both its closest ally and a vital buffer.Sensing a political opening with the new Trump administration, Lukashenko has regularly met US officials and even held a call with the US president, who has floated the idea of a direct meeting. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Who is set to be on Trump’s Board of Peace? Tony Blair named as part of Israel

Tony Blair would have a central role in any post-war plans for the beleaguered Palestinian enclave laid out by Washington

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2 w. ago Donald Trump's private text message to Rory McIlroy in dressing room after Ryder Cup

Rory McIlroy received a text from Donald Trump after Team Europe trolled the US President by chanting his name in the dressing room following their Ryder Cup victory

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2 w. ago Left's fury as Starmer backs Tony Blair to help run Gaza in extraordinary Trump 'peace plan'

Donald Trump named Tony Blair as a member of a new board that would run the territory if a ceasefire can be achieved between Israel and Hamas.

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3 w. ago Elon Musk named in Epstein files after X owner demanded Trump impeachment for links to paedophile

Elon Musk was reportedly listed as a potential visitor to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's private island, Little St James - after he mocked Donald Trump for his association with the paedophile

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3 w. ago Trump hangs autopen photo instead of Biden portrait in new presidential gallery

Latest snub is part of US president’s attempts to delegitimise his predecessor with unproven claimsPresident Donald Trump has added a “Presidential Walk of Fame” to the exterior of the White House, featuring portraits of each of the previous commanders-in-chief – except for one.Instead of a headshot of Joe Biden , the Republican incumbent instead placed a photo of an autopen signing the Democrat’s name – a reference to Trump’s frequent allegation that the former president was addled by the end of his term in office and not really the one making decisions. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The Democratic superlawyer Trump can’t silence: ‘We are in the break

Elias has long defended high-profile Democrats and election law, resisting Trump’s crackdown on his opponentsMarc Elias, a prominent Democratic election attorney, has not shied away from standing up to the Trump administration, and has been targeted for retribution this year multiple times as a result.He’s one of scores of lawyers the Trump administration has named in executive actions, joining a list that includes big law firms and attorneys who worked for people Trump considers his opponents. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘Alfonso the Slobberer,’ ‘Eystein the Fart’ and 10 more kings with unfortunate nicknames

Donald Trump reckons William the Conqueror had the “coolest name he’d ever heard”, apparently. But not every historical ruler was so lucky, it turns out

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3 w. ago Mission Alarum review – dreadful Sylvester Stallone spy thriller shames cinema itself

Donald Trump’s ‘special ambassador to Hollywood’ plays a grizzled agent in this dismal action movie Back at the beginning of the second Trump administration (which feels like the Jurassic era now), the president named Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and Jon Voight “special ambassadors to a great but troubled place, Hollywood, California.” No one seems to be quite sure what these ambassadorships entail or if any of that troika of right-wing fellow travellers have fulfilled any official duties. But on the evidence of this, Stallone is already letting the side down – by making a film so bad it shames American cinema itself. And it wasn’t even made in Hollywood! Instead, it was shot in Ohio (pretending, deeply unconvincingly, to be Poland), making this what’s called a runaway production, the phenomenon that is undermining Hollywood’s film-making industry.However, this cheapola would-be spy thriller is bad all on its own, whatever its politics. The idea is that secret agents Joe (Scott Ea...

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3 w. ago Judith Butler is being targeted by the US government. We must stand up | Joel Swanson

What is happening to Judith Butler – a Jewish intellectual – in the name of fighting ‘antisemitism’ is outrageousAmid all the other breaking news consuming the United States this month, the University of California, Berkeley, arguably the nation’s most elite public university, gave the Trump administration a list of 160 names of faculty, staff and students, as part of an investigation into “alleged antisemitic incidents”.While all the names on this list are significant, one name in particular that UC Berkeley handed over to the Trump administration stands out: Judith Butler, the eminent queer theorist, literary theorist and philosopher, and one of the most famous public intellectuals in the United States today.Joel Swanson is professor of Jewish studies at Sarah Lawrence College Continue reading...

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