69 m. ago Exclusive: US veterans agency orders scientists not to publish in journals without clearance

Move that seeks political control of doctors’ and scientists’ published research fits a pattern of censorship by the Trump administration, veterans advocates saySenior officials at the US Department of Veterans Affairs have ordered that VA physicians and scientists not publish in medical journals or speak with the public without first seeking clearance from political appointees of Donald Trump, the Guardian has learned.The edict, laid down in emails on Friday by Curt Cashour, the VA’s assistant secretary for public and intergovernmental affairs, and John Bartrum, a senior adviser to VA secretary Doug Collins, came hours after the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine published a perspective co-authored by two pulmonologists who work for the VA in Texas. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Treasury secretary Scott Bessent insists US will ‘never default’ on its debt

Trump administration official seeks to assuage growing investor concern over the country’s public finances

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37 h. ago How Trump was wracked by a fatal doubt about Elon before his exit

Elon Musk has officially stepped down from his role in Donald Trump 's administration, bringing an end to one of politics' most unconventional partnerships.

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50 h. ago Trump's education secretary says NY discriminating against school with Native American chief mascot

President Donald Trump’s top education official says her department has determined that New York is discriminating against a school district that is refusing a state order to get rid of its Native American chief mascot

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53 h. ago ‘Looks like Munich 1938’: Eastern bloc hits out at US sympathy for Putin’s anti

Exclusive: Backlash from top Eastern European officials after Donald Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine said Moscow’s opposition to Nato expansion was ‘fair’

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68 h. ago Rubio wants to ‘aggressively’ revoke Chinese student visas. Trump officials won’t say how they’re vetting them

Critics warn Trump’s latest maneuvers escalate a xenophobic campaign that risks serious brain drain

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3 d. ago Trump officials to ask supreme court to halt bid by ‘activist judges’ to block tariffs

Administration intends to ask top court to immediately pause trade court’s ruling that tariffs regime was illegalQ&A: Why has a US court blocked Donald Trump’s tariffs – and can he get round it?US politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration intends to ask the US supreme court to immediately pause what it characterised as a bid by “activist judges” to block Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.A US trade court ruled the US president’s tariffs regime was illegal on Wednesdaya dramatic twist that could block Trump’s controversial global trade policy. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago UK officials could be banned from the US as Team Trump says online safety laws are blocking Americans' 'free speech'

The Trump administration has already made clear its unhappiness at the UK's tech laws as it seeks to help out billionaire-owned tech firms based in the US.

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3 d. ago Trump officials’ move to deport Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil likely unconstitutional: judge

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration's efforts to deport Columbia University pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, in part to protect U.S. foreign policy, is likely unconstitutional.

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3 d. ago Elon Musk officially announces departure from Trump’s government

Billionaire says DOGE’s ‘mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government’

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3 d. ago Musk gives parting message to Trump as he officially quits DOGE after blasting new spending bill

Elon Musk has officially quit the Department of Government Efficiency and bid farewell to the White House just one day after he publicly split with President Donald Trump.

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3 d. ago Todd and Julie Chrisley RELEASED from prison after controversial Trump pardon

Todd and Julie Chrisley have officially been released from prison just one day after President Donald Trump pardoned them.

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3 d. ago Todd Chrisley RELEASED from prison without wife Julie after controversial Trump pardon

Todd Chrisley has officially been released from prison just one day after President Donald Trump pardoned him and his wife Julie.

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3 d. ago Judge says US effort to deport Mahmoud Khalil on foreign policy grounds is likely unconstitutional

A federal judge said the Trump administration’s effort to deport Mahmoud Khalil because of his pro-Palestinian activism at Columbia University was likely unconstitutional

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4 d. ago RFK Jr and Mehmet Oz seek to save Canadian ostriches despite avian flu fears

Trump officials offer to move 300 birds to Oz’s Florida ranch after Canada imposes kill order over fears flock is infectedWhat is bird flu, and should you be worried about it?Senior officials in the Trump administration have intervened in attempt to save more than 300 ostriches on a farm in British Columbia which the Canadian government had ordered to be killed over fears the flock is infected with avian flu.Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, and Mehmet Oz, a physician and former TV host appointed by Trump as the director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, have offered to move the birds to Oz’s ranch in Florida – despite the kill order imposed by Canadian health authorities. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago RFK Jr offers to save Canadian ostriches with suspected bird flu and move them to US

Trump officials offer to move 300 birds to Oz’s Florida ranch after Canada imposes kill order over fears flock is infectedWhat is bird flu, and should you be worried about it?Senior officials in the Trump administration have intervened in attempt to save more than 300 ostriches on a farm in British Columbia which the Canadian government had ordered to be killed over fears the flock is infected with avian flu.Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, and Mehmet Oz, a physician and former TV host appointed by Trump as the director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, have offered to move the birds to Oz’s ranch in Florida – despite the kill order imposed by Canadian health authorities. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Top Trump admin official reveals the extremist Democrat who controlled Biden's autopen

David Sacks accused a Democratic Senator of being the one who controlled the autopen that signed Joe Biden's orders.

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4 d. ago US official claims Trump tariffs brought China to table and halted India

Howard Lutnick claims president offered South Asian nations trading access to US to avert full-scale war

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4 d. ago Musk's bromance with Trump officially OVER as he blasts White House for 'undermining' him and treating DOGE as 'whipping boys'

The world's richest man switched out his MAGA cap and black blazer for an 'Occupy Mars ' t-shirt as he returned to his roots to launch a SpaceX Starship on Tuesday night.

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9 d. ago Trump’s prison officials visited Alcatraz this week to assess reopening it, superintendent confirms

How feasible the president’s plan to revive the historic maximum security penitentiary might be is a matter of some debate among experts

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