61 h. ago Government shutdown live: Vance warns travelers that air traffic controllers ‘no longer getting paid’ as Trump layoffs loom

Republican funding bill fails in Congress on Tuesday evening, leading to the first government shutdown since Donald Trump’s first term in 2018

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4 d. ago Putin denounces European Convention for the Prevention of Torture after 'Europe blocked Russia's work'

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: A report due to be presented to the UN in a matter of weeks is said to detail horrific cases of torture and genital mutilation in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine

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1 week ago The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s hate for opponents: practising politics the wrong way | Editorial

The president’s admission is more than bravado. By blurring truth and criminalising dissent, he is dismantling the US’s free-speech order from withinAt Sunday’s memorial for the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump paid a peculiar tribute. Having quoted Mr Kirk’s words of forgiveness, he put aside the script. “That’s where I disagreed with Charlie,” he said. “I hate my opponents, and I don’t want the best for them.” It was a stark and clarifying admission. Mr Trump does not seek to criminalise hate speech so much as to criminalise speech he hates.The US is being dragged into a state of emergency. Speech is framed as terrorism. Satire is rebranded as enemy propaganda. Employers punish workers for personal posts. The predictable result is a chilling climate of surveillance and reprisal, in which citizens learn to keep quiet. The assassination is not just being used to police manners; it is being used to reconstruct the public square so that dissent equals disloyalty, and...

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1 week ago Donald Trump pays tribute to 'martyr' Charlie Kirk with highest civilian honour

US President Donald Trump has paid a heartfelt tribute to the late political activist Charlie Kirk, while also revealing his is to posthumously receive America's highest civilian honour

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2 w. ago Donald Trump's subtle acts of kindness during second state visit to the UK

President Donald Trump hailed the special relationship between America and Britain as he paid a touching tribute to King Charles during his historic second state visit.

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2 w. ago KOLBASSIA HAOUSSOU: As a torture survivor, I can see danger Trump poses

Kolbassia Haoussou MBE, who fled persecution in his native Chad, has called on the UK to stand up to Donald Trump and not look the other way to prevent torture protections being chipped away

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2 w. ago Farage urged to disclose who paid for US trip to headline Trump fundraiser

MPs are required to register visits abroad within 28 days.

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3 w. ago Trump paid El Salvador $5M to jail deportees – with conditions on abortion and DEI but not preventing torture

Secret memos made public this week show Trump administration’s arrangement with Nayib Bukele to jail Venezuelans

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