3 h. ago Trump administration scrap suicide helpline for LGBTQ+ youths in 'devastating' move

LGBTQ+ organisations have described the defunding of the suicide prevention service as "devastating" as Trump's administration plans to close helpline within 30 days

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4 h. ago White House moves to keep costly, dirty, unneeded Michigan coal plants open

One plant produces more arsenic pollution than any other in US, and the other has been slated for closure since 2021The Trump administration is moving to keep open two Michigan coal plants that emit about 45% of the state’s greenhouse gas pollution, which opponents say is an indication of how the US president plans to wield his controversial national energy emergency executive order.Already, the US Department of Energy (DoE) has ordered the JH Campbell coal plant on Lake Michigan to remain open beyond its 31 May closure date, while the administration is expected to prolong the life of the Monroe power plant on Lake Erie, currently scheduled to begin closing in 2028. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Norway backs Nato’s 5% defence spending target despite Spain rejecting it as ‘unreasonable’ – Europe live

PM Jonas Gahr Støre declared Norway’s support for the 5% target proposed by Nato’s secretary general Mark RutteIn Berlin, meanwhile, a German government spokesperon said that Iran will probably be a topic of discussion at next week’s Nato summit in The Hague.“We do not comment on allies’ possible attack plans,” the spokesperson said, referring to US president Donald Trump saying he would decide within two weeks whether his country would join Israeli strikes. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Judge blocks Trump plan to tie states’ transportation funds to immigration enforcement

States argued US transportation secretary lacks authority to impose conditions on funding appropriated by CongressA federal judge on Thursday blocked Donald Trump’s administration from forcing 20 Democratic-led states to cooperate with immigration enforcement in order to receive billions of dollars in transportation grant funding.Chief US District Judge John McConnell in Providence, Rhode Island, granted the states’ request for an injunction barring the Department of Transportation’s policy, saying the states were likely to succeed on the merits of some or all of their claims. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Trump denies report that he has approved US attack plans against Iran

US president says Wall Street Journal ‘has no idea’ what his thoughts are on Israel-Iran conflictMiddle East crisis – liveDonald Trump has denied a report in the Wall Street Journal that he has approved US plans to attack Iran, saying that the news outlet has “no idea” what his thinking is concerning the Israel-Iran conflictThe Journal reported late on Wednesday that Trump told senior aides a day earlier that he had approved attack plans but was delaying on giving the final order to see if Tehran would abandon its nuclear program. The report cited three anonymous officials. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Here’s what happens next if Trump launches his attack plan on Iran: report

President still mulling joining Israeli assault against Tehran to stop its nuclear program

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26 h. ago They planned to seek asylum. Trump’s policies have left them stranded at the US

Five months after the president closed the border, many who planned to enter US legally don’t know where to turnDonald Trump’s crackdown on immigration upended lives on inauguration day when he abruptly closed the border for many who were just on the Mexican side of the border planning to cross into the US legally. Five months on, some hold on to hope, others are giving up.A family from El Salvador seeking asylum was left stranded at the border within sight of Texas only three days into the second Trump administration. A grandfather, his daughter, his niece, her husband and two of his grandchildren had done things “the right way”, by requesting one of the highly limited appointments with US Border Patrol, from the Mexican side using the Biden-era mobile phone app called CBPOne. But on January 20, Trump signed an executive order cancelling all scheduled appointments, including theirs on 23 January at noon. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Iran's leader 'cannot continue to exist', Israeli minister declares, as Putin and Xi team up to urge Trump to stay out of conflict

US President Donald Trump has reportedly approved plans for an American attack, though he is yet to give the go ahead, urging Iran to consider abandoning its nuclear programme.

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31 h. ago Is this Israel's next bombshell covert op? IDF may send crack commandos to take out Iran's most heavily fortified 300ft

The Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP), buried deep beneath the mountains near the holy city of Qom, is one of Iran's most secretive and heavily fortified nuclear facilities

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32 h. ago Trump approved Iran attack plans on Tuesday but then decided to hold off, report says

President still weighing U.S. intervention in Middle East in hope Tehran will back down

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34 h. ago Israeli hospital hit by Iranian missile as Trump 'approves Iran attack plan' but yet to decide whether to strike

A number of people have been wounded in the attack on Soroka Medical Centre, according to a hospital spokesperson

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35 h. ago Trump considering Iran attack plan as UK's David Lammy flies to USA

Sir Keir Starmer convened a COBRA meeting to discuss the situation in the Middle East

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35 h. ago Trump 'approves plan for attack on Iran and could launch strike in coming days'

Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei threatened an attack on U.S. naval ships and troops if Donald Trump authorizes strikes on its nuclear bunkers as Israel is hit with a sixth day of bombing.

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36 h. ago Europe must stand without the US – but the latest war in the Middle East shows it has no idea how | Nathalie Tocci

If Europe was not so in hock to Washington, it would sanction Israel over Gaza and condemn its unilateral attack on IranThe rupture in the transatlantic relationship has left European leaders struggling to know how to think, let alone act, with any autonomy. Europe most urgently needs a mind of its own on the Middle East.Tragically, EU governments were just beginning to turn the page after a year and a half of complicity with the Israeli government’s war crimes in Gaza. Donald Trump’s obscene plans for a Gaza “riviera” and “humanitarian” initiatives that breach humanitarian principles were creating distance with the US, and European governments were starting to craft their own course.Nathalie Tocci is a Guardian Europe columnist Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Donald Trump privately 'approves attack plans' for Iran but withholds final order

Donald Trump has reportedly approved attack plans for Iran just hours after he issued a thinly-veiled threat at Iran, joking about joining Israel in attacking the Middle Eastern nation

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46 h. ago The 'Gorilla' controlling Trump in the Situation Room... and his shock plans for war in Iran

As Donald Trump considers options for involvement in Israel's war with Iran, one particular person has been in the president's ear - and he's getting what he wants.

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46 h. ago Federal judge to deny Trump administration's motion to dismiss lawsuit over block on wind projects

A federal judge in Massachusetts said Wednesday he plans to deny a motion by the Trump administration to dismiss a lawsuit over its blocking of wind energy projects, siding with a coalition of state attorneys general

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48 h. ago South Ayrshire: The Scottish council, that covers Trump Turnberry, that has shelved tourist tax plans

A tourist tax is going ahead in Edinburgh, with a separate vote in Glasgow on Thursday, but South Ayrshire will no longer progress its own plans.

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52 h. ago Trump's 'Doomsday Plane' makes unusual trip as Iran war fears escalate

The Boeing E-4, also known as the 'Doomsday plane,' serves as a flying command post for key officials during times of crisis, particularly designed to survive a nuclear attack.

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2 d. ago Trump is bragging about his deportation plan but he still trails Obama’s numbers ... by a lot

ICE swarms Democrat-led cities to swiftly remove immigrants as Trump’s agenda falls short of the ‘deporter-in-chief’

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