7 h. ago Trump administration lawyers blessed US operation to remove Maduro from power, memo shows

A legal memo that came out days before the U.S. military operation against Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro said such a move would “not rise to the level of a war in the constitutional sense” and would serve “important national interests

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14 h. ago What would happen if every state acted like Donald Trump’s America? | Kenneth Roth

In a might-makes-right world, US allies, not to mention the emerging powers of the global south, would begin to hedge their bets in dangerous waysWhat is wrong with resurrecting the prerogative of major powers to claim a sphere of influence in which they dictate and others must follow? That idea informs the “Donroe Doctrine” behind the US invasion of Venezuela to seize Nicolás Maduro. Donald Trump seems to believe that, as the world’s strongest military power, the United States should be allowed to invade other countries at will. Trump’s homeland security adviser, Stephen Miller, says “the real world” is “governed by strength”, by “power”, so we should get used to it.There is a beguiling simplicity to this abandonment of the norms long designed to govern the behavior of states big and small. China has touted it as the reality that its Asian neighbors must live with. Russia, a third-tier power by comparison but still a nuclear-armed regional heavyweight, has periodically treated the ...

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16 h. ago Trump says his power is only limited by ‘very high grade of morality’

Donald Trump asserted that his authority over international operations is limited not by law, but by his personal "morality” in an exclusive interview with CBS News on Tuesday, 13 January.

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27 h. ago Justice Department accuses judge of abusing power in questioning prosecutor's authority

Justice Department officials have accused a federal judge of abusing his power in demanding that Trump loyalist Lindsey Halligan explain why she continues to identify herself as a U.S. Attorney in Virginia despite another judge’s ruling that she was illegally appointed

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38 h. ago The Jerome Powell investigation shows Trump’s need for limitless power | Austin Sarat

The inquiry into the Federal Reserve chair sends a message to anyone standing in Trump’s way – including the supreme courtNews that Donald Trump’s justice department has launched an investigation of Jerome Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, is the latest example of the president’s governing philosophy: do what I want, or I will crush you. The desire to make Powell’s life miserable is also a warning sign to anyone who thinks that they have an independent source of authority.What is happening to Powell is a test, not just for him and the Fed, but for any other person or institution that dares to stand up to the president.Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell professor of jurisprudence and political science at Amherst College, is the author or editor of more than 100 books, including Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America’s Death Penalty Continue reading...

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3 d. ago UK will shed no tears if Iranian regime toppled, minister indicates as Trump considers strike

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander branded Iran a hostile state and said the UK favours a peaceful transfer of power as US sources say Donald Trump is weighing up a military strike

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3 d. ago What unites Greenland, Venezuela and Ukraine? Trump's immoral lies and Europe's chronic weakness | Simon Tisdall

The president’s inability to tell right from wrong fuels his increasingly dictatorial, illegal and erratic behaviour Donald Trump made 30,573 “false or misleading” claims during his first term, according to calculations published in 2021 by the Washington Post. That’s roughly 21 fibs a day. Second time around, he’s still hard at it, lying to Americans and the world on a daily basis. Trump’s disregard for truth and honesty in public life – seen again in his despicable response to the fatal shooting in Minneapolis – is dangerously immoral.Trump declared last week that the only constraint on his power is “my own morality, my own mind”. That explains a lot. His idea of right and wrong is wholly subjective. He is his own ethical and legal adviser, his own priest and confessor. He is a church of one. Trump lies to himself as well as everyone else. And the resulting damage is pernicious. It costs lives, harms democracy and destroys trust between nations.Simon Tisdall is a Guardian foreign ...

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5 d. ago Trump insists he doesn’t need international law and his power is only limited by his own morality

In an extrordinary interview, Donald Trump defends his record on Venezuela and threats to others nations including Greenland, Colombia and Mexico in the last week

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5 d. ago Trump announces US land strikes on drug cartels in Mexico and chillingly declares his 'own morality' is the only limit on his unchecked global power after Maduro capture

Donald Trump said the US will begin land strikes on drug cartels in Mexico as he warned that the only limit to his power is his own morality.

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6 d. ago ‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’

President says morality ‘the only thing that can stop me’ in New York Times interview on limits to his authorityDonald Trump has said ‘I don’t need international law” and that his power is limited only by his “own morality”.In a new interview with the New York Times, Trump said the only constraint to his power as president of the US is “my own morality, my own mind”. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago US oil companies warn they will need guarantees to invest in Venezuela

Donald Trump to hold more talks with industry bosses as president flexes power over energy markets

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7 d. ago US oil groups warn they will need guarantees to invest in Venezuela

Donald Trump to hold more talks with industry bosses as president flexes power over energy markets

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7 d. ago JD Vance posts bigoted sombrero meme mocking Democrats holding vigil to Jan 6 Capitol violence

Tuesday marked five years since rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a failed attempt to keep President Donald Trump in power

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7 d. ago REVEALED: America's verdict on Trump's main motivation behind his Venezuela strike and whether they believe the U.S. should run the country

New Daily Mail polling found out what Americans think was President Donald Trump's main motivation to remove Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro from power.

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1 week ago Venezuela's new leader Delcy Rodriguez is hardline socialist who kept Maduro in power for years... and she's already making threats against Trump

The Supreme Court of Venezuela confirmed Delcy Rodriguez as Maduro's successor just hours after US forces detained the president and his wife, Cilia Flores on Saturday.

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1 week ago Starmer says UK sheds ‘no tears’ at the end of Maduro regime in Venezuela

Labour prime minister backs transition of power after Donald Trump’s shock announcement the US has captured the country’s President

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1 week ago Trump says US to ‘run’ Venezuela until transition of power — watch live

Strongman leader Nicolás Maduro has been captured and flown out of country, US says

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1 week ago Trump says US to ‘run’ Venezuela until transition of power — follow live

Strongman leader Nicolás Maduro has been captured and flown out of country, US says

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1 week ago From Donald Trump to Benjamin Netanyahu, let 2026 be a year of reckoning | Jonathan Freedland

These malign figures will do anything to avoid paying for the harm they have done, but accountability must eventually come to bothIt’s not quite a new year resolution, and it’s certainly not a prediction. Think of it instead as a hope or even a plea for the next 12 months. May the coming year see those leaders who have done so much damage to their own countries, and far beyond, at last be called to account. Let 2026 be a year of reckoning.Start with the man whose reach is longest, by dint of the mighty power he wields. Such is the nature of the US electoral system that Donald Trump, who returned to power less than a year ago, will face the judgment of voters in 10 months’ time. His name will not be on the ballot but, make no mistake, the midterm elections of 3 November will deliver a verdict on the second Trump presidency.Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnistGuardian newsroom: Year One of Trumpism: Is Britain Emulating the US? On Wednesday 21 January 2026, join Jonathan Freedla...

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1 week ago MAGA power couple Stephen and Katie Miller announce pregnancy at Trump’s Mar

The couple, who married in 2020, are parents to 5-year-old daughter Mackenzie, and sons Jackson, 3, and Hudson, 2

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