4 h. ago Trump says 'it takes two to tango' after being told Canada is 'not for sale'

The Orange Manbaby met Canadian PM Mark Carney for the first time in person in the Oval Office today (Tuesday) after the US leader had previously said he would like to make Canada the '51st state'

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5 h. ago Trump live: Carney reiterated Canada ‘is not for sale’ during ‘constructive discussion’ with president

Canadian prime minister’s Oval Office test comes a week after being elected on an anti-Trump platform

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7 h. ago Handshakes, friendship and ‘never, never, never, never, never’: five takeaways from Carney

In the much anticipated first encounter, a positive tone held despite the Canadian leader’s rebuff against US advancesPerhaps no world leader can ever be completely sure how an encounter with Donald Trump will play out, but Canada’s Mark Carney had grounds to be especially wary before heading to the White House for his first post-election meeting with the US president.For months now, Trump has waged a campaign of diplomatic and commercial intimidation against his northern neighbour, launching a trade war and belittling Carney’s predecessor Justin Trudeau. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Trump’s trans military ban can take effect, for now, Supreme Court says

Federal judges have blasted the administration’s ban as ‘soaked in animus’ against trans Americans

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8 h. ago US supreme court allows Trump trans military ban to take effect

Justices rule in favor of president and say ban can take effect while case proceeds in lower courtsThe US supreme court has granted a stay temporarily allowing for Donald Trump’s ban on transgender members of the military to take effect while the case proceeds in lower courts.The move comes on the heels of the Trump administration asking the supreme court last month to reinstate its ban on transgender troops serving in the armed forces after several judges issued separate rulings against it. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Trump says nothing Carney says will stop tariffs after PM insists Canada ‘will never be for sale’ – live

Trump claims he wants ‘friendship’ between US and Canada as new PM visits White HouseA group of US senators wants Congress’ watchdog agency to investigate whether controls on humanitarian aid deliveries by Israel and other foreign governments violate US law, according to a letter seen by Reuters.The six senators – Chris Van Hollen, Dick Durbin, Jeff Merkley, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Peter Welch – wrote to Gene Dodaro, the comptroller general, asking him to launch an investigation by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office into the US government’s implementation of laws regarding the delivery of humanitarian assistance. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Carney says Canada ‘will never be for sale’ and Trump responds ‘never say never’ – live

Trump claims he wants ‘friendship’ between US and Canada as new PM visits White HouseTrump and Carney to meet in closely-watched encounterA group of US senators wants Congress’ watchdog agency to investigate whether controls on humanitarian aid deliveries by Israel and other foreign governments violate US law, according to a letter seen by Reuters.The six senators – Chris Van Hollen, Dick Durbin, Jeff Merkley, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Peter Welch – wrote to Gene Dodaro, the comptroller general, asking him to launch an investigation by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office into the US government’s implementation of laws regarding the delivery of humanitarian assistance. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Ford expects to take a $1.5bn profit hit from Trump tariffs this year

Ford became the latest automotive giant to pull profit guidance as the chaos unleashed by Trump made financial forecasting impossible.

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11 h. ago Trump course to host revived Scottish Championship on DP World Tour

The Scottish Championship will take place at Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeenshire

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13 h. ago MIKEY SMITH: 7 unhinged things Donald Trump did in 24 hours as he says Catholics 'can't take a joke'

He wants to reopen Alcatraz, slap movie firms with massive tariffs - and he's still trying to bankrupt Harvard University. Here's a roundup of the most insane things to happen in Trump world in the last day or so

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31 h. ago Trump passes the buck on image of him as the Pope and falsely claims all Catholics loved it

The president said that those that were offended by the image couldn’t ‘take a joke’ and that his wife – First Lady Melania Trump – thought the image was ‘cute’

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33 h. ago The Guardian view on Trump’s shock therapy: warehouse and transport workers are the first victims of a class war | Editorial

Behind the slogans and tariffs lies a calculated strategy – fuelled by elite interests, eroding labour rights and stoking global recessionThe White House, eager to win a trade war it barely understands, has yanked the emergency brake on China-US trade without checking who’s inside the vehicle. Donald Trump’s early April trade decree has taken a month to hit the economy – that’s how long Chinese containers need to reach Los Angeles. And on cue, US pacific ports registered a 45% drop in container bookings this week from China. When warehouses fall quiet and trucks idle in California, the silence will creep eastward. Unemployment will surely tick upwards.Even if Washington reverses course by the end of May, and Beijing plays nice, the best-case scenario is delayed damage. Some goods are being rerouted to avoid charges, but you can’t reboot global logistics overnight. This isn’t strategic decoupling – it’s economic self-harm. By the time the Trump administration notices, it will be too ...

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34 h. ago Trump wants states to take over control of National Park system as he proposed $1 billion cut to its budget

As the jewels of America, the federally-managed parks were already underfinanced and short-staffed before layoffs this year

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40 h. ago Maga media mob: meet the new rightwing faces in the White House briefing room

A banjo player and a Black Maga influencer, among others, now attend Trump administration press briefingsA disgraced ultra-conservative banjo player ousted from his Grammy-winning band; a far-right conspiracy theorist with alleged ties to Russia; a TikTok creator known as “Maga Malfoy” for his resemblance to the Harry Potter character; and an extremist social media “influencer” once banned from Twitter for posting a video depicting sexual abuse of a child.These are just some of the “new media” personalities courted by the White House to take part in a series of alternative briefings championed by Donald Trump’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt. Continue reading...

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63 h. ago Historians alarmed as Trump seeks to rewrite US story for 250th anniversary

Ignorance no barrier as president begins to put out approved version of history that ignores American failuresDonald Trump, it could be said, takes a breezy, Sam Cooke style approach to history.Like the legendary “king of soul” in his 1960 hit Wonderful World, the US president has admitted to not knowing much about historical events or figures of the past – even when faced with authorities on the subject. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Signs The Handmaid's Tale horror could happen in UK as history repeats itself

As the shocking dystopian TV series is back on our screens for a final brutal rebellion against Gilead, the Mirror looks at how Margaret Atwood's original novel was inspired by real past events, and how Trump's America could take us that way again

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4 d. ago Trump repeats legally dubious threat to ‘take away’ Harvard’s tax

Federal law prohibits president from directing or influencing the IRS to investigate or audit an organizationUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump said again on Friday that he would be “taking away” Harvard’s tax-exempt status as a non-profit in a legally questionable move that escalates his ongoing feud with the elite university.“We are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax Exempt Status. It’s what they deserve!” Trump wrote on Truth Social in a more direct message than a post in April when he said “perhaps” the college should lose its tax-exempt status. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Rangers may know first major transfer after takeover as door open for 49ers trump card to revive kiboshed deal

Andrew Cavenagh and 49ers Enterprises are set to massive overhaul at Ibrox this summer

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4 d. ago Pam Bondi turning DoJ into Trump’s ‘personal law firm’, top experts warn

Attorney general accused of targeting political foes, halting prosecutions and placing premium on loyalty to presidentDonald Trump’s Department of Justice has taken radical steps to target his political foes, back a harsh agenda against undocumented immigrants and help business allies – steps which underscore its politicization under the attorney general Pam Bondi and undermine the rule of law, say ex-prosecutors and legal experts.Some even say that the department has in effect become Trump’s “personal law firm”. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trump moves Mike Waltz from national security adviser to UN ambassador role

Move comes after Waltz lost officials’ confidence, sources say, with Marco Rubio to take on national security jobUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Waltz, and his deputy, Alex Wong, will be leaving their posts after they lost the confidence of other administration officials and found themselves without allies at the White House, according to two people familiar with the matter.The exit of Waltz and Wong marked the conclusion of a fraught tenure. In March, Waltz inadvertently added Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, to a Signal group chat that shared sensitive information about US missile strikes in Yemen before they took place. Continue reading...

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