90 m. ago World leaders as sumo stars – Anxious Keir Starmer to Donald Trump looking right at home

EXCLUSIVE: The Daily Star has teamed up with Midjourney AI, offering a glimpse of what the world's leaders as sumo wrestlers would look like... it's really not a good look for a lot of them

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2 h. ago Trump 'would rather be dead than go to Moscow' but Hungary meeting still 'bizarre'

EXCLUSIVE: Questions popped up after Donald Trump announced he would be meeting with Vladimir Putin in Budapest, but war expert Anthony Glees reveals a few reasons behind the 'bizarre' location

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5 h. ago Navy holding two prisoners who survived US strike on alleged drug sub in Caribbean: report

The detention of survivors could pose legal and intelligence challenges for the Trump administration

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7 h. ago Trump officials ask supreme court to permit national guard in Illinois

Justice department submits emergency filing as Trump pushes to expand use of military in Democratic-led citiesThe Trump administration on Friday asked the US supreme court to permit the deployment of national guard troops to Illinois, as the president pushes to expand the domestic use of the military in a growing number of Democratic-led cities.In an emergency filing, the justice department urged the court to overturn a lower court ruling that halted the deployment of several hundred national guard troops to the Chicago area. The district judge had raised doubts about the administration’s justification for sending troops, questioning its explanation in light of local conditions. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Cheat the Week: Trump hails ‘new dawn’ as Hamas releases final hostages

This week’s biggest news stories in review, and how the media has covered them

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7 h. ago Hamas continues efforts to return bodies of hostages under ceasefire deal

Hamas has delivered the remains of nine individuals, plus a tenth body Israel claimed was not a hostage

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8 h. ago Starmer and Zelensky hail ‘productive’ call with Europe after Trump meeting

The Ukrainian leader had lunch with the US president, a day after Mr Trump spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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8 h. ago Trump insists ‘I’m no King’ as thousands of ‘No Kings’ protests set to take place across the country

‘They're referring to me as a king. I'm not a king,’ Trump said ahead of Saturday’s marches

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8 h. ago White House’s Karoline Leavitt and Stephen Cheung say ‘Your mom’ when asked who suggested Hungary for Putin

Trump said he will meet with the Kremlin leader in Budapest to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine

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9 h. ago Trump frees George Santos from jail after disgraced GOP rep. swindled thousands from disabled Navy veteran

President Donald Trump on Friday evening said he has commuted the prison sentence of George Santos, releasing the disgraced former Republican congressman immediately.

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9 h. ago Trump says he has commuted sentence of George Santos in federal fraud case

Former Republican US representative was sentenced in April after admitting to deceiving donors and stealing identities of 11 peopleDonald Trump announced on Friday he had commuted the sentence of George Santos, the disgraced former New York representative and serial fabulist who had been sentenced to more than seven years in prison after a short-lived political career marked by outlandish fabrications and fraudulent scheming.The New York Republican was sentenced in April after pleading guilty last year to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Salesforce boss Benioff walks back Trump praise after widespread backlash

Venture capitalist Ron Conway resigns from board of company’s philanthropic arm in protest at comments

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10 h. ago Alexander Acosta said putting Epstein on trial would’ve been a gamble, transcript shows

Former prosecutor testified before House committee on hurdles that prosecution of convicted sex offender would have facedAlexander Acosta, the former US attorney for the southern district of Florida who negotiated a plea deal in 2008 with Jeffrey Epstein, testified before the House oversight committee last month that going to trial would have been a “crapshoot” due to lack of cooperation from victims.In a transcript of the six-hour interview released on Friday, the former prosecutor, who later served in the first Trump administration, described the evidentiary hurdles Epstein’s federal prosecution would have faced, and why his office turned the case over to Florida state prosecutors that resulted in the disgraced financier pleading guilty to charges of soliciting sex from a minor. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Trump administration asks supreme court to permit national guard troops in Illinois

Justice department submits emergency filing as Trump pushes to expand use of military in Democratic-led citiesThe Trump administration on Friday asked the US supreme court to permit the deployment of national guard troops to Illinois, as the president pushes to expand the domestic use of the military in a growing number of Democratic-led cities.In an emergency filing, the justice department urged the court to overturn a lower court ruling that halted the deployment of several hundred national guard troops to the Chicago area. The district judge had raised doubts about the administration’s justification for sending troops, questioning its explanation in light of local conditions. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Trump heaps praise on Zelensky's 'beautiful' black attire as he sizes up friends and foes for 'central casting'

During a highly anticipated meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky, President Donald Trump made a comment that was surprisingly focused not on policy or diplomacy.

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11 h. ago Trump backs away from Tomahawk missiles offer in meeting with Zelenskyy

US president equivocates on support for Kyiv a day after conversation with Vladimir Putin

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11 h. ago Trump administration asks supreme court to allow deployment of national guard in Chicago area – US politics live

The move would escalate President Donald Trump’s conflict with Democratic governors over using the military on US soilThe US Senate failed on Thursday to re-open the government and to vote to fund the military during the federal government shutdown, ensuring that the standoff will stretch into next week.The Senate vote on a short-term Republican funding bill failed for the 10th time with just 51 votes. A second vote on Pentagon funding in the afternoon similarly failed in a floor vote, meaning the process to begin fully funding military operations also becomes a non-starter. After the votes, senators are expected to leave Washington for the weekend, almost guaranteeing the shutdown lasts until at least Monday. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Could Putin be 'shot down' heading to Trump meeting? Inside Russian leader's 2,000 mile NATO detour

EXCLUSIVE: World-renowned war expert, Professor Anthony Glees, has revealed why both Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have chosen to meet for upcoming peace talks in Budapest

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11 h. ago With or without Tomahawks, Trump’s budding bromance with Zelensky is bad news for Vladimir Putin

Donald Trump’s relationship with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky has improved as Valdimir Putin has continued to test the American leader’s patience, writes Andrew Feinberg

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12 h. ago Republicans use deepfake video of Chuck Schumer in new attack ad

It is not the party’s first foray into the dystopian territory, with Trump having posted AI videos of his ownThe National Republican Senatorial Committee crossed into dystopian new territory for political campaigning on Friday after releasing an attack ad that features an artificially generated video of the Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer.The deepfake video, posted on Friday to the Senate Republicans’ social media account, shows an AI-generated Schumer robotically repeating the phrase “every day gets better for us” in reference to the ongoing government shutdown. A small disclaimer tucked in the corner acknowledges its artificial origins. Continue reading...

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