6 h. ago Trump says potential Windsor visit an ‘honour’ following invitation from King

Sir Keir Starmer encouraged the president to open the letter in front of the world’s media in the Oval Office on Thursday.

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28 h. ago Trump cabinet flunkies hail wannabe Caesar and Elon, his oligarch pal

Special adviser showed instinctive feel for authoritarianism as he addressed the president’s first full cabinet meetingOn Tuesday, just over a mile from the White House, the classicist Mary Beard spoke to an audience about Roman emperors. “An autocrat is somebody who kills you when he’s being his most generous,” she remarked. “You go to dinner, you think, wow, this is wonderful! But the generosity of the autocrat is always potentially lethal.”On Wednesday, Donald Trump held his first full cabinet meeting. The mood was warm and convivial and, some might say, generous. Housing secretary Scott Turner offered a prayer that included: “Thank you, God, for President Trump.” Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Billionaires in the making from Trump's mineral deal: Who will get what as Ukraine and the US agree to carve up rare Earth resources

US firms could potentially make billions off the back of Donald Trump's mineral agreement with Ukraine, which the US president claimed might be worth as much as a trillion dollars.

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40 h. ago Donald Trump claims incredible potential of Ukraine mineral agreement

The draft of the deal does not include Trump's contentious proposal to give the US £395billion worth of profits from Ukraine's rare earth minerals as compensation for its wartime assistance.

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54 h. ago House Republicans to vote on spending deal that could slash Medicaid funding

Budget central to Trump’s agenda might get stalled before 14 March deadline as lawmakers warn of nearly $1tn in cutsHouse Republicans are planning to vote on Tuesday on a spending blueprint central to Donald Trump’s agenda, but the package faces potential derailment over nearly $1tn in Medicaid cuts that could fracture their slim majority.The fiscal year 2025 proposal includes approximately $4.5tn in tax cuts alongside increased spending for defense and border security. To offset these costs, the plan tasks congressional committees with finding about $2tn in spending reductions over the next decade. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago US officials have been absent from global climate forums during Trump 2.0

Exclusive: The ‘deeply troubling’ move comes amid concerns US ignoring international climate ramificationsUS officials have missed recent international climate forums sparking concerns about a potentially significant shift from Donald Trump’s first term, a review of meeting records and interviews with meeting attendees by the Centre for Climate Reporting and the Guardian show.On his first day back as president, Trump signed an executive order on stage in front of supporters at an arena in Washington DC which he said was aimed at quitting what he called the “unfair one-sided Paris climate accord rip off”. Trump’s exit from the Paris agreement means the US will join Iran, Libya and Yemen as the only countries outside the international agreement adopted in 2015 to limit global warming. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Starmer braces for stormy showdown with Trump as he puts on united front with Zelensky in call to mark 3rd anniversary of Russian invasion

As he braces for a potentially stormy showdown with Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday, Keir Starmer will join a group call and confirm fresh sanctions against Putin's cronies.

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6 d. ago Why was Tiger Woods at the White House? Golf legends meets Donald Trump to discuss sport's reunification

Golf legend Tiger Woods and President Donald Trump met at the White House to discuss a potential reunification of golf amid the PGA and LIV Golf rift

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6 d. ago UK in ‘potentially good position’ with Trump administration, says McFadden

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster said it is clear Europe must ‘do more’ to contribute to its own defence and the UK must play a leading role.

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6 d. ago International aid groups axe thousands of jobs in wake of Trump funding freeze

Fears that cuts will ‘decimate’ ability to react to crises as sector loses expertise and skills at every level, report findsSome of the world’s largest aid organisations are axing thousands of jobs as a result of US president Donald Trump’s freeze on overseas aid, potentially “decimating” the sector’s ability to react to future crises.Those that have already announced job cuts include the International Rescue Committee, Danish Refugee Council, Norwegian Refugee Council and war zone-focused Norwegian People’s Aid. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Federal judge will consider further blocking Trump administration from freezing funds

A federal judge will consider a request to further block President Donald Trump’s administration from freezing grants and loans potentially totaling trillions of dollars

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7 d. ago Trump appears to agree to cut checks to Americans to share portion of savings from Doge cost

‘Department of government efficiency’ head Elon Musk suggested $5,000 checks to US households if targets metDonald Trump has appeared to embrace a proposal to share a portion of the cuts in US government spending made by Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) with all US households in the form of checks, intensifying concerns about inflation potentially rising again.Trump addressed the idea in a speech at an investment conference in Miami on Wednesday, telling attendees: “There’s even under consideration a new concept, where we give 20% of the Doge savings to American citizens, and 20% goes to paying down debt.” Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Trump launches 'Operation Whirlwind' probe into potential threats by Democrats against Elon Musk

Top prosecutor sets up 'Operation Whirlwind' to investigate comments about public officials.

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8 d. ago Musk boasts about ‘thrashing bureaucracy’ as Trump expands power grab over independent agencies – US politics live

Billionaire claims he is implementing ‘will of the people’; regulatory agencies now accountable to the White House in potential violation of constitutionMusk and Trump put on lovefest in Sean Hannity interviewFederal judge refuses to block Musk team’s access to US government dataAs Donald Trump’s administration continues to fire thousands of federal workers and radically slash federal spending, some Republicans are growing unnerved, Axios reports.As the cuts start to hit GOP lawmakers’ districts and states, some have told Axios there is a larger conflict brewing over the constitutional issue of whether the president can bypass Congress on such decisions.I think you’re going to see a clash when they start abolishing [agencies]. Say like USAid, right? We authorized that. That’s a creature of Congress. If they try to do something like that, then you’re going to get into a constitutional argument or crisis.Before making cuts rashly, the administration should be studying and staffing to ...

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