1 hour ago Trump suggests teaching migrants how to run away from alligators

Donald Trump has suggested teaching migrants how to run away from alligators as he toured a new migrant detention center in Florida known as “Alligator Alcaratz”.

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19 h. ago Tesla stock drops as Trump and Musk reignite their feud and president suggests deporting tech mogul

Trump says ‘monster’ DOGE ‘might have to go back and eat Elon’

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25 h. ago Trump suggests Doge should review subsidies to Musk’s companies

Rift deepens between the two men over US president’s flagship tax and spending bill

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29 h. ago Trump suggests US government review subsidies to Musk’s companies

Rift between two men deepens as Musk criticises White House flagship tax bill

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68 h. ago Trump leaves Maria Bartiromo speechless after suggesting US is hacking China: ‘You don’t think we do that?’

President Donald Trump left Maria Bartiromo speechless during an interview when he suggested that the U.S. is hacking China.

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3 d. ago Trump suggests billions for Israel at stake over ‘war hero’ Netanyahu’s corruption trial

The president lashed out at Israeli prosecutors and highlighted billions of dollars in aid from the United States

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4 d. ago Eric Trump suggests he could run for president when his father’s term ends

Forty-one-year-old has stayed away from politics, but says ‘political path would be an easy one’ if he chose to pursue itEric Trump has hinted that he or another of the Trump family could run for president when his father’s second term in the White House comes to an end.Eric, who is co-executive vice-president of the Trump Organization, said, the road to the White House “would be an easy one” if he decided to follow in his father’s footsteps. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago The myriad countries arming Russia and Ukraine – and the billions it costs

As Donald Trump suggests he could send Patriot air defence missiles to Ukraine, The Independent takes a look at which countries are the key military backers behind war in Europe

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6 d. ago The myriad of countries arming Russia and Ukraine – and the billions it costs

As Donald Trump suggests he could send Patriot air defence missiles to Ukraine, The Independent takes a look at which countries are the key military backers behind war in Europe

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6 d. ago Trump calls for Netanyahu corruption trial to be scrapped claiming it’s a ‘witch

Donald Trump claimed the US would ‘save’ Netanyahu in the same way it ‘saved’ Israel from war with Iran

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6 d. ago Trump calls for Israel to 'cancel' corruption trial against 'great hero' Netanyahu after two leaders 'went through hell together'

Netanyahu is the first Israeli prime minister will take the stand as a criminal defendant, over charges of accepting tens of thousands of dollars' worth of gifts.

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6 d. ago Trump vowed to prioritize deporting hardened criminals. Data suggests only 6% of known undocumented immigrant murderers have been caught

Just eight percent of people arrested by ICE from October to May were convicted of serious crimes, figures suggest

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7 d. ago Iran’s desire for nuclear weapons has only been spurred on by US strikes – no matter what Trump says

As leaked US intelligence suggests Trump’s strikes only put Iran’s nuclear programme back by a few months, Tehran will feel the incentive to secure a weapon more than ever, world affairs editor Sam Kiley writes from Tel Aviv

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7 d. ago US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites only set back program by months, Pentagon report says

Findings by Defense Intelligence Agency suggest Trump’s declaration that sites were ‘obliterated’ may be overstatedAn initial classified US assessment of Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities over the weekend says they did not destroy two of the sites and likely only set back the nuclear program by a few months, according to two people familiar with the report.The report produced by the Defense Intelligence Agency – the intelligence arm of the Pentagon – concluded key components of the nuclear program, including centrifuges, were capable of being restarted within months. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites only set program back by months, Pentagon report says

Findings by Defense Intelligence Agency suggest Trump’s declaration that sites were ‘obliterated’ may be overstatedAn initial classified US assessment of Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities over the weekend says they did not destroy two of the sites and likely only set back the nuclear program by a few months, according to two people familiar with the report.The report produced by the Defense Intelligence Agency – the intelligence arm of the Pentagon – concluded key components of the nuclear program, including centrifuges, were capable of being restarted within months. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Trump strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, intel assessment suggests: report

Early intelligence assessment from Pentagon suggests Iran nuclear program only set back by ‘a few months’

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7 d. ago Justice Department official suggested ignoring court orders on deportations, whistleblower claims

A top Justice Department official suggested the Trump administration might have to ignore court orders as it prepared to deport Venezuelan migrants it accused of being gang members, a fired department lawyer alleged in a whistleblower complaint made public Tuesday

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9 d. ago Former UK Ambassador to Iran says Britain has always wanted 'lasting solution' to Iran's growing Nuclear weapons programme

It comes after US President Donald Trump sensationally called for regime change, suggesting a new leader could 'Make Iran Great Again'.

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9 d. ago Trump suggests regime change in Iran – hours after Vance and Hegseth insisted that was not the plan

President’s Sunday afternoon Truth Social post appears to upend administration’s stated position

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1 week ago What a difference a week makes: Trump falls into the Netanyahu trap

People were starting to laud the US president for his resistance to the Israeli PM’s pull, but what now?Middle East crisis – live updatesWhen he was elected, Donald Trump suggested he could hammer out a new relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister who was used to getting his way with the White House. But after just over 150 days in office, it appears Trump has fallen into the same trap as his predecessors – and launched the most consequential strike on Iran in generations.From early suggestions that the Trump administration would rein in Netanyahu’s military ambitions, it now appears that the Israeli PM has manoeuvred the US into striking Iranian uranium enrichment sites directly after a series of military attacks that Washington was unable to deter the Israeli PM from. And the US is now bracing for a retaliation that could easily bring it into a full-scale war. Continue reading...

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